Data Scientist

Please see job description for more information

Role Purpose

To help us improve the data we collect, how we analyse and interpret data, and share and communicate data - this is crucial to both successfully delivering our 2025-30 corporate strategy and monitoring its impact.

This is a new role to be located within the Regulatory Strategy Directorate, but which will provide support and deliver impact across the organisation.

Key Accountabilities

• Work with senior colleagues to develop a data strategy that maximises the full potential of data science to support delivery of our 2025-30 corporate strategy
• Champion the use of data and evidence, supporting teams to integrate insight into their work and building capability within the organisation
• Support teams to identify risks to public protection by joining up and interrogating intelligence from enquiries, complaints, fitness to practise caseload and other sources
• Support the policy and standards team to commission our annual major public perception and registrant quantitative surveys and extract maximum value from these including by carrying out additional statistical analysis
• Use data visualisation to present insights that supports others to make informed decisions and maximises our communications impact
• Carry out ad hoc data analysis in support of our strategic objectives and in response to requests from internal and external stakeholders
• Work with cross-functional teams to understand business needs, provide expert advice, and provide data-driven solutions
• Work with governance colleagues to ensure secure ethical and appropriate management of data in line with legislative requirements and internal policies

Essential Skills/Experience/Qualifications

• Broad knowledge of data science techniques, use cases and potential impact, as well as the principal tools and technologies
• Applied statistics and research methodologies
• Experience of data visualisation tools, including interactive dashboards

Closing date for this role is 12 September 2025 5pm, please note we reserve the right to close this role early dependent on number of applications.

Please note your application will not be accepted without a covering letter exampling how you meet the essential criteria of this role, no more than 2 A4 pages.
#J-18808-Ljbffr