The European Central Bank offers traineeships to be part of the People Analytics team in the Digitalisation and Employee Relations Division of the Directorate General Human Resources.
In your role as a data science trainee, you will be part of a close-knit team of 5-8 members of staff responsible for providing data science services to stakeholders in the Directorate General Human Resources and other ECB business areas. You will support their activities, generate insights to shape human resources (HR) strategy, and use data analytics to optimise the impact of HR policies on working conditions, well-being and performance. You will also work closely with relevant stakeholders both within and outside the Directorate General.
Duties
- develop statistical analyses and data science solutions and provide recommendations for strategic HR decision-making and policy development;
- contribute to exploring new tools and technologies, testing them and developing prototypes;
- support the development of a data-driven, evidence-based approach to HR by reviewing research literature, generating insights from available reports and tools, and training colleagues to integrate these into their work;
- contribute to transforming and visualising HR datasets for various projects and tasks.
Requirements
- a bachelor’s degree or higher in data science, statistics, mathematics, computer science, human resources management, business administration, economics, social and organisational psychology, business information systems, business analytics or another relevant discipline;
- advanced skills in R, Python, SQL and/or another statistical programming language;
- excellent analytical and conceptual skills and an interest in complex technical content;
- 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.
Benefits
The trainee grant is €1,170 per month plus an accommodation allowance.
Place of work: Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Deadline: 1 April 2026
For more information: European Central Bank






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