Principal Data Scientist

HM Treasury; Tees Valley; Hybrid; GBP 57,000 - 68,000; Full time

Job summary

A government department is seeking a Principal Data Scientist to enhance decision-making through advanced analytics. The role involves applying data science techniques, leading product development, and creating dashboards to communicate insights. Candidates should exhibit strong experience in data solutions and effective collaboration skills. The position offers flexible working patterns and a range of benefits including annual leave and a generous pension scheme.

Benefits

25 days annual leave plus public holidays

Flexible working patterns

Generous parental leave packages

Defined Benefit pension scheme

Cycle-to-work salary sacrifice scheme

Qualifications

• Experience developing data science solutions impacting organizations.
• Demonstrable ability to deliver professional excellence in service delivery.
• Ability to respond to changing stakeholder needs.

Responsibilities

• Apply data science techniques to enhance analysis and operational efficiency.
• Lead development of analytical products in preferred tech stack.
• Build user-friendly data dashboards communicating insights.
• Improve decision-making by applying novel data sets.
• Provide technical leadership and development opportunities.

Skills

Statistical modelling

Machine learning

AI modelling

Communication skills

Python

Tools

Plotly Dash

Azure

Microsoft Fabric

Job description

Principal Data Scientist

• Salary: London: £60,670 - £67,500 / National: £57,670 - £64,500
• Contract Type: Fixed Term - 11 Months
• Working Pattern: This post is available on a full time, part time or job share basis, and flexible working hours can be accommodated.
• Location: Darlington or London

Are you looking for a new opportunity? How do you feel about working in the Data Hub at the Treasury. The Data Hub sits within the Economic Group that leads HM Treasury’s analysis of developments in the UK economy and advises ministers on the implications for the Government’s economic strategy.

If you’re interested in making a difference to people’s lives, the Treasury can offer you an exciting opportunity to influence decision making that affects the whole of the UK. Working at the heart of government, we collaborate across government to promote responsible public spending and drive strong and sustainable economic growth.

About the Team

The Data Hub is a centre of excellence for advanced analytics and data management in HM Treasury. Working closely with partners inside and outside of government, the Hub is responsible for the implementation of the Treasury’s data strategy, developing the organisation’s data capability and driving data-led transformation across the department.

The Hub also provides strategic coordination and support to teams across the department, bringing data tools and technologies to bear on new and existing data sources. It applies innovative methods to enable rich analysis and support HMT’s departmental objectives, delivering new insights and improving decision-making.

About the Job

As Principal Data Scientist, you will work within the Advanced Analytics team, ensuring high-quality data insights are at the core of HM Treasury’s decision making. Through the application of data science techniques, you will create analysis and data products that will enhance insights and improve efficiency. You will work closely with policy officials, economists and other colleagues across HM Treasury to embed data science into processes, as well as working with data scientists, data engineers and data leads in the Data Hub to implement the Treasury’s data strategy.

In this role

In this role, you will:

• Apply data science techniques, including statistical, machine learning, and/or AI modelling, to enhance analysis and improve operational efficiency.
• Lead development and maintenance of analytical products in our preferred tech stack (Python, Plotly Dash & Azure). You will ensure that the products solve user needs and improve them continuously by introducing innovative data science concepts.
• Build innovative and user-friendly data dashboards to communicate valuable insights to different decision makers, using all available data at HMT.
• Apply novel data sets from various sources within HMT, government, and beyond to improve decision-making. This will require establishing relationships and building data pipelines using the Microsoft Fabric platform.
• Taking a collaborative approach utilising good communication skills: building strong relationships with data product users to understand their needs, presenting plans and outcomes to seniors and working closely with different technical roles in the team.
• You will provide overall technical leadership and development opportunities across HMT in data science and contribute to the growth of the Data Hub through sharing work & knowledge as well as contributing ideas to the processes of the team.
• Line management of one or more data scientists in the team; providing support and coaching enabling them to develop and deliver Data Science projects that achieve the team’s role.

About You

We"re looking for people who have the right set of skills for the role, who demonstrate experienceof developing and embedding data science solutions that have an impact in supporting organisations achieve their goals. In addition to delivering objectives with professional excellence and identifying and considering ways to improve service delivery alongside working together collaborating and responding to changing stakeholder needs. If you have these skills, then we want to hear from you!

Some of the Benefits our people love!

• 25 days annual leave (rising to 30 after 5 years), plus 8 public holidays and the King’s birthday (unless you have a legacy arrangement as an existing Civil Servant). Additionally, we operate flexitime systems, allowing employees to take up to an additional 2 days off each month
• Flexible working patterns (part-time, job-share, condensed hours)
• Generous parental and adoption leave packages
• Access to a generous Defined Benefit pension scheme with employer contributions of 28%
• Access to a cycle-to-work salary sacrifice scheme and season ticket advances
• A range of active staff networks, based around interests (e.g. analysts, music society, sports and social club) and diversity