Luxembourgish National Graduate Trainee in Business Analytics and Data Science

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Luxembourgish National Graduate Trainee in Business Analytics and Data Science

Job Requisition ID: 20904

Date Posted: 24 September 2026

Closing Date: 15 October 2026 23:59 CET/CEST

Publication Method: External Only

Type of Appointment (learn more) : National Graduate Trainee

Directorate: Controlling, Finance and Operational Procurement

The ESA National Graduate Trainee (NGT) Programmes offer recent Master’s graduates the opportunity to gain practical, hands‑on experience at ESA across a range of space‑related disciplines. The programmes are essentially similar to ESA’s own Graduate Trainee Programme, notably in offering the same employment conditions. They however differ in one important respect: each NGT Programme is funded by an individual ESA Member State or Associate Member under a bilateral partnership agreement concluded with ESA.
As a result, a representative of the sponsoring State participates in the selection process. In addition to assessing candidates against the requirements of the position, the selection may also include an evaluation of their background and knowledge of the space policies and related activities of the sponsoring State.

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Our team and mission

The Head of the Business Unit Controlling and Project Management Support Office manages a team that provides the ESA Directorate for Earth Observation Programmes (EOP) with support for the Directorate’s overall human and financial resources planning, controlling, and reporting. The office provides project control and management support services to all operational units in the Directorate.
The team’s tasks include:

• controlling the activities of the Business Unit (BU) in accordance with the agreed financial and workforce targets;
• consolidating and maintaining short-, medium- and long-term plans, including budgets for all activities of the Directorate, as well as related schedules, cost, cash and commitment plans, workforce plans (staff and contractors) and procurement plans;
• monitoring and reporting at Directorate level on the implementation of the yearly plans covering both activities and resources and elaborating, together with project/line managers, corrective measures to respond to deviations from plans;
• maintaining information flow between line/project/programme management on controlling-related matters;
• providing project control services and management support to all departments, programmes, projects and operational units in the Directorate;
• acting as the main interface to the services in the Finance, Planning and Controlling Department and ensuring coherence of data;
• supporting the consistency, accuracy and timely closure of the Agency’s accounts, ensuring coordination within the BU of the provision of accounting-related information;
• coordinating the budget, cost and commitment ceiling scrutiny within the BU, including risk assessment, and monitoring the implementation of mitigation actions and the Directorate-level financial contingency policy;
• coordinating the Directorate’s implementation of the Agency’s industrial policy;
• supporting integrated project reviews;
• ensuring consistency and adequacy in planning/reporting working methods, in a manner coordinated with the Finance, Planning and Controlling Department.

Field(s) of activity/research for the traineeship

As a Luxembourgish National Graduate Trainee, your tasks and responsibilities will include:

• business controlling: providing data science and business analytics support for the Directorate’s controlling and programme controlling;
• financial and resource planning: supporting the Earth Observation Business Unit Controlling Office in financial and resource planning exercises;
• business analytics and processes: exploring and prototyping modern ways to enhance efficiency and effectiveness of business processes and analytics;
• data maintenance and quality: creating, updating and structuring master data to ensure accuracy and compliance;
• data governance and process: developing and enforcing the data entry model for standards, policies, and workflows;
• cross-functional collaboration: analysing and improving the link between IT and business departments to resolve data inconsistencies;
• automation: utilising and implementing digital solutions for master data operations.

Knowledge of relevant technical and functional domains

Relevant experience gained during internships, project work and/or extracurricular or other activities

General knowledge of the space sector and relevant activities

Knowledge of ESA and its programmes and projects

You should have recently completed, or be in the final ye