Trainee IT

Your role

As a trainee in the Directorate General Statistics you will:

gain an insight into the methodology, validation, compilation, management and publication of macroeconomic statistics and/or large-scale granular/micro datasets in a policy-oriented environment;

work both in a team and independently under the guidance of a mentor, taking initiative and interacting with other staff members and management;

have an opportunity to participate in your team’s regular activities, complete a conceptual or empirical study and support the development of statistical concepts, tools or processes;

directly contribute to the work of the Directorate General.

The position offers you excellent opportunities to modernise the ECB’s data culture and data management in a period of rapid financial innovation. 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 statistics, data science, economics, finance, mathematics, computer science, operational research or another relevant field; 

experience using at least one of the following programming languages/statistical packages: C/C++, FAME, HTML, Java, JavaScript, Mathematica, MATLAB, Perl, Python, R, R Shiny, SAS, Scala, Spark, SQL, Stata, Tableau or VBA;

experience in data and metadata management, including collection, cleaning, validation, aggregation, visualisation and analysis; 

familiarity with statistical or mathematical software packages and/or relational databases for managing large-scale structured data;

a good knowledge of the MS Office package (in particular Teams, Word, 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: 

familiarity with monetary and financial statistics, macroeconomic statistics (such as financial accounts, balance of payments or price statistics), supervisory data, micro/granular financial data, household or corporate surveys, or the governance and management of integrated data and metadata;

familiarity with international standards for macroeconomic statistics, accounting or banking supervision;

knowledge of financial concepts and the functioning of financial markets; 

knowledge of the techniques used in the development of applications and tools for data management and visualisation, and of machine learning.

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.