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Data Scientist Apprentice

Employer
ASTRAZENECA UK LIMITED
Location
Academy House, 136 Hills Road Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 8PA
Salary
£21,500.00 annually
Closing date
9 Feb 2023

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Specialism
IT
Sector
Technology
Role Type
Apprenticeship, Degree
Start Date
September
Duration
Permanent
What will the apprentice be doing?

The data scientist apprenticeship will be placed within the site operations team which sits in Biopharmaceuticals R&D COO. Our purpose is to make great science possible through:
  • Innovation, simplification & automation
  • Sustainability
  • Enhancing collaboration
  • Creating a great place to work
  • Developing ourselves and others

The site operations team is multifunctional, compromising of customer and site eervices, estate development & capital programmes, scientific services, safety, health & environment and business development. As a Data Scientist apprentice, you will be part of the Business Development Team where you will play a key role in organising, studying and drawing insights and recommendations from our data. The business development team works collaboratively with all functions across site operations, acting as a facilitator and leader in innovation and continuous improvement. Within business development our data analysis & governance competencies include service performance, space & asset utilisation and development of a data domain.

Data science is a broad and fast-moving field spanning maths and statistics, software engineering and communications. data scientists have an impact at a strategic and operational level by building and maintaining strong collaborative relationships with key collaborators, subject matter experts and colleagues at all levels of organisation. They engage with the wider data science community to share ideas, techniques and experiences.

You'll work closely with cross-functional teams to solve complex data problems enabling site operations to transform data into useful insights. You'll collaborate with business collaborators to co-create data and analytics enabled solutions that help our teams fulfil our purpose: to push the boundaries of science to deliver life -changing medicines.

Example activities:
  • Identify and clarify problems an organisation faces and reformulate them into data science problems
  • Devise solutions and make decisions in context by seeking feedback from collaborators
  • Working on a variety of data analysis competencies on a tailored development programme
  • Working across a variety of projects, providing technical data solutions to a range of issues
  • Learning about and using a range of data analytics tools to explore and model data from different IT systems, collecting managing, cleansing, abstracting and aggregating data
  • Conducting a range of analytical studies on that data
  • Developing a good understanding of data structures and database systems
  • Learn effective techniques for data visualisation & storytelling

What training will the apprentice take and what qualification will the apprentice get at the end?
  • In return for your drive, determination, hard work and dedication to AstraZeneca, we are delighted to be able to sponsor you through completing your Bachelor of Science Degree in Data Science https://www.instituteforapprenticeships.org/apprenticeship-standards/data-scientist-integrated-degree-v1-0 at Northeastern University - London through a 3-year programme
  • Training is delivered via blended learning, primarily online with some blocks of face-to-face learning in London
  • A degree apprenticeship combines full-time paid work with us and part-time university learning whilst being involved in real-life delivery, practical learning and getting paid
  • Apprentices without Level 2 English and maths will need to achieve this level prior to taking the end-point assessment

As well as this, you will be supported on a day-to-day basis with:
  • Opportunities to apply your learning in the workplace
  • Reasonable time out to attend university and study (during study leave)
  • Focussed objectives and goals for the duration of each rotation
  • Further development to support broader learning
  • Time with your line manager, mentor, buddy and Early Talent network

What is the expected career progression after this apprenticeship?

On successful completion, apprentices may apply for other positions at AstraZeneca.

Requirements and prospects

Desired skills and personal qualities

Communication skills, Attention to detail, Organisation skills, Problem solving skills, Team working, Self-motivated, Enthusiastic individual, Prioritising & multi-tasking, Data visualisation skills, Statistical data experience

Qualifications

GCSE or equivalent English (Grade C/4 or above) Essential
GCSE or equivalent I.T (Grade C/4 or above) Essential
GCSE or equivalent Maths (Grade C/4 or above) Essential
A Level or equivalent A Level (maths preferable) (Grade B or above) Essential
A Level or equivalent A Level (maths preferable) (Grade B or above) Essential
A Level or equivalent A Level (maths preferable) (Grade B or above) Essential

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