You perform tasks with an exceptional purpose
Danmarks Nationalbank is the only one of its kind. We are the Danish society’s bank, the Danish state’s independent advisor and Denmark’s watchful eye on the economy. None of this happens by itself, and, as an employee at Danmarks Nationalbank, you play a key role, together with your colleagues, in ensuring that Denmark has a robust economy.
As a Student Assistant, you are part of the Monetary Policy Research Unit. The Research Unit is closely involved in the economic policy debate inside the Danish Central Bank as part of the Monetary Policy Department.
Your primary tasks will include:
- You will work on research projects with economists in the Research Unit
- Preparing large datasets
- Working with applied econometric methods and solving quantitative models
- You will occasionally contribute to administrative tasks, such as maintaining and updating websites as well as organizing seminars and conferences.
You have the essential prerequisites to succeed
At Danmarks Nationalbank, we are accommodating. We focus on recognition, good leadership and the ability to make your and our different competences interact. We take time for each other – when we share our knowledge, when a helping hand is needed and when we gather around common interests.
We want you to both succeed and thrive in your role as Student Assistant. Therefore, we attach importance to you having the following qualifications for applying for the position:
- You have a strong academic background in economics or finance. Ideally, you should be in the last year of a Bachelor's degree, but there is room for some flexibility in both directions.
- You have basic knowledge of statistical or numerical programming languages (especially STATA, but also MATLAB, Python or R).
- You will need to be proficient in both English and Danish.
- Familiarity with microeconometric methods, as demonstrated by high grades in relevant courses, is a great advantage, as is prior experience in working with Statistics Denmark datasets.
You are worth your weight in gold in Danmarks Nationalbank
Danmarks Nationalbank is one of a kind, Your work and our vital systems are crucial for Denmark’s financial sector and economic policies and for its international relations. But even though our professionalism is high, we are completely down to earth. There is room for diversity – and for social and informal elements. For example, you can run, practise yoga, play floorball or engage in BANK-bar networking together with your colleagues in one of our many staff clubs.
Our working hours are divided between open-plan offices on Langelinie Allé with harbour-front views and the option for remote working for up to two days a week. We want to ensure the right framework for effective task performance, a great sense of community and a good work-life balance. We also attach great importance to your learning and ongoing development of skills and competences. For example, all recent graduates become part of our 2-year Academy programme. We mean it when we say that your development is paramount. In fact, you are worth your weight in gold to Danmarks Nationalbank.
Why is it worth applying for the job?
At Nationalbanken, you will have ample opportunity to obtain your master’s degree while interacting with internationally renowned scholars, policymakers, as well as skilled colleagues internally, nationally and internationally. The research team is diverse in terms of nationality, age and experience. We try our best to help each other and push our research to the highest standard. Our working language is English.
What is special about being part of your team?
The Research Unit is a young, international team working on research topics in macroeconomics, finance, household finance and labour economics. It is well connected with academic institutions in Copenhagen – and research projects would very likely be in collaboration with the University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen Business School or some other national or international university. As it is a part of the Monetary Policy Department, the Research Unit is closely involved in the economic policy debate inside the Danish Central bank. As a student assistant, you can also join the student assistants’ association of Danmarks Nationalbank and participate in social events throughout the year.
How do we support your development?
The Research group works across the bank – with many different stakeholders – and you will learn to navigate a larger organization to move forward projects. Joining our team will give you both practical and theoretical experience on how ideas shape into concrete projects and knowledge generation.
What is good leadership according to the immediate manager?
Good leadershiop is about setting both ambitious research goals as well as providing the guidance and support to reach those goals. We have a trusting and open dialogue, and as a student assistant, you will get a great deal of responsibility and scope for your personal and professional development, supported by both your central bank researcher and your academic advisor.
Where will I be working?
The Danmarks Nationalbank building at Havnegade in Copenhagen is undergoing major and necessary renovation work that will take several years to complete. While the renovation work is ongoing, Danmarks Nationalbank has relocated to Langelinie Allé 47 in Copenhagen.
Want to know more?
If you have any questions about the job, please feel free to contact Senior Economist, Johannes Pöschl Ketelsen. Information about terms of employment can be obtained from HR partner Lone Stehr Benjaminsen.
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Worklife in Nationalbanken
Our working hours are divided between open-plan offices on Langelinie Allé with harbour-front views and the option for remote working for up to two days a week. We want to ensure the right framework for effective task performance, a great sense of community and a good work-life balance. We also attach great importance to your learning and ongoing development of skills and competences. We mean it when we say that your development is paramount. In fact, you are worth your weight in gold to Danmarks Nationalbank.