Background information about the job or company (e.g., role context, company overview)

d.light Zambia is seeking a highly motivated Carbon Intern to support the BioLite improved-cookstove project in Lusaka, Zambia. This internship offers an excellent opportunity for early-career professionals passionate about environmental sustainability and carbon initiatives to contribute meaningfully while gaining hands-on experience. If you are looking for carbon intern jobs in Lusaka that combine fieldwork, data management, and project coordination, this role is an ideal fit.

As the Carbon Project Intern, you will be the primary coordinator for daily operations related to the BioLite improved-cookstove initiative. Reporting directly to the Head of Commercial, you will manage the project workplan, liaise with internal teams and external partners, support field rollout activities, and ensure that all distribution and customer data are complete, accurate, and audit-ready. This role requires a detail-oriented individual who thrives on managing multiple stakeholders and maintaining data integrity in support of commercial and carbon program goals.

Responsibilities or duties

• Project Coordination: Maintain the activity tracker, monitor milestones, document meeting actions, and provide weekly status updates. Coordinate efforts across Commercial, Field, Finance, Logistics, Data/Credit teams, and external partners. Escalate any delays or risks promptly.
• Field Rollout Support: Organize product demonstrations, mobilize partners, and oversee carbon marketing and distribution activities in designated areas. Ensure compliance with customer eligibility, consent, location, and documentation protocols.
• Data Collection and MRV Support: Capture and verify essential records including customer KYC details, consent forms, GPS or ward information, stove serial numbers, proof of delivery or installation, and monitoring evidence.
• Data Quality Assurance: Conduct completeness checks, identify duplicates and outliers, maintain audit trails, and resolve data exceptions within set timelines.
• Stock Traceability: Reconcile stove allocations and distributions with warehouse, logistics, partner, and sales records to ensure end-to-end traceability from dispatch to end-user.
• Reporting and Assurance: Maintain a dashboard summarizing units distributed, data completeness, exceptions, reconciliations, and milestones. Support field audits and verification requests.
• Continuous Improvement: Gather feedback from customers and partners, document lessons learned, and recommend improvements to enhance adoption, data quality, project controls, and delivery efficiency.

Qualifications or requirements (e.g., education, skills)

• Recent graduate in Environmental Science, Climate Change, Economics, Business, Data, Project Management, Development Studies, or related disciplines.
• Proficient with Google Sheets, capable of data cleaning, tracker maintenance, and preparing clear summaries.
• Strong sense of ownership, integrity, and attention to detail.
• Effective communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to work independently and follow tasks through to completion.
• Comfortable working in field environments and managing diverse teams.

Experience needed

Exposure to carbon markets, MRV, clean cooking technologies, or last-mile distribution is advantageous.

Any other provided details (e.g., benefits, work environment, team info, or additional notes)

• Opportunity for professional growth within a dynamic, mission-driven organization.
• Competitive stipend to support your internship period.
• d.light Zambia is committed to creating an inclusive work environment and is an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

• Maintain the activity tracker, monitor milestones, document meeting actions, and provide weekly status updates. Coordinate efforts across Commercial, Field, Finance, Logistics, Data/Credit teams, and external partners. Escalate any delays or risks promptly.
• Organize product demonstrations, mobilize partners, and oversee carbon marketing and distribution activities in designated areas. Ensure compliance with customer eligibility, consent, location, and documentation protocols.
• Capture and verify essential records including customer KYC details, consent forms, GPS or ward information, stove serial numbers, proof of delivery or installation, and monitoring evidence.
• Conduct completeness checks, identify duplicates and outliers, maintain audit trails, and resolve data exceptions within set timelines.
• Reconcile stove allocations and distributions with warehouse, logistics, partner, and sales records to ensure end-to-end traceability from dispatch to end-user.
• Maintain a dashboard summarizing units distributed, data completeness, exceptions, reconciliations, and milestones. Support field audits and verification requests.
• Gather feedback from customers and partners, document lessons learned, and recommend improvements to enhance adoption, data quality, project controls, and delivery efficiency.

• Proficient with Google Sheets, capable of data cleaning, tracker maintenance, and preparing clear summaries.
• Strong sense of ownership, integrity, and attention to detail.
• Effective communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to work independently and follow tasks through to completion.
• Comfortable working in field environments and managing diverse teams.

• Recent graduate in Environmental Science, Climate Change, Economics, Business, Data, Project Management, Development Studies, or related disciplines.
• Exposure to carbon markets, MRV, clean cooking technologies, or last-mile distribution is advantageous.