HR Strategy and Insight Unit

If you would like to gain experience in the field of human resources within a large multicultural organisation such as the European Parliament, apply for one of the traineeships in DG PERS!

The Directorate-General for Personnel (DG PERS) is broadly responsible for managing the human resources of the European Parliament's Secretariat, so that it can provide the Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) with the assistance they need to fulfil their mandate.

More specifically, the DG PERS manages the different groups of staff throughout their career, in areas such as:

• Selection, recruitment, entry, training, career development;
• Management of rights and obligations, salary, allowances, pension rights;
• Protection and well-being at work;
• Strategies to improve and promote equality, diversity and inclusion;
• Management of trainees;
• Internal communication in the institution.

The main mission of HR Strategy and Insight Unit is to carry out strategic HR initiatives and support HR planning across the European Parliament’s Secretariat, in close co-operation with all the Directorates-General and the Office of the Secretary-General, to align staffing with Parliament's strategic goals.

The HR Strategy and Insight Unit, together with its Data Analytics service provides senior management evidence-based insights on workforce planning, coordinates HR policies, middle management recruitment and development as well as staff mobility policy. It also supports talent management through the career guidance services and coordinates DG Personnel’s actions in the inter-DG HR fora. 

We are a team of 13 people, 10 colleagues in Brussels and 3 in Luxembourg (where the Data Analytics Service is mainly based). As we collaborate with multiple stakeholders within our Directorate-General and across the Secretariat, provide and coordinate EP career guidance services and network, you will gain a good overview of how the administration of the European Parliament functions and how it is structured.

The successful trainee will have a wide range of tasks:

• Analyse different types of HR documents and data, and draft reports, summaries and presentations;
• Analyse HR data and contribute to compiling data glossaries, guidelines and methodologies;
• Contribute to the implementation of the staff mobility policy;
• Support the unit with the preparation and organisation of different events from meetings to workshops, such as the Career Days and the Middle Management Action Program;
• Contribute with the preparation of file for the recruitment procedures for middle -management post in the European Parliament’s Secretariat;
• Support colleagues on different projects with the different tasks of the unit.

A person with:

• An interest in HR topics;
• Good data analytics skills (knowledge of Excel, data visualisation, attention-to-detail);
• Good drafting skills;
• Critical analysis and good communication skills;
• Good interpersonal and teamwork skills;
• A strong sense of customer service;
• Given the unit’s multiple interlocutors, a very good knowledge of either English or French, and a good knowledge of the other language are necessary;
• You have obtained/will obtain a university degree (level 6 of EQF or higher) at least three months before the starting date of the traineeship.

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.