Traineeship (graduate level) at the European Central Bank

The Directorate General Human Resources, Budget and Organisation (DG/H), which comprises five Divisions, is responsible for supporting the effective and efficient use of human and financial resources of the European Central Bank (ECB). This involves the preparation of policies and tools, advice and support to management and staff, operational tasks and the provision of management information.

The main tasks of the Recruitment and Compensation (RCO) Division are to take care of the process for recruiting staff, to manage the ECB’s position plan, employment contracts, staff data, signing powers, salaries and benefits, as well as to develop and administer the ECB’s Retirement Plan and Pension Scheme, and the medical, accident and travel insurance policies.

The RCO Division is also responsible for the human resources-related part of an extensive SAP application environment (ISIS) that supports its main administrative, human resources (HR) and controlling processes. Through the use of the system, new requirements continue to emerge that need to be addressed on a progressive basis. These may relate to specific issues regarding the current implementation or requests for change. In order to develop the environment in a controlled manner, these specific requests need to be prioritised, addressed (e.g. through specific development), tested, accepted and “packaged” into functional releases for eventual deployment.

The selected trainee will be working in the ISIS team within the RCO Division. The ISIS team focuses on implementations in relation to the SAP Human Capital Management (HCM) modules and their supporting Employee-Self-Service and Manager-Self-Service scenarios and workflows.

The successful applicant will be entrusted with the following main tasks:

support for end-users in their day-to-day activities.

preparation/update of training material;

conduct training sessions with end-users on specific tasks;

documentation of HR processes performed in SAP;

preparation of test data for several HR modules in SAP (personnel administration,

e-recruitment, time management, business intelligence, etc.);performing tests and regression tests of HR processes; and documentation of test results;

Qualifications and experience

Applicants must have the following knowledge and competencies:

university degree in business administration or business information systems;

ideally, a qualification or work experience in the area of human resources;

ideally, knowledge of one or more SAP HCM modules;

fluent command of English with proven drafting ability;

a working knowledge of at least one other official language of the EU; and

a working knowledge of MS Office, in particular Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

Competencies

The successful candidate will have the following behavioural competencies:

analyses complex information from a variety of sources;

is able to work independently;

is service-oriented towards end-users and team members;

adapts to changing plans and circumstances with ease;

pursues tasks with energy and drive;

delivers results within tight time frames; and

prioritises tasks and pays attention to detail, even when under time pressure.

Closing Date for Applications: 20.11.2013

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