LNDS - 100 - Project Officer II - Subsidy Projects (fixed term 24 months)

Who we are

Luxembourg National Data Service (LNDS) is a brand of PNED G.I.E. an organisation created by the Luxembourg Government, to implement Luxembourg’s strategies in research, innovation, and digitalisation. LNDS enables value creation from secondary use of data, for public and private partners and supports the sharing and re-use of public sector data, in a trustable manner. The LNDS service portfolio includes know-how, capabilities, tools, infrastructure, and data services. Through efficient & responsible use of data and improving the secondary use of data, LNDS will support the acceleration of economic, ecological, and societal transitions.
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Purpose of the job / project

LNDS is scaling its European and national subsidy-funded project portfolio and is
strengthening its project coordination capacity. As Project Officer II, you will help structure and
follow up project activities, reporting cycles, deliverables, meetings and documentation across
a growing portfolio of EU-funded and data-related projects.
This 24-month fixed-term role is linked to the temporary increase in workload created by newly
awarded and upcoming funded projects, their defined deliverable and reporting cycles, and
the need to reinforce project coordination capacity during the ramp-up and implementation
phase.

What you will do

You will work closely with Project Managers, project leads and multidisciplinary teams to
coordinate project-office activities within established LNDS, EC and national funding
frameworks.
You will take ownership of defined coordination activities and workstreams, helping keep
projects organised, transparent and moving forward while escalating risks, decisions and
dependencies in a timely manner.

What you will do
• Support the implementation and coordination of EU-funded and data related projects,
under the guidance and accountability of the relevant Project Manager
• Maintain and follow-up project plans, timelines, action logs, deliverable trackers, risk
and issue registers, and dependencies
• Collect, consolidate and follow up on inputs from internal contributors, project partners
and other stakeholders
• Support the coordination of project meetings, workshops, reviews and dissemination
events, including agendas, minutes, decisions and actions
• Support the preparation, review, consolidation and submission of deliverables, reports
and evidence required by funders
• Contribute to proposal preparation and supporting documentation for EC and national
research and innovation programmes
• Support budget monitoring, resource-planning follow-up and project reporting by
collecting inputs and highlighting risks for review
• Contribute to the improvement of LNDS project management templates, tooling, filing
structures, guidance materials and operational processeS

Who you are

What you have
• Master's degree (MSc) in Natural Sciences, Technology, Engineering, Life Sciences,
Social Sciences, or a related field
• 2 to 5 years of relevant experience in project coordination, operations coordination or
project management support, ideally in a technical, scientific, research, innovation or
data-related environment
• Experience supporting EU-funded projects, national subsidy projects, research and
innovation initiatives or comparable multi-stakeholder programmes
• Good understanding of project lifecycle management, proposal preparation, reporting
cycles and funder documentation requirements
• Strong organisational, follow-up, communication, report writing and documentation
skills
• Good knowledge of office, collaboration and project management tools such as MS
Office, SharePoint, Power BI, Teams, Jira, Confluence or equivalent
• Good knowledge of Agile methodologies and organisations; SAFe knowledge is
considered an asset
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English
• Ability to work independently within an established framework, with responsibility,
consistency and attention to detail

Considered an Advantage
• Formal project management training or certification such as PM², PRINCE2, PMP,
Agile or Scrum
• Experience with European Commission-funded projects in health, genomics, life
sciences or data-related domains
• Familiarity with data management, data governance or data processing environments
• Knowledge of European research and innovation funding programmes such as
Horizon Europe or Digital Europ