scientific data management and analysis assistant - idata unit
Pubblicato il 10-09-2026 - Randstad Italia in Emilia-Romagna
Would you be interested in joining the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) as an interim via Randstad Italia? If you have a good proficiency in English and previous experience in scientific data management, this could be your chance to work in a multicultural and dynamic environment.
We are looking for a Scientific Data Management and Analysis Assistant to work in the IDATA Unit.
EFSA is committed to supporting the careers of people with visible and invisible disabilities that are encouraged to apply to Randstad open positions to be deployed at EFSA. The purpose of EFSA is to be globally accessible to any person regardless of their age, gender, culture, or ability, to foster the greatest degree of independence.
Annual Salary: 28000€ - 34000€
The candidate will be working within the IDATA Unit providing support on the analysis and assessment of scientific data relevant to processes in EFSA. In particular, the candidate will support the:
- Extraction, analysis and presentation of scientific data;
- Creation and maintenance of databases;
- Integration of data from multiple sources
- Development and optimization of pipelines to automate data validation,
- transformation and migration;
- Presentation of findings to both technical and non-technical stakeholders through reports and dashboards, oral presentations, or written communications.
Essential requirements:
- Excellent knowledge of English (C1 level);
- Degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Information Technology, Bioinformatics or related fields;
- At least 1 year of proven experience in evidence and data collection, management and analysis, including developing and maintaining data processing pipelines;
- Advanced Python programming skills;
- Basic knowledge of version control systems, e.g. Git;
- Experience with structured / machine-readable data exchange formats such as XML or JSON;
- Basic knowledge of SQL and relational databases;
- Experience in writing scientific and/or technical documents;
- Behavioural competencies: attention to details, work with others, focus on
- stakeholder needs, analysis and problem solving, work with ambiguity.
Desirable requirements:
- Experience with chemical or biological databases, software, tools and data formats (e.g. IUCLID, OECD Harmonised Templates);
- Experience using Databricks for data processing, transformation and analytics in a cloud-based data engineering environment;
- Experience with Microsoft Power Platform technologies (e.g. Power BI) and Azure Cloud services;
Assignment: initial contract of 3 months, with possibility of extension. Expected duration of assignment: 24 months.
Salary: approx. € 2326,00 per month before taxes.
Work modalities: office work is required on at least 2 days per week.
Remote work is possible within 2 hours from Parma, Italy for the remaining days.
Please provide an English Europass template CV.
Il presente annuncio è rivolto a persone di genere femminile (F), maschile (M) e non binario (NB) ai sensi della Legge n. 300/1970, del Decreto Legislativo n. 198/2006 e del Decreto Legislativo n. 96/2026 ed è aperta a qualsiasi persona nel rispetto della diversity e dell'inclusività. Ti preghiamo di leggere l'informativa sulla privacy Randstad ( ai sensi dell'art. 13 del Regolamento (UE) 2016/679 sulla protezione dei dati (GDPR).