Statistical Computing Expert (Education & Social Policy)

We currently have a vacancy for a Statistical Computing Expert fluent in English, to offer his/her services as an expert who will be based in Brussels, Belgium. The work will be carried out either in the company’s premises or on site at customer premises. In the context of the first assignment, the successful candidate will be integrated in the Development team of the company that will closely cooperate with a major client’s IT team on site.

Tasks

• Provide expert advice on defining policies and strategies for content, records, archives and information management, including capture, selection, retention and digital preservation;
• Contribute to the definition and implementation of metadata standards for content and records management, including archival description;
• Implement data publication and exchange solutions by exploiting potential advantages of linked open data and semantic web technologies;
• Conduct advanced statistical analysis of large-scale educational and social datasets to produce results suitable for publication and dissemination;
• Produce data-driven reports and visualizations to inform education and social policy;
• Perform integration and analysis of survey and administrative data across different domains;
• Design and implement reproducible workflows for data processing and documentation;
• Evaluate the effectiveness of policies and programs using quantitative data analysis;
• Interact with IT units to define and clarify the characteristics, structure, and requirements of data sources and systems.

Requirements

• PhD degree in statistics, economics or social sciences, combined with a minimum of 15 years of relevant working experience in IT;
• Minimum 10 years of specific expertise in statistical computing using R or other reproducible research tools;
• Minimum 10 years of specific expertise in MS Office tools (Word, PowerPoint, Excel etc) and excellent knowledge of Windows-based user environments;
• Authorship of minimum 6 peer-reviewed publications in recognized journals in the fields of education and social sciences, demonstrating analytical thinking and strong quantitative reasoning skills applied to policy-relevant topics;
• Experience in implementation or support of large-scale, multi-user data systems for international education and social science assessments (e.g., PISA, TIMSS, ICILS, ICCS), with a focus on metadata structuring and data quality assurance;
• Experience in information management and metadata management, including the use of open data technologies, reproducible documentation tools (e.g. R Markdown, Jupyter Notebooks, Quarto), and support for data dissemination;
• Experience collaborating in multidisciplinary teams within international organizations with contributions to policy-related research;
• Experience with statistical programming tools (e.g. STATA, SPSS, Matlab, SAS) and open-source platforms for data analysis, workflow automation, and documentation (e.g. R, Python, Apache Airflow);
• Experience in managing and analyzing large-scale international education and social survey data, with emphasis on producing policy-relevant outputs;
• Proficiency in designing and implementing reproducible workflows for statistical analysis, using open science tools and standards;
• Good knowledge of Agile methodologies in collaborative research and policy development projects;
• Knowledge of standards and best practices in the domain of records, archives and information management, particularly in the context of digital research documentation and open data policies;
• Familiarity with digital preservation practices and preparation of research outputs for long-term access and public dissemination;
• Experience in E-learning creation, writing scripts is an asset;
• Understanding of Data Protection regulations and their impact on technical solutions will be an asset;
• Excellent command of the English language.

Benefits

If you are seeking a career in an exciting, dynamic and multicultural international environment with exciting opportunities that will boost your career, please send us your detailed CV in English, quoting reference (18840/07/2025).

We offer a competitive remuneration (either on contract basis or remuneration with full benefits package), based on qualifications and experience. All applications will be treated as confidential.

You may also consider all our other open vacancies by visiting the career section of our web site (www.eurodyn.com) and follow us on Twitter (@EURODYN_Careers) and LinkedIn.

EUROPEAN DYNAMICS (www.eurodyn.com) is a leading European Software, Information and Communication Technologies company, operating internationally (Athens, Brussels, Luxembourg, Copenhagen, Berlin, Stockholm, London, Nicosia, Valetta, Vienna, Den Haag, Hong Kong, etc.) The company employs over 1000 engineers, IT experts and consultants (around 3% PhD, 36% MSc and 53% BSc). We design and develop software applications using integrated, state-of-the-art technology. Our current IT projects have a value exceeding 300 million EURO. EUROPEAN DYNAMICS is a renowned supplier of IT services to European Union Institutions, international organizations, European Agencies and national government Administrations in 40 countries and 4 continents.

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