Description
Vacancy notice: COM/2023/2403
Function group: AST
Where: Paymaster’s Office - PMO.6.002, Brussels
Publication: until 16/10/2023, 12.00 hours noon Brussels time
We are
The Paymaster Office (PMO) is responsible for the provision of a high quality and user friendly service to beneficiaries by promptly and accurately managing, determining and paying individual rights and expenses, providing clear and relevant information and ensuring efficient and effective controls. In addition, PMO is managing several funds, such as the unemployment fund and the Joint Insurance Schema whose beneficiaries are currently employed and former EU staff.
PMO comprises 7 units and 4 sectors based in Luxembourg, Ispra and Brussels.
Within the PMO, the unit PMO6 – IT and Business Intelligence, based in Brussels, provides services, solutions, guidance and expertise in the areas of data and reporting, IT security, IT application coordination and infrastructure. Consequently, the unit supports the operational and strategic activities of the PMO with the aim to improve efficiency through information and knowledge sharing, interoperability, integration and standardisation.
Specifically in the area of data analytics, the unit aims at:
- Promoting and fostering content, data, information and knowledge management activities in PMO and the HR family via dedicated initiatives;
- Identifying, assessing, developing and deploying solutions to support data management, data analytics, business intelligence and artificial intelligence for evidence-based policy making and for information driven internal activities in the PMO and HR family;
- Providing Big Data solutions, expertise and support;
- Providing services, guidance and expertise in the areas of harmonisation and standardisation of data and metadata;
- Facilitating and steering the deployment of the necessary data infrastructure for PMO together with DIGIT.
- Developing and promoting the implementation of information models and standards in PMO.
We propose
A challenging and rewarding position as Project assistant and Data Scientist in the IT and Business Intelligence unit.
As Project assistant and Data scientist, you will contribute to the elaboration and management of projects in the field of data, information and knowledge management. You will also be responsible for bringing-in data science expertise in order to be able to work within a team of statutory staff and consultants that is in charge of the implementation of prototypes and/or projects in the area of artificial intelligence as well as data management, data analytics and business intelligence. In addition, you will also be responsible, together with the Head of Sector and Data Owners, to assess potential synergies with other DGs, especially HR and DIGIT, in these areas and to assess the infrastructure and tools needed, as well as the implementation approach and the data to be explored in order to bring forward the use of artificial intelligence at the PMO.
This role will be key in driving forward the adoption and implementation of emerging technologies at the PMO.
The job entails:
- Working within a team responsible for the management and/or implementation of projects as well as prototypes;
- Providing leading guidance and/or expertise on the implementation and usage of artificial intelligence for policy, support services and decision making: e.g. optical character recognition (OCR), robotic process automation (RPA), etc;
- Providing possible guidance in the area of data management analytics and business intelligence;
- Carrying out actuarial assessments and projections for the funds managed by the PMO;
- Ensuring active participation in reporting on the activities to relevant governance structures;
- Liaising with other PMO units, colleagues in the Unit and other stakeholders such as the HR family;
- Communication processes with users, PMO and HR data owners and data professionals and IT solution developers
We look for
A highly experienced and motivated candidate with a strong background in project management and data science, a data-driven mindset with the capacity to interact within a technical team and understand emerging technologies (i.e. artificial intelligence, advanced analytics). Communication, negotiation skills and flexibility are essential to this position as well.
This job requires:
- Experience in project/program management in particular in developing, managing, monitoring and coordinating projects.
- Experience in data science and preferably data analytics and emerging technologies.
Understanding and experience in the following areas are considered as assets:
- Artificial intelligence and machine learning solutions,
- Actuarial science,
- Data management and business intelligence,
- Common data science toolkits, data visualisation tools, query languages, non-structured databases and data lakes.
The ideal candidate should possess the following competencies and skills:
- Good scripting and programming skills including Agile methodologies.
- Open-minded analytical thinking, ability to analyse and solve complex problems.
- Sense of initiative and good organisational skills.
- Good communication and excellent people' skills with customer focus.
- Strong negotiation skills.
- Understanding, promoting and applying policies ensuring data privacy
How to apply ?
The interested candidates should send their CV and motivation letter respecting the deadline of the vacancy to the following email address:
Julio [dot] Garulo-Rodriguez
ec [dot] europa [dot] eu (Julio[dot]Garulo-Rodriguez[at]ec[dot]europa[dot]eu)
Please mention in the subject of your application the title of the job “PMO.6 – IT Project Assistant - Data Scientist”
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