Trainee

The European Investment Fund (EIF) is seeking to recruit for its Market Assessment and Research Division – Data Intelligence Unit at its headquarters in Luxembourg, a Trainee – Data Intelligence.

Duration: five (5) months & Starting date: October 2024

Specific Post Environment:

The Trainee will be part of the Data Intelligence Unit within the newly created Strategy department, in order to contribute to the development of the Data intelligence services for the EIF Strategy function.

Overall objective:

You will be primarily involved in supporting the Data Intelligence Unit in the context of its ongoing projects, notably:

• The automatization of the processing of the EIF Survey data;
• The automatization of the EIF country spotlight report.

Responsibilities:

Under the guidance of a Team member, you shall contribute to:

• For the EIF Survey data project:
  • Coordinate the addition of the EIF Survey data in EIF database;
  • Ensure proper handling of errors and exceptions;
  • Develop analytics (tools and visuals) based on such EIF survey data by liaising with other colleagues from the Division;
  • Provide any other project related support.
• For the EIF country spotlight report:
  • Coordinate the retrieval of needed data either through leveraging existing datasets or through adding data to EIF database;
  • Ensure proper handling of errors and exceptions;
  • Develop analytics (tools and visuals) based on such data by liaising with other colleagues from the Directorate;
  • Provide any other project related support.

Expected outcome:

• For the EIF Survey data project: improve and complement the current process to limit manual errors and ensure availability of relevant data and analysis throughout the EIF,
• For the EIF country spotlight report: improve and complement the current process to automatize the retrieval of data and ensure availability of relevant data and analysis throughout the EIF.

Qualifications:

• Degree in IT, Engineering, Economics, Business, Science or in a similar field,
• Strong Microsoft excel skills,
• Knowledge of IT visualisation techniques (experience with Tableau would be considered as an advantage),
• Previous experience with any of the new technologies introduced into unit's processes (e.g. analytics, machine learning, AI, etc.) would be considered an advantage,
• Previous experience with data cleaning, ETL tools or SQL databases would be considered an advantage,
• Good knowledge of project management principles, methods and practices,
• Fluency in English.

Competencies:

• Strong analytical skills and high affinity with numbers, data intensive processes and technology,
• Creativity and ability to analyse problems from new angles, and to identify and develop solutions depending on the issues to be addressed,
• Capacity to work and prioritize efficiently under strict deadlines and time pressure,
• Proactivity, capability to work autonomously under given objectives and ability to organise own work effectively even under time pressure,
• Good interpersonal skills, open-minded and resilient,
• Attention to detail.

Deadline for applications*: 19 September 2024

We are an equal opportunity employer, who believes that diversity is good for our people and our business. As such, we promote the inclusion of suitably qualified and experienced staff without regard to their gender, age, racial or ethnic origin, religion or beliefs, sexual orientation/identity, or disability.

Applicants with specific needs are encouraged to request reasonable accommodations at any stage during the recruitment process. Please contact the EIF Recruitment team Recruitment@eif.org 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.

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