Data Scientist

UCL AI Centre; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 45,000; Part time

Job summary

The UCL AI Centre seeks an enthusiastic data scientist for a part-time role supporting the North Star project focused on Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. This position involves data management and analysis, working closely with clinical teams to inform research and clinical trials. Ideal candidates will possess advanced academic credentials and technical expertise in data management relevant to clinical research.

Benefits

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

Defined benefit pension scheme (CARE)

Cycle to work scheme

On-site nursery

On-site gym

Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay

Qualifications

• Experience in clinical research data management.
• Strong programming skills essential for role.
• Familiar with data governance and regulatory standards.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate data cleaning, extraction and analysis for the North Star project.
• Work closely with PIs and statistical teams on DMD study.
• Contribute to design of clinical trials and monitoring medication efficacy.

Skills

Python

SQL

Data Management

Technical Documentation

Education

PhD or MSc in Computer Science / IT / Software Engineering

Mathematics or a Technical Subject

Tools

REDCap

GitHub

GitLab

Job description

Ref Number B02-08804 Professional Expertise IT and Digital Department School of Life & Medical Sciences (B02) Location London Working Pattern Part time Salary See advert text Contract Type Fixed-term Working Type On site Available for Secondment No Closing Date 24-Jun-2025

About Us

The mission of the UCL GOS Institute of Child Health is to maximise and advocate for the holistic health of all children, young people and the adults they will become, through world-class research, education and public engagement. The UCL GOS ICH, together with its clinical partner Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, forms the largest concentration of children’s health research outside North America. The 2024-29 GOS ICH strategy focuses on its five scientific programmes. GOS ICH’s activities include active engagement with children and families, to ensure that our work is relevant and appropriate to their needs. GOS ICH generates the funding for our research by setting out our proposals in high quality applications to public, charitable and industrial funding bodies and disseminates the results of our research by publication in the medical and scientific literature, to clinicians, policy makers and the wider public. The Institute offers world-class education and training across a wide range of teaching and life learning programmes which address the needs of students and professional groups who are interested in and undertaking work relevant to child health. GOS ICH holds an Athena SWAN Charter Gold Award.

About The Role

We are looking for an enthusiastic and experienced data scientist to work closely with the PIs and the statistical and management team of the North Star project, a large natural history study on Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD). The appointed person will work on the North Star database to facilitate data cleaning, extraction and analysis. The database include clinical and physiotherapy assessments of individuals with DMD followed at the 23 national North Star centres, and the data collected are crucial to design natural history trajectories of the disease, design clinical trials and monitor long-term safety and efficacy profiles of approved medications. This is a part-time (0.5 FTE) post and salary is £43,374 pro-rata, pa.

About You

The successful candidate will have PhD or MSc in Computer Science / IT / Software Engineering / Information Systems / Maths / Technical Subject and previous experience. Technical experience of data management in clinical research, including the use of REDCap, knowledge of data governance and regulatory standards for clinical data management. Excellent programming skills – Python / SQ L/ GitHib / GitLab and experience in Technical documentation (GitHub / GitLab) are essential. Please check JD/PS for detailed information.

What we offer

As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits some of which are below:

• 41 Days holiday (27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days)
• Additional 5 days’ annual leave purchase scheme
• Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE)
• Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan
• Immigration loan
• Relocation scheme for certain posts
• On-Site nursery
• On-site gym
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay
• Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service
• Discounted medical insurance Visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/reward-and-benefits to find out more.
  
  

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. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL’s workforce. These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women. You can read more about our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion here : https://www.ucl.ac.uk/equality-diversity-inclusion/ If you have any queries regarding the application process, please contact Madhur Sharma on [e-mail] quoting job reference

Available documents

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• download: JD-Data Scientist UCL_May2025 0.5.docx