EIB Trainee

at  European Investment Bank

This position is based at EIB Permanent Representative in Brussels, Belgium 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 Projects Directorate (PJ) – Housing, Cities & Regions Department (HCR) – JASPERS Coordination & Capacity Building Division (JCC), at its EIB Permanent Representative in Brussels, Belgium: TRAINEE
Duration: 5 months (fixed start date: 1st March/April 2025)

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS AND PROFESSIONAL SKILLS

• Final year of studies or university degree in climate change, engineering, architecture, natural science or other relevant fields.
• Familiarity with EU climate policy framework
• Experience on climate adaptation/resilience through academic studies or previous work experience. Candidates are requested to provide details of their experience in their application.
• Knowledge of urban environment climate resilience would be an advantage.
• Knowledge of applied research methods and a general understanding of knowledge management techniques.
• Experience in research activities in an academic setting, production of academic papers/publications would be an advantage.
• Advanced knowledge of MS Office software, in particular Excel, Word and Powerpoint. Knowledge of advanced Excel features (e.g. VBA scripts) would be an advantage.
• Excellent knowledge of written and spoken English. Knowledge of other EU languages would be an advantage.

Under the guidance of the assigned Supervisor from the JCC Capacity Building Coordination Division, your responsibilities will be to:

• Perform a literature review on nature-based solutions that could be implemented in different types of infrastructure projects (e.g. urban regeneration, buildings, water, transport).
• Review past assignments carried out by JASPERS or EIB that may include nature-based solutions.
• Collect input from JASPERS sector experts on potential NBS that could be practically implemented in each sector.
• Develop a database of NBS per type of infrastructure including information on efficiency, costs and limitations.
• Draft the JASPERS technical publication on nature-based solutions in collaboration with the JASPERS climate change working group.
• Contribute to PJ (JASPERS) assignments related to climate proofing and development of further guidance/tools on the subject.
• Contribute to the systematization of PJ (JASPERS) adaptation offerings.
• Support JASPERS in the preparation of case studies related to climate adaptation.