JOB DESCRIPTION

Statistical Officer

in DG ESTAT of the European Commission

Job title: Statistical Officer
Domain: Economics, Finance and Statistics
Where: Unit C3 – Statistics for administrative purposes, Luxembourg
Function Group: FG IV
Contract Type: 3b
Express your interest until: 06.11.2025 – 12.00 (noon, Brussels time)

WE ARE

Eurostat, one of the Directorates-General of the European Commission, is the statistical office
of the European Union. Eurostat’s mission is to provide high quality statistics and data on
Europe.
Eurostat co-ordinates statistical activities at Union level and more particularly inside the
Commission.

ESTAT Unit C3 “Statistics for administrative purposes” is the provider of high-quality statistical
services needed to develop, implement and evaluate policies relating to the EU’s GNI/VAT own
resources and to the remunerations and pensions of EU staff. The subject-matter covered by the
unit has a direct end-use and is politically sensitive.

The Remuneration Team currently comprises 7 persons and is the leading provider of high
quality statistics to monitor public sector remuneration and its evolution, the spatial purchasing
power of international officials, and other related issues. This involves all aspects of the
collection, processing, dissemination and analysis of data as well as conceptual and
methodological developments. Eurostat chairs an Expert Working Group meeting every year,
and works in close collaboration with Member State NSIs and other statistical authorities and a
number of partner International Organisations. The legal basis of the work is mainly to be found
in the Staff Regulations (Articles 64 & 65, Annex X and XI) and a trilateral Memorandum of
Understanding with the UN and the OECD.

The main stakeholders for the results are DG HR and DG BUDG. In accordance with the
current Staff Regulations the team calculates the annual salary adjustment of all EU officials
(permanent and temporary staff) and the correction coefficients for staff working outside
headquarters duty stations (Intra-EU and Extra-EU). The team’s reports get high attention by
internal end-users and also attract interest from external users, including the media and political
delegates in Council and Parliament – notably during periodic discussions about EU governance
and reform of remuneration policy – and a number of international organisations. Standard
indicators are published on the Eurostat free data website for use by other interested parties.

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information about

Further
is available on
Eurostat website Dedicated Section pages Overview – Civil servants remuneration – Eurostat
(europa.eu).

the Remuneration Team

the work of

WE PROPOSE

We propose a post for a Statistical Officer (contract agent FG IV) to work in the section dealing
with the calculation of correction coefficients for the adjustment of staff remuneration in duty
stations outside Brussels and Luxembourg.

Under the supervision of the team leader and in collaboration with colleagues, the official would
be co-responsible for a number of interesting tasks, initially relating to the calculation of
correction coefficients depending on living conditions in different places of employment outside
the EU.

The successful candidate will manage all production steps from the design of questionnaires,
including launch of surveys, liaison with partner organisations, collection and processing of
microdata, review and validation of the results, integration for the calculation of indicators,
database management, through to dissemination of analytical tables in Eurostat Reports and on
the Eurostat website, including drafting of those reports.

The job involves a high degree of autonomy and responsibility, together with collaborative team
work. Occasional participation in fieldwork may be required. There are also tasks related to
contract management and legal procedures. Appropriate training opportunities will allow
evolution in the role. It is expected that that the candidate will contribute to methodological
development and for the continuous work on improving the statistics production processes.

WE LOOK FOR

This is a politically sensitive domain, and can involve the handling of restricted and/or
confidential data. Candidates will be expected to demonstrate the highest standards of discretion
and competence.

We look for a service-oriented colleague with good organisational skills and team spirit. The
ability to work accurately against tight deadlines is important since the policy environment is
both dynamic and demanding.

He/she should have a background in economics and/or statistics and/or finance or audit, with
an interest in labour market issues. Knowledge of index theory and survey techniques would be
an asset, together with prior experience in the domain of price statistics (purchasing power

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parities, consumer price indices) or social statistics (household income and expenditure).
Familiarity with Excel is essential, and experience with R will be a welcomed asset. A methodical
approach with great attention to detail is essential. Communication skills are important. The unit
is small; a good team spirit is essential.

The main working language is English. Good oral communication and drafting skills at both the
technical and non-technical level will be important.

A positive orientation towards continuous learning, external trainings and learning tools (see the
Massive Open Online Courses various platforms) is encouraged.

HOW TO EXPRESS YOUR INTEREST?

With a view to guaranteeing equal access to all, the Commission recruits from an open database of
spontaneous applications. The present call for interests aims at helping the recruiters to identify
potentially interested candidates within this database.

In practice, to express your interest, please follow the subsequent two steps:

1.

If you are not registered yet in the open EPSO database, please do so at the following
address: CAST Permanent. Please select under selection procedures for contract agent the
CAST permanent profile that best suits your education and experience.

2. You should send your documents in a single pdf in the following order:

send

1. your CV
Please
[email protected]
ESTAT/LUX/2025/CA/319807 in the subject.

2. completed application form.
these documents by
indicating

the publication deadline

the

call

for

interest

to ESTAT-HR-
reference

ANNEX

1. Selection

 Am I eligible to apply?

You must meet the following eligibility criteria when you validate your application:

Our rules provide that you can only be recruited as a contract agent at the European Commission if
you:

General criteria:

• Are a citizen of a Member State of the EU and enjoy full rights as a citizen;
• Have fulfilled any obligations imposed by applicable laws concerning military service;
• Are physically fit to perform the duties linked to the position;
• Produce the appropriate character references as to suitability for the performance of the

duties.

• Have passed an EPSO CAST in the relevant Function Group for this position. At the stage of

the application, it is sufficient to be registered in the EPSO CAST data base.

Qualifications:

(a) Have a level of education which corresponds to completed university studies of at least

three years attested by a diploma.

Only qualifications issued or recognised as equivalent by EU Member State authorities (e.g. by the
Ministry of Education) will be accepted.

Languages:

• have a thorough knowledge (minimum level C1) of one of the 24 official languages of the

EU2

• AND have a satisfactory knowledge (minimum level B2)3 of a second official language of

the EU, to the extent necessary for the performance of the duties.