POLICE STAFF/1368/H - Data Scientist - Strategy, Performance & Transformation Team

The Strategic Hub is a is a new department within the Strategy, Performance & Transformation department (formerly Organisational Learning), whose remit is to enhance the Constabulary’s approach to understanding, planning and managing organisational & operational demands, including the Force Management Statement.

The Hub provides a dedicated thinking and learning capability, to successfully influence the organisation. Delivering real change to the future of policing in Hertfordshire and helping to support improvements in Force service delivery.

Operational for 12 months, most of the Strategic Hub’s work has a data element to it. With the increasing amount of big data (internal and external) the Strategic Hub requires a data scientist to provide strategic analytical support for the organisation to analyse and understand what these trends and patterns mean for the organisation.

The role is initially a 12 month opportunity with the potential to become a substantive role. Reporting to the Strategic Co-ordinator, the successful applicant will work along-side the existing Hub Business Manager roles, assessing internal and external data to assist with strategy development and operational policing.

Key responsibilities of the role include:

• Interrogating large amounts of raw data and transforming it into a more usable format to ensure that changing resource requirements are planned for
• Interpretation of order and patterns in data, as well as spotting trends, current and upcoming, that can help inform business decisions
• Solving business-related problems using data-driven techniques to negotiate with, inform and support senior staff / business leads in developing force strategy
• Working with a variety of programming languages, including SAS, R and Python and a wide range of IT systems and software
• Keep up-to-date knowledge of analytical techniques such as machine learning, deep learning and text analytics
• An excellent standard of written and verbal communication, including the delivery of complex insights and ability to collaborate with both IT and business

The post holder will require a postgraduate masters level qualification, and at least 3 years’ experience in analysis, as well as the ability prioritise own workloads and work both independently and as part of a team.  

Previous experience in working in a similar role to a data scientist, data analyst, digital analyst, data engineer, data architect, statistician, analytics manager would be an advantage. A PhD to demonstrate research and analytical capability would be desirable as well as a good understanding of policing.

For an informal conversation and/or further information on the role please contact Strategic Hub Coordinator, Dhanmita Boodhna at dhanmita.boodhna@herts.pnn.police.uk or 07736 086635.

Applicants are required to provide evidence against the competencies listed below and entry requirements from attached role profile;

• We are Emotionally Aware
• We Take Ownership
• We are Collaborative
• We Deliver Support and Inspire
• We Analyse Critically
• We are innovative and open minded
• Entry requirements

All internal applicants must have successfully completed their probationary period in order to apply for this role. 

Internal applicants within Hertfordshire Constabulary, should upload either a CV or a completed ‘Staff internal role summary’ form, which can be found in the vacancy documents below. Please note you will be required to provide evidence against the competencies listed above. Please see attached role profile for guidance. 

External applicants should ensure that your current CV is uploaded and provide evidence against the competencies listed above. To ensure the recruitment process is fair and equal, please do not include personal details on your CV other than your name.

This vacancy is live to those at risk of redundancy and will remain open to redeployees until the conditional offer stage throughout the recruitment process. Any redeployee that wishes to apply should apply through the Redeployment Portal and provide a statement no more than 500 words against the entry requirements only. Please see attached role profile for guidance. Redeployees will take priority over other applicants at any point during the recruitment process up until conditional offer. 

This force is a Disability Confident Leader.  Should you require any workplace adjustments for your recruitment journey with us which you have not informed us of, please contact us on 01438 757777 or email us on careers@bch.police.uk and we will be happy to support you.  If you have a disability and you meet the minimum criteria for the position you are applying for, you will be entitled to an interview under the ‘Offer an Interview Scheme’. 

Everyone at Hertfordshire Police takes personal responsibility to help create an inclusive workplace, where police officers and staff respect one another, feel valued for their differences and can be themselves. We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments, wherever needed so everyone feels welcome and can flourish. 

It is recommended that you download and store a copy of the role profile as this will no longer be available once the advert has closed. ‘Following the application deadline, if you have not been contacted regarding your application within 2 weeks then unfortunately, it is likely that you have not been shortlisted for the role’.

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