Junior Data Scientist

The Office for National Statistics is hiring a Junior Data Scientist for their Climate and Health Project team in Fareham, UK. This hybrid role requires a minimum of 40% office attendance, allowing for remote work. The position involves coding, data analysis, and statistical modeling to assess the impacts of climate change on health. Candidates should have knowledge of data science and project delivery methods. The role offers flexible working patterns and development opportunities.
Location: We operate an adaptable hybrid working model across the UK, with colleagues linked to one of our contractual locations in Newport, Titchfield (Fareham), Manchester or Edinburgh and working between office and remote throughout the week. As part of the hybrid working arrangement there is a 40% minimum office attendance requirement.

This is a great opportunity to join a high-tech organisation that's committed to personal & professional progression and get involved in some really meaningful work that aims to improve life in the UK and beyond.

We're searching for a Junior Data Scientist to join our Climate and Health Project team, helping us to build on our large-scale social & health data assets and expertise in data linkage, geospatial data & statistical modelling to better understand the current and future impacts of climate change on health, developing indicators at different geographical scales and exploring inequalities in impact across the population.

In the role you will code, manipulate, engineer, model and analyse data and/or data processes to underpin Climate and Health outputs, while remaining inquisitive, curious and keen to learn and develop!

We want you to be able to write scripts and basic models using one of more software languages, and have a solid understanding of data science, statistics and analysis. In addition, you have an understanding of different project/product delivery methods (i.e. Agile, waterfall) and can articulate how they might compliment different tasks in different ways.

Learn and gain support from our highly experienced & knowledgeable staff and upskill all the time thanks to our culture of development and massive L&D offering!

In return we offer you:
• Hybrid working and flexitime so you can work around your life, not the other way around!
• A market leading pension scheme - our employer contribution rate is around 29%
• A choice of working patterns for every role full-time, part-time, job-share.
• Maternity, adoption or shared parental leave of 26 weeks full pay (subject to qualifying criteria)
• Opportunities to learn new technology & skills on the job, utilising blocked out Protected Learning Time in your weekly schedule and taking advantage of the support of our Communities of Practice
• Employee Assistance Programmes
• Diversity Network Groups
• Mental Health Allies
• Civil Service Sports and Social club
• Generous holiday allowance – 25 days annual leave, rising to 30 days after 5 years' service in addition to 9 public holidays