JOB DETAILS:
About Us:
UpEnergy delivers high-impact, emission reducing projects that accelerate decarbonization and catalyze long-term benefits. We do so by providing life-improving clean technologies to local communities and environments across Africa. Whether it’s protecting the local environment, delivering health benefits, or reducing poverty through financial savings and employment, our project sustainably benefits and enables people to live better lives within climate resilient communities.

To date, UpEnergy has delivered over 95 emission reduction projects, impacted over 4 million lives, and reduced over 3 million tons of CO2 Emissions across 7 countries. UpEnergy prides itself on deep local knowledge and established teams on the ground to ensure the highest impact and results. The UpEnergy team continues to grow, across multiple African countries, from 20 to over 170+ full time team members in the past two years, reflecting the growth of the company for which we now seek incredible, like-minded talent who are excited to join us in delivering even more impact. Learn more here: www.upenergygroup.com

About the role:
UpEnergy seeks a Data Science Fellow to enhance our ability to design and execute rigorous tests, pilots and Randomized Controlled Trials. In order for UpEnergy to deliver on its potential, it is imperative that we are constantly learning how to increase adoption and usage of our products. As Data Science Fellow, you will have the exciting opportunity to design and execute tests and trials that improve our understanding of the efficacy of various interventions we could implement to further encourage usage of our products in households across Africa. The ideal candidate will possess a deep understanding of how to design tests that are robust, statistically significant and manage data through Salesforce and its ecosystem. You will also be motivated to work on one of the world’s most pressing challenges – alleviating energy poverty and ensuring that a climate transition helps those most affected by climate change.

Why Join Us?
Not your average 9-to-5
UpEnergy encourages teamwork, creativity, and we’re not afraid to get our hands dirty. We stay close to our market, understand our customers, and have a lot of fun while doing our work! If you’re looking for a conventional 9-to-5, you’d be missing out on our adventures!

Opportunity to do things in a new way
As one of the largest compliance credit issuer in Africa, we need to be constantly improving and rethinking our way of work. This means endless opportunities for a self-starter to initiate new ways of doing things or experimenting ways to help us improve.

Personal and Career Growth
Wouldn’t it be a pity to spend so much time working but not growing and learning? At UpEnergy we value both personal and professional growth, and we want to grow as a team. From classroom training to coffee chats to performance review, we want to support every team member to grow into the best version they can.

Create Lasting Impact
Our clean energy products bring positive impact to both our planet earth and for the low-income communities we work in. We don’t just focus on sales – we follow up and truly understand our customers to make sure that they continue to benefit from our products. Your work will create much longer-lasting impact than what you can see!

Key Responsibilities:
• Designing and developing randomized controlled trials (RCTs) to test hypotheses and evaluate interventions or treatments.
• Collaborating with the team to identify suitable research questions and objectives for implementing RCTs.
• Conducting literature reviews and staying up to date with relevant research advancements in the clean cooking, safe water, and other relevant focal areas.
• Designing and implementing appropriate sampling and randomization strategies for RCTs.
• Identifying and mitigating potential biases and confounding factors in RCT designs.
• Developing and implementing statistical analyses for evaluation and inference in RCTs.
• Collecting, cleaning, and processing datasets for RCTs using appropriate software tools.
• Collaborating with the field team to implement RCT protocols and procedures.
• Conducting data audits and quality assurance checks on collected data.
• Analyzing and interpreting RCT data to draw actionable insights and recommendations.
• Communicating research findings and results to various stakeholders, both technical and non-technical.
• Documenting RCT methodologies, procedures, and findings for internal and external stakeholders.

Does this sound like you?
• Experience and knowledge of developing rigorous RCTs
• Degree in Statistics, Data Science, Computer Science or similar
• Experience with Salesforce preferred
• Ability to work with field staff in Sub-Saharan Africa to implement trials
• Strong desire to work on climate solutions in Africa
• Already living in Africa or willingness to relocate
• Fluent English