Senior Data Scientist Full-time

Senior Data Scientist

This post is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Health Data Scientist to contribute to the management of ECHILD, a data resource linking administrative data from health, education and children's social care for all children in England. The postholder will facilitate policy-relevant research on health and education across the early lifecourse by supporting data users with data extractions, data documentation, and epidemiological and statistical methodology. The Data Scientist will act as a key point of contact, responding to queries and carrying out feasibility checks, signposting to resources, and providing technical and governance support. The salary offered in this role is at either grade 7 (£45,103 – £52,586 per annum) or grade 8 (£54,931 – £59,571 per annum) and is funded until 31/03/2029 in the first instance.

You will have an MSc or PhD in a relevant discipline (e.g. statistics, epidemiology, public health, health data science). You will have advanced quantitative and statistical software skills using standard software (e.g. Stata, R) and experience of analysing administrative datasets from health or education. Experience of working in child health would be an advantage. You will have excellent written and verbal communication skills.

As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents we also offer some great benefits some of which are below: 41 Days holiday (including 27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days) Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE) Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan On-Site nursery On-site gym Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service Discounted medical insurance

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.