Data Scientist – Public Sector AI & Analytics

Scrumconnect Ltd; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Scrumconnect Consulting in London seeks a Data Scientist to turn public sector data into actionable insight. You will analyse data, build models and explain findings to policy, product and technical colleagues.

You will explore large datasets, develop ML models, assess data quality, create visual reports, and work with data engineers to ensure reproducibility. Experience in Python, SQL, Power BI/Tableau, and UK GDPR is required.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a data scientist in a commercial or public sector setting.
• Strong Python and SQL skills, including libraries such as pandas and scikit-learn.
• Solid grounding in statistics and machine learning methods.
• Experience with data visualisation tools such as Power BI, Tableau or Python libraries.
• Experience using version control (Git) and writing reproducible code.
• Ability to explain technical findings in plain English.
• UK government or public sector experience.
• Experience with cloud data platforms such as Azure, AWS or Databricks.
• Experience with natural language processing or generative AI.
• Knowledge of data ethics frameworks and data protection (UK GDPR).

Responsibilities

• Explore, clean and analyse large and complex datasets.
• Build statistical and machine learning models to answer real business and policy questions.
• Assess data quality and help define data standards and validation rules.
• Create clear visualisations and reports for non-technical audiences.
• Work with data engineers and architects to make models and analysis reproducible.
• Apply responsible and ethical use of data and AI, including bias and explainability.
• Work with user researchers, designers and product managers to make sure analysis meets real needs.
• Present findings to senior stakeholders and influence decisions.

Skills

Python

SQL

Statistics

Machine Learning

Data Visualization

Git

Communication

Public sector experience

NLP / Generative AI

Data ethics

Tools

Power BI

Tableau

Azure

AWS

Databricks

Git

Job description

Scrumconnect Consulting in London seeks a Data Scientist to turn public sector data into actionable insight. You will analyse data, build models and explain findings to policy, product and technical colleagues.

You will explore large datasets, develop ML models, assess data quality, create visual reports, and work with data engineers to ensure reproducibility. Experience in Python, SQL, Power BI/Tableau, and UK GDPR is required.