Description review

Senior Data Scientist

BBC · London, United Kingdom · back to the listing

HR standards

44/100

poor

Title ↔ description

78/100

solid

Reads as

Data Scientist

100% confident

What this role officially is

data scientist — ESCO, the EU occupation classification

Data scientists find and interpret rich data sources, manage large amounts of data, merge data sources, ensure consistency of data-sets, and create visualisations to aid in understanding data. They build mathematical models using data, present and communicate data insights and findings to specialists and scientists in their team and if required, to a non-expert audience, and recommend ways to apply the data.

Also known as: data scientists, data engineer, research data scientist, data expert, data research scientist

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What the listing never says

  • No section describes what the person would actually do. Scope clarity
  • No location or timezone policy stated, so a candidate cannot tell where they may work from. Scope clarity

The listing, marked up

Nothing in the wording of this listing tripped a check. The scores above still judge how complete and coherent it is.

JOB DETAILS

JOB BAND: D

CONTRACT TYPE: Permanent

LOCATION: London TVC - 2 days a week in office

DEPARTMENT: Data Insights

PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: £60,000 - £65,000 on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. Plus London Weighting Allowance of £5,441.The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

How this was produced

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Deterministic penalty applied to the HR score: 12 points (from 56 before penalties). Reviewed 23 Sep 2026.