Data Scientist

at  Cabinet Office

JOB DESCRIPTION

As a data scientist working on the Opportunity Mission, you will be instrumental in driving success of the Mission through tracking outcomes on the Opportunity Mission dashboard and shaping analysis to improve delivery. You will own and design the journey of the data from source to use by system leaders, exercising significant range in the techniques you choose to deploy.
You will work closely with colleagues in No10, the Mission Delivery Unit, the Department for Education and other government departments to collect data, conduct high quality analysis, create engaging visualisations and develop insights, all to inform critical decision making. Our customers include special advisors, senior ministers, the Prime Minister and Civil Service leaders.
You will also contribute to the cross-government data science community, engaging with a range of stakeholders to champion the value of data science. 10DS has a strong programme of technological development, drawing on capabilities in Python and cloud computing.
10DS are strongly committed to learning and development, and are more interested in your aptitude and attitude than pre-existing expertise. Significant on-the-job training, mentorship and support can be provided for the right applicant.

ESSENTIAL SKILLS/EXPERIENCE

• The ability to work at pace in a complex multi-stakeholder environment, driving progress in the face of a range of competing views and priorities.
• Policy and strategic analysis skills that can be deployed flexibly across a wide range of priorities.
• Highly developed communication and networking skills, an ability to build strong relationships and operate with senior stakeholders across government, and skills to translate complex information into meaningful, easily understood narratives.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

We’ll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

• Data science and coding skills
• Data visualisation and presenting analysis

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £61,005, Cabinet Office contributes £17,673 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

• Learning and development tailored to your role.
• An environment with flexible working options.
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity.
• A Civil Service Pension which provides an attractive pension, benefits for dependants and employer contributions of 28.97%.
• A minimum of 25 days of paid annual leave, increasing by one day per year up to a maximum of 30.

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NATIONALITY REQUIREMENTS

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

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TYPE OF ROLE

Analytical
Architecture and Data
Operational Research
Policy
Statistics

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

• Developing the relevant mission dashboard (in Plotly Dash for Python) and other interactive tools to effectively communicate data and analysis.
• Establishing data flows and pipelines from a wide range of sources across Whitehall by establishing relationships and promoting use of rAPId.
• Presenting evidence to the Prime Minister, Cabinet ministers, Special Advisors and senior civil servants.
• Inspiring the people who make decisions and drive delivery of essential public services to use data.
• Establishing and maintaining strong networks across government relevant to your policy area.
• Applying advanced analytical techniques and machine learning.