Data Scientist at Sport Wales

We are seeking an experienced Data Scientist with proven expertise in understanding complex data requirements across a diverse range of sports. In this role, you will design and implement robust methods to capture, process, and interpret athlete data, applying advanced statistical techniques, coding, and data analytics. You will bring credibility through your experience in data integration, process automation, and visualisation, helping internal and external teams make informed, data-driven decisions. Working Hours - 3 days per week (22.5 hours) – 12 months fixed term contract You will have a strong appreciation for the value of optimising and standardising data workflows, maintaining data integrity, providing technical guidance on data management systems, and developing analytics solutions that generate actionable insights to support organisational objectives. Working collaboratively with multi-disciplinary teams and sport system partners, you will excel at building trusted relationships and influencing stakeholders to improve data management practices. You will demonstrate curiosity and confidence to challenge existing processes, drive science-based innovation, and continually enhance the design and delivery of data management practices within Teamworks AMS. Your work will directly contribute to a system that supports athletes to thrive and where ‘winning well’ is embedded across the Welsh high-performance system. How you’ll contribute Wales is a proud part of the UK high performance system and has achieved unprecedented recent success on the world stage. We want to create the most science-informed sporting system in the world, enabling all athletes in Wales to thrive and making 'winning well' more likely. We’re clear on the crucial role that the environment can play in improving the experiences of athletes and we want to ensure that athlete development environments in Wales are better than anywhere else. If you’ve got a passion for sport and for helping people to be the best version of themselves then this could be the role for you, and we’d love to hear from you. You will contribute by working closely with the Teamworks AMS lead to enhance data management processes in addition to applying your experience to other projects that the Sport System Institute Services team are responsible for. You will help to identify, explore, plan and deliver on projects that are aligned to our Institute purpose. You will support our learning around enhancing athlete development across pathways and our sharing of this with everyone that needs to know. MAIN DUTIES • Collect, process, cleanse, and analyse data from a variety of internal and external sources to support evidence-based decision-making. • Design, implement, and deliver data science based projects, providing stakeholders with timely, accurate, and relevant insights. • Develop and implement solutions to optimise or automate data capture, storage, analysis, and visualisation workflows. • Support the implementation, maintenance, and ongoing development of the Teamworks AMS platform, ensuring outputs add value for athletes, coaches, and sports science staff. • Assist in all phases of the Teamworks AMS project lifecycle, including collaboration with external consultants and technical partners. • Provide education, guidance, and upskilling to key stakeholders, athletes, guardians, and staff across the Sport Wales performance pathway. • Monitor and track performance for key events, including the Commonwealth Games, ensuring data supports performance outcomes. • Deliver technical expertise and troubleshooting to ensure Teamworks AMS functionality, reliability, and alignment follow best-practice standards. • Maintain data integrity, security, and compliance within Teamworks AMS in line with organisational policies and regulatory requirements. • Contribute to the development of standardised frameworks, guidelines, and practices for effective athlete data management across sports. • Optimise data workflows and reporting processes to maximise efficiency and impact of data analytics across the performance system. • Build and maintain effective relationships both internally and externally to enable effective delivery of projects. • Promote an environment and culture within Sport Wales that supports psychological safety where questions are welcomed, and curiosity is embraced. • In conjunction with the relevant National Governing Body partner, contribute to our support of Olympic and Paralympic World Class Pathway athletes that are based in Wales. • Maintain comprehensive documentation of work conducted with athletes, coaches, and sports using Sport Wales’s performance project portal. • Work within the rules of HCSI and NGB Professional Codes of Conduct, standards and guidelines. • Attend, contribute and provide regular updates to meetings with partners, sport system services team colleagues, and other key stakeholders. ...