Illustrative Reference profiles for a generic digital health care organisation, not official job descriptions. About this reference.

Delivering business impact

Quoted from the UK GDaD PCF.

Levels

1. Awareness

You can:

  • show an understanding of the organisation and the benefits of data science
  • develop data science products as part of a team
  • create basic visuals and presentations to communicate data science effectively
  • show knowledge of data and analysis and can discuss how to align them to meet user needs
2. Working

You can:

  • show an understanding of the organisation and the benefits of data science
  • collaborate to help identify user needs and develop and deliver data science products
  • communicate effectively and present analysis and visualisations tailored to your audience
3. Practitioner

You can:

  • lead and support your organisation area by using data science to create change
  • identify opportunities to develop data science products to support organisational objectives, while collaborating across the organisation to fulfil goals
  • show an understanding of the role of user research, and can design and manage processes to gather and establish user needs
  • communicate relevant and compelling stories effectively and present analysis and data visualisations clearly to get across complex messages
  • work with colleagues to implement scalable data science products, and to understand maintenance requirements
4. Expert

You can:

  • champion the role of data science within the organisation
  • understand and champion user research, and can design and manage processes to gather and establish user needs
  • identify and create opportunities to develop and deliver data science products to support organisational objectives, while collaborating across the organisation to fulfil meaningful goals
  • take responsibility for delivering scalable data science products into the organisation, and establishing maintenance support

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Closest ESCO skills

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Role levels that expect this skill

Role levelRoleBandExpected level
Trainee data scientistData scientist4Awareness
Associate data scientistData scientist5Working
Data scientistData scientist6Working
Principal data scientistData scientist7Practitioner
Lead data scientistData scientist8aExpert
Head of data scienceData scientist8bExpert