EIB Trainee

This position is based at our Luxembourg headquarters and requires regular office presence. The EIB offers you the opportunity to live and work in a truly international and multi-cultural environment.

The EIB, the European Unions bank, is seeking to recruit for its Projects Directorate (PJ) - Urban and Territorial Development Department (UTD) - Urban Mobility Division (URBMOB), at its headquarters in Luxembourg: TRAINEE

Duration: 5 months (fixed start date: 01st September/ 1st October 2024)

(With possible extension up to 6 months if required by University)

Please note that, as marked on our Webpage, only applications from nationals of the Member States of the European Union, as well as citizens from countries with which EU accession negotiations have started, can be considered (Albania, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia and Turkey).

Please note that applications from students under the Erasmus+ programme cannot be considered.

Please note that you are requested to limit your applications to a maximum of three traineeship publications. We will only consider and retain the first three applications submitted.

Investment in public transport is the foundation of urban transport climate mitigation. Public transport helps cities reduce carbon emissions, energy consumption and environmental pollution whilst also delivering wider social and economic benefits including supporting access to employment, health and education for all, including women. The EIB’s urban mobility division focuses on providing technical due diligence and advisory support for projects seeking to improve public transport provision in cities inside and outside of the EU.

There are two key components of the technical due diligence in the urban mobility sector which are relevant for this traineeship. The first one relates to capturing the contribution and impact of investments in public transport towards important policy goals such as gender equality and womens economic empowerment. The second one relates to the benchmarking of expenditure of infrastructure and rolling stock investments.

• understand the link between policy goals such as gender equality and decarbonisation and how investments in public transport contribute towards them
• understand key investment policies and how they drive the decision making process
• understand wider interdependencies with other components of the technical due diligence work
• bring a new perspective and improve the existing in-house analytical tools

As a trainee you will be responsible for:

• undertaking desktop research and analysis of potential indicators linked to the contribution of public transport investments to gender equality and womens economic empowerment by closely collaborating with senior sector experts in charge of the workstream;
• undertaking the update of the urban mobility cost benchmarking database by closely collaborating with sector experts in charge of project appraisal
• propose and agree the implementation of new indicators, functionalities and generally improve the existing in-house tools for the two policy areas in question

• Final year of studies or university degree preferably but not limited to Economics, Transport Planning, Development Economics/Studies, Urban Planning, Urban Development.
• Experience in the use of indicators and reporting would be an advantage.
• Ability to use analytical and statistical tools would be an advantage.
• Good communication and presentation skills.
• Excellent knowledge of standard Microsoft Office tools and in particular Excel and Excel Dashboards.
• Excellent knowledge of written and spoken English.

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By applying for this position you acknowledge the importance of maintaining the security and integrity of the Information of the EIB Group. In case of selection for the position you agree to comply with all measures (policies, controls, document classification and management) implemented by the EIB Group to prevent unauthorized disclosure of any information or any damage to the EIB Group reputation.

We are an equal opportunities employer, who believes that diversity is good for our people and our business. We encourage all suitably qualified and eligible candidates to apply regardless of their gender identity/expression, age, racial, ethnic and cultural background, religion and beliefs, sexual orientation/identity, disability or neurodiversity.

Applicants with specific needs are encouraged to request reasonable accommodations at any stage during the recruitment process. Please contact the EIB Traineeship Recruitment team hr_traineeship_recruitment@eib.org who will ensure that your request is handled.

Your application may be used for another campaign.

Please note that deadline for application is on the 10th May 2024

More information on our EIB Traineeship Programme and Provisions for In-service training can be consulted on our EIB website; https://www.eib.org/en/about/careers/categories/traineeship-and-graduate.htm