Python Job: Health Data Scientist

Health Data Scientist
Salary between £25,000 - £35,000

Are you looking for a role where you can make a real difference to deliver insight and change through data? We have an exciting opportunity for a Data Scientist/Analyst or someone starting their data science career.

A bit about the job:
This position offers the opportunity to be in an analytics team at the centre of innovation and transformation in the Aviva Health business in how we work with our healthcare suppliers to optimise our over £400m claims spend a year.

You will have a crucial role in helping build our understanding of providers who offer our customers the best quality of clinical outcomes and simplicity of patient journey, while balancing sustainability of cost and affordability.

You will be a key player analytical and modelling activity to craft and deliver on projects covering topics such as supplier selection, pathway management, operational efficiency and cost leakage detection.

Skills and experience we're looking for:

• Highly numerate and educated to degree level
  
• Excellent analytical skills with experience of handling, analysing and reporting on large data sets using tools such as SQL, R, Python
  
• Communication and influencing skills with both internal and external partners
  
• Working independently or as part of a team to deliver outcomes

What you'll get for this role:

• Salary between £25,000 - £35,000 (depending on location, skills, experience, and qualifications)
  
• Generous pension (starting level Aviva contributes 8% when you contribute 2%)
  
• Eligibility for annual performance bonus
  
• Family friendly parental and carer's leave
  
• 29 days holiday per year plus bank holidays and the option to buy/sell up to 5 additional days
  
• Up to 40% discount for Aviva products
  
• Brilliant flexible benefits including electric cars
  
• Aviva Matching Share Plan and Save As You Earn scheme
  
• 21 volunteering hours per year

Aviva is for everyone:

We are inclusive and welcome everyone - we want applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences. Excited but not sure you tick every box? Research tells us that women, particularly, feel this way. So, regardless of gender, why not apply. And if you're in a job share just apply as a pair.

We flex locations, hours and working patterns to suit our customers, business, and you.

Most of our people are smart working - spending around 60% of their time in our offices and 40% at home.

To find out more about working at Aviva take a look here

We interview every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the job. Once you've applied, please send us an email stating that you have a disclosed disability, and we'll interview you.

We'd love it if you could submit your application online. If you require an alternative method of applying, please give Lacey Lane Mckoy a call on 07385425912 or send an email to [email protected]