Data Analyst and Research Intern

About Us:
UpEnergy is the leading developer of anti-poverty climate impact projects in Africa. We accelerate decarbonization and while delivering long-term health and income benefits in local communities. We provide life-improving clean technologies and carbon reduction and capture projects that protect the local environment, deliver health benefits and cleaner air, and reduce poverty through financial savings and employment. Our project sustainably benefits and enables people to live better lives within more climate resilient communities.
To date, UpEnergy has built over 95 emission reduction projects, impacted over 4 million lives, and reduced over 3 million tons of CO2 Emissions across 10 countries. All UpEnergy’s work is characterized by respect for the people we serve, rigorous measurement, deep local knowledge and established teams on the ground to ensure the highest impact and results. We do all this through our commitment to drive long-term business growth through technical innovation, close customer engagement and increased data-driven decision making. 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: UpEnergy Group
About the Internship: We are looking for an eager and motivated Data Analyst & Research Intern (referred as “Intern”) to join our team. This is a fantastic opportunity to gain hands-on experience in data research, data analysis, visualization, and reporting in a dynamic work environment. The Intern will report to Senior Data Analyst and support other cross functional teams to create meaningful insights from data. The internship requires the Intern to utilize tools such as Salesforce, Tableau, Survey CTO, ODK, SQL, AWS and any other CRM that UpEnergy uses.
Key Responsibilities:

• Assist the data team to collect, clean, analyse, and visualize data to provide actionable insights.
• Ensure data accuracy and integrity through validation techniques.
• Develop and produce reports and dashboards for internal and external stakeholders.
• Assist in the design and execution of research studies and surveys
• Support the development and management of mobile/digital surveys on platforms such as Open Data Kit (ODK) and/or ONA.
• Conduct research on specific topics, such as carbon registry analysis, population and household energy usage (Baseline fuel), fnrb (fraction of non-renewal biomass) analysis, NDC and mitigation policy of different countries.
• Support the development and maintenance of data documentation. Does this sound like you? Must Have
• Currently pursuing or recently completed a Post graduate Degre in Data Science, Statistics with a bachelor’s degree in data science, statistics or computer science.
• Advanced Excel skills along with working experience of SQL, Python, or R for data analysis.
• Knowledge of data visualization tools like Power BI or Tableau.

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• Excellent literature review and information gathering skills. Experience in Web Scraping and desk research using tools like Beautiful Soup, Selenium, etc.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Strong organizational and time-management skills. Nice to Have
• Hands on experience of working with any of data wrangling techniques like Python, Hadoop, Spark, etc.
• Experience working with SQL servers, Cloud data management platforms.
• XLS Form authoring and working knowledge of ODK (Open Data Kit) would be a plus.

Benefits & Compensation

• Hands-on experience in data analysis.
• Mentorship and guidance from experienced data professionals.
• Opportunity to work on real-world projects.
• Exposure to various data analysis tools and technologies.
• Exposure to various survey techniques and research in carbon markets.
• A competitive stipend during the Internship.

Start date & Location:
The Internship will be based in Bangalore or Chennai, India. We are looking for the right candidate to start as soon as possible. To Apply: Please send a cover letter highlighting your relevant experience and updated CV with subject line “Data Analyst & Research Intern” to ashok@upenergygroup.com