Junior Data Scientist, 1 year contract

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🇿🇦 South Africa – Remote

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The African Climate Foundation

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11 - 50 employees

🤝 Non-profit

Non-profit

The African Climate Foundation is the first African-led strategic grant-maker working at the nexus of climate change and development. It focuses on philanthropy, environmental advocacy, research, and collaboration to promote renewable energy and sustainability across Africa. The foundation aims to enhance resilience and adaptation to climate change through knowledge sharing and strategic initiatives that address the complexities of climate and development.

📋 Description

• Search for and catalogue relevant public, academic, commercial and partner datasets across African countries and regions • Download, request, extract or transcribe data from spreadsheets, reports, APIs, databases and other source formats • Maintain a clear source register, data inventory and schedule for updates • Follow up with institutions and partners to clarify definitions, obtain missing information and document permissions • Clean, standardise, merge and restructure datasets using repeatable scripts and documented procedures • Reconcile country names, units, currencies, dates, technology classifications and other coding systems • Identify duplicates, gaps, implausible values and inconsistencies and escalate unresolved issues • Prepare data for publication, visualisation and analysis while preserving raw source files and audit trails • Update metadata, data dictionaries, change logs and quality-control records • Produce descriptive statistics, tables, charts and maps under the guidance of the Senior Data Scientist • Conduct literature and source reviews to provide context for quantitative findings • Replicate published calculations and check figures, labels, notes and citations before release • Support country profiles, comparative dashboards, data stories and strategic-analysis assignments • Upload and test datasets and content on the platform and report user or data issues • Help maintain shared repositories, templates and documentation • Participate in training, peer review, team planning and engagement with the wider African data community • Use AI-assisted tools where appropriate, checking outputs against original sources and following unit protocols

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in statistics, economics, data science, computer science, engineering, geography, energy, development studies or another relevant quantitative field • At least 1-3 years of relevant experience, which may include internships, research assistantships or a strong portfolio of applied projects • Working proficiency in Python or R and spreadsheets • Familiarity with SQL is strongly preferred • Practical experience cleaning and analysing real-world datasets and producing basic visualisations • High level of accuracy, organisation and persistence in repetitive or detailed tasks • Ability to document sources and methods clearly and to ask for help when data are ambiguous • Good written and verbal communication skills in English • Experience with African public data, energy statistics, development indicators or geospatial information is desirable • Familiarity with Git, notebooks, APIs, Power BI/Tableau or web-based visualisation tools is desirable • Experience extracting data from PDFs or poorly structured source files is desirable • Applicants must have the legal right to work in the country where they are based

🏖️ Benefits

• Fixed-term contract for 12 months, renewable based on mutual agreement and project success • Remote working will be considered for candidates based on the African continent • Training, peer review, team planning and engagement with the wider African data community • Opportunity to build expertise in African energy and development data • Equitable organisation committed to reflecting the diversity of Africa • Personal information treated confidentially and used solely for recruitment purposes • Privacy and data security protections under POPIA