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.

TEIB, the European Union's bank, is seeking to recruit for its Projects Directorate (PJ), Innovation & Competitiveness Department (INCO), Bioeconomy Division (BIOEC), at its headquarters in Luxembourg, a Bio-economy Sector Specialist - Forest and Forest Industries*. This is a full-time position at grade 5 for which the EIB offers a permanent contract.

• internal benchmark: Sector Economist

Panel interviews are anticipated for November 2026.

Purpose

Join the EIB’s Projects Directorate and help shape sustainable investments across the bioeconomy. You will assess and monitor the long-term technical, environmental, financial and economic viability of capital investment projects and programmes in the EU and across the EIB countries of operation.

Specific Post Environment

You will join the Bioeconomy Division (BIOEC)



within the Innovation & Competitiveness Department (INCO) of the Projects Directorate, reporting to the Head of Division. Working in multidisciplinary teams with colleagues across the projects directorate, lending directorates and other EIB services, you will contribute to the overall appraisal and monitoring of financing proposals in line with EIB procedures while also contributing to project preparation, advice and the mobilisation of technical assistance where required.

The Division’s activity covers the agriculture, aquaculture and forestry value chains, including natural-resource protection and management, primary production and processing, agro-forest and bio-based industries, research, development and innovation related to biomass production, harvesting and transformation, and innovative inputs such as renewable fertilisers. The role requires travel to project locations inside and outside the EU, normally through

📌 Bio-economy Sector Specialist (Madrid)
🏢 European Investment Bank (EIB)
📍 Madrid