Job Description

Job Description – Data Analyst
“Some of the best theorizing comes after collecting data because then you become aware of 
another reality.” – Robert J. Shiller, Winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics
Background:
The Public Education System in India has been generating more than six billion data points on annual 
basis. Every education department collects data from schools in digital format under UDISE as well as 
other initiatives. However, efforts to initiate data analysis of the same have remained nascent. Given 
the wealth of data and its potential use for well-informed capacity building and decision-making 
processes, some of the progressive education departments like those of Tripura State and Municipal 
Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) have initiated a partnership with EdIndia Foundation (EF)
to analyse data sets and create data-driven strategy. EF is in a process of building similar partnership 
with education initiatives of other states as well.
EF intends to set up a team anchored on innovation and data analytics to create relevant data driven 
decision support system for government education system at scale. The analysis outcomes are 
integrated with mobile enabled dashboards to provide easy to understand visual insights and 
actionable. With significant impact made through this project in MCGM already, EF intends to scale it 
up at national as well as international level.
Responsibilities of Data Analyst:
• Providing technical leadership in Data Analytics and Visualization of large data sets
• Designing and developing analytical models and contribute in statistical analysis of relevant 
data
• Handling end-to-end data import, processing and management of a huge volume of data inflow into the system from multiple sources
• Establishing the data analysis system model that enables fact-based decision making and ad 
hoc analysis and insight generation
• Improving and streamlining processes regarding data handling, data structure, data analysis
& data visualization
• Guiding the team throughout the process and oversee the progress of the project and prepare 
relevant visualization dashboards for the key stakeholders including Education Department 
Officials
You could be a good match if you are: 
• A believer in Data and its importance and their relevance: You have strong quantitative and 
analytical abilities, with sound understanding of data; in both traditional relational systems 
and present day big-data methodologies. Strong statistical background would be preferred.
• A self-starter and learning enthusiast: It is a unique project and we want to work with people 
who enjoy building things from the bottom up. The Data Support Project that we are
undertaking is cutting edge and would expose the team members to extensive mentoring on 
combining data analysis and visualization with social impact. Most of the work we do has not 
been tried before and initiative & a learning bent of mind will thrive in the project 
environment.• A friend to technology: We don’t want you to be techie or programmer but a knack to 
understand technology and how to use it to make oneself efficient would be very useful. 
Ability to understand how our dashboard works and to represent data to make critical 
decisions would be very useful. Exposure to Statistical software e.g. STATA, Big Data space (R, 
R-Studio, Python) and visualising data analytics (e.g. Data Studio/Tableau) would be preferred
• A Team player: We are attempting to build a lean and flat organization. We are looking to get 
together with people who are more driven by passion than position or perks. Hence it is critical 
that one strives to add value to each team member and help everyone learn and succeed. This 
is essential condition to affect the mission positively
• Complete openness to open source movement and sharing: We embrace open source 
movement and all the content we create is free and open source for anyone out there. We 
also believe in sharing our process and what we are learning periodically to create a 
community of practice. An alignment to the same is something we are looking for in all our 
team members
Location: Mumbai
Salary:
Commensurate to skill-sets and experience
If this excites you, please fill in your details at https://tinyurl.com/18vo5zbv and post review if it 
matches our requirement, we shall contact you.
About EdIndia Foundation:
EdIndia Foundation (EF) is a section 8 not for profit company focussed on leveraging technology and 
data analytics to create innovative solutions to impact education at scale. EF has been provided 
incubation support by Sterlite Power Transmission Ltd. (SPTL) and its group companies