Prosto delovno mesto Traineeship in the Directorate General Statistics

V Evropski centralni banki (ECB) razpisujejo prosto delovno mesto (pripravništvo) na Directorate General Statistics.

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The Directorate General Statistics consists of around 350 staff members who provide statistical products and services, as well as a whole range of aggregated and disaggregated data, to inform not only central banking and banking supervision policy decisions, but also the public at large, in close collaboration with the European System of Central Banks (ESCB), national competent authorities, Eurostat, the banking industry and other international bodies. 

You would be joining the Directorate General at a very interesting and challenging time, as we are working on modernising the data culture of the ECB, ESCB and ECB Banking Supervision, improving its fitness for a digital and globalised world in a period of rapid financial innovation. In your role as a trainee, you will be part of a team responsible for collecting data and/or producing statistical indicators and work closely with relevant stakeholders such as economists and banking supervisors. You will be part of a multicultural team that is involved in cross-country collaboration and strives for excellence and continuous innovation in order to make a positive impact on the lives of European citizens.

The ECB is an inclusive employer and we strive to reflect the diversity of the population we serve. We encourage you to apply, irrespective of age, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, race, religious beliefs, sexual orientation or other characteristics.

Your role

As a trainee in Directorate General Statistics you will:

- contribute to the work of the Directorate General or one of its divisions or sections;
- gain an insight into the methodology, compilation and publication of macroeconomic statistics or large-scale granular/micro datasets in a policy-oriented environment;
- work in a team and/or independently under the guidance of a mentor, taking the initiative and interacting with other members of staff and management;
- potentially have an opportunity to complete a conceptual or empirical study and present it at a seminar, and develop statistical tools based on machine learning.

Qualifications, experience and skills

Essential:

- a bachelor’s degree or higher in statistics, data science, economics, mathematics, finance, computer science, operational research or another relevant field (click here for details on degree equivalences); 
- good IT skills and a working knowledge of MS Office (in particular Word, Excel and PowerPoint);
- familiarity with data and metadata management, analysis and visualisation;
- familiarity with a statistical or mathematical software package and/or relational databases;
- an advanced (C1) command of English and an intermediate (B1) command of at least one other official language of the EU, according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.

Desired:

- knowledge of economic statistics, data on financial markets and instruments, and/or international standards for statistics, accounting or banking supervision;
- knowledge of techniques used in the management, analysis, modelling and visualisation of large datasets and unstructured data, such as data science tools and machine learning;
- programming skills and knowledge of programming languages such as Python and R.

Who can apply

Students, including PhD students, or recent graduates can apply for a traineeship.

All candidates should:

- be a national of a Member State of the EU or of an acceding country;

- be at least 18 years old;
- have completed at least a first cycle qualification (minimum bachelor’s degree);
- be fluent in English and in another official language of the EU.

Following their most recent qualification candidates should:

- have a maximum of 12 months’ professional experience;
- have been a trainee for no more than six months;
- not have been an ECB trainee or have worked for the ECB previously

Closing date: 01.10.2021

The traineeships will start in 2022 and run for a minimum period of six months which, depending on business needs, may be extended up to a total of twelve months. The earliest starting date will be in February 2022, while additional options will become available throughout 2022.

If you would like to know more about our traineeships, please visit the European Central Bank’s Traineeship pages.