Job Description
Are you looking for a role to shape the strategic direction for how we use data, generate insight and develop AI enabled capabilities? If so we would love to hear from you!
About the Team
Are you looking for an exciting opportunity to join a friendly and ambitious team who are always finding new ways to drive better use of data, right in the heart of central government?
The NISTA Data & Insight Team brings together data scientists, engineers, analysts and digital professionals who genuinely care about learning from each other, sharing ideas and making things happen. Together we turn rich, high-value project data into analysis, insights and tools that support people across government, from project delivery teams to senior leaders in HMT, the Cabinet Office and No10, to make decisions that shape how the UK delivers its biggest and most complex projects. Working with the Government Major Projects Portfolio, the 10 year Infrastructure Pipeline and other project delivery data, your work will directly influence how major programmes are planned, delivered and improved.
Over the last two years, the team has undergone a significant transformation, digitising large-scale project data collection and overhauling our digital and data infrastructure. This enables us to create high-impact dashboards and analytics as well as drive the development of AI tools. It means we can develop and share quickly, resulting in rapid iterative development with our users. And we continue to evolve, improve our capability and develop our skills.
In this role, you'll be joining a supportive, inclusive and collaborative environment, where you can grow your skills, tackle meaningful challenges and make a real impact on the future of government delivery.
About the Job
In this role, you will:
- Providing credible technical leadership to a multi-disciplinary team to:
- apply advanced analytical techniques to extract meaningful insight
- develop clear and engaging products to communicate insights from data, including creating interactive visualisations
- develop innovative tools to support project delivery
- Identifying and creating opportunities to develop and deliver data science products to support organisational objectives
- Building and maintaining positive relationships with a range of partners, including colleagues across multiple departments
- Driving continuous improvement, increasing quality and user experience for our departmental customers and central government colleagues alike
- Being an excellent line manager, with the ability to motivate people to deliver and perform at their best even in challenging circumstances
- Fostering a culture of experimentation and learning, through leadership of our Innovation workstream e.g. hackathons and innovation days
- Championing the role of data, digital and analysis in supporting organisational priorities and communicating data science outputs confidently to senior leaders and ministers
About You
You will have:
- Experience of leading development of data science products to support organisational objectives
- Experience deploying a range of data science tools and techniques, which you can use to solve problems creatively
- Ability to inspire and motivate teams to be fully engaged in their work and dedicated to their role
- Ability to produce high-quality code in at least one language (e.g. Python) and experience leading collaborative development on shared codebases
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 28.97%
- 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
For more information about the role and how to apply, please follow the apply link.
If you need any reasonable adjustments to take part in the selection process, please tell us about this in your online application form, or speak to the recruitment team at .
