Public Opinion Monitoring Unit - Post A: Public opinion data analyst

The European Parliament stands for European democracy. We help connect it to people.

This entails providing complete and impartial information to citizens and media about the European Parliament, and assisting Members in their communication activities. The Directorate-General for Communication (DG COMM) strives to reach and engage the right audience with the right message at the right time and in doing so, deliver world-class communication. We are committed communication professionals coming from various professional and academic backgrounds.

The Public Opinion Monitoring Unit is Parliament’s hub for all things audience insight data: we regularly conduct and publish public opinion surveys (Eurobarometer) for the European Parliament. These surveys allow us to get a deep insight into citizens’ views, attitudes and preferences on the European Union, the European Parliament and current EU activities. Eurobarometer surveys are among the most respected and trustworthy survey tools on the EU. Our job is to make the data usable and ‘actionable’ in a multitude of ways: by offering Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) targeted, relevant and timely insights, by informing the media about public opinion relevant to ongoing policy debates and, last but not least, by providing the foundation of DG COMM’s data driven communication and campaign activities and helping to define the Parliament’s communication strategy.

Analysing the data down to a microdata level, finding relevant correlations and analytical insight is a key component of the Unit’s tasks, including the definition of relevant target groups for Parliament’s communication activities. Our second key activity is carefully tracking changes in the political landscape in the EU Member States. We follow elections, referenda and political developments in the Member States with a view to their relevance and consequence for the European Union and the composition of the European Parliament. We publish voting intention trends for all EU Member States and are responsible for providing the projection for the overall results of the European elections.

The Data Analyst Trainee in the Public Opinion Monitoring Unit contributes to the design and development of Eurobarometer research projects.

The role also includes some other tasks such as:

• Collecting, analysing, and reporting on Eurobarometer data to generate audience insights.
• Supporting data storage, mining, and cleansing processes to ensure data accuracy and reliability.
• Designing databases, constructing data models, performing data mining, and conducting data segmentation.
• Providing data-driven insights and analysis to support the legislative activities of the European Parliament.
• Monitor elections, referenda, and political developments in Member States, and the changes in the composition of the European Parliament.

• Graduated preferably in social and political science, statistics or similar;
• Apt to work autonomously while being part of different teams and projects;
• Capable to exercise good judgment when interpreting instructions;
• Extremely detail-oriented and can explain large amounts of information in a simple, organized manner;
• A pro-active thinker, with sense of initiative;
• Proving good knowledge of MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and data visualisation software including (Tableau,  Qlik, etc.);
• Showing decent knowledge of statistical tools (Stata, SPSS, R, PowerBi);
• Fluent in both written and spoken English.

The European Parliament is dedicated to fostering an inclusive and equitable workplace. We welcome all candidates, regardless of their geographical, racial or ethnic origin, political or religious beliefs, age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, civil status, or family situation.