Lead Data Scientist

Details
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Reference number

458104

Salary

£75,026 \- £92,522
A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28\.97%
GBP

Job grade

Grade 6### Contract type

Permanent### Business area

DWP \- Digital### Type of role

Architecture and Data

Digital

Information Technology### Working pattern

Flexible working, Full\-time, Job share, Part\-time### Number of jobs available

1
Contents
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• Location


• About the job


• Benefits


• Things you need to know


• Apply and further information

Location
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This role may be located in one of the following locations; Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle and Sheffield.

Please find further information on the Corporate hub locations here.

Please note that for candidates requesting to work in Newcastle, the role will initially be based at Benton Park View. It will then move to 1 Pilgrim Place in Newcastle city centre by the end of 2027\.About the job
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Job summary

Please note this role requires you to pass Security Check clearance. For further information, please see 'Selection process details'.

Are you looking for a uniquely inspiring and fulfilling career opportunity where your work will be making a genuine difference to society?

Are you someone who is skilled in harnessing the power of data and using advanced analytics to improve outcomes?

Would you love the opportunity to use data and technology at scale and in innovative ways to solve problems?

Sounds like you? We'd love to hear from you!

DWP Digital offers uniquely inspiring and fulfilling career opportunities for people passionate about making a genuine difference to society.

As the Lead Data Scientist for Working Age Services, you will be responsible for steering a high performing analytical team that supports the Programme to improve outcomes for claimants and agents by using data science to support the design, delivery and evaluation of Working Age digital Services. In addition, together with the Working Age Services Data Lead and Delivery Lead, you will be working closely with the cross\-disciplinary development teams in the Working Age Services to understand their data needs, ensuring these are met through close engagement with the platform team within Data and Analytics.

Job description

As a Lead Data Scientist, you will:

• Lead and develop a data science \& analysis team that uses the latest tools and techniques to provide the everyday analytics, insights and evidence needed to help the development of the Working Age Services.


• Take responsibility for the quality of analytics processes, evaluation methods, reporting frameworks and machine learning capabilities that deliver critical business insights and improve outcomes for citizens and DWP staff.


• Advocate for and enact the DWP Data Strategy, DWP AI strategy and Business strategy, ensuring team data initiatives receive adequate support \& guidance from the central functions.


• Nurture strong relationships with senior stakeholders and digital teams to influence the measurement frameworks, data quality and performance culture in the Working Age Services.


• Provide the appropriate safeguards to ensure all work adheres to key privacy, security and data protection regulations and set procedures for ethical considerations such as unintended biases.


• Play a key role in an inclusive and diverse community, defining recruitment strategies and career progression as well as contributing to Digital Practices in DWP overall.

Please note: As part of the role, you may be required to travel to the other digital hubs. The frequency of this will be discussed further should you be successful.

Person specification

See selection process for further details.

If you would like to learn more about the role, please contact Aisha.Gultasab@dwp.gov.uk.

Qualifications

A degree or higher in STEM (Science, Technology, engineering, or mathematics) is essential for this role. Evidence of your qualification will be requested in advance of interview.### Technical skills

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

• Data Science (Innovation)


• Applied maths, statistics and scientific practices

We only ask for evidence of these technical skills on your application form:

• Data Science (Innovation)

Benefits
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Alongside your salary of £75,026, Department for Work and Pensions contributes £21,735 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
We also have a broad benefits package built around your work\-life balance which includes:

• Working patterns to support work/life balance such as job sharing, term\-time working, flexi\-time and compressed hours.


• Generous annual leave – at least 25 days on entry, increasing up to 30 days over time (pro–rata for part time employees), plus 9 days public and privilege leave.


• Support for financial wellbeing, including interest\-free season ticket loans for travel, a cycle to work scheme and an employee discount scheme.


• Health and wellbeing support including our Employee Assistance Programme for specialist advice and counselling and the opportunity to join HASSRA a first\-class programme of competitions, activities and benefits for its members (subscription payable monthly).


• Family friendly policies including enhanced maternity and shared parental leave pay after 1 year’s continuous service.


• Funded learning and development to support progress in your role and career. This includes industry recognised qualifications and accreditations, coaching, mentoring and talent development programmes.


• An inclusive and diverse environment with opportunities to join professional and interpersonal networks including Women’s Network, National Race Network, National Disability Network (THRIVE) and many more.

Hybrid Working

This role may be suitable for hybrid working, which is where an employee works part of the week in their DWP office and part of the week from home. This is a voluntary, non\-contractual arrangement and your office will be your contractual place of work.

If a hybrid working arrangement is suitable for the role and for you, you will normally be required to spend a minimum of 60% of your contracted working hours from your DWP office.

If you have a disability, caring responsibilities, or other circumstances that may affect your ability to meet the minimum office attendance requirement, please discuss this with us using the contact details in this advert.

Salary Information

Pay for this role is from £75,026 to £92,522

The maximum salary for the grade is £80,267, however a Digital Allowance of up to £12,255 per annum is available for exceptional candidates. Digital Allowance is non\-salary, and non\-pensionable, and is classed as a temporary allowance. It is reviewed annually where it could be retained, amended, or removed.

Our offer to successful candidates will be based on an assessment of your skills and experience as demonstrated at interview.

Existing Civil Servants who secure a new role on lateral transfer will maintain their current substantive salary.

Existing Civil Servants who gain promotion will move to the bottom of the grade pay scale or receive a 10% increase applied to their current substantive salary, whichever is greater.

Things you need to know
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Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.### Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles , and will assess your Experience and Technical skills.Stage 1: Application

Your application will consist of four parts:

1\. A Personal Details application form.

2\. Employment history \- this should contain your work experience and any skills, qualifications and accomplishments relevant to the jobs you have completed. As a guide, we ask candidates to keep their employment history to roughly two pages if they can.

3\. Personal statement \- up to 1000 words. This statement should be used to provide examples of how you meet the essential criteria below:

• Proven experience of leading a high performing multi\-disciplinary team that delivers analytics and insights at pace which best supports project, programme or business outcomes.


• Working knowledge and understanding of a wide range of data science techniques and when they are appropriate to use; keeping up to date with the latest industry trends and how to apply them to practical situations.


• Proven ability to build trusted peer and senior stakeholder relationships including with digital, operations and policy colleagues in order to understand their needs and how best to add value.


• Demonstrable evidence of setting the standards and best practices for teams including the appropriate safeguards to ensure all work adheres to key privacy, security and data protection principles as well as ethical considerations such as unintended biases.


• Evidence of playing a key role in leadership in the community, defining recruitment strategies and career progression as well as contributing to Digital Practices.


• Proven ability to create a diverse and inclusive environment where people feel safe to challenge and know their voice will be heard. Give people space to take ini

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