Student Research Assistant Traineeship Programme - Senior Management Macro-Finance Team

The European Central Bank has launched: Student Research Assistant Traineeship Programme - Senior Management Macro-Finance Team

As a Student Research Assistant trainee you will:

• produce simulations using macro-finance models, including New Keynesian DSGE models with financial frictions;
• maintain and further develop existing quantitative tools and modelling infrastructure;
• further develop macroeconomic DSGE models to assess macroprudential and monetary policy interactions and their effectiveness;
• develop macroeconometric models to empirically assess the propagation of economic and financial shocks;
• help prepare quarterly policy analyses on monetary policy and financial stability.

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

Type of contract: Traineeship

Who can apply? EU nationals eligible for our traineeship programme

Grant: 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: 06.01.2026

More information and applications here.