2025-01-13

STELLE NICHT MEHR VAKANT - BITTE NICHT MEHR BEWERBEN!!!

Traineeship Positions

• Reference number: 202419TR
• Application Deadline: 20/01/2025, 23:59 CET
• Place of employment: Frankfurt am Main

Below you find a shortened job announcement.
For the detailed job description see https://eiopa.gestmax.eu/35/1/traineeship-positions.

EIOPA

The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) is an independent European Union Authority and at the heart of insurance and occupational pensions in the EU.

Our mission is to contribute to a sound, effective and consistent level of regulation and supervision of insurance and occupational pensions sectors in Europe, and to promote transparency, simplicity and fairness in the market for consumer financial products or services across the internal market for the benefit of EU citizens. Through our activities we help protect insurance policyholders, pension scheme members, customers and consumers and other beneficiaries. We furthermore play a key role in supporting the stability of the financial system, transparency of financial markets and products, and we contribute to strengthening coordination among financial supervisors at the international level.

Job Purpose & Main Responsibilities

EIOPA would like to engage staff for Trainee positions and is constantly searching for a variety of profiles. The aim of this vacancy notice is to establish a pool of interested candidates for traineeship positions linked to current and future workstreams.

Candidates can apply for a maximum of two traineeship positions and must specify in the motivation part of the application form which department(s) and profile(s) they are applying for, e.g.,

• 3.4 Finance
• 4.3 Insurance policy
• 4.4 Pension
• 5.1 Risk and financial stability
• 5.2 Data mining and machine learning
• 5.3 Business intelligence and data analytics
• 6.1 Internal Models
• and many others

Eligibility Criteria

To be considered eligible, candidates must satisfy all the eligibility criteria listed below by the deadline for submitting applications:

• Be a national of a member state of the European Economic Area (EEA) or candidate country upon their accession;
• Be enrolled in a university degree programme or have recently obtained a university degree;
• Have a very good command of oral and written English;
• Have not been an assistant to a member of European Parliament, a contracted consultant or internal researcher, a temporary staff member, a contract staff member, an auxiliary staff member or an interim staff member of any EU institution, body, delegation or representative office, whatever the duration;
• Be covered in the event of illness or accident by a national security scheme or a private insurance policy.

Contractual conditions

• Place of employment: Frankfurt am Main, Germany
• Duration of traineeships: The traineeship will last a minimum of 6 months and a maximum of 12 months.
• Envisaged start date: 1 March 2025
• Maintenance grant: In accordance with the Policy on Traineeship at EIOPA trainees shall be entitled to a monthly maintenance grant. The amount of the net grant is currently set at 1.400 EUR per month. [FAM-office: the job offer was announced in December 2024, so hopefully the grant will be higher in 2025.]
• Travel Allowance: In accordance with the Policy on Traineeship at EIOPA trainees are entitled to a travel allowance of 125.00 EUR (total 250.00 EUR) to contribute towards travel expenses incurred at the beginning and at the end of the traineeship period if the place of recruitment is more than 50 kilometres from EIOPA’s headquarter. Specific conditions need to be met for reimbursement.
• Working conditions: EIOPA aims to provide Trainees with first-hand workplace simulation thus the working modalities will be similar to those of EIOPA staff: within a working week three days presence in the office is expected while two days can be performed via teleworking, generally from Frankfurt area but also from outside the place of the traineeship (certain limitations apply).

Application

The online application form should be submitted in English language by the deadline of 20 January 2025, 23nbsp:23nbsp59 CET clearly indicating (among all):

• Qualifications (please list exact dates of your academic qualifications gained);
• Responsibilities, experience and skills gained in previous positions, if applicable (please list exact dates of your work experience gained);
• Nationality/Citizenship;
• Language skills;
• Motivation explaining why you are interested in the traineeship and what added value you would bring to EIOPA if selected.

Apply Now!
(direct link to the job offer)

At the application please refer to the FAM-jobs webpage.