Graduate Programme 2025

Type of contract: Two-year fixed-term contract starting on 1 September. It may be extended for one additional year upon successful completion of the programme.

Who can apply? EU nationals

Salary: E/F (bracket 1 – step 1) full time monthly net salary: €4,869 plus benefits, for further information see what we offer.

Working time: Full time

Place of work: Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Your team:

We are 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.

We will give you challenging one-year assignments in two different business areas, matched to your fields of expertise, your interests – which you can indicate during the application process – and our organisational needs. This gives you the opportunity to apply your knowledge in various ways.

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.

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:

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:

• 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;
• 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.

You engage collaboratively with others. You pursue team goals and learn willingly from other people’s diverse perspectives. You signal any need for change by explaining it and proposing alternative solutions. You analyse complex information effectively and can evaluate different views to arrive at solutions. You know and anticipate stakeholder needs.

You are motivated to contribute to the ECB’s mission, to serve the citizens of the EU as a member of a public institution and to work with colleagues from all over Europe. You are motivated to be a part of our team and to use your skills and competencies to achieve the objectives of this position. You are aware of your strengths and areas of development and know what motivates you to perform at your highest level.

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.

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.

If you are not selected for this position but are still considered suitable, you will be placed on a reserve list, from which you might be considered for similar positions within the ECB.

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