Traineeship: Secretariat General - Institutional Representation Division

Job Description

Job ID: 110960
Entity: European Investment Bank
Deadline: Tuesday 18th November 2025

This position is based at our EIB Local office in Budapest, Hungary and requires regular office presence. The EIB offers you the opportunity to live and work in a truly international and multi-cultural environment.

The EIB, the European Union’s bank, is seeking to recruit for its Secretariat General (SG) - Shareholder Relations and Institutional Matters Department (SR&IM) - Institutional Representation Division (IRD) at its local EIB Local office in Budapest, Hungary: TRAINEE

Duration: 5 months (fixed start date: 1^st March 2026)

Please note that, as marked on our Webpage, only applications from nationals of the Member States of the European Union, as well as citizens from countries that have been officially granted candidate status to join the EU, can be considered (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Turkey and Ukraine).

Candidates whose Erasmus+ programme overlaps with the duration of the traineeship will not be considered.

Please note that you are requested to limit your applications to a maximum of three traineeship publications. We will only consider and retain the first three applications submitted.

Objective of the traineeship

You would work directly with Head of Office, providing organizational support for office events, contributing to office’s newsletter and engaging in daily ad-hoc activities of the Office. The traineeships aim to enhance the EIB Group’s involvement in the country by supporting Budapest office across its activities. You would also engage with other EIBG Services and thereby enhance your own understanding of the EIBG. Such an engagement would be very beneficial also for you as it would establish a bridge between a student life and a professional career.

Responsibilities

Your main responsibilities will be:

• Support the administration of the office, organise the participation of colleagues to seminars and research conferences when suitable.
• Support events and other initiatives organized by the Office, including inputs to briefings, presentations for conferences, monthly newsletters etc.
• Ad hoc requests, such as setting up EIB stands at conferences/forum where and when the EIB is sponsoring the events, organising the gadget and the material to be distributed, dispose of confidential documents, liaise with the students communities, compare offers in procurement process for purchases of the offices, etc.

Academic qualifications and professional skills

• Final year of studies or University degree preferably in Economics, Finance, Business Management, Communications or/and IT.
• Familiarity with the local culture and economic landscape would be considered an advantage.
• Excellent knowledge of standard Microsoft Office tools (in particular Excel, Word, Power Point).
• Excellent knowledge of written and spoken English and/or French. Knowledge of Hungarian would be an advantage.

Competencies

Find out more about EIB core competencies here.

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.

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 EIB Traineeship Recruitment team hr_traineeship_recruitment@eib.org who will ensure that your request is handled.

Your application may be used for another campaign.

Please note that deadline for application is on the November 18^th, 2025.