Project Manager (statistics)

The Service des formations postobligatoires et de l'orientation (SFPO) and the service de statistique (STAT) are advertising for a position of:

Project Manager (statistics)
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The Service des formations postobligatoires et de l’orientation (SFPO) and the service de statistique (STAT) are advertising for a 100% project manager position, divided between the two services at a rate of 40% for the STAT in Neuchâtel and 60% for the SFPO in La Chaux-de-Fonds.
You will report hierarchically to the management of each of the two services for the missions falling within its scope.

Your missions
Service des formations postobligatoires et de l’orientation:
You ensure the implementation and IT monitoring of the SFPO's dashboards and statistical indicators. You guarantee the regular update and IT management of indicators, interactive statistical dashboards, and dedicated databases and, in this context, participate in the development and monitoring of the service's cockpit.
You collaborate with the various respondents of the service involved in the definition, creation, and compilation of statistics and indicators. In compliance with the cantonal statistics law, you ensure the collection, production, coordination, analysis, dissemination, and archiving of statistical data concerning the canton of Neuchâtel, for the fields related to the SFPO's missions.
Your work contributes to providing authorities, the service, State establishments, and the public with relevant, reliable, and consistent statistical information.
Service de statistique:
You ensure the implementation and IT monitoring of the dashboards and statistical indicators intended for the service de l’enseignement obligatoire (SEEO). You are responsible for the regular update and IT management of indicators, interactive statistical dashboards, and dedicated databases.
In partnership with the SEEO and the IT service (SIEN), you manage the implementation as well as the administrative and operational monitoring of projects, while responding to specific requests related to them.
Your missions also include the collection, validation, and dissemination of data relating to compulsory education in collaboration with school circles and the OFS in particular.
Finally, you contribute to the collection, production, and dissemination of statistical data through defined media.

Your profile
Holder of a university master's degree or an equivalent degree in economic sciences, social sciences, econometrics, or statistics, you have at least 2 to 3 years of professional experience in public or private statistics. You possess solid skills in carrying out projects related to the analysis of statistical data and the creation of interactive statistical dashboards, as well as good experience in the planning, organization, and implementation of cross-functional and multidimensional projects.
You master Windows office tools, particularly Excel, as well as R and Tableau+ software. Experience in the field of statistics related to compulsory education (HARMOS degrees 1 to 11) would be an asset.
A positive and facilitating spirit, initiative, and great rigor characterize your way of working. Comfortable writing in French and having good knowledge of German, you wish to join dynamic, motivated, and agile teams.

Workplace: La Chaux-de-Fonds and Neuchâtel
Application deadline: 10 novembre 2026
Salary: Classe 10
Start of activity: 1er janvier 2027 or to be agreed

Additional information
For the SFPO:
Mme L. Knoepfler Chevalley, cheffe de service, tel. 032 889 79 25 or Mme N. Girardot, cheffe de service adjointe, tel. 032 889 64 15.
For the STAT:
M. G. Geiser, chef de service, tel. 032 889 48 12 or M. O. Berthoud, chef de service adjoint, tel. 032 889 46 28.

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Female applications are strongly encouraged for senior positions.
We defend equal opportunities and inclusion; applications from people of all backgrounds and living with a disability are welcome.

We offer you for this position

• To join dynamic, welcoming, and benevolent teams.
• A responsible, varied, and motivating position, in a framework advocating innovation.
• A flexible work organization in a modern environment open to new ideas.