Lead Data Scientist

Every childhood is worth fighting for. This is our belief. It drives us and inspires our data team to grow the NSPCC into a leading data-driven organisation at the forefront of preventing child abuse and neglect through the collective insights of our data. Join us as our Lead Data Scientist and help us develop our data capabilities to make a difference.

This is a fantastic opportunity for any established lead data scientists looking to make a difference, or for senior data scientists looking to take the next step in their career.

In this role you will:

have a hands-on role in developing and deploying a range of data science models, including those involving machine learning and NLP.
work closely with senior stakeholders across the business to identify the most impactful analytics projects, and to ensure any solutions address business needs.

You will have:

Experience in thinking strategically about how to develop a data science function.


Strong understanding of a range of analytics, data science, and machine learning techniques, and proven experience in deploying models in real-world situations.


Extensive programming ability in Python and/or R and strong ability to use SQL, and experience with NLP, ML libraries and frameworks and in using Git or other version control systems in collaborative software projects.


Demonstrable experience of formulating, solving, and implementing analytical solutions to business problems.


Effective at building and maintaining good relationships across a number of stakeholders and teams across the organisation.


Highly developed stakeholder management skills and the ability to ‘talk tech' to senior teams with a commitment to ‘plain English' and grounding highly technical concepts into local understanding.


Experience in utilising cloud platforms, ideally with Azure and Databricks.

Join us and you'll become part of a team that cares about the work they do and the people they work with. You'll discover opportunities to grow, along with challenges and a shared purpose that'll bring the best out in you. And you'll get to find your own way to make a difference that means more, and that impacts millions of young lives.

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