15 May, 2024
The Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party (ALDE Party) is the third largest European political family, bringing together parties with common liberal, democrat and reform ideas from more than 40 European countries. The Brussels-based ALDE Party Secretariat supports the activities of the Party; organises its meetings; manages its external communication; and facilitates European policy development and networking amongst liberal parties. To support our growing activities, we are now seeking a:
Junior Data Analyst
Research plays a critical role in political life. Making insights from public opinion and elections available and understandable for political-decision-making is a key priority for political parties. To accelerate the modernisation of European politics and to further grow the abilities of the ALDE Party Secretariat we are hiring a Junior Data Analyst to join the Research & Empowerment team, based in Brussels.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Support multi-country public opinion survey research, including questionnaire drafting, quotas setup, survey programming, data analysis, visualisation and presentation
- Independently collect, clean, process, analyse and visualise data about political parties across Europe
- Develop analytical procedures and reports related to voting behaviour, elections, fundraising, party competition, etc.
- Support and manage internal data-related projects across ALDE Party Secretariat
- Maintain and update databases ensuring their security and accuracy
- Assist with, or lead, organisation of workshops and training seminars for internal and external stakeholders
- Collaborate with member parties to exchange best practices and information about ALDE activities
REQUIREMENTS:
- Professional experience and/or an advanced degree in survey research or a related field (such as political science, psychology, sociology, statistics, communications or similar)
- Strong quantitative abilities and experience with the statistical programming language R
- Demonstrable experience creating parametrized reports using R Markdown / Quarto
- Ability to communicate technical subjects to non-technical audiences
- Practical experience with quantitative survey design and analysis
- Excellent knowledge of English (written and spoken) and both an eye for detail and necessary focus on in-depth analytical work
- A deep understanding of European politics and party politics is desirable. An affiliation with liberal values and prior campaign experience would be an asset
- Familiarity with survey platforms such as Qualtrics or CMIX would be considered a strong asset
- Experience working with Geodata, SQL and data visualisation would be considered a strong asset
WE ENCOURAGE CANDIDATES TO APPLY EVEN IF YOU DON'T MEET EVERY ITEM ON THIS LIST.
The ALDE Party is a registered European political Party and its Staff is working in the frame of employee contracts submitted to Belgian Law.
The Junior Data Analyst will be based in Brussels.
TO APPLY, PLEASE SEND:
- a CV (without headshot),
- letter of motivation
- an example of analysis in R (a mandatory part; a Rmarkdown or a Quarto document)
to [email protected] by the 24th of May 2024 (Friday), mentioning the vacancy reference “Junior Data Analyst” and your first and second names in the subject line. Interviews will be held during the first week of June 2024.
