G6 Head of Data Capabilities


Company:	Government Recruitment Service
Salary:	£76,454 to £83,355 a year
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	London
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	2 Oct 2026
Closing date:	14 Oct 2026

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Summary

The COBR Directorate protects the UK from crises. Our work is varied, fast paced and always interesting. We work across the emergency management cycle, including to prepare for and resolve crises, learn lessons and make effective decisions. We also work on complex policy and delivery, leading from the centre of government to make the UK more resilient.

Senior role leading the development of the National Situation Centre's data science and geospatial data science capabilities.

Key Responsibilities

Providing functional, professional data science leadership to SitCen's data scientists
Providing line management to SitCen's G7-led Data Science, Response Data, Biothreats and Geospatial teams
Ensuring the efficiency and effectiveness of the SitCen's analytical coding, and the quality and consistency of the SitCen's analytical codebase, by setting the standards, processes, packages and tooling used in development and overseeing the implementation of these processes and standards by SitCen's data scientists
Building and maintaining data pipelines, including in SitCen's Colab framework, including: developing; testing; documenting; and deploying python code in-line with SitCen's processes and standards
Leading the development of SitCen's geospatial data science, including near real-time geospatial reporting and, acting as senior analytical point of contact for our ArcGIS platform including: defining requirements for future development of the platform; adding and maintaining data layers within ArcGIS Portal; and working with SitCen's OS embed to ensure data held in our geospatial database is stored, accessed and managed appropriately
On a voluntary basis, serve as G6 Duty Chief of Staff on the SitCen crisis response rota, overseeing delivery of analytical briefing products into COBR

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