Data Scientist
| Posting date: | 22 October 2024 |
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| Salary: | £61,005 to £89,880 per year |
| Additional salary information: | This job attracts a DDaT allowance. Offers above the band minimum are subject to our assessment of your skills and experience as demonstrated at interview. Salaries over the band minimum will be paid as a non-pensionable allowance. |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 04 November 2024 |
| Location: | SW1 2ET |
| Company: | Government Recruitment Service |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 373615/1 |
Summary
The Prime Minister’s Office enables the Prime Minister to deliver the Government’s overall priorities and to communicate the Government’s policies to Parliament, the public and international audiences. From the Policy Unit and Press Office, Switchboard and Custodians, to the Events & Visits team and Private Office support; the diverse Downing Street team draws on varied expertise from across the Civil Service and beyond. The teams come together to deliver excellent service to the Prime Minister while also making No10 a great place to work.
About the team
The No10 data science team, 10DS, offers an unparalleled opportunity to develop your career personally and within the Civil Service. Formed in mid-2020, 10DS is here to radically improve the way in which key decisions are informed by data, analysis and evidence. We do this by:
1. Enabling No10 to utilise the best available evidence by combining cutting-edge data science with clear, engaging communication throughout the policy and decision-making process, ensuring that the Prime Minister and staff are intelligent customers of analysis, and embedding a culture of evidence-informed policy.
2. Provoking positive change across central government through providing challenge and feedback, and collaborating across Whitehall to drive long-term systems change and collectively solve the most pressing policy challenges.
We are committed to having a fantastic team culture - our People Survey scores show 94% of staff would recommend us as a great place to work and 100% of the team felt their manager is considerate of the life outside of work.
We believe that excellence and innovation is only possible with a diverse team, and actively encourage applicants from a range backgrounds.
10DS also works closely with the Mission Delivery Unit, a team in Cabinet Office supporting the Chancellor to the Duchy of Lancaster and the Prime Minister in driving forward the government's five missions.
To find out more about the team, see the team pack attached with this advert.
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.