[Commlist] Job vacancy at European Audiovisual Observatory

The European Audiovisual Observatory is currently running a competition 
for the position of Senior Market Analyst at the European Audiovisual 
Observatory. The deadline is 28 April 2025.

More details here: https://talents.coe.int/en_GB/careersmarketplace


General Information
Vacancy number
978/2025
Recruitment type
External recruitment (international)
Type of contract
CDD
Posted date
08-Apr-2025
Deadline to apply
28-Apr-2025
Duty station
Strasbourg
Grade
B5
Entity
European Audiovisual Observatory



Description & Requirements
Your Team

The European Audiovisual Observatory, an enlarged Partial Agreement of 
the Council of Europe, was created in 1992 in order to collect and 
distribute information about the audiovisual industries in Europe. By 
making this information available, the Observatory aims at promoting 
greater transparency and a clearer understanding of the ways in which 
the audiovisual industries in Europe function, both from an economic and 
legal point of view.

The team you will be working in, the Department for Market Information, 
monitors the film, television and on-demand markets in all the member 
States of the Council of Europe. It collects, analyses and publishes 
data in the form of reports and databases, maintains several networks of 
data providers and organises closed and open events. The Department 
consists of nine people from different nationalities.
Your Role

As a Market Analyst, you will be responsible for managing one of the 
lines of activities of the Department (film industry, audiovisual 
services and players, on-demand markets, TV fiction production and 
gender), including:

    developing medium-term perspectives and project concepts for the 
development of the line of activity you will be in charge of;
    proposing annual work programmes;
    personally taking charge of several projects within the activity 
line, encompassing drafting reports and updating databases;
    ensuring the quality of the related reports and databases;
    coordinating and supervising junior analysts, either attached to 
the line of activity or on a project-by-project basis;
    maintaining and developing personal networks of industry contacts;
    representing the Observatory and promoting its work as an expert in 
your line of activity, both internally as well as to Observatory 
stakeholders, in particular by speaking at Observatory and third party 
events;
    managing the relationships with the data providers relevant to your 
line of activity;
    developing the editorial concept and content of Observatory events.

Requirements to apply

You must:

    hold a higher education degree or qualification equivalent to a 
bachelor’s degree (1st cycle of the Bologna process framework of 
qualifications for the European Higher Education Area) in economics, 
management, statistics or in a relevant subject in the audiovisual field;
    have at least 4 years of relevant experience in one or more of the 
following areas: film / audiovisual / video games, in a role mainly 
dedicated to data driven analysis of market structures and developments ;
    have a very good knowledge of one of the two official languages of 
the Council of Europe (English);
    have a good knowledge of the other (French).

You must also:

    be a citizen of one of the member States of the Council of Europe 
and fulfil the conditions for appointment to the civil service of that 
state;
    have discharged any obligation concerning national service 
(military, civil or comparable);
    not be the parent, child, stepchild or grandchild of a serving 
staff member of the Council of Europe;
    be under the age of 65 years.

Your application must demonstrate to what extent you have the 
competencies listed below. To help you doing so, feel free to consult 
our competency framework.
Key competencies

    Managerial - Management of teams
    Operational - Planning and work organisation
    Operational - Analysis and problem solving
    Operational - Concern for quality

    Professional and technical expertise:

        a strong knowledge of one or more segments of the film / 
audiovisual / video games sectors along with its value chain, and 
ideally at the European level;
        existing network of professional contacts in the 
film/audiovisual sector;
        strong experience in designing and managing research projects 
in the film / audiovisual / video games sector;
        experience in coaching other team members;
        strong communication skills (drafting skills and proven 
experience in providing public presentations);
        expertise with IT-based data analysis (e.g. advanced Excel, 
Business Intelligence tools etc.).

Desirable competencies

    Operational - Creativity and innovation
    Operational - Results orientation
    Interpersonal - Relationship building

    Professional and technical expertise:

        experience with the responsible use of generative AI tools in 
research, data analysis and report drafting;
        networking skills;
        experience in working within teams and in a multicultural 
professional environment.

What we offer

This job vacancy is for an international external recruitment. You can 
consult the conditions of employment (salaries, allowances, pension 
scheme, social insurance, etc.) on the webpage What we offer.
Applications and selection procedure

For more information on how we recruit, you can consult the page Our 
recruitment process. This recruitment is carried out in accordance with 
Article 490 of the Council of Europe Staff Rules. The deadline for 
applications is indicated in the General information section of this 
vacancy notice (see above) and is fixed at 23:59:59 (CET/CEST). When 
applying, make sure your motivation shows how your competencies make 
your profile the best for the role.
Important information

As an equal opportunity employer, the Council of Europe welcomes 
applications from all suitably qualified people, irrespective of sex, 
gender, sexual orientation, ethnic or social origin, disability, 
religion or belief. Under its equal opportunity policy, the Council of 
Europe is aiming to achieve gender parity in staff employed in each 
category and grade. At the time of appointment, preference between 
suitable people shall be given to the person of the gender which is 
under-represented in the relevant grades within the category to which 
the vacancy belongs.

Applicants with specific needs are encouraged to request reasonable 
accommodations at any stage during the recruitment process. Please 
contact us at (talents /at/ coe.int), we will ensure that your request is handled.

The information published on the CoE’s careers website regarding working 
conditions is correct at the time of publication of the vacancy notice. 
Any changes to these conditions during the recruitment process will be 
updated on our Portal and will apply at the time of the job offer. Our 
career's website is not intended to be exhaustive and may not address 
all questions you would have. Should you have remaining questions, 
please contact us at (talents /at/ coe.int).

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