The European Central Bank has launched: Traineeships in Compliance and Governance.

 

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Your team

 

You will be part of the Compliance and Governance Division in the Directorate General Secretariat. Our Division has 22 members of staff in three teams: the Ethics and Integrity team, promoting ethical standards of behaviour within the ECB, the Eurosystem and the Single Supervisory Mechanism; the Governance and Risk team, monitoring conduct risk and strengthening good governance; and the Transparency and Access to Documents team, dealing with accountability and transparency. Ongoing tasks and projects include advising ECB staff members on ethical issues and contributing to a training and awareness campaign in the field of ethics, coordinating the ECB’s responses to public access requests, requests from national authorities in charge of enquiries and inquiries from the European Ombudsman. 

 

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

 

As a trainee you will work with the members of the team to which you are assigned on ongoing initiatives, gaining an insight into the work of the Division and the functioning of the ECB. The tasks you will be given may include the following:

 

In the area of Ethics and Integrity:

• supporting the upcoming review of the ECB’s ethics framework;
• contacting and advising staff on conflicts of interest, the acceptance of gifts and hospitality, post-employment restrictions and other ethical issues.

 

In the area of Governance and Risk:

• contributing to the assessment of ECB’s replies to queries and inquiries from the European Ombudsman;
• advising staff on governance aspects of communication and interaction with external stakeholders.

 

In the area of Transparency and Access to Documents:

• contributing to the assessment of requests for disclosure of documents under the public access regime or under the relevant framework applicable to national authorities.

 

For all areas:

• conducting policy or legal research and benchmarking exercises on topical issues;
• regularly monitoring and reporting on current developments in the fields of ethics, integrity, governance, conduct risk management, or transparency at both the national and the EU level; (with particular focus on the activities of the European Ombudsman); 
• contributing to the development of outreach and knowledge management activities (e-learning, workshops, awareness campaigns, internal wiki); 
• reviewing data collection and preparing statistics (e.g. for presentations).

 

The position offers you excellent opportunities to challenge yourself, learn new tasks and gain experience in matters related to ethics, integrity, management of conduct risk, good governance and transparency. 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 law or public administration, ideally from a university within the EU;
• a sound understanding of EU institutions, EU law and banking or financial law;
• a sound understanding of the current trends and challenges in the areas of ethics, integrity, management of conduct risk, governance or transparency at national, EU or international level;
• a good knowledge of the MS Office package; 
• 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 legal research and analysis as a member of a team; 
• a good understanding of data and data processing accompanied by data visualisation skills (e.g. Excel, Tableau); 
• experience of working in multicultural teams. 

 

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 objectives of this position.

 

Who can apply:

EU nationals eligible for our traineeship programme.

 

All candidates should:

• be a national of a Member State of the EU or of an acceding country.

• be at least 18 years old.
• have completed at least a first cycle qualification (minimum bachelor’s degree).
• be fluent in English and in another official language of the EU.

 

Following their most recent qualification candidates should:

• have a maximum of 12 months’ professional experience.
• have been a trainee for no more than six months.
• not have been an ECB trainee or have worked for the ECB previously.

 

Closing date: 02.03.2022

 

Further information

Traineeship of between 6 and 12 months in total.

 

Application and selection process

Further information on how to join us is available on our website.

 

The recruitment process for this position will include a pre-recorded video interview in the pre-selection phase and, if you are invited to participate in the subsequent selection phase, a written exercise and an online interview. 

 

If you are not selected for this position but are still considered suitable, you will be placed on a reserve list for 12 months from the closing date for applications, from which you might be considered for similar positions within the ECB.