Traineeship for a Language Technologist/Terminologist

General Information

Type of contract: Traineeship

Who can apply?: EU nationals eligible for our traineeship programme

Grant: The trainee grant is €1,170 per month plus an accommodation allowance (see further information section)

Working time: Full time

Place of work: Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Closing date: 05.10.2026

Your team

You will be part of the Language Services Division in the Directorate General Communications. Our Division provides translation, editing, proofreading, language technology and terminology services in all EU languages, as well as offering advice on linguistic matters. 

In your role as a trainee, you will join the Language Technology and Terminology team, which consists of seven members of staff responsible for providing expert support for the computer-assisted translation software used at the ECB, tailoring the tools to the workflows of the translators and lawyer-linguists and keeping abreast of developments in the field of language technology and artificial intelligence (AI). Our team’s language technology work involves designing, managing and coordinating the expansion of the ECB’s databases of central banking and banking supervision terminology in all official EU languages. We also work closely with the ECB’s publications and information systems teams.

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 Language Technologist/Terminologist you will:

• support the testing of language technology (e.g. computer-assisted translation tools and translation management software) and customisations prior to their roll-out at the ECB;
• prepare and check end-user guides and documentation;
• perform translation memory maintenance tasks;
• help to assess the suitability of generative AI for linguistic tasks at the ECB;
• help prepare bilingual data to train a domain-specific machine translation engine;
• research terminology and create termbase entries in a MultiTerm database;
• contribute to other activities and projects carried out by the Language Technology and Terminology team.

The traineeship offers you excellent opportunities to gain practical insights into the work of a language services department and, in particular, a language technology and terminology team in a multilingual European institution. 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 language technology, terminology, translation studies, computational linguistics or another relevant field;
• a good knowledge of and practical experience with terminology management and translation memory software packages, such as the RWS Trados suite;
• practical experience with machine translation software and AI in the field of translation and editing, as well as good prompting skills and experience with large language models;
• advanced 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: https://www.coe.int/en/web/common-european-framework-reference-languages...

Desired: 

• an interest in financial and economic affairs or banking supervision. 

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.

Further information

Initial traineeship of six months, with a possible extension to up to 12 months in total.

Other details on the conditions applicable to traineeships at the ECB can be found on our website: https://www.ecb.europa.eu/careers/what-we-offer/traineeship/html/index.e...

For additional information on this specific vacancy, you can speak to Catherine Lane on +49 (0)69 1344 7925 between 15:00 and 16:00 on Wednesday, 23 September.

Application and selection process

The recruitment process for this position will include an online interview. 

Further information on how to apply is available on our website: https://www.ecb.europa.eu/careers/before-you-apply/how-to-apply/html/ind...

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 other traineeship positions within the ECB.

 

Traineeship in the Accounting Section

General Information

Type of contract: Traineeship

Who can apply?: EU nationals eligible for our traineeship programme

Grant: The trainee grant is €1,170 per month plus an accommodation allowance (see further information section)

Working time: Full time

Place of work: Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Closing date: 05.10.2026

Your team

You will be part of the Accounting Section in the Financial Accounting and Reporting Division within the Directorate Finance.

In your role as a trainee in the Accounting Section, you will be part of a team of 25 members of staff responsible for processing incoming and outgoing invoices, dealing with VAT and other tax matters, maintaining the ECB’s fixed asset and leasing accounts, levying fees on supervised credit institutions, contributing to payroll and pension accounting, and performing other financial accounting tasks. These include closing the corresponding accounts at year-end and contributing to the disclosures required for the ECB’s annual accounts preparation process. We look to continuously improve our processes and procedures in all these areas, moving towards straight-through processing, automation and digitalisation.

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 in the Accounting Section you will:

• contribute to regular accounting processes not related to monetary policy (such as accounts payable, accounts receivable, fixed assets and year-end procedures) that involve working with ECB SAP components relevant to financial accounting;
• advise purchasing business areas, contractors (creditors or debtors) and other relevant stakeholders on accounting issues, and contribute to the development and implementation of accounting concepts for new business cases;
• support the analysis and presentation of accounting data for management information and decision-making purposes;
• help optimise and document internal processes and procedures, such as the analysis and implementation of innovative business processes and solutions. 

The traineeship offers you excellent opportunities to gain insight into how the ECB works, acquire hands on experience in finance and put your theoretical knowledge into practice. 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 accounting, finance, business administration or another relevant field;
• knowledge of accounting or information technology for financial accounting;
• a good knowledge of the MS Office package, including Word, Excel and PowerPoint;
• an advanced knowledge of MS Excel and other tools for data management and analysis;
• a working knowledge of other software applications and data visualisation tools, and programming skills (e.g. for Python), including the ability to document and explain code;
• 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: https://www.coe.int/en/web/common-european-framework-reference-languages...

Desired:

• knowledge of accounting principles and financial statements;
• experience and interest in accounts payable or accounts receivable processing;
• knowledge of enterprise resource planning systems (such as SAP);
• experience and interest in data analysis and the ability to interpret data;
• a basic (A2) command of German, according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: https://www.coe.int/en/web/common-european-framework-reference-languages...

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.

Further information

Initial traineeship of six months, with a possible extension to up to 12 months in total. The start date is planned to be in the first quarter of 2027.

Other details on the conditions applicable to traineeships at the ECB can be found on our website: https://www.ecb.europa.eu/careers/what-we-offer/traineeship/html/index.e...

For additional information on this specific vacancy, you can speak to Heiko Nordhausen on +49 (0)69 1344 6295.

Application and selection process

The recruitment process for this position will include an online interview and a remote written exercise. 

Further information on how to apply is available on our website: https://www.ecb.europa.eu/careers/before-you-apply/how-to-apply/html/ind...

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 other traineeship positions within the ECB.

 

Traineeship and PhD Traineeship in the Directorate General Macroprudential Policy and Financial Stability

General Information

Type of contract: Traineeship

Who can apply?: EU nationals eligible for our traineeship programme

Grant: The trainee grant is €1,170 per month plus an accommodation allowance (see further information section), The trainee grant is €2,120 per month plus an accommodation allowance (see further information section)

Working time: Full time

Place of work: Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Closing date: 06.10.2026

Your team

You will be part of the Financial Regulation and Policy Division in the Directorate General Macroprudential Policy and Financial Stability. Our Directorate General has approximately 100 staff providing analysis and policy advice on issues relating to financial stability, the banking sector, non-bank financial intermediation, financial regulation and macroprudential policy.

In our Division, we analyse regulatory policy issues from a financial stability and financial integration perspective. We conduct impact analyses on regulatory policies and contribute to European and international discussions on regulatory and supervisory issues. We also contribute to the ECB’s work on banking regulation, non-bank financial intermediation, and capital market development and integration, as well as the structural transformation of the financial system stemming from the development of crypto-assets and stablecoins.

In your role as a trainee or PhD trainee, you will be part of a team of approximately 25 members of staff responsible for policy-relevant analysis and coordination of the ECB’s views on regulatory issues. You will work closely with our experts, contributing to projects that are relevant to our Division.

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:

• contribute to the assessment of macroprudential and financial regulatory policies and/or financial stability arrangements, including through the use of impact assessments to evaluate the effectiveness of adopted or proposed reforms from a financial stability and financial integration perspective. This may include empirical analysis of the interaction/trade-offs between (i) regulation and bank and non-bank intermediation activities, (ii) financial integration and financial stability, and (iii) microprudential and macroprudential instruments. Other areas of interest include (i) private credit and non-bank market-makers; (ii) capital market development and integration; and (iii) the structural transformation of the financial system in response to the proliferation of stablecoins and crypto-assets, their linkages with the traditional financial system and broader technological developments;
• participate actively in the general work of the Division, including by (i) contributing to analyses for regular internal and external publications, such as the Financial Stability Review and the Macroprudential Bulletin; (ii) assisting – through data collection, research assistance and programming – with analytical projects on issues currently of interest to the Directorate General; and (iii) helping to prepare presentations and notes for management;
• maintain, update and further develop databases used for the analysis of macroprudential policy and the impact of regulatory measures on financial markets and the real economy;
• develop visualisation tools, programs and code for efficient data processing, while helping to ensure that users can access complex datasets;
• contribute to the coordination and preparation of high-level European and international meetings attended by ECB representatives.

The traineeship offers you excellent opportunities to become familiar with macroprudential policy, financial regulation and financial stability by taking part in a variety of tasks and projects. You will be able to develop your potential and will quickly make a real impact on the work of our Division. As a trainee, you will have the opportunity to work in a team alongside committed and qualified colleagues and leaders in the field of financial stability.

You will be able to attend a wide range of seminars and will have access to the ECB’s library, as well as its computing, programming and statistical resources. You will have the opportunity to network and engage with other employees, to grow personally and to increase your business knowledge. 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: 

• for a traineeship paid at €2,120, a master’s degree and at least two years of PhD studies in the field of finance, economics, statistics, mathematics, engineering, business administration, physics, computer science or a related discipline;
• for a traineeship paid at €1,170, a bachelor’s degree or higher in finance, economics, statistics, mathematics, engineering, business administration, physics, computer science or a related discipline;
• experience in preparing, handling and analysing datasets based on various data sources;
• an advanced knowledge of MS Office, in particular Excel;
• 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: https://www.coe.int/en/web/common-european-framework-reference-languages...

Desired: 

• knowledge of financial sector analysis and financial policy and regulation, and/or macroeconomics; 
• knowledge of bank balance sheet and bank-specific data analysis, financial market data analysis, and/or non-bank financial institutions;
• a basic understanding of EU and/or international financial regulation;
• good analytical skills and familiarity with banking, financial market and/or macroeconomic data; 
• sound IT and programming skills, including knowledge of programming languages and econometric software (e.g. SQL, R, MATLAB, Stata, Python, C++ and/or EViews); 
• experience in one or more of the following fields: econometrics (e.g. microeconometrics, time series analysis, financial econometrics, panel data econometrics and machine learning), modelling and programming;
• experience of a broad range of standard macroeconomic and financial databases (e.g. LSEG Datastream, Orbis, Bloomberg and LSEG Lipper).

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.

Further information

Initial traineeship/PhD traineeship of between three and six months, with a possible extension to up to 12 months in total. The earliest starting date will be January 2027 and additional dates will be available throughout 2027. 

Other details on the conditions applicable to traineeships at the ECB can be found on our website: https://www.ecb.europa.eu/careers/what-we-offer/traineeship/html/index.e...

Application and selection process

The recruitment process for this position will include an online interview. 

Further information on how to apply is available on our website: https://www.ecb.europa.eu/careers/before-you-apply/how-to-apply/html/ind...

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 other traineeship positions within the ECB.