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Educate Girls, Assistant Data Science Engineer

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About the portfolio organization

Educate Girls is a non-profit working to ensure that every girl in India's rural and educationally marginalised communities has access to quality education. Since 2007, they have partnered with state governments and local communities to identify out-of-school girls, support their enrolment and retention, and strengthen foundational learning for all children. Their second chance program also helps adolescent girls and young women complete their Grade 10 and 12 educations while building life skills and agency. With a network of more than 55,000 community volunteers since its inception, Educate Girls has enrolled over 20 lakhs girls and improved learning outcomes for over 24 lakh children across 30,000 villages in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, and Bihar. In 2026, Educate Girls became the first Indian organisation to receive the prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award, Asia's highest honour.  

Over the next 10 years, Educate Girls aims to impact 10 million learners by:  

  • Continuing ‘Vidya’, their Back-to-School Program, which identifies out-of-school girls (ages 6-14), supports enrolment and retention in government schools and strengthens foundational learning and life skills. 
  • Scaling up India’s largest second-chance education initiative ‘Pragati’, targeting adolescent girls and young women (ages 15–29) who drop out due to societal barriers & systemic gaps and are now ineligible for formal schooling. Pragati delivers village-based learning camps to build life skills, enhance agency and enable learners to earn their Grade 10 certifications through State Open Schools. 
  • Strengthening open schooling systems in 12 states through Technical Assistance Units (TAUs) in partnership with the Indian State government. These units focus on improving access to and the quality of State Open Schools to support learners in the Pragati program. 
  • Together, these programs embody their mission to ensure that every girl is included, educated, and empowered - driving lasting transformation in education and gender equity across India. 

About the Fellowship role

Aligned with its 10 year goal, the Assistant Data Science Engineer will build models and automated processes that help EG maximize its impact. This role will be instrumental in improving the predictive analytics capabilities of the team and enabling rapid course correction in program delivery. Efficient management and mining of primary and secondary data sources to enable timely and error-free reporting to our stakeholders will also be a key responsibility of this role. This role will help grow data-driven decision making in the organization.: 

Location: In-Person - Mumbai, India (Head Office)
Employment: Full-time, one-year Fellowship
Starting Date: Earliest Possible

Key responsibilities

  • Build and deploy predictive analytics models to improve targeting, risk identification, and program performance optimization.
  • Design and automate scalable data pipelines and SQL-based systems to ensure accurate, timely, and reliable reporting.
  • Develop decision-oriented dashboards and analytical briefs that translate complex data into actionable insights for leadership.
  • Strengthen data quality, validation, and governance frameworks to enhance integrity and stakeholder confidence in reported metrics. 

Requirements

Experience and education:

  • Bachelor’s Degree or above in a relevant data science field or a related field of study.
  • Minimum 2 years of relevant work experience data analytics/data visualization/ data management.
  • Minimum 2-3 Years of SQL experience and demonstrated ability to design and analyse data in relational databases.  Experience with PostgreSQL is desirable.
  • Minimum 1-2 years’ experience in data manipulation, cleaning and modelling using Python. Experience in machine learning using Python is desirable.
  • Demonstrated experience in dashboard design & developmnt.
  • Demonstrated analytical and assessment skills of quantitative & qualitative data.
  • Experience with AWS or any other cloud computing platform is a plus. 

Must Haves:

  • Permit to work in India 
  • Professional proficiency in English and Hindi  

About the LGT Impact Fellowship

As part of LGT Venture Philanthropy's and Lightrock's strategic efforts to scale positive impact, the LGT Impact Fellowship was established to provide additional know-how and capacity to portfolio organizations and companies. Each year a limited number of professionals are nominated to work full-time for one year with the organizations and companies supported by LGT Venture Philanthropy and Lightrock in Africa, India and Latin America as per the above job description.
 
LGT Impact Fellows are part of an enriching cohort of like-minded Fellows. They benefit from various program activities, including a 1-week in-person kick-off workshop, webinars, access to the network and know-how of LGT Venture Philanthropy, etc.

How to apply

Submit your application via the "Apply" button. Please note that we only accept online applications and that multiple applications are not allowed. However, you are invited to mention additional preferences in your application.
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