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Data Science Fellow / Associate

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Ministry of Health Uganda

Systems Administrator

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Makeitviral

Backend Developer

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Maisha Meds

Senior IT Support Specialist

Kampala, Uganda

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Bank of Uganda

Support Staff : Category 1 (Kabale)

Kabale, Uganda

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Bank of Uganda

Support Staff : Category 1 (Masaka )

Masaka, Uganda

Data Science Fellow / Associate

Closing: May 10, 2024

4 days remaining

Published: May 6, 2024 (1 day ago)

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Requirements

  • Degree in Data Science, Statistics, Economics, Data Driven Marketing, or similar
  • Experience with statistical software packages, Open Data Kit and/or Salesforce preferred
  • Ability to communicate effectively with field teams in Sub-Saharan Africa to design and implement trials
  • Strong desire to work on climate justice and climate solutions in low income contexts
  • Experience and knowledge of developing rigorous RCTs
  • Living in Africa or willingness to relocate for a key period of time
  • Fluent in English


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Requirements

  • Degree in Data Science, Statistics, Economics, Data Driven Marketing, or similar
  • Experience with statistical software packages, Open Data Kit and/or Salesforce preferred
  • Ability to communicate effectively with field teams in Sub-Saharan Africa to design and implement trials
  • Strong desire to work on climate justice and climate solutions in low income contexts
  • Experience and knowledge of developing rigorous RCTs
  • Living in Africa or willingness to relocate for a key period of time
  • Fluent in English


  • Design and develop continuous testing and optimization methodologies including A-B testing frameworks to drive the continuous testing of hypotheses and evaluation of interventions and treatments
  • Collaborate with in country teams to identify suitable research questions and objectives for implementing interventional tests and pilots
  • Work with implementation teams to design testing, sampling, data collection, protocols that balance experiment quality and feasibility of implementation
  • Build and support a culture of smart experimentation with UpEnergy and partner organizations such as Community Carbon
  • Identify and mitigate potential biases and confounding factors in experiment design.
  • Develop and implement statistical analyses for evaluation and inference in experiments.
  • Collect, clean, and process datasets for experiments using appropriate software tools.
  • Collaborate with the field team to ensure high quality implementation of experiment protocols and procedures and to rapidly response to inevitable issues and errors
  • Conducting literature reviews and staying up to date with relevant research advancements in the clean cooking, safe water, and other relevant focal areas.
  • Documenting experimentation methodologies, procedures, and findings for internal and external stakeholders.
  • Develop an internal strategy for rigorous, powered, and publishable RCTs including serving as principal inves
  • Support the design and development of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) with leading global academic micro-economists
  • Analyzing and interpreting RCT data to drive the global conversation on clean cooking and provide actionable insights and recommendations.
  • Publish and communicate the results of evaluations and RCTs
  • Support the design and developing randomized controlled trials (RCTs) to test hypotheses and evaluate interventions or treatments
  • Conducting data audits and quality assurance checks on collected data.
  • Analyzing and interpreting RCT data to draw actionable insights and recommendations.
  • Publish and communicate the results of evaluations and RCTs


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