Data Analytics Specialist

Role overview

Responsibilities

• Develop R and Python scripts and applications, including with web frameworks such as Shiny and Django, for internal audit and counter-fraud investigations.
• Produce and present reports and visualizations of analysis findings for colleagues and customers.
• Document, maintain, and collaborate on code using tools such as DevOps and Git.
• Improve scripts, packages, data pipelines, applications, and quality-assurance processes.
• Lead activities that build analytics capability and promote data analytics across the agency.
• Engage with government and private-sector data teams to investigate new analytics approaches.
• Use LLMs and AI models in analysis and develop tools for safe, effective AI use.
• Support analytics training, research, and development to improve organisational efficiency.

Person specification

• Experience interpreting customer needs and delivering advanced analytics using R or Python.
• Communicate complex analysis clearly to colleagues and customers who are not analytics specialists.
• Connect business problems to analytical solutions and work with others to implement them.
• Research new methods and opportunities, with strong organisation and experience managing multiple projects at pace.
• Build strong relationships with stakeholders and customers.
• Experience in at least two areas: Quarto outputs; web applications in R or Python frameworks; AI products; Azure environments; or business-critical models.

Location and working arrangements

• Advertised contractual locations include Birmingham, Bristol, Bootle, Croydon, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle, Reading, or Swansea.
• Employees are expected to maintain a regular presence at their designated contractual work location and may travel to other agency locations or client sites for meetings and field assignments.
• The working pattern includes flexible working, full-time, job share, and part-time.

Salary and benefits

• The advertised salary range is £60,468–£70,510, with a separate higher London range.
• A Civil Service Pension is offered with an employer contribution of 28.97%.

Contract

• The contract is permanent.

Application process

• Applicants must submit employment history, personal details, and a statement of suitability of no more than 750 words addressing the person specification.
• Only the statement of suitability will be assessed at the sift stage.
• Interviews will be held on Teams.