Data QA/QC Officer - Kenya at BURN

About the role

• The QA/QC Officer is responsible for ensuring the quality, accuracy, and compliance of all project data throughout the carbon project cycle—from project design through to issuance.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Ensure Quality of Project Data:
  • Oversee data management across the entire project cycle, ensuring data accuracy, integrity, and compliance with required standards.
• Database Auditing:
  • Regularly audit project databases to detect and correct any anomalies. Ensure all data entries are compliant with the standards set by external certification bodies or internal guidelines.
• Documentation & Process Validation:
  • Ensure that all required documents supporting project processes are valid, accessible, and meet necessary standards for verification and validation.
• Data Review:
  • Review project data inputs to ensure accuracy and consistency, avoiding erroneous information that could impact project outcomes.
• Internal Report Review:
  • Audit and review internal project reports for quality and consistency, ensuring compliance with internal standards and external requirements prior to external submission.
• SOP Development:
  • Draft and update internal Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) that guide internal teams on how to work
• Collaboration:
  • Work closely with cross-functional teams, including project managers, and data analysts to maintain high data quality.
• Departmental SOP Compliance Auditing:
  • Audit department SOPs to ensure compliance.
• Process Improvement:
  • Utilize lessons learnt from project reviews to drive continuous process improvements.
• Document Management:
  • Maintain a well-organized document management system for storing and accessing key project data, ensuring documents are up-to-date and readily available for verification and validation purposes.

Skills and Experience

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in economics, Statistics, Actuarial Science or any related field.

Experience:

• 3+ years of experience in quality assurance, data auditing, process management, or a related role.
• Experience working with certification bodies or compliance standards is preferred but not required.

Skills:

• Strong attention to detail, with the ability to identify errors, inconsistencies, and anomalies in data not only by following standard checklists but also through logical reasoning and independent analysis.
• Proficiency in data analysis.
• Ability to draft and refine SOPs based on project and compliance needs.
• Strong problem-solving skills, with a focus on process improvement.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills to work across departments.

Personal Attributes:

• Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams.
• Analytical mindset with a proactive approach to identifying and solving issues.
• Proactive issue identifier who can think beyond a checklist