# Data Scientist

Job description Job Title: Data Scientist Band: 4 Salary: £48,027 - £54,751 (plus allowance up to £6,000 per annum depending on technical assessment) Available Locations: Liverpool or Birmingham Contract Type: Permanent Hours: Full Time Closing Date: 24-11-26 Interview Date(s): W/C 9th December (subject to change) Insight into GCA - Webinar Watch our Webinar on the above link and gain valuable insight into GCA and our recruitment processes. Ready to transform UK public services through data and drive key government decisions? Billions in public funds depend on data for efficiency and value, yet fragmented systems and poor data quality hinder insight. As a Data Scientist, you will modernise analytics infrastructure and deliver actionable insights across the Government Commercial Function (GCF) and Government Grants Management Function (GGMF). You will empower leaders, contracting authorities, and citizens to guide £160bn in grants and £400bn in procurement spend, ensuring transparency, value for money, and improved public services. Job Summary The Data Scientist sits within Data & Analytical Services, within our Reporting & Analytics Pillar. Our team exists to drive grants and comm

- **Id**: 3992868
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/gca-data-scientist>
- **Role**: Data Science
- **Role family**: Data Science
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Birmingham, United Kingdom, Liverpool, United Kingdom
- **Countries**: GB
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-09T00:00:00Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-09
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-10T00:11:24Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 1
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 7497
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Annual leave
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Government, Digital Government

## Company

- **Id**: 1814455
- **Name**: GCA
- **Domain**: gca.gov.uk
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/gca-gov-uk>
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workday

## Salary

- **Min**: 48027
- **Max**: 54751
- **Currency**: GBP
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 73439

## Technologies

- **Agile** — Optional: no
- **Machine Learning** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **Time Series** — Optional: no
- **Waterfall** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 1

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-10T00:11:24Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 1
- **Expected fill days**: 18
- **Reasons**: conf:1, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T01:46:31Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 73439
- **Is top pay**: no

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