Data Scientist at Newcastle University

We are a world class research-intensive university. We deliver teaching and learning of the highest quality. We play a leading role in economic, social and cultural development of the North East of England. Attracting and retaining high-calibre people is fundamental to our continued success.

The Role
Join leading data scientists at the National Innovation Centre for Data (NICD), transferring ‘in demand’ data science skills into UK organisations.

NICD has been established to address the data skills gap in the UK that will enable organisations to innovate through data. It delivers a flexible rolling programme of collaborative projects that focus on a specific business challenge or opportunity and transfers practical data skills into the workforce. Using these new skills, organisations can make better, data driven decisions, optimising existing operations or launching new products and services.

You will be responsible for working with client organisations to deliver technical projects that span a broad range of sectors as well as a variety of unique and intriguing technical or business challenges. Through the delivery of these technical projects, you will be responsible for transferring data skills to the client organisation’s staff, through tutoring and mentoring. You will be responsible for scoping project requirements, understanding business challenges and developing a project workstream to address this challenge through data science techniques, with emphasis on transferring skills into the client organisations.

About you

• You should be educated to PhD in a related discipline, or MSc in a related discipline with substantial industrial experience in a technically relevant area.
• You must have proven previous experience of analysing a dataset to address a challenge or provide insights.
• You should have relevant knowledge and experience in one or more of the following areas: Statistical Modelling, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Machine Vision, MLOps, Data Analytics, Data Engineering, Data Warehousing, Data Visualisation.

You will succeed in this space if you have passion to challenge yourself and to continue to advance your skills through continued professional development. We are keen to hear form people who have a positive ‘can-do’ attitude and an enthusiastic approach to solving problems.

If this sounds like you, please apply by uploading a CV and letter of application that outlines how you can evidence the essential knowledge, skills and experience detailed in the job description. Reach out to Georgia Carr at Georgia.carr@newcastle.ac.uk or Richie Ramsden at Richard.Ramsden@newcastle.ac.uk to have a chat about this opportunity.

If you are selected at the initial shortlisting stage, we will be asking you undertake a technical assessment, involving the analysis of a dataset to address a challenge posed by a hypothetical client.