Data Science Graduate Program

Company Description

About us

We believe in the power of ingenuity to create a promising human future.

As strategies, technologies and innovation intersect, we generate opportunity from complexity.

Our diverse teams of experts meld innovative thinking and transformative use of technologies to move forward at a faster pace. Our clients adapt and evolve, and together we achieve lasting results.

We are an innovation and transformation consultancy, composed of over 4000 specialists in consumer and manufacturing, defense and security, energy and utilities, financial services, government and public services, health and life sciences, and transport. Our people are strategists, innovators, designers, consultants, digital experts, scientists, engineers and technologists.

We operate globally from offices across the UK, US, Netherlands and Nordics.

PA. Bringing Ingenuity to Life.

Job Description

Applications for this role will close on Wednesday 15th November at 9:00am. 

Awaken Your Curiosity at PA

Joining us as a graduate is a significant step. Whether you come from a specialized background or an unrelated field, we encourage you to be bold, remain inquisitive and seize the opportunities we have on hand.

Our Graduates Make a Difference

When you join our team as an Analyst, you'll start working on major tasks from day one. You'll acquire the knowledge and experience required to establish a successful career in technical consulting and contribute meaningfully to crucial projects, working within an ambitious team that encourages career growth.

Digital and data have forever changed businesses. Organizations that have adopted digital are leading their industry and influencing others – and those that haven't are falling behind. As a Data Science Graduate joining us, you will work on a variety of exciting projects, providing innovative analytical solutions to our clients' most pressing business issues.

Our Data Science team is vast and covers a wide array of specialisms:

• Data Strategy, Data Management, Data Governance
• Advanced Data Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning
• Data Engineering, Data Architecture, Cloud platforms

A career at PA is what you make of it — so awaken your curiosity and be prepared to make an impact.

Qualifications

About You

We are seeking graduates who are:

• Adaptable and can adjust their style and thinking
• Collaborative and perform best in dynamic teams
• Curious and eager to expand their understanding of the world
• Value diversity and uphold our core values
• Credible and comfortable working with clients in high-performance environments
• Motivated to succeed — and assist others in achieving the same
• Open to change and possess a growth mindset
• Relationship builders — with both clients and peers
• Have an investigative mind, with the capability for innovative and analytical thinking
• Possess strong numerical skills and natural problem solvers
• Enthusiastic about the prospect of developing cutting-edge technical expertise

Qualifications

• An undergraduate degree in any field that involves numerical skills, or an equivalent apprenticeship.
• Some coding background is welcome – experience programming in Python and knowledge of SQL is advantageous.
• Experience in processing and extracting insights from data will be beneficial for the role.

The Offer

• We will rely on you to provide innovative ideas and solutions, working with data to tackle complex client problems in collaboration with diverse teams
• Opportunity to work across all stages of the development lifecycle, from strategy to implementation, and to take on assignments in different sectors
• We will provide you with a wide range of experiences to lay the foundation for an outstanding career
• We work flexibly at PA, but your work base will be our London Farringdon office
• Salary potential: £36,000
• Full time
• This role will start in Autumn 2024

Additional Information

Life At PA encapsulates our peoples' experiences at PA. It's about how we enrich peoples’ professional lives by providing them unique growth opportunities and purposeful, meaningful work.

We believe diversity fuels ingenuity. The diversity of thought brings refreshing perspectives, diversity of experience brings a wealth of knowledge, and diversity of skills brings the necessary tools. When we bring together individuals with diverse backgrounds, identities, and minds, embracing that difference through an inclusive culture where our people thrive, we unlock the power of diversity – bringing ingenuity to life.

Find out more about Life at PA .

We are devoted to supporting the physical, emotional, social and financial well-being of our people. Check out some of our extensive benefits:

• Health and lifestyle perks accompanying private healthcare for you and your family
• 25 days annual leave (plus a bonus half day on Christmas Eve) with the opportunity to buy 5 additional days
• Generous company pension scheme
• Opportunity to participate in community and charity-based initiatives
• Annual performance-based bonus
• PA share ownership
• Tax efficient benefits (cycle to work, give as you earn)

We recruit, retain, reward and develop our people solely based on their abilities and contributions, without regard to their age, background, disability, genetic information, parental or family status, religion or belief, race, ethnicity, nationality, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity (or expression), political belief, veteran status, or any other range of human difference arising from identity and experience. We are on a journey to ensure our workforce is diverse at all levels and that our firm mirrors the world around us. We welcome applications from underrepresented groups.

Adjustments or accommodations - If you need any adjustments or accommodations during the recruitment process, either at the application or interview stage, please contact us - early [email protected]. 

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