Associate Sector Specialist
Pubblicato il 05-10-2026 - European Investment Bank (EIB) in Roma
This position is based at our Luxembourg headquarters and requires regular office presence. The EIB offers you the opportunity to live and work in a truly international and multi-cultural environment. We also offer relocation support.
The EIB, the European Union's bank, is seeking to recruit for its Projects Directorate (PJ), Innovation and Competitiveness Department (INCO), Innovation Supply Chain and Process Industries Division (SCPI), at its headquarters in Luxembourg, an Associate Sector Specialist – Critical Raw Materials. This is a full-time position at grade 4. The term of this contract will be 3 years.
• internal benchmark: Associate Sector Engineer
Panel interviews are anticipated for November-December 2026
Purpose
Join the EIB’s Projects Directorate and contribute to investments that support Europe’s industrial competitiveness, resilience and access to critical raw materials. In this role, you will support the due diligence and appraisal of projects in the mining, metals refining and related process industries, assessing their technical, environmental, social,
financial and economic viability. Your work will help ensure that EIB financing decisions are robust, sustainable and aligned with the Bank’s standards, procedures and wider policy objectives.
Specific Post Environment
You will join the Innovation Supply Chain and Process Industries Division (SCPI), within the Innovation and Competitiveness Department (INCO), as part of the EIB’s Projects Directorate. Reporting to the Head of Division, you will work closely with senior experts and colleagues across the INCO Department, other teams in the Projects Directorate and wider EIB services.
This role offers the opportunity to apply your sector knowledge and analytical judgement to investment proposals in critical raw materials and related industrial value chains. Working in multidisciplinary project teams and under the guidance of senior colleagues, you will contribute to project screening, appraisal,