No10 Data Scientist - Health / Education

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Reference number

462927

Salary

£62,988 \- £92,802
including DDaT uplift

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.
A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28\.97%
GBP

Job grade

Grade 7### Contract type

Permanent

Loan### Length of employment

2 years### Business area

CO \- Prime Minister's Office### Type of role

Analytical

Architecture and Data

Operational Delivery

Operational Research

Policy

Statistics### Working pattern

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

1
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• Location


• About the job


• Benefits


• Things you need to know


• Apply and further information

Location
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LondonAbout the job
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Job 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.### Job description

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:

• 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


• 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 actively encourage applicants from a wide range of backgrounds, as we see the value in housing a wide range of skillsets across the team. Our current team members bring experience from a host of industries, including management consulting, technology, and academia.

The role:

As a data scientist within 10DS, you will be instrumental in the success of priority PM programmes. You will shape the journey of insightful data from source to use by system leaders, deploying a range of techniques in the process.

You will work closely with colleagues in No10 and across government collect data, conduct high quality analysis, create engaging visualisations and develop insights, all to inform critical decision making. Our customers include 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.

Person specification

If you are interested but feel you don't yet meet every requirement, please apply. We value enthusiasm, aptitude for growth, and diversity of thought and experience, along with the skills and experience outlined.

Main responsibilities:

• Developing innovative and interactive visualisation tools (in Plotly Dash for Python) to 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 (including natural language processing) to extract policy and delivery relevant insight from data

You will be able to competently demonstrate:

• Strong numeracy and experience deploying a range of analytical techniques


• Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate complex information into meaningful, easily understood narrative for non\-analytical audiences.


• Extensive experience briefing and influencing senior leaders, including senior\-level stakeholders, C\-suite executives, and equivalent decision\-makers.


• Keenness to develop excellence in communicating analytical findings for impact, including through creative visualisation


• Experience of working effectively at pace


• Interest or experience in the delivery of programmes for public service improvement


• Strong interest in use of data and evidence to drive better outcomes


• Strong attention to detail, particularly in producing polished presentation materials and rigorous analysis


• Excellent data visualisation skills

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

The following are desirable (but proficiency can be developed in post):

• Experience in health or education policy or delivery


• Coding in Python


• Use of GitHub


• Coding best practice – structuring, commenting and documenting code, developing and deploying reusable components, incorporating tests, validation and error handling


• Experience working with databases, structured and unstructured data, and large\-volume raw operational data

On the job training can be provided, however pay will be commensurate with technical experience as per the DDaT allowance process.

Additional information:

Cabinet Office policy is that a minimum 60% of your working time should be spent at your principal workplace. For some roles, due to their nature and the business need, this may be up to 100%. Requirements to attend other locations for official business will also count towards this level of attendance.

Behaviours

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

• Seeing the Big Picture


• Communicating and Influencing


• Delivering at Pace


• Leadership

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
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Alongside your salary of £62,988, Cabinet Office contributes £18,247 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\.

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 Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.Application process

Please submit an application of a CV and Personal Statement.

Further details around what this will entail are listed on the application form.

In your Personal Statement (max: 500 words) outline how your skills and experience make you a suitable candidate for the role, referring where appropriate to the skills and experience detailed in the job description.

You will also be required to provide a 250\-word statement demonstrating how you meet each of the key behaviours.

These behaviours are: Seeing the Big Picture, Communicating and Influencing, Delivering at Pace, and Leadership.

Selection process

Candidates successful at sift will be invited to a technical assessment held virtually as part of stage 1 interviews. This will require access to your preferred analytical software \- typically people use a programming language that is good for data analysis such as python or R. Further information about the exercise will be shared with shortlisted candidates.

Candidates successful at stage 1 assessment will be invited to Behaviour and Technical based interview.

The behaviours assessed will be Seeing the Big Picture, Commi

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