Traineeship in the Business Cycle Analysis Division

Frankfurt

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Veröffentlicht am 22.01.2026
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Traineeship in the Business Cycle Analysis Division

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Your role

As a trainee you will:

support the Division with policy-relevant assignments, working closely with other members of your team and the Division’s economists;

prepare tables and charts for internal and external reports, and presentations for Executive Board members and the Directorate General’s senior management in collaboration with other business areas;

maintain and enhance the Division’s data infrastructure, including processing, consolidating and transforming datasets, maintaining and developing databases and visualisation tools and assisting in automating and adapting regular work processes;

contribute to the formulation of policy advice to support policymakers and the Division’s broader economic assessments, using data analytics and statistical and econometric tools;

contribute to the improvement of analytical, econometric and forecasting tools.

The traineeship offers you excellent opportunities to develop your quantitative skills, contribute to analytical tasks and work with experienced economists on topical economic issues. It also provides you with a unique opportunity to gain insights into economic analysis and policy decision-making in a central bank. 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 bachelor’s degree or higher in economics, statistics, data science or another relevant field;

practical experience of working with databases, including data quality validation, and preparing charts and tables for reports and presentations;

practical experience of working with statistical/econometric software such as Stata, Python, R, EViews and/or MATLAB;

an interest in supporting policy advice through applied economic analysis;

a good knowledge of the MS Office package, particularly Excel and PowerPoint;

an advanced (C1) command of English and an intermediate (B1) command of at least one other official language of the EU, according to the .

Desired:

a master’s degree in economics, statistics, data science or another relevant field;

a broad knowledge of macroeconomics;

a solid background in econometrics (in particular time series econometrics, the econometrics of panel data and microeconometrics) or statistics;

experience in working with relational databases, using SQL and/or other big data analytics tools;

experience in using and/or developing visualisation tools, such as R Shiny, Shiny for Python and/or Plotly/Dash;

knowledge of, or experience in, data science (for example text analysis, machine learning or other advanced machine learning techniques);

a good understanding of economic issues related to the household and corporate sectors, the business cycle and the current macroeconomic climate.

You are curious and eager to learn, and want to further develop your ability to analyse complex information. You are keen to collaborate with others, pursue team goals and learn from other people’s diverse perspectives. You strive to know and anticipate stakeholder needs, and will signal any need for change and propose alternative solutions.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 keen to be part of our team and to use your skills and competencies to achieve the aims of this position.

Standort

European Central Bank, Frankfurt

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