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. www.lnds.lu | LNDS on LinkedIn

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