Business Intelligence Analyst (entry level)
Working Student (part-time) or Internship/Entry-Level (full-time)
About the role
We are looking for someone with a lot of positive energy, who is self-motivated and structured — ready to steam ahead with our busy, growing team. The role is at the intersection of our software and our customers. So an understanding of tech and an understanding of off-grid electrification is important. You might not have both yet, but would need to be able to get there relatively fast. You also need excellent verbal and written English skills. You will work directly with our Co-Founder Nabin. It’s a great opportunity to learn from him as you help him deliver on our many, exciting customer engagements.
About us
Village Data Analytics (VIDA) is a software to plan and monitor infrastructure investment in remote villages in Africa and Asia. We are on a mission to channel billions of dollars into much needed investment. A lot of our current work is around energy access and a lot is done in Africa, mostly remotely, with occasional travels.
VIDA is supported by appliedAI, Germany’s largest AI initiative, and by the European Space Agency (ESA).
Learn more at www.villagedata.io
Location
Anywhere. You can choose to work from our main office in Munich or from Cape Town. If you have a European or South African work permit, we can hire you as an employee. If not, we can offer a freelance contract.
Responsibilities
- Working closely with co-founders to identify new business opportunities
- Learn quickly to develop a good understanding of the VIDA software
- Conduct technical demonstrations with potential customers that include mini-grid developers, energy companies, government agencies, donors, infrastructure investors, etc
- Prepare technical reports, proposals, and presentations
- Understand the needs of the customers and be able to feed back their requirements to the technology team
- Foster and develop relationships with customers/clients
- Develop your own ideas and strive for the growth of the business
- Travel to our markets and attend seminars, conferences, and events where appropriate
- Have positive impact at heart, because we do
Your profile
- High energy, you want to get things done, learn, progress
- Degree/studying for a degree in Power Engineering, Management, or other relevant fields
- Good understanding of renewable energy technologies such as PV systems, battery or other storage, power systems management tools, etc.
- Very good communication skills in English. French, Portuguese are a plus
- Team player with a willingness to learn new things
Nice to have
- Some work experience, ideally in business development or a similar role
- Experience in planning or managing electrification projects in developing countries
- Understanding of energy system planning tools such as HOMER, AutoCAD, etc. is a plus
- Understanding of software development processes
- Working with geospatial data (using QGIS or Google Earth Engine)
- Understanding of programming languages such as Python
What we offer
- Opportunity to work in a diverse team to enable the use of a highly impactful and innovative technology. The team includes experienced AI practitioners, software engineers and frontier market entrepreneurs with backgrounds in engineering, renewable energy, and finance
- A culture of diversity and inclusion with team members from 8 countries, speaking 9 different languages, that bring in a variety of professional and personal experiences to empathise with the work we do
- An open atmosphere that encourages the team to think and experiment in new ways with software, hardware, and business development.
- A small, collaborative development team where your ideas, insights, and decisions have a lot of weight and help steer the product in the right direction.
- Opportunity to work remotely: 50% of our VIDA team works remotely from countries such as Rwanda, South Africa, Ukraine, Sweden, and the UK. We pride ourselves on working-hours flexibility to respect time differences and on our systems to stay connected.
- Option to work either from the Munich or Cape Town office.
Sounds interesting? Then please send your application — CV and a short motivational letter to nabin@villagedata.io.
