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Data Science Apprentice

Employer:
Audit Wales
Location:
1 Capital Quarter, Tyndall Street, CF10 4BZ, United Kingdom.
Pay:
£29,566 per year
Hours of work:
31-40 hours per week
Training provider:
Cardiff Metropolitan University
Level:
Degree Apprenticeship (Level 6)
Sector:
Public Services
Pathway:
Regulatory Compliance
Possible start date:
28 September 2026
Closing date:
12 August 2026
Positions available:
1
Vacancy ID:
7156
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About the apprenticeship

Duties

Your role will see you join a fast-paced team that has close links with all areas of the business. Day to day, you will be involved in delivering these core functions:
1. Lead research and development into innovative data techniques and tools.
2. Build impactful data tools and embed them as a new normal part of our work.
3. Drive modernisation of financial and performance audit by making it data enabled.
4. Centrally manage key datasets to ensure standard data is used for decision-making.
5. Work alongside audit and corporate teams to enable them to build ‘low-code’ data tools/products.
6. Screen all data products before publication as an additional quality control step.
7. Promote data literacy for all staff, to improve the data culture at Audit Wales.

Additional information

Candidates must be able to start the Apprenticeship at the start of the academic year on 28 September 2026.

Requirements

Skills

• Some programming/coding ability
• Good skills in IT, analysis and problem-solving
• Good verbal, written and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work effectively in a team

Qualifications

Three A-levels at a B grade or above (or equivalent qualifications), including at least one STEM subject. If you are about to sit your A levels, you can apply using your predicted grades. But any offer of employment will be conditional upon you obtaining the minimum grades set out above.

Language

Welsh Spoken Skills:
No
Welsh Written Skills:
No

Course details

Training provider:
Cardiff Metropolitan University
Training provider course:
Data science

About the employer


1 Capital Quarter, Tyndall Street, CF10 4BZ, United Kingdom

Disability confident

Yes, we are part of the Disability Confident Scheme from the UK Department for Work and Pensions.

Please note that all apprenticeships are open to everyone. However, some organisations have worked to achieve Disability Confident accreditation. You should always apply for the apprenticeship you feel best suited to.

Interview arrangements

Closing date for applications is midnight on 12 August 2026. Following a sift of online applications, successful candidates will be invited to participate in psychometric tests. Candidates and after the psychometric tests will be invited to an assessment comprising of a presentation, interview and a technical exercise. We are planning on assessments taking place on 1 and 2 of September 2026. All assessments/interviews will be completed in person at our Cardiff office.

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