About this role
About Us: UpEnergy (www.upenergygroup.com) brings aspirational energy saving products within reach for low income communities. We create valuable health and environmental outcomes by providing our users with products that improve their lives every day. Our approach combines local, on-the-ground teams leveraging our platform to best serve users, with over a decade of experience building platforms that generate valuable carbon emission reductions and allow us to provide our products to local communities at affordable subsidized prices.
UpEnergy operates local distribution networks and builds relationships directly with customers through our SmartHome branded sales operation. We’ve seen 100%+ year on year growth for many years and have reached over 800,000 African households with products that deliver health and income benefits. A typical SmartHome stove saves each family we reach about 9% of their annual income while reducing air pollution.
UpEnergy has a 10+ year track record of building platforms and projects that rigorously measure the environmental and social impacts of our work. Our projects have historically outperformed expectations in the generation of emission reductions and further over deliver on the energy savings promise to our users. We are one of the largest developers by volume of projects focused on poverty alleviation through energy savings and fuel switching in Africa and have additional projects in Latin America and Asia. Our team has a collective 50 years of experience developing and financing carbon projects and is at the forefront of Paris era climate finance.
About the role: UpEnergy is at a time of exciting growth, expanding both in terms of product and geographic portfolio. In the context of our expansion in the Ghana market, we are looking for an experienced Carbon Operations Officer who is passionate about our mission and motivated by the challenge to help UpEnergy meet targets in a new key market. The role is central to ensuring the accuracy, integrity, and compliance of project data across our clean energy and carbon credit programs. The successful candidate will be responsible for in- country data activities, ensuring datasets are compliant with international carbon crediting standards, and supporting operational delivery of our projects.
The Carbon Operations Officer will also contribute to analysis, reporting, and quality control processes, while helping to strengthen institutional capacity and support business growth in Ghana.
This role is ideal for a highly organized, analytical professional with experience in field operations data management, quality assurance, and actively participate in key operational projects to advance UpEnergy’s business in Ghana.
This role will report to the Carbon Operations Manager. The role is fulltime and based out of UpEnergy office in Accra, Ghana.
Key Responsibilities:
Data Management and Quality Control
• Reconcile distribution and project datasets on weekly basis to ensure accuracy and completeness.
• Perform quality control (QC) checks to validate compliance of distribution, and monitoring data with carbon program requirements.
• Extract, clean, and verify data from primary and secondary sources, ensuring datasets meet audit standards.
• Maintain data integrity and prepare QC reports for internal teams and carbon stakeholders.
• Manage and track issuance of project tools and records (devices, survey forms etc).
Carbon Project Compliance and Reporting
• Support the carbon team with data inputs for project verification and validation audits.
• Prepare regular monthly compliance reports for internal teams, auditors, and carbon partners.
• Work with the Carbon Operations Manager to ensure data governance policies are implemented and followed.
• Contribute to reporting templates and tools to support international certification (e.g., Gold Standard, VCS).
Analysis and Insights
• Collect, analyze, and interpret project data to generate insights that inform carbon operation decisions.
• Provide customized reports and dashboards for management and global carbon teams.
• Project KPIs, ensuring timely reporting of progress and impact.
Operational Support
• Provide day-to-day support to project and carbon operations teams.
• Liaise with field teams, distribution teams, and call-back support for reconciliation and QC.
• Assist in training staff and field enumerators on data collection and reporting tools.
• Support monitoring and evaluation (M&E) activities, ensuring alignment with project requirements.
Does this sound like you?
Must Have
• Relevant Degree
• 2+ years of experience in research, data management and climate change related projects
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills would be a plus
• Experience in survey development and data management (familiar with Tableau, CarbonHQ, Survey CTO, ODK, among other mobile data collection platforms)
• Excellent communication skills and interpersonal skills
• Strong organizational skills
Nice to Have
• Familiarity with the development of energy or carbon projects.
• An understanding of clean energy products, especially cookstoves and water purifiers and its distribution model.
• Familiarity with local language and Business culture
Why Join Us?
Your Impact, Amplified
Joining UpEnergy means becoming part of a mission-driven team dedicated to making a tangible difference in the world. Our focus is on ensuring that the world's poorest are not left behind in global decarbonization efforts, and that sustainable, life-improving technologies reach those who need them most. As a fast-growing organization, we provide the unique opportunity to work on innovative projects that directly impact millions of lives across Africa. Whether you're on the ground implementing projects or supporting our global expansion, you'll be part of a dynamic team where your work contributes to reducing CO2 emissions and fighting energy poverty. This is more than just a job—it's a chance to create lasting change and be at the forefront of a global movement towards equitable decarbonization. Monthly