VDAB opens the position of Labour Market Services Analyst for the purpose of Job Shadowing, offering PhD candidates (≥ 3rd year of the PhD trajectory) / postdocs affiliated with 1 of the 5 Flemish universities the possibility to see for themselves what tasks and responsibilities come with this particular job function. 

The studies department of VDAB elaborates statistics on the services provided by VDAB and its partners to foster the continuous improvement of public service provision. To that end the Labour Market Services Analyst produces monthly statistics, makes sure that the statistics reflect the current set of services provided and ensures optimal communication (effective communication of numerical messages). Additionally the Labour Market Services Analyst elaborates an in-depth understanding of the effectiveness of labour market services and thus provides evidence based advice to VDAB, its partners and policy makers.

> Open to PhD candidates / postdocs with a background in Social Sciences, Economics or Psychology. Required are a basic level of Dutch and statistics. A bonus is any experience in data analysis and data processing.

VDAB offers a 1-day Job Shadowing experience. 7 or 9 October are the preferred dates for Job Shadowing.