Arc Research Data Scientist

4 weeks ago


London, United Kingdom University College London Full time

**Ref Number**

B01-02832

**Professional Expertise**

Research and Research Support

**Department**

Vice-President (Operations) (B01)

**Location**

London

**Working Pattern**

Full time

**Salary**

See advert text

**Contract Type**

Permanent

**Working Type**

Hybrid (20% - 80% on site)

**Available For Secondment**

No

**Closing Date**

31-Aug-2023

**About us**:
We are a home for the research technology professionals - research software engineers, HPC systems engineers, dev-ops specialists, data engineers, data scientists and data stewards - who support and collaborate in the delivery of UCL research, providing outstanding career development opportunities for these new kinds of research professionals.

**About the role**:
Would you like to generate, manage, explore, infer, validate, analyse, and visualise complex data?

Research Data Scientists (also known as Data Scientist, Machine Learning Specialist, Computational Statistician, Data Wrangler, Bioinformatician, Data Analyst):
Conduct collaborative research to extract knowledge and insight from datasets using a variety of mathematical, statistical and computational approaches.

Develop software and scripts to implement these analyses in robust and reproducible ways.

Work with research infrastructure developers to deploy these to production.

In addition, ARC aims to help you develop your own research ideas in data science and connected areas. You will be able to set up research initiatives, bid for funding, exchange/collaborate within ARC themes across a range of novel digital research.

At senior levels you will take on a leadership role within the department, either technically or managerially, helping to guide the vision for this strategically important area for UCL. You may lead the technical design for complex projects or new services, spearhead the development of new courses, manage data science projects, and/or mentor and supervise other group members.

Salary range for the Research Data Scientist positions is as follows:

- Assistant Research Data Scientist: £32,331 to £40,533 (including London Allowance) depending on experience
- Research Data Scientist: £39,508 to £51,247 (including London Allowance) depending on experience
- Senior Research Data Scientist: £48,614 to £61,923 (including London Allowance) depending on experience

**About you**:
The successful applicant will have experience of analysing, researching, and solving complex computational data analysis problems. You will be able to communicate well with researchers, and present complex or technical information to a range of stakeholders. A relevant degree or equivalent professional experience is required according to seniority.

Job description and person specification for each of the Research Data Scientist positions can be accessed at the bottom of this page. Please supply a cover letter setting out how you meet the selection criteria.

**What we offer**:
As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits some of which are below:
A yearly promotion scheme across grades. The scheme aims to make it easier for high-performing staff demonstrating the appropriate skills and behaviours of performing at a higher grade to be recognised and to accelerate their internal career progression.

41 Days holiday (27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days)

Additional 5 days’ annual leave purchase schem

**Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion**:
As London’s Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world’s talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong.

These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women.

Our department is working towards an Athena SWAN award. We are committed to advancing gender equality within our department.



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