JOB DESCRIPTION

Job Title: Data Scientist KTP Associate

Unit/School: Cardiff School of Sport and Health Sciences

Location: Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport & Physical

Activity (CIMSPA) Loughborough

Salary: £36,000 - £38,000 per annum (with an additional Personal

Development Package)

Hours: 37 hours per week worked between 8am and 6pm Monday to
Thursday and 8am to 4:30pm on Friday.

Tenure: 24 months Fixed Term

Role Summary:

The successful candidate will be responsible to create a workforce data science dashboard, and
informed methodology, to support the Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical
Activity’s (CIMSPA) national sport and physical activity workforce planning objectives. This KTP
holds a critical role in achieving CIMSPAs vision of shaping a recognised, valued and inclusive sport
and physical activity sector in the UK.

The Associate will be based at CIMSPA Head Offices, Sports Park Loughborough, Leicester
with scope for some home working. They will benefit from a training package in excess of £4,000.
They will benefit from academic mentoring and professional supervisors as well as guidance and
support from their KTP advisor.
Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTP’s) are one of Europe’s leading graduate recruitment
programmes, designed to develop the skills and knowledge of future business leaders whilst
embedding new knowledge, systems, and processes in the host company. High calibre graduates
are employed to work on specific projects of strategic importance to companies, whilst being
supported by a dedicated University or College. All graduates spend around 10% of their time in
training and development. To find out more about Knowledge Transfer Partnerships please see
http://ktp.innovateuk.org/

This is an exciting opportunity for a Data Science Associate, who has the prospect of developing a
national workforce data science dashboard, and informed methodology, to direct the Chartered
Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity’s (CIMSPA) decision-making and
influencing national sport and physical activity workforce governance, policy and strategies across
the UK.

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Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

Specialist Project Duties

• Data Governance: Develop and implement a comprehensive data governance framework to

enable the accurate collection, management, and use of workforce data.

• Dashboard Development: Design and create a bespoke multi-data input cloud-based

dashboard hosted on a platform like Microsoft Azure. This should integrate identified data
sources and focus on user experience and data visualisation.

• Data Processing: Transform raw data from various sources into a usable format, ensuring
accuracy and relevancy for the dashboard.

• Data Security & Ethics: Ensure ethical sourcing and secure storage of data, focusing on server-
side logic.

• Workforce Planning: Identify skills gaps at a local level through the use of the data governance
tool, and help inform decision-making around workforce development.

• Training and Development: Assist in the creation of the CIMSPA Academy to deliver formal
and non-formal qualifications for sports and physical activity roles.

• Collaboration with University: Work closely with Cardiff Metropolitan University to benefit from
industry insight, data engineering, and design thinking workshops, training sessions, and one-
on-one coaching.

• Skill Development: Participate in training sessions to develop new skills in data collection,
transformation, modelling, visualisation, data warehousing, statistical analysis, data mining,
machine learning, and dashboard development.

• Knowledge Transfer: Disseminate the results of the project to scientific and professional
practice communities both in the UK and internationally, contributing to the overall knowledge
base.

• Solutions Delivery: Deliver creative workforce planning solutions for the sport and physical
activity sector, supporting the creation of new commercial training opportunities through the
national academy concept.

Project Management Duties

• To complete the compulsory KTP Associate training modules;

• To provide a progress report for presentation at the Local Management Committee (LMC)
meetings;

• To manage the budget associated with the KTP Project;

• Convene and lead monthly technical meetings to discuss progress, targets and resources;

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• Adhere to all confidentiality, IPR, IIP, health and safety procedures etc., established within the
Company and Cardiff Metropolitan University;

• Complete a final report quantifying the benefits that have been achieved prior to the agreed
end of the KTP programme;

• Any other duties that may be reasonably assigned by the Knowledge Base Supervisor/
Industrial Supervisor.

Standard Notification

These guidelines are provided to assist you in the performance of your role. The
university is a dynamic organisation; therefore changes may be required from time
to time. Any changes will be made in consultation with the post-holder. The Summary
of Duties and Responsibilities is not intended to be an exhaustive list of tasks
performed. Other associated tasks are likely to be performed as directed by the line
manager.

The University is committed to the highest ethical and professional standards of

conduct. Therefore, all employees are expected to have due regard for the impact of
their personal behaviour and conduct on the University, students, colleagues,
business stakeholders and our community. Each employee must demonstrate
adherence to our Code of Professional Conduct. In addition, all employees should
have particular regard for their responsibilities under Cardiff Metropolitan
University’s Equalities, Financial, Environmental and Sustainability, People Services
and Health and Safety policies and procedures.

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PERSON SPECIFICATION
*Key
Job Title: KTP Data Science Associate A - Application form
I - Interview
School/Unit: Cardiff School of Sport and Health Sciences. P - Presentation

ASSESSED BY
FACTORS ESSENTIAL AND DESIRABLE CRITERIA
A* I* T*
Education and A minimum of a master’s degree in computer science, X
Qualifications Data Science, or a related field.
(Essential)

Education and A PhD in a relevant field is desirable but not essential. X

Qualifications
(Desirable)

Knowledge
(Essential) Experience in developing data processing pipelines and X X
data integration.

Knowledge of cloud computing platforms such as X X

Microsoft Azure or AWS.

Proficiency in web technologies such as HTML, CSS, and X X

Python.

Experience in ethical data sourcing, processing, storage, X X

and server-side logic.

Ability to create an easily accessible, understandable data

dashboard focussing on user experience and data X X
visualisation principles.

Experience in data governance, creating data policies X X

and procedures.

Knowledge
(Desirable) Understanding of labour economics, workforce planning X X
and workforce development.

Understanding of the sport and physical activity industry. X

Experience of working with unstructured data and

appropriate databases such as, MongoDB. X X

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Skills and
Abilities Ability to identify and implement appropriate research X X
Relating to Role methods.
(Essential)
High degree of design and analytical skills. X X

Strong interpersonal skills with an ability to communicate

and present to a variety of professionals at different X X
levels.

Self-motivated and well organised with the capability of

taking the lead role and managing others. X X

Ability to work independently and as part of a team. X X

Good report writing and organisation skills. X

Good presentation skills. X X

High level of problem-solving skills. X X

Skills and Awareness and understanding of CIMSPA's commercial X

Abilities drivers are desirable.
Relating to Role
(Desirable)

Experience Managing data science projects, including time X X

Paid/Unpaid management and budgeting.
(Essential)

Experience Industry/business experience related to commercialising X

Paid/Unpaid data science.
(Desirable)

Other UK Driving Licence or the ability to travel throughout the X

Requirements UK.
(Essential)
Willingness to travel across the UK and overseas. X
Other
Requirements
(Desirable)
Welsh Language Listening X
Skills
A1 - Beginner
Listening Can understand and use familiar everyday expressions
and very basic phrases in Welsh.
Desirable
Welsh Language Reading X
Skills
A1 - Beginner
Reading Can understand and use familiar everyday expressions
and very basic phrases in Welsh.
Desirable

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Welsh Language Speaking X
Skills
A1 - Beginner
Speaking Can understand and use familiar everyday expressions
and very basic phrases in Welsh.
Desirable
Welsh Language Writing X
Skills
A1 - Beginner
Writing Can understand and use familiar everyday expressions
and very basic phrases in Welsh.
Desirable

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