Quality Assurance Analyst

Busara

Quality Assurance Analyst supporting research integrity and quality assurance processes at Busara. Collaborating with project teams to maintain data quality and deliver high-quality outcomes.

Posted 4/22/2026full-time🇰🇪 KenyaMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Python

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

The Quality Assurance Analyst will work closely with project teams to perform a variety of tasks including, but not limited to:
- Monitor and review research data to ensure accuracy, completeness, and consistency across qualitative and quantitative datasets.
- Identify, troubleshoot, and resolve discrepancies or irregularities in internal and external research data, serving as a quality assurance resource for project teams and leadership.
- Work closely with project teams to source, clean, structure, and validate datasets to ensure they meet internal data quality standards.
- Conduct quality assurance reviews of survey instruments, ensuring alignment with research objectives, logical flow, clarity of questions, and methodological rigor.
- Coordinate QA checks during survey development, including formatting, logic testing, translation review, and liaising with survey programming teams.
- Support monitoring of data collection processes to ensure adherence to research protocols, ethical standards, and quality benchmarks.
- Work closely with the Project Operations team and project staff to plan and implement quality assurance processes for field operations and data collection.
- Conduct data audits, spot checks, and validation processes during fieldwork and data collection phases.
- Review drafts of client reports, analysis outputs, and research deliverables to ensure accuracy, consistency, and alignment with underlying data.
- Support Associates and Senior Associates in preparing materials such as drafts of client reports, methodological documentation, research summaries, and presentations.
- Support multiple large-scale research and advisory projects simultaneously while ensuring quality standards are maintained across deliverables.
- Identify opportunities to strengthen internal research quality assurance systems and contribute to improving internal QA processes, templates, and documentation.
- Coordinate project activities related to research quality and data integrity, including timelines for data verification, analysis review, and reporting.
- Participate in fieldwork and project activities where required to ensure compliance with quality assurance protocols.
- Ensure coordination with relevant Busara teams including finance, procurement, operations, facilities, and wellness to support smooth implementation of research engagements.
- Perform any other duties as may be assigned by the project supervisor.

Requirements

What you’ll need

A Bachelor’s degree in Data Science, Statistics, Computer Science, Information Systems, Economics, or a related field.
Demonstrated interest or experience in quality assurance, data validation, process monitoring, or audit of research/data workflows.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to identify patterns, discrepancies, errors, and inconsistencies in datasets or processes.
Excellent organizational skills with strong attention to detail while maintaining a broader perspective on project objectives and quality standards.
Strong interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills, with the ability to report findings and recommendations clearly.
Ability to manage multiple tasks efficiently in a fast-paced environment.
High level of self-motivation and energy with a proactive and solutions-oriented attitude.
Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams.
Fluency in English with excellent writing and communication skills.
Ability and willingness to travel to project locations as required, including in-country and regional sites.
Familiarity with research quality frameworks, auditing methods, and QA best practices.
Experience with data validation and cleaning using statistical or programming tools such as R, Python, STATA, SAS, or similar.
Exposure to large-scale research, evaluation, or consulting projects, including monitoring and QA processes.
Experience supporting research, data, or analytics projects in complex or multi-country contexts.
Understanding of data management systems and workflows, including experimental and observational study designs.
Familiarity with behavioral science research methodologies.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Flexible work arrangements
Professional development opportunities

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Hard Skills & Tools

data validationdata cleaningdata auditingquality assurancestatistical analysisprogramming in Rprogramming in Pythonprogramming in STATAprogramming in SASresearch methodologies

Soft Skills

analytical skillsproblem-solving skillsorganizational skillsattention to detailinterpersonal skillswritten communication skillsverbal communication skillstime managementself-motivationcollaborative skills