Internships – European Central Bank – Frankfurt, Germany

The European Central Bank offers paid internships in its Monetary Analysis Division to support the analysis of economic and financial data and contribute to the assessment of monetary policy in the euro area.

Benefits:

• A monthly stipend of €1,170 and a contribution towards accommodation, subject to the ECB’s terms and conditions.
• Professional experience within a European Union institution.
• A multicultural and international working environment.
• Possibility of extending the placement to a total of 12 months.

Requirements:

• You must be a national of a European Union Member State and meet the requirements of the ECB’s traineeship programme.
• Hold a bachelor’s degree or higher in Economics, Finance, Econometrics, Mathematics, Statistics, Data Science, Social Sciences, Computer Science or another related discipline.
• Have experience with statistical or econometric tools such as Python, R, Stata or MATLAB.
• Have experience with one or more types of economic or financial data, such as macroeconomic data, financial markets, banking data, surveys, panel data or large datasets.
• Understand the economic issues relevant to the Division’s activities.
• Be proficient in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel and PowerPoint.
• Demonstrate an advanced level of English (C1) and an intermediate level (B1) in at least one other official EU language.

The following will be an advantage:

• Hold a Master’s degree or be nearing completion of one in a relevant field.
• Experience with relational databases, SQL and tools for analysing large volumes of data.
• Knowledge of data visualisation tools, such as Shiny, Plotly or Dash.
• Experience in econometrics, time series, panel data, microeconometrics, web data extraction, text analysis or machine learning.
• Experience in research support.
• Proficiency in financial data platforms, such as Bloomberg, LSEG, Haver Analytics, S&P Global Market Intelligence, Moody’s Analytics BankFocus or Orbis Europe.

Responsibilities:

• Working with macroeconomic, microeconomic and high-frequency financialdatasets.
• Maintaining, developing and improving the Division’s data infrastructure, management tools and dashboards.
• Collaborating with economists and research analysts on day-to-day tasks and analytical projects.
• Apply statistical and econometric techniques to support monetary policy assessments.
• Update charts and tables for internal and external reports and presentations.

 

Application deadline: 12 November 2026.

 

More information: European Central Bank