Positive food systems for people, animals and the planet
Junior Data Scientist
Location
United Kingdom
Posted
3 days ago
Salary
£33K - £37K / year
Seniority
Junior
Job Description
Junior Data Scientist
FAI
• Understand key issues in agriculture and aquaculture and supply chains and metrics for assessing supply chain sustainability • Clean, integrate and analyse structured and unstructured supply chain data from multiple sources, including farms, factories, IoT sensors, ERP systems, open-source data and FAI’s custom-built applications • Collaborate with FAI’s consultants and industry experts to define and solve data problems • Conduct exploratory data analysis (EDA) to surface trends, patterns, and anomalies • Create clear visualizations and decision-support dashboards to communicate findings to both technical and non-technical stakeholders • Translate findings into practical recommendations that clients and industry can act on • Build and validate predictive models and machine learning algorithms • Document methodologies, code, and results and present findings to ensure reproducibility and shared understanding • Stay current with developments in data science, ML, and relevant industry trends
Job Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Data Science, Statistics, Computer Science, Mathematics, or another quantitative subject (or equivalent practical experience)
- Proficiency in Python and/or R, with experience in data wrangling and modelling
- Solid understanding of SQL and working with relational databases
- Understanding of core machine learning concepts (regression, classification, clustering, etc.)
- Experience with data visualization tools (e.g., Matplotlib, Seaborn, Tableau, Power BI)
- Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving skills
- Strong communication skills — able to explain and present data-driven insights to technical and non-technical audience
- Comfortable working with messy, real-world datasets
- Willingness to engage with research to gather domain specific knowledge
Benefits
- 33 days annual leave inclusive of bank holidays (pro rata for part time)
- Additional holiday awarded for long service
- Holiday purchase scheme (up to one week per year)
- Contributory auto-enrolment pension scheme
- Private health insurance scheme
- Discretionary bonus scheme
- Generous Company sick pay scheme (12 weeks full pay, 12 weeks half pay, after successful completion of probation)
- Enhanced Maternity and Adoption Pay (full pay for 18 weeks, after 26 weeks service by the qualifying week)
- Enhanced Paternity Pay, full pay for 2 weeks (after 26 weeks service by the qualifying week)
- Sabbatical leave opportunity for long service
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