General Information
Type of contract
Fixed-term contract which may be converted into a permanent contract after three years subject to individual performance and organisational needs
Who can apply?
EU nationals
Salary
E/F (bracket 1 - step 1) full time monthly net salary: €4,869 plus benefits, for further information see
what we offer.
Role specialisation
HR Solutions and Advice
Working time
Full time
Place of work
Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Closing date
29.04.2022
Your team
You will be part of the Talent Management Division in the Directorate General Human Resources. Our Directorate General has over 100 staff providing services to more than 4,000 employees. Our Division designs and implements talent management frameworks that take into consideration employees’ experience, their career development journey, and organisational needs. In this context, we design HR solutions and policies for talent acquisition and development, including hiring and onboarding services, promotions, internal and external mobility, performance management and feedback, and learning and development. We also develop and implement similar initiatives in partnership with national central banks and supervisory authorities in Europe.
In your role as an HR Solutions Analyst, you will be part of a team of approximately 35 colleagues which coordinates, develops, implements, and oversees HR initiatives. You will be part of a smaller team where the key focus is on career development, performance management, strategic workforce planning and other talent management practices.
You will join a dynamic team, to which you will bring quantitative and qualitative analytical skills, aptitude for helping develop the talent platform, and versatility in conducting a wide array of activities, from procurement to policy development.
The ECB is an inclusive employer and we strive to reflect the diversity of the population we serve. We encourage you to apply irrespective of age, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, race, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, or other characteristics.
Your role
As an HR Solutions Analyst you will:
- identify and assess workforce and business needs as well as the impact of plans and solutions by using quantitative and qualitative analytical techniques;
- contribute to our digitalisation agenda with involvement in preparing specifications and defining concrete operations and processes;
- develop expertise in our talent platform’s HR solutions in order to troubleshoot, act as a business analyst, perform testing and identify any areas for improvement;
- contribute to project planning, monitoring, evaluation and reporting on HR solutions and policies, and identify any areas for improvement;
- support the procurement of services under the Division’s scope, e.g. talent acquisition, consultancy, etc.;
- prepare documentation and presentations such as memos, briefings, and minutes.
This position offers you an excellent opportunity to make a difference in working for a better employee experience whilst providing solutions to meet organisational needs. You will also have the opportunity to work in a dynamic team of committed and diverse professionals.
Qualifications, experience and skills
Essential:
- a bachelor’s degree or equivalent in a field relevant to human resources (such as human resources management, business administration, occupational psychology, organisational behaviour, employment relations or law), or another relevant field (click here for details on degree equivalences);
- in addition to the above at least one year of HR experience, preferably in talent management;
- proven ability to conduct quantitative analyses, including statistical reporting, data analysis and interpretation, data visualisation and data management;
- ability to conduct qualitative research, including surveys, focus groups, literature reviews, etc.;
- technological aptitude and an affinity for IT platforms;
- ability to interact with and influence stakeholders at different levels from a position of Centre of Expertise, giving advice to HR colleagues in other teams and divisions as well as to staff, when needed;
- excellent drafting skills and a capacity to synthesise information, considering a wide variety of stakeholders while displaying a very good understanding of the topics in question;
- an advanced knowledge of Excel;
- 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:
- experience with procurement of services, especially public procurement;
- knowledge of business analysis processes and business process design;
- intermediate skills in a statistical software package (such as SPSS, R, Python, or MATLAB).
Behavioural competencies:
You engage collaboratively with others. You pursue team goals and learn willingly from other people’s diverse perspectives. You signal any need for change by explaining it and proposing alternative solutions. You analyse complex information effectively and can evaluate different views to arrive at solutions. You know and anticipate stakeholder needs.
You are aware of your strengths and areas for development and know what motivates you to perform at your highest level.
Working modalities
We would be happy to discuss a part-time arrangement for this role.
Further information
For additional information on this specific vacancy, you can contact Victor Lopez Velasco, Adviser in the Talent Management Division in Human Resources, on +49 69 1344 6905, from 09:00 to 10:00 on Tuesday 26th, Wednesday 27th and Thursday 28th April.
Application and selection process
The recruitment process for this position will be conducted remotely and will include a written exercise and interviews.
If you are not selected for this position but are still considered suitable, you will be placed on a reserve list (
see step 4 of how we hire), from which you might be considered for similar positions within the ECB.
