Person Specification

GOSH Culture and Values

Essential

• Gash Values
• Demonstrable contribution to advancing Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace

Academic/Professional qualification/Training

Essential

• Educated to degree level or equivalent experience
• Maths and English GCSE grade C or above, or equivalent qualification
• Postgraduate qualification or equivalent relevant experience
• Continuing Professional Development
• Epic Certification

Desirable

• Project management foundation level or relevant experience
• Data analytics/research qualification or Higher degree

Experience/Knowledge

Essential

• Excellent knowledge of developing data workflows in a complex environment
• Experience in software engineering and the software development life-cycle, including issue tracking, testing, documentation, version control, and continuous integration
• Experience in supervising staff and/or student projects

Desirable

• Experience in data management for studies and use of electronic data capture systems
• Experience in text mining
• Experience in working with genomics data
• Experience of using data analytics in academic research projects
• Experience working with standards, terminologies, and ontologies in healthcare (such as FHIR, OMOP), metadata, and FAIR principles
• Previous experience in the NHS, healthcare, or medical research

Skills/Abilities

Essential

• Excellent organisational and planning skills, including prioritising to achieve deadlines under pressure and with frequent interruptions
• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills with the ability to communicate complex information to staff at all levels
• Excellent skills in database management, administration, and advanced SQL
• Excellent skills in at least one commonly used programming language (Java, Python, C, Rust, etc.) and a demonstrable ability to quickly learn new languages and paradigms

Desirable

• Excellent skills in Python, Pandas and/or R for data manipulation at scale
• Skills in presenting data interactively in e.g. dashboards, especially using programmatic approaches like R Shiny, Plotly/Dash etc.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Closing Date: 11 March 2026