The Office of the Chief Economist of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is looking for full-time summer interns. The interns will support the OCE team working on the Transition Report 2022-23.

The contract will be for a minimum of three months during the period of April – September 2022.

The Office of the Chief Economist (OCE) contributes to the operational, policy and strategy work of the Bank. It provides intellectual leadership on the development of well-functioning market economies in the EBRD’s region of operation, which comprises all countries in Emerging Europe and Central Asia, Mongolia, as well as Egypt, Jordan, Morocco and Tunisia.

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Key Responsibilities

• Downloading, cleaning, preparing and documenting a variety of datasets on macroeconomic and microeconomic issues pertaining to recent developments in the transition region.
• Conducting statistical analyses based on these data and creating graphs and charts for Transition Report.
• Preparing presentations based on the abovementioned data and graphs.
• Furthermore, contributes to the drafting of a working paper or a chapter of the Report.

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Skills, Experience & Qualifications

• A Master’s degree in economics or a related field from a leading university. a PhD degree is a plus.
• Candidates with strong, quantitatively oriented economics degree at the Bachelor’s level will be considered in exceptional cases;
• Strong quantitative skills, including knowledge of spreadsheet and econometric or statistical software
• In addition, good command of statistics and data analysis in general.
• Moreover, has the ability to work with large microeconomic and macroeconomic datasets.

Competencies & Personal Attributes

• Ability to perform under pressure and under tight deadlines
• Also has excellent organisational and communications skills, in particular, working in a team
• Excellent writing skills and the ability to assess and monitor economic developments rapidly and succinctly.

The contract will be for a minimum of three months during the period of April – September 2022.