Data Scientist Contractor

The Young Foundation; London; On-site; GBP 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job description

Salary : Up to £250 per day (dependent on experience)

Location : Remote – UK-based. Our offices are in Toynbee Hall, East London, but we welcome applicants from across the UK who do not wish to relocate.

Hours : Up to 2.5 FTE days per week until 1 November 2025.

Contract : Temporary (five months), starting ASAP until 1 November 2025.

About The Young Foundation

The Young Foundation is a not-for-profit organisation driving community research and social innovation. We bring communities, organisations, and policymakers together to understand the issues people care about and support collective action to improve lives. We involve communities in research and innovate together to inspire positive change. We deliver distinctive initiatives and programmes to shape a fairer future. We also power the Institute for Community Studies.

About the role

We are seeking a collaborative data scientist to work with colleagues across The Young Foundation and our partner organisations in the National Civic Impact Accelerator.

The post-holder will primarily focus on data science and Tableau development support for our Civic Impact Dashboard and Place Data Playbook. Our Civic Impact Dashboard prototype was launched in March 2025. Over the next six months, we aim to incorporate user feedback into subsequent iterations—adding more data to cover other domains of the Civic Impact Framework and making design improvements for accessibility and user experience.

As the data scientist contractor, you will lead the development of the dashboard using Tableau, working collaboratively as part of a small, dedicated UCD development team of three members.

You will have flexibility to schedule your work remotely, except for an online workshop planned for Tuesday, 1 July, 11:00 – 12:30, and the in-person CiviCon conference in Sheffield, where the final dashboard will be launched on Tuesday, 14 – Wednesday, 15 October.

You will also need to attend a regular weekly 30-minute online meeting, currently scheduled on Thursday afternoons, but this can be adjusted if needed.

• Experience designing and building data visualisations and complex dashboards with Tableau, ideally using User-Centred Design principles.
• Experience deploying dashboards to the Tableau server.
• Strong understanding and use of public data related to ‘Place’—e.g., Active Lives Survey, NOMIS, Understanding Society, Community Life Survey, IMD.
• Familiarity with the Civic University agenda and the role of anchor institutions in place.
• Experience in programme impact evaluation.
• Experience with university processes and systems.
• Familiarity with User-Centred Design principles.
• Strong understanding and use of Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) data.
• Design and delivery experience in participatory and user research workshops.

How to apply

Please share your experience and reasons for applying, along with your CV, to [e-mail] by 10 am, 29 May 2025.

The Young Foundation is an equal opportunities employer and actively encourages applications from Black, Ethnic Minority, and other under-represented groups. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.

You must have the right to live and work in the UK. Applicants requiring a work permit will not be considered.

Upon submission, you will receive an automated acknowledgment. We review applications after the closing date and will only respond to shortlisted candidates.