11-07-2020, 02:54 PM
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Downing Street seeks data expert to set up 'skunkworks' in No 10
Advert for head of analytical unit is latest sign of Dominic Cummings’ Whitehall shake-uphttps://www.theguardian.com/politics...s-in-number-10
No 10 has posted a civil service job advertisement for the head of a new analytical unit, who, the job description said, will work inside Downing Street for two years.
“The analytical unit, known as 10 ‘data science’ or ‘10ds’ is a pseudo startup within No 10 designed to drive forward the quantitative revolution. The current plan is to establish a data engineering team, data science team, a skunkworks and an analytical deep dive unit,” it said.
“The unit will ensure that No 10 is an intelligent customer of analysis, providing challenge and feedback across government,” the advert said. It warned that this may require “storytelling”, and the ability to “look through a different lens”.
News of the creation of “10ds” follows the announcement that Whitehall communications are being centralised, with scores of press officers laid off from individual departments, and their reporting lines shifted from their home department to Downing Street.
11-07-2020, 03:03 PM
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Re: Downing Street seeks data expert to set up 'skunkworks' in No 10
Originally Posted by Omah
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Advert for head of analytical unit is latest sign of Dominic Cummings’ Whitehall shake-uphttps://www.theguardian.com/politics...s-in-number-10
1984 and the Ministry of Truth .....
11-07-2020, 03:35 PM
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Re: Downing Street seeks data expert to set up 'skunkworks' in No 10
Originally Posted by Omah
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Advert for head of analytical unit is latest sign of Dominic Cummings’ Whitehall shake-uphttps://www.theguardian.com/politics...s-in-number-10
1984 and the Ministry of Truth .....
11-07-2020, 03:49 PM
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Re: Downing Street seeks data expert to set up 'skunkworks' in No 10
Originally Posted by LongDriver
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Before Cummins gets deeper into this he should first fully understand critical path analysis, which he obviously does not. As the old saying goes, a little learning is dangerous!
11-07-2020, 10:20 PM
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Re: Downing Street seeks data expert to set up 'skunkworks' in No 10
Originally Posted by Omah
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the advert said. It warned that this may require “storytelling”, and the ability to “look through a different lens”.:
11-07-2020, 11:48 PM
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Re: Downing Street seeks data expert to set up 'skunkworks' in No 10
Originally Posted by AnnieS
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Was this a little joke? After all a certain person is fond of spinning a yarn and has an alternative approach to eye tests....
https://www.civilservicejobs.service.../csr/index.cgi
Cabinet Office
London
Salary : £100,000 - £135,000
Closes : 11:55 pm on Monday 27th July 2020
Reference: 59701
Job description
You will be a key member of the senior leadership team in No10.
Story telling:
A crucial part of this role will be to take complex analysis and build out a concise, world view from which decision makers can make decisions.
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