Senior Data Scientist

1 month ago


Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom Department for Work and Pensions Full time
Job Summary

This role requires you to pass clearance. For further information, please see the Security Clearance Requirement.

We are seeking a Senior Data Scientist to join our Analytics team, working with Digital Performance Analysts, Business Analysts, and other Data Scientists to deliver insights from data to a diverse range of stakeholders according to their unique needs.

Key Responsibilities
  • Lead data discovery work, exploring back- and front-end data from our digital services to find opportunities for performance optimisation.
  • Build up expertise to provide ad-hoc analysis at pace and shape the services we deliver to citizens.
  • Support the safe migration of State Pension and Pension Credit claimants to a new, modern IT estate.
  • Develop new analytics capabilities for Retirement Services, such as A/B testing or building Natural Language Processing models to maximise the value of user feedback.
  • Steer the development of a modernised, data-driven approach to controlling quality and accuracy in Later Life services while aligning to DWP standards and strategies.
Requirements
  • Strong stakeholder management skills and experience of working with a range of people and teams to deliver results and influencing decision-making.
  • Experience in tackling loosely defined problems, working with stakeholders and colleagues to narrow down scope, delivering value iteratively and at the earliest opportunity in alignment with business goals.
  • Experience in exploring and analysing large, disparate datasets, understanding their limitations and working with subject matter experts to deliver insights relevant in business context at pace.
  • Experience of a wide range of analytical, data science and data visualisation techniques and associated limitations, with expertise in a number of techniques including theoretical basis and application.
  • Excellent written and oral communication, with ability to present complex analysis clearly and concisely to a variety of audiences, explain the implications of analytical evidence and limitations of data sources and provide recommendations.
  • Experience of SQL and Python to an advanced level.
Benefits

Alongside your salary, the Department for Work and Pensions contributes towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme.

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 23 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 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.
Salary Information

Pay for this role is from £52,412 to £63,517.

The maximum salary for the grade is £63,517, however a Digital Allowance of up to £9,829 per annum is available for exceptional candidates, based on our assessment of your skills and experience.

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 should maintain their current salary.

Existing Civil Servants who gain promotion may move to the bottom of the next grade pay scale or 10% increase in salary whichever would be the greater.


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