G7 AI Analyst - AI Adoption and Preparedness

AI is one of the defining issues of our time. Sitting at the heart of the government’s response to it, the AI Adoption and Preparedness (AIAP) Analysis Team provides expert analysis to shape key decisions. If you want to make a real impact as an analyst in government, apply for this role.

The AI Adoption and Preparedness Directorate works to maximise the UK’s opportunities from artificial intelligence while managing associated risks, supporting national AI adoption through skills and investment, coordinating cross-government and industry activity, and ensuring AI is deployed safely, responsibly and at scale across the economy.

The AIAP Analysis Team works very closely with the policy teams working on AI regulation and safety, skills and talent pipelines, and enabling public- and private-sector AI adoption.

Our team generates robust evidence through policy analysis, qualitative and quantitative research, and the design and delivery of evaluations to inform AI policy and programme decisions.

Our team also works closely with the AI Security Institute on security policy analysis, and the AI Infrastructure and Investment Directorate on adoption and innovation analysis.

Our vision is to be the authoritative voice of AI analysis in government - delivering rapid, high-quality insights, coordinating analysis across departments, and fostering a high-performing, inclusive team culture.

If you join us, you will be part of a growing team who are at the forefront of the UK’s efforts to harness the potential of AI for the country. We take our learning and development seriously, and work in close partnership with our policy colleagues to ensure evidence is at the heart of decision-making. Please reach out if you would like to informally discuss the role before putting in an application., This role requires flexibility and the ability to work at pace. The speed at which the technology develops means that we have to reprioritise regularly. The AIAP Analysis Team operates a matrix working structure, which means you will work across several projects, supporting across several policy areas, and your work priorities will change regularly.

• You will work to continuously improve the evidence base on AI adoption using a range of sources. You will commission and manage research and apply findings from it to policy problems.
• You will conduct strategic analysis to inform the UK’s AI Strategy, working closely with the Strategy policy team.
• You will conduct research and use it to inform policy aimed at driving adoption of AI into the economy, and you will assist across the team at evaluating AIAP policy programmes.
• You will provide surge support to the following policy areas: analysis of the impact of AI copyright policy options, analysis of AI security and harms policy, AI skills policy and the labour market impacts of AI.
• You may line manage a junior analyst. You will ensure that your work and those of your team is quality assured.
• You will take ownership of your own development and that of the team. You will build an inclusive working culture.
• You will work very closely with policy colleagues in AIAP. AIAP Analysis is in practice embedded within the AIAP policy teams.
• You will work with stakeholders within and outside government to improve the evidence base and drive impact beyond the Directorate.

As a line manager, you will be responsible for working with your members of staff to define their objectives, as well as managing their development and performance., The link to the technical/professional competency framework that candidates will be assessed against, for their reference:

• Government Operational Research Service: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/gors-professional-behaviours
• Government Statistician Group: https://analysisfunction.civilservice.gov.uk/policy-store/competency-framework-for-the-government-statistician-group-gsg/
• Government Social Research Service: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/the-government-social-research-competency-framework
• Government Economic Service: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ges-technical-framework-2022

For GSG, candidates will be tested against all three statistical strands: data analysis, acquiring data & understanding customer needs, and presenting & disseminating data effectively., Candidates who meet the minimum benchmark may be placed on a Reserve List for consideration for similar roles, including those at a lower grade. Candidates who narrowly miss the benchmark and are not placed on the Reserve List may still be considered for an offer in a similar role at a lower grade.

Please note terms and conditions are attached. Please take time to read the document to determine how these may affect you.

Any move to the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax Free Childcare; for further information visit the Childcare Choices website.

DSIT does not normally offer full home working (i.e., working at home); but we do offer a variety of flexible working options (including occasionally working from home).

DSIT cannot offer Visa sponsorship to candidates through this campaign.

DSIT holds a Visa sponsorship licence but this can only be used for certain roles and this campaign does not qualify., A candidate is not eligible to apply for a role within the Civil Service if the application is made within a 5-year period following a dismissal for carrying out internal fraud against government.

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Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check. Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check .

See our vetting charter . People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks., * UK nationals

• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Experience of working in AI is not a requirement of this role. Evidence suggests that some candidates, especially women and people from underrepresented groups, can be less likely to apply unless they meet all the requirements. If this role appeals to you, please consider applying even if you don’t feel you meet every part of the person specification., * Leadership: You must be an experienced leader, a self-starter, able to make impact

• Working together: You must be able to build strong and productive relationships with policy colleagues, and able to build networks outside your immediate teams
• Delivering at pace: You must be able to be flexible and operate in a rapidly evolving strategic and policy landscape
• Analysis: You must be a strong analyst, able to bring clarity to complex problems, and distil insights into cogent briefings
• AI: You must be interested in working in AI
• A qualification in one of the following professions: GSG, GSR, GORS, or GES OR willing to be badged as a member of those professions/be interviewed to get in those professions. Full eligibility requirements for each profession are outlined in the application proecss., A qualification in one of the following professions: GSG, GSR, GORS, or GES OR willing to be badged as a member of those professions/be interviewed to get in those professions., have a first or upper second-class honours degree in economics (or international equivalent), or a postgraduate degree in economics. If it is a joint degree, at least 50% of the course modules must be in economics.

have studied both macroeconomics and microeconomics.

GSG:

A first- or second-class honours degree (2:2 minimum) in a numerate subject containing taught statistical content (e.g. Statistics, Data Science, Mathematics, Economics, Sciences, Psychology, Geography,) or a higher degree, for example MSc or PhD, in a subject containing formal statistical training (e.g. Statistics, Data Science, Mathematics, Economics, Sciences, Psychology, Geography)

Or you can apply if you have achieved a Level 6 Data Scientist Degree Apprenticeship or have achieved a Level 4 Data Analytics apprenticeship and are able to demonstrate Continuous Professional Development via a logbook that has been signed off by an existing member of the GSG profession in the role of manager or mentor, covering 2 years in a statistical/data analysis field in government

Or you can apply if you have worked in a statistical or data science field and are able to demonstrate Continuous Professional Development (via a logbook) covering a minimum of two years. You will need to evidence how you applied statistics or data science at the same level as a foundation degree or HND (level five) and demonstrates the expected skills as outlined in the GSG Competency framework.

GSR:

For qualification route, must hold an undergraduate degree at a minimum of 2:2. The degree must contain substantial social research methods training (comprising around one-third of modules taken in the course).

For professional experience route, must hold an undergraduate degree at a minimum of 2:2, in any subject, or a degree equivalent, plus have at least 4 years’ social research practice experience. Social research practice experience consists of experience working in a research agency, market research agency or specialist research team.

GORS:

You must have a 2:1 or higher degree or degree apprenticeship in a highly numerate degree subject; or you must have a 2:2 or higher degree and a highly numerate postgraduate degree.

Professional competency frameworks can be found here, * Delivering at Pace

• Leadership

Technical skills

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

• Analysis of data (GES), Data analysis (GSG), Technical skills (GSR), Knowledge and application (GORS)
• Effective Communication (GES), Presenting and disseminating data effectively (GSG), Using and promoting social research (GSR), Achieving impact with analysis (GORS), This vacancy is using Success Profiles , and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.

Alongside your salary of £54,415, Department for Science, Innovation & Technology contributes £15,764 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology offers a competitive mix of benefits including:

• A culture of flexible working, such as job sharing, homeworking and compressed hours.
• Automatic enrolment into the Civil Service Pension Scheme, with an employer contribution of 28.97%.
• A minimum of 25 days of paid annual leave, increasing by 1 day per year up to a maximum of 30.
• An extensive range of learning & professional development opportunities, which all staff are actively encouraged to pursue.
• Access to a range of retail, travel and lifestyle employee discounts.
• A hybrid office/home based working model where staff will spend a norm of 40-60% of their time in the office (minimum of 40%) over a month with flex dependent on balancing business and individual need.

At DSIT we’re all about improving people’s lives by maximising the potential of science & technology. We accelerate innovation, investment and productivity through world-class science, research and development. We use technology for good by ensuring new and existing technologies are safely developed and deployed across the UK, with the benefits more widely shared. We are driving forward a modern digital government which gives citizens a more satisfying experience and their time back. We do all this to enable the Government’s 5 national missions: kickstarting economic growth, making Britain a clean energy superpower, taking back our streets, breaking down barriers to opportunity and building an NHS fit for the future. Above all, we focus on improving people’s lives. Whether it’s researching new treatments for disease, developing better batteries, reducing burdens through better public services, keeping children safe online, and much more, outcomes for citizens are at the heart of what we do.