Application Deadline: 24 February 2025
Applications are now open for the 2025 European Central Bank (ECB) Graduate Programme. ECB is looking for 15 highly talented recent graduates with a postgraduate degree, eventually a PhD, for the ECB’s Graduate Programme.
You will have different ages, backgrounds and interests and will find intellectual challenges, varied opportunities and a people-centred working culture that gives you a voice and the chance to make an impact – for Europe.
Together with business area management during the second year of the Graduate Programme, you will choose a topic for the paper, which you will prepare and submit before the end of the second year. Your successful completion of the programme will be assessed by the Graduate Programme Committee on the basis of performance reviews and your project paper.
Your role
The Graduate Programme offers you excellent development opportunities, valuable experience and an insight into the ECB’s tasks and working methods. It could be your starting point for an exciting career at the ECB including its Single Supervisory Mechanism.
We will assign you an experienced colleague as a mentor to provide you with support, advice and guidance on participating successfully in the programme. You will also get a tailor-made training programme that includes a number of in-house and external training opportunities.
You will be part of a multicultural team that strives for continuous innovation to make a positive impact on the lives of European citizens.
Qualifications, experience and skills
Essential:
- a master’s degree or PhD completed between 1 February 2023 and 31 January 2025 (alternatively, if you are due to complete a PhD in 2025, your master’s degree can have been obtained before 1 February 2023). Candidates with a PhD, or who will obtain a PhD in 2025, will have an advantage;
- qualifications in one of the following fields: economics, business administration, finance, statistics, accounting, law, data science, political science, European studies, international relations, journalism and communications, environmental studies/sciences, psychology, sociology, human resources, languages, information technology, engineering, mathematics, chemistry, physics or facility management;
- a clear interest in and understanding of European affairs, central banking, banking supervision and matters of relevance to ECB business areas;
- 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:
- experience in the following fields: data management, statistical and econometric analysis, big data tools, data visualisation, artificial intelligence and machine learning, media relations, including monitoring and analysis, web and social media production and analytics, data processing, or general application and system programming.
- Working modalities
- This is a two-year fixed-term contract which we aim to start from 1 September 2025 and to last until 31 August 2027. It may be extended for one additional year upon successful completion of the programme. While on the Graduate Programme you can apply for vacancies that are advertised both internally and externally.
- Application and selection process
- The recruitment process for this position will include a pre-recorded video interview at the pre-selection stage and – if you are invited to participate further in the selection procedure – a written exercise and a panel interview. The overall process is expected to run between March and June 2025.
