Traineeship in HR data and outreach

WerkenbijdeEU; Darmstadt; Vor Ort; EUR 20.000 - 27.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

The European Central Bank offers a traineeship in HR data and outreach within the People Services Division of the Directorate General Human Resources. You will join a team of about 15 staff handling talent outreach, data analysis, and recruitment support for ECB's workforce.

As a trainee, you will prepare analytical reports, benchmark studies, present insights to stakeholders, and help create employer branding materials while collaborating across multicultural teams empowered to influence

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in HR management, communications, business administration, law, political science, economics, social and organisational psychology, data science or another relevant field.

Aufgaben

• Prepare ad hoc analytical reports.
• Collaborate with other teams to prepare longer-term analytical reports.
• Support recruitment processes by conducting data analysis and benchmarking studies.
• Present results and insights to stakeholders and provide recommendations for strategic decision-making.
• Support outreach activities, such as career fairs and career presentations to prospective candidates.
• Coordinate the creation of employer branding materials.

Kenntnisse

Statistical languages

Data analysis

MS Office

English (C1)

Other EU language (B1)

R/Python/SQL

Ausbildung

Bachelor’s degree or higher in HR management or related field

Tools

R

Python

SQL

Jobbeschreibung

General information

The European Central Bank is offering a traineeship in HR data and outreach within the People Services Division of the Directorate General Human Resources.

Type of contract

Traineeship

Who can apply?

EU nationals eligible for the traineeship programme

Closing date

07.10.2026

Your team

You will be part of the People Services Division in the Directorate General Human Resources. The Directorate General has more than 100 professionals providing support to over 5,000 employees. In this Division, the team delivers a wide range of services in the areas of recruitment, training, payroll, contracts, benefits, working time, leave, well-being, pensions and insurance.

In this role as a trainee, you will be part of a team of around 15 members of staff responsible for managing talent outreach and selection.

Your role

As a trainee in talent acquisition you will:

• prepare ad hoc analytical reports;
• collaborate with other teams to prepare longer-term analytical reports;
• support recruitment processes by conducting data analysis and benchmarking studies;
• present results and insights to stakeholders and provide recommendations for strategic decision-making;
• support outreach activities, such as career fairs and career presentations to prospective candidates;
• coordinate the creation of employer branding materials.

The traineeship offers excellent opportunities to put the knowledge acquired during your studies into practice. You will conduct data analysis and benchmarking, make suggestions to improve products and processes, and contribute to projects within the talent acquisition portfolio. You will be part of a multicultural team that strives for continuous innovation to make a positive impact on the lives of European citizens.

Qualifications, experience and skills

Essential

• a bachelor’s degree or higher in HR management, communications, business administration, law, political science, economics, social and organisational psychology, data science or another relevant field;
• experience using a statistical programming language;
• a good knowledge of/experience in data analysis, visualisation and reporting, as well as the ability to present data in meaningful and engaging ways;
• a good knowledge of the MS Office package;
• an advanced (C1) command of English and an intermediate (B1) command of at least one other official language of the EU, according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.

Desired

• a strong interest in working in a multicultural environment or gaining experience abroad;
• skills in R, Python and/or SQL;
• knowledge of/experience in project and/or event management.

You are curious and eager to learn, and want to further develop your ability to analyse complex information. You are keen to collaborate with others, pursue team goals and learn from other people’s diverse perspectives. You strive to know and anticipate stakeholder needs, and will signal any need for change and propose alternative solutions.

You are motivated to contribute to the ECB’s mission, to serve the citizens of the EU as a member of a public institution and to work with colleagues from all over Europe. You are keen to be part of the team and to use your skills and competencies to achieve the aims of this position.

Further information

Initial traineeship of between three and six months, with a possible extension to up to 12 months in total.