Trainee - Economic Research

The European Investment Fund (EIF) is seeking to recruit for its Impact Assessment Division, at its headquarters in Luxembourg, a Trainee - Economic Research.

Duration: 5 months

Starting date: October 2025

Specific Post Environment

The Impact Assessment (IA) Division supports the EIF’s business development and strategic orientation, promoting the EIF’s transition towards an impact-driven institution. The team’s goal is to develop frameworks, processes and tools to assess the achievement of policy priorities, including the assessment of the ex-ante and ex-post financial and non-financial impacts of EIF operations.

Overall Objective

Your overall objectives will be to:

• Support in the development and creation of necessary tools for the ex-ante Impact Assessment methodology and the delivery of ex-post impact studies
• Support in creating the documentation, manuals, user guides and training material necessary to successfully deploy the EIF Impact Assessment framework
  
  

Responsibilities

Under the guidance of the other members in the team, you shall:

• Support the development, pilot, and calibration of the ex-ante Impact Assessment methodology
• Support the drafting of user guide and operating manuals for the ex-ante IA grading process
• Support the implementation of related data collection, preparation and analyses
• Support the setting-up of procedures to manage support requests for users of the ex-ante EIF IA frame
• Support the creation of a harmonised list of ex-post KPIs according to the EIF products’ theory(ies) of change
  
  

Expected Outcome

• Support in the definition, development, pilot phase and documentation of the ex-ante EIF IA methodology
• Support in tasks ancillary to the Impact Assessment framework, e.g. the ex-post Impact Assessment micro-data projects
• Support the team’s projects aiming at classifying and estimating the non-financial impacts of EIF’s activities
  
  

Qualifications

• University degree (or on-going studies at advanced stage) in economics, finance, computer science or a business-related field; preferably at least Bachelor level
• Advanced analytical and quantitative skills. Knowledge of relational databases like MySQL, SQL server would be considered and asset
• Good programming skills. Experience with Business Intelligence tools (e.g., Tableau, PowerBI) would be a plus
• Thorough knowledge of standard Microsoft IT applications in use within the team, in particular Excel and PowerPoint
• Familiarity with different public data sources in use within the team (e.g. ECB, OECD, Eurostat) would be a plus
• Some knowledge and understanding of EIF's mission, activities and products and of markets and legal frameworks relevant to EIF business, as well as policies and priorities in that context
  
  

Competencies

• Good analytical, drafting and synthesis skills
• Excellent knowledge of written and spoken English; knowledge of further EU languages considered an asset
• Good interpersonal skills and ability to work in a team
• Ability to work productively and under tight deadlines
• Demonstrate initiative, capability to work autonomously under given objectives and time constraints; organise own work effectively
  
  

Deadline for applications: 7 August 2025

• Due to high volume of applications, only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted.
  
  

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 EIF Recruitment team [email protected] who will ensure that your request is handled.

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.