• The salary for this role is from £41,185 to £44,526. Where the maximum salary is offered a Digital Allowance of up to £10,000 per annum may be available for exceptional candidates based on our assessment of your skills and experience.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Data Scientist (Data Engineer) in our Digital and Technology (D&T) group.

This is a full- time opportunity, on a permanent basis. Our current office locations are Canary Wharf, London or South Mimms, Hertfordshire. We are currently implementing a flexible, hybrid way of working, with a minimum of 4 days per month working on site to enable the collaboration and contact with partners and stakeholders needed to deliver MHRA business. Attendance on site is driven by business needs so depending on the nature of the role, this can flex up to 8 days a month, with the remainder of time worked either remotely or in the office. Some roles will need to be on site more regularly. Please discuss this with the recruiting manager before accepting an appointment.

Who are we?

If you have had a COVID19 vaccine or have ever taken a medicine, or used a medical device, then you have already come into contact with the MHRA. Our vision, One Agency - Delivering for Patients, underpins all that we do as we set out on an ambitious roadmap for change to become a truly world-leading, enabling regulator that protects public health through excellence in regulation and science.

The Digital and Technology Group (D&T) lies at the heart of the Agency and is responsible for making sure that our scientists, inspectors and all of our staff have the tools and data they need to deliver the very best services they can to improve outcomes for patients and the general public. The Group was essential in the race to approve COIVD vaccines in 2020 and in supporting the UK to set up its own medicines and devices approvals systems to become a sovereign regulator. The work we do matters!

The Technology & Service Operations function is responsible for managing the existing IT infrastructure including both software and hardware, databases and other technology platforms; leading the maintenance of applications directly and through management of outsourced service delivery providers, including the Agency IT and helpdesk; and for the development and QA of and transition to new software and hardware infrastructure.

What’s the role?

This is an exciting role where you will help us to build out our data and analytics capabilities. You will work with stakeholders from across the Agency to incorporate new sources of data into the Agency’s data platforms, ensuring that data is handled consistently and can be traced back to source.

You will help us to build out our data engineering capabilities. You will work in a team of software and data engineers including Power BI developers and data scientists which is responsible for designing and creating dimensional models and stand-alone datasets. The team is also responsible for implementing data pipelines ensuring the availability of up-to-date, cleansed data, supporting the delivery of our mission to improve outcomes for patients and the public. You will work in this team to carve out your role whether it is in PowerBI, ETL, data science or a combination of these.

Who are we looking for?

The successful candidate will be an experienced data scientist/engineer with a strong track record of developing fit for purpose, resilient, scalable and future proof data services to meet users’ needs.

You will have experience of communicating effectively across organisational, technical and political boundaries, and be able to communicate technical information to non-technical audiences.

You will have experience of producing data models and understand the different tools that can be used and where to use different types of data models. You will also have some experience or be willing to learn how to support and enhance existing data platforms in the Microsoft Azure/ BI tech stack, including Synapse, Data Factory and Data Lake.

You will have experience of analysing and solving complex problems and concepts and will be able to make decisions based on the available information ensuring that the solution meets business and user needs.

If you would like to find out more about this fantastic opportunity, please read our Job Description and Person Specification!

Closing Date: 19th February 2023

Interview Date: 1st March 2023

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