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Intern - Funding & Investor Relations

The Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB), established in 1956, is a multilateral development bank with a unique social mandate from its 43 member states. The CEB finances investment in social sectors, including education, health and affordable housing, with a focus on the needs of vulnerable people. Borrowers include governments, local and regional authorities, public and private banks, non-profit organisations and others. As a multilateral bank with a triple-A credit rating, the CEB funds itself on the international capital markets. It approves projects according to strict social, environmental and governance criteria, and provides technical assistance. In addition, the CEB receives funds from donors to complement its activities.

 

The Finance Directorate ensures that the CEB’s financial management preserves its robustness and resilience in the pursuit of its social mandate. The Treasury & ALM Division provides sustainable financial solutions for CEB’s clients and obtains financial resources at competitive terms through bond issues in the financial markets and investor relations management.

 

The Finance Directorate of the CEB is looking for an intern for its Funding and Investor Relations Unit to focus on capital markets and database development. S/he will report to the Head of Funding and Investor Relations and work in close collaboration with colleagues in the team.

 

FUNCTIONS

Main Responsibilities

  • Follow the execution process of primary market activities via syndication and private placement;
  • Perform analysis on the secondary market performance of Sovereign, Supranational and Agency issuers;
  • Provide daily market updates to the hierarchy with focus on financial markets with a specific emphasis on global macro and current research trends;
  • Contribute to the development of the Funding data centre in MS Access via VBA coding and queries building;
  • Run ad-hoc analyses as needed;
  • Maintain Investor Relations materials and excel back-ups up-to-date and assist on design of investors materials;
  • Interact with other teams across the Finance Directorate. 

 

PROFILE

Academic background:

  • Graduated within the past 24 months or currently enrolled in the final academic year at an institute of higher education (ideally at a Master’s level or equivalent).
  • Studies in in Finance, Quantitative Finance, Economics, Statistical and Actuarial Sciences, Mathematics, Banking or similar.

Professional background and skills:

  • Technical skills:
  1. Very good knowledge about global financial markets,
  2. Good computing and programming (coding) skills and experience, utilising programming languages such as VBA, SQL, Python, Matlab or R.
  • Proactivity, reliability, and accuracy;
  • Team Player:
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced environment;
  • Professional or voluntary work experience relevant to the role would be an advantage.

 

Applicants to the CEB Internship Programme are not required to have professional work experience, but any experience relevant to the role would constitute an advantage.

 

Language skills: Excellent command of one of the two CEB official languages (English and French), both oral and written. Working knowledge of the other one is desirable.

 

Core competencies:

  • Adaptability
  • Client Orientation
  • Communication
  • Innovation
  • Result Orientation
  • Team Work

 

Nationality:

  • Citizen of one of the Bank’s Member States: Albania, Andorra, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Holy See, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kosovo, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Republic of Moldova, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Serbia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye, Ukraine.

EMPLOYMENT CONDITIONS

 

Internship duration: The selected candidate will undertake an internship for the duration of 6 months, starting in February 2026. Some flexibility regarding the starting date can be granted to match the Intern’s schedule/requirements of their academic institution.

 

Internship allowance: lnterns at the CEB are paid 1 800 € per month as a flat-rate indemnity to contribute towards living costs, public transportation and accommodation. Travel expenses or other costs are not met by the Bank. Please kindly be aware that obtaining any necessary visa is the sole responsibility of the intern.

 

Admission to an internship does not confer on the intern the status of a CEB staff member, nor does it confer any entitlement to subsequent appointment on a permanent or temporary basis.

 

RECRUITMENT CONDITIONS

 

The CEB welcomes the applications of all qualified candidates who are nationals of CEB member countries.

 

The CEB rigorously applies the principle of equal pay for equivalent work. We are committed to workplace gender equality and strive to ensure the recruitment of suitably qualified and experienced staff without regard to their gender, as well as their age, racial or ethnic origin, religion or beliefs, sexual orientation/identity, or disability. In line with peer international financial institutions, the CEB is EDGE certified (Move level), having demonstrated its commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion and have been assessed against the highest global standards.

 

In order to minimise bias, our selection processes include steps such as digitally recorded interviews, written tests and interactive interviews. Please note that initial steps in the selection process will typically be conducted online (remotely).

 

Applications from CEB member countries candidates should be made in English or French using the Bank's online application system at https://jobs.coebank.org before midnight Paris time on 09/11/2025.

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