Job Description:

Intern: QA Analyst

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 UpEnergys 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

Why This Role

As Carbon Data & QC Ops grows in scale and complexity more markets more monthly cycles more deliverables going to field teams leadership auditors and registries quality and consistency checks need a dedicated owner. This role builds that layer: a second pair of eyes across the teams output before it ships so reliability doesnt depend on one person catching everything alone.

The role starts high-level general quality assurance across data forms reports and tools. As trust and familiarity build scope naturally grows into broader day-to-day operational support.

Role Summary

Own quality assurance across the teams deliverables data forms reports dashboards and working tools catching errors early and keeping output reliable and consistent before it goes out.

Key Responsibilities

- Quality review:



check deliverables data outputs forms reports dashboards for accuracy and consistency before they ship.
- Source verification: spot-check numbers and records against source data.
- Review logging: keep a simple current log of what was checked and what was found no review without a record.
- Early escalation: flag anything uncertain the same day rather than guess or sit on it.
- Day-to-day support: pick up broader operational and data tasks as capacity and trust grow this role is designed to expand not stay fixed.

Candidate Profile

Must-Haves

- High attention to detail; methodical and comfortable with repetitive precision-dependent work.
- Clear written communication much of the work is asynchronous review and reporting.
- Proactive problem-solver surfaces issues with a proposed fix not just a flag.
- Reliable and self-directed; this role runs on a checklist and a log not close supervision.

Nice-to-Haves (bonus not gating)

- Familiarity with survey/data-collection tools (e.g. XLSForm SurveyCTO ODK KoboToolbox).
- Basic SQL and/or Python enough to spot-check a query or re-run a script and read its output.
- Prior exposure to carbon markets M&E; or program data shortens ramp-up not required.

Explicitly Not Required

- Not a developer hire no recent feature-building or software-engineering expected.
- No prior carbon-credit or MRV expertise required.

What Youll Gain

- Direct hands-on mentorship from the Senior Data Analyst on real carbon-market data and operations not shadow work actual production deliverables.
- Broad exposure across data forms reporting and tooling a strong general foundation not a narrow niche.
- Growing ownership the role expands as trust builds not a role capped at one task forever.
- A structured ramp-up with regular feedback not thrown in blind.

Decision Rights

Tier

What it covers

Flags & logs no ask needed

Any discrepancy found during review however small.

Decides independently





Obvious fixes (typos formatting); re-running a check after correcting an input error.

Never their call

What ships externally; final sign-off on anything going to leadership auditors or registries that stays with Shoaib.

Success First 90 Days

1. Deliverables going out to field teams or leadership have an independent check behind them.
2. A current complete review log exists and reflects real work no gaps.
3. The role has picked up at least one recurring day-to-day task beyond pure review.

Practical Details

- Reports to: Shoaib Ahmed Noorani Senior Data Analyst Carbon Data & QC Ops.
- Engagement: Full-time preferred; initial 3-month trial with extension based on performance.
- Location: In Office (Bangalore)

Why Join Us

Not your average 9-to-5

UpEnergy encourages teamwork creativity and were 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 youre looking for a conventional 9-to-5 youd 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

Wouldnt 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 dont 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!

Compensation:

The Intern will receive a stipend.

Internship Duration: 6 months

Start date & Location:

The position is based in Chennai India. We are looking for the right candidate to start as soon as possible.

Required Experience:

Junior IC

📌 QA Analyst Intern (Chennai)
🏢 UpEnergy Group
📍 Chennai