Your role

You will be assigned to one of the three divisions mentioned above. You will carry out research and prepare legal advice in close collaboration with experienced legal counsels.As a trainee in the Institutional Law Division, you will:

help prepare legal advice on questions relating to central banking law, the ECB’s privileges and immunities, EU law (in particular institutional law, administrative law, all aspects of ESCB and Eurosystem governance and EU civil service law), contracts (including non-financial contracts) and procurement law;

handle legal issues concerning accounting, auditing, taxation, euro banknotes and intellectual property.

As a trainee in the Financial Law Division, you will:

help prepare legal advice and legal acts relating to monetary policy and monetary policy measures, market operations, financial market infrastructures (including TARGET2 and TARGET2-Securities), the oversight of payment and settlement systems, statistics, financial services legislation (including on sustainable finance), financial stability and the economic governance framework.

As a trainee in the Supervisory Law Division, you will:

help prepare legal advice on matters relating to the prudential supervision of credit institutions, such as capital and liquidity requirements, common procedures (granting authorisations, withdrawing licences and authorising the acquisition of qualifying holdings), fit and proper assessments, supervisory reporting, crisis management and enforcement and sanctions;

help prepare legal advice relating to the functioning of the European banking union, with particular reference to the SSM Regulation and its supporting legal framework.

These positions offer you excellent opportunities to gain experience in providing legal assistance on matters relating to institutional, financial or supervisory law in an EU context and to put into practice the knowledge and skills you have acquired during your studies. Working with more experienced colleagues, you will have the chance to expand your skills and develop as a professional. 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 in law; 

an awareness of, and interest in, the role and functioning of the ECB, the ESCB, the Economic and Monetary Union and European banking supervision;

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 . 

Desired: 

a bachelor’s degree in law obtained in an EU Member State;

a sound knowledge of EU law (e.g. EU institutional and administrative law, or the legal framework of the Economic and Monetary Union), contract and procurement law, financial law, supervisory law or other fields of law directly relevant to the work of at least one of the three divisions mentioned above;

specialisation, experience or research in fields of law relevant to the work of at least one of the three divisions;

an intermediate (B2) or higher command of French and/or German, according to the .

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.