Central Bank of Ireland |

We serve the public interest by maintaining monetary and financial stability while ensuring that the financial system operates in the best interests of consumers and the wider economy.

Our Vision

One Bank: Trusted by the Public, Respected by our Peers, Fulfilling Workplace for our People.

• Trusted by the Public

A trusted organisation that is working towards the public good in a transparent, effective and accountable way.

• Respected by our Peers

Regarded by our peers at home and abroad as credible and working constructively to help influence and shape the best outcomes for the public good.

• Fulfilling Workplace for our People

Where our people are committed to excellence in the delivery of our mandate, have the opportunity to build fulfilling careers and reach their potential, and feel valued in an environment that supports diversity and inclusion.

On joining Central Bank of Ireland, your career and development will be our priority, and we will provide the environment and opportunities for you to:

• Make a real difference and deliver output that matters
• Benefit from a panoramic view of the financial system
• Achieve your personal and professional goals.

Our three-year Graduate Programme will allow you to experience the diverse and unique work we’re involved in. You’ll be able to make a difference by:

• Contributing to the development of policies, procedures and frameworks – such as how we regulate firms or how we run our organisation
• Leveraging your curiosity to identify and drive continuous improvement
• Providing solutions – underpinned by research and analysis – to complex problems that are unique to working at the Central Bank
• Undertaking tailored training while developing and enhancing your technical and soft skills across a range of areas such as stakeholder engagement, risk management and business strategy.

During the programme, you’ll undertake a number of rotations. This will accelerate your development and allow you to improve your technical and interpersonal skills through meaningful and challenging work.

At the Central Bank, attitude is every bit as important as ability. You will have every opportunity to develop if you are a team player, have passion for what you do and have a desire to continuously improve. If you love to learn and really want to make a difference, you’ll feel at home from day one. If you have these skills and attributes, we want to hear from you:

• You are driven, motivated and a self-starter
• You are curious, adaptable, and open to opportunities
• You know how to collaborate and make a positive impact in a team
• You are an independent thinker – prepared to challenge assumptions and bring new perspectives
• You have achieved – or are on target for – a 2.1 or above in any degree discipline.

When you apply for the programme, you can choose a specific stream to specialise in:

Stream 1 – Data, Digital and Technology

If you're passionate about data and want to play a role in managing the information that the Central Bank collects, stores, produces and uses in our day-to-day work, we encourage you to select the Data Science stream. You'll be involved in:

• Contributing to how we screen and transmit data to aid supervision and reporting
• Helping us to build and maintain our data infrastructure
• Using data analytic tools to understand the details behind the numbers
• Compiling data and preparing early stage analysis, literature searches and reviews on research topics for economists and policy specialists to help make important decisions.

For this stream, we are particularly interested in graduates from statistics, economics, econometrics, computer science, maths, engineering, electronics and cyber security disciplines.

Stream 2 – Supervision, Policy and Risk

If your application for this stream is successful, you will be working across a range of business areas and getting involved in diverse activities such as:

• Assisting in the supervision of financial institutions
• Developing and implementing policy
• Advancing your expertise in financial and non-financial risk
• Analysing emerging trends to identify and mitigate risk.

For this stream, we are particularly interested in graduates from business, finance, engineering or related disciplines.

Stream 3 – Actuarial

In this stream, you will work within our Insurance and Prudential Analysis and Inspections directorates, and play a key role in:

• Contributing actuarial analysis and subject matter expertise to deliver effective supervision of regulated entities in the insurance sector, leading to a more robust and resilient financial system
• Creating, developing and delivering actuarial analysis of insurance industry data to contribute to the monitoring and assessment of reserving, pricing and capital risks across life, non-life and reinsurance markets
• Contributing to the assessment and monitoring of complex and internal capital models, working closely with other European regulators
• Collaborating with colleagues across the supervisory, policy, consumer and analytics teams to support their understanding of actuarial information.

For this stream, we offer unique opportunities for trainee actuaries to build actuarial experience across a variety of actuarial disciplines and a broad range of domestic and international insurance business models.

We are particularly interested in graduates from mathematical-based disciplines who want to build their actuarial career and qualifications with us. At the Central Bank, we offer a learning environment with strong academic supports to pursue actuarial qualifications.

Learning and Development

We know that ongoing opportunities for development and growth are important to you. We’re serious about creating an environment where everyone, everyday has the opportunity to learn, grow and make a difference.

On our Graduate Programme, you can expect:

• A tailored induction programme
• Rotations into different business areas to gain a broader perspective and experience. We'll provide you with the training and support you need to help you reach your career goals. Through rotation, you will get the opportunity to deepen your technical and behavioural skillset.
• Bespoke Graduate Training & Development Programme.
• Participation on our One Bank Curriculum, which all graduates must complete. This academic programme is designed to meet the technical training needs of our people, and is fully accredited by Institute of Bankers and University College Dublin.
• Focused on-the-job training.
• Academic and Professional Training Scheme (APTS), which supports our graduates in pursuing further qualifications. We also provide study and exam leave.
• State-of-the-art in-house training facilities and study spaces
• Access to an up-to-date and modern physical and online library of resources.
• Access to online course providers recognised by universities.

Our vision for diversity and inclusion is that the Central Bank:

• Has a diverse workforce reflecting society in Ireland
• Makes conscious decisions about how to harness difference to its benefit
• Is a recognised thought leader on D&I
• Focus on diversity has a positive influence on the behaviour of the financial services industry .

Our D&I Strategy 2022-2026 outlines our direction and ambition over the next five years and builds on our commitment to building a workplace grounded in fairness, respect and belonging. Each year we have committed to undertaking an action plan that will support this strategy and below you will see the focus areas for 2023, that align to our overall D&I Vision.

• Gender
• Disability
• Cultural and Ethnic Diversity
• Neurodiversity

We are also committed to continuing to provide people with relevant and up to date diversity training, support our internal employee networks, understand our people data and continue to raise awareness of the importance of D&I externally.

D&I Areas of Focus

We:

• Run thriving employee networks , which are sponsored by our senior leaders
• Are active members of our local community in Dublin’s Docklands , with a network focused on employability and employment for the local community
• Have an open, accessible and inclusive work environment and facilities
• Are members of the 30% Club, signatory to the Inclusive Workplace Pledge and participants in a number of employer diversity groups
• Launched our Gender Identity and Expression in the Workplace Policy in 2021, which aims to create a welcoming and safe environment for all, regardless of gender identity or expression.

An duine spreagtha, diongbháilte tú? An bhfuil tú ar thóir deiseanna? An bhfuil fonn foghlama ort? An bhfuil fonn ort a bheith ag obair ar mhaithe le leas an phobail in eagraíocht ina mbeidh meas ort agus inar féidir leat a bheith ar do dhóigh féin/ar fónamh? Is tráthúil duit difear a dhéanamh - agus is féidir linn deis a thabhairt duit déanamh amhlaidh.

Má bheartaíonn tú tús a chur le do ghairmréim i mBanc Ceannais na hÉireann, beidh forbairt do ghairme mar thosaíocht againn agus tabharfaimid deiseanna duit an méid seo a leanas a dhéanamh:

• Difear ceart a dhéanamh agus torthaí tábhachtacha a bhaint amach
• Tairbhiú de léargas iomlán ar an gcóras airgeadais
• Do chuid spriocanna pearsanta agus gairmiúla a bhaint amach .

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Lenár gClár do Chéimithe, tabharfar deis duit a bheith rannpháirteach san obair ilchineálach ar leith a bhíonn ar siúl againn.

• Beidh tú in ann difear a dhéanamh trí pháirt a ghlacadh i ngníomhaíochtaí amhail rannchuidiú le forbairt beartas, nósanna imeachta agus creataí, mar shampla an chaoi ina mbíonn gnólachtaí á rialáil againn nó an chaoi ina mbíonn ár n-eagraíocht féin á reáchtáil againn, cuidiú le maoirseacht a dhéanamh ar institiúidí airgeadais nó tacú le tástáil agus le tarchur sonraí chun cuidiú leis an maoirseacht agus tuairisciú sin.
• Is féidir leat speisialtóireacht a dhéanamh i gceann de thrí shruth, ag brath ar do chuid suimeanna agus spriocanna gairmréime lena n-áirítear Sonraí, Digitiú agus Teicneolaíocht, Maoirseacht, Beartas agus Riosca nó Achtúireach. Tá tuilleadh eolais ar gach ceann de na sruthanna sin le fáil ag an nasc thíos.
• Le linn an chláir, glacfaidh tú páirt i sealaíochtaí éagsúla a chuirfidh dlús faoi d’fhorbairt - cuirfidh sé seo ar do chumas do chuid scileanna teicniúla agus scileanna idirphearsanta a fheabhsú trí bhíthin obair fhiúntach, dhúshlánach.