Head of/Lead Data Scientist
| Posting date: | 03 December 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £68,503 to £68,503 per year |
| Additional salary information: | Leeds £68,503 London £72,602 |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 08 December 2024 |
| Location: | Leeds |
| Company: | Government Recruitment Service |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 381472/1 |
Summary
The public should expect decisions around their health to be based on the best insights derivable from the data they give to us - that requires data scientists!
DHSC's Data Science hub are raising capability with the ingredients that allow great data science to happen everywhere in DHSC; Skills & Talent, Community & Culture, Leadership, Platform, Tools and Data. We work across the department to deliver innovative data science projects and are making AI work for DHSC with our Advanced Analytics programme.
To achieve this, we:
- Deliver innovative data science products leveraging emerging technologies such as Generative AI.
- Scale, embed and productionise data science applications to maximise impact
- Set strategic direction for data science in DHSC.
- Are a friendly and accessible central resource of technical expertise
- Bring in talented data scientists to DHSC and support them via a vibrant community and L&D offer
- Foster relationships with data scientists across the health and social care sector, government, and industry.
- Act as ambassadors for data science with all our colleagues.
- Implement the government’s Reproducible Analytical Pipelines strategy.
- Collaborate with academia and partners across government and the health sector
Analytical teams across DHSC are embracing modern analytical techniques and putting health data to work improving policy. Our data scientists have demonstrated real-world value through topics as varied as public health, dentistry, adult social care, mental health, NHS performance and more, as well as focussing on how emerging AI tools can increase departmental efficiency. As well our central Data Science Hub, we now need to embed data science leadership across the department to realise the potential the nation's health data for policy making by making data science central to all of our analysis.
We are seeking a Head of Data Science to bolster our data science leadership. Initially this role will provide paternity cover leading the Data Science Hub and for the Head of Profession role. Longer term, there is a demand for data science leadership across the department and this post will support meeting that need either through continued leadership of the data science hub or a reorganisation of data science leadership roles.
As Head of the Data Science Hub, you will be concerned primarily with capability building, strategy and leadership. You will act as both a technical leader and manage delivery through others as part of a larger team of 15 data scientists and a programme manager. You will take a strategic view in order to enable data science to have impact across the department and the wider health sector. As the leader of data science in DHSC you will be a key advocate in senior for and set the narrative for data science including adoption of AI within the department.
Across DHSC, data science plays a key role in helping policy analysts make best use of health data such as NHS data, primary care data and 3rd party datasets such as web data and ordnance survey for example. We also lead on the internal adoption of AI in DHSC, in close collaboration with colleagues in the Chief Data Officer's Directorate and IT. Longer term this post could pivot to a more focussed portfolio embedding data science into a particular policy domain or sub-set of data science applications such as genAI. This representative of our increasing maturity in data science.
Data Science is always moving and you will continually upskill yourself and your team to stay on top of developments. The team will look to you to set the scope and ambition of the team in pursuing leading - edge developments alongside supporting the wide function of the analytical community in adopting modern data science fundamentals such as Reproducible Analytical Pipelines.
You will sit at the centre of a number of key groups such as internal boards, external collaboration with data science leaders in health, government and academia. You will lead the data science community, creating a dynamic, collaborative and friendly culture.
You will sit within a network of experts within and outside the department facilitating use of data science to generate new insights. You will facilitate understanding and communication between technical experts and policy customers.
When required, we expect the successful candidate to take a flexible approach to which projects they are working on, so that the department can meet its business priorities. On occasion, this may include working outside the immediate team.
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