Associate Information Security Officer

**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 Group Risk & Compliance Directorate (GR&C), Office of the Group Chief Compliance Officer (GR&C-OCCO), Group Non-Financial Risk Department (GNFR), Project Management and Information Security Division (PMI), Information Security Risk Unit (InfoSec) at its headquarters in Luxembourg, an **Associate Information Security Officer*.**

**This is a full-time position at grade 4 for which the EIB offers a permanent contract.**
- _internal benchmark Associate Officer_
- Panel interviews are foreseen as from June 2025._

**Purpose**:
We are seeking a skilled **Associate** **Information Security Officer** to join our team, focusing on the **2nd Line of Defence**. In this role, you will be instrumental in safeguarding the bank’s assets by combining technical expertise with governance, risk management, and policy enforcement.

This position offers a unique opportunity to work in a **complex and dynamic environment**, where every day brings new challenges - from risk assessments and policy reviews to testing the resilience of our IT defences. You will coordinate and oversee Information Security risk management activities, driving a proactive approach to identifying, preventing, and mitigating security threats that could impact the organization.

Join us if you want to work at the intersection of **cybersecurity, risk, and governance**, while being part of a collaborative and driven team at the #EU_ClimateBank.

**Operating Network**:
The 2nd Line of Defence has been centralized within the GR&C Directorate in an Information Security Risk Unit.

You will work in close collaboration with other colleagues in the Bank for the integration of information security into policies, procedures and processes. You will report to the Head of Information Security Risk Unit. Internally, you will work in collaboration with the Office of the Group Chief Compliance Officer (GR&C-OCCO), Inspector General’s Office (IG) and other relevant services as required for the investigation and escalation of events arising from non-compliance with the information security policies. You will also work with Group Corporate Services (GCS) and all Directorates of the Bank for the implementation of agreed information security measures. Externally, you will interact with security related professions.

**Accountabilities**:
Coordinate the implementation of an Information Security Management System (ISMS) consistent with the imposed requirements and/or regulations. This will include:

- Developing and maintaining the Bank’s information security-related policies, standards and procedures, in close cooperation with IT Security, IPAQ (Information Protection, Access Control and Quality), Physical Security, Data Protection Office and other EIB Group services whenever require.
- Overseeing and coordinating the implementation, the review and the update of inter-alia the Bank’s Information Security Policies framework.
- Proactively formulating proposals for the integration of information security into the Bank’s policies.

Ensure the undertaking, the lead implementation and the monitoring of the risk assessment process of the Bank.

Coordinate the development of relevant key risk indicators and associated reporting dashboards and the implementation of consequent information security controls in collaboration with other relevant services of the Bank.

Coordinate, supervise and/or execute key processes related to Information Security policies, in order to ensure successful implementation, maintenance and continuous improvement of an Information Security Management System. This may include:

- Supporting Business Owners in carrying out information security risk assessments.
- Monitoring the implementation of agreed information security controls in the Bank.
- Managing external staff resources for the successful delivery of information security risk assessments and projects on time and according to business requirements.
- Identifying and performing due diligence in line with EIB Group processes for the implementation of adequate tooling.
- Being a key interlocutor with Internal and external auditors.
- Being involved in Information Security Incident Management response.
- Coordinating Information Security Awareness Program actions amongst Bank personnel (both permanent staff and consultants/contractors) through training and communication programmes.
- Assessing relevant best banking practices on information security, defining compliance roadmaps as well as reporting dashboards on compliance.
- Acting as 2nd Line of Defence for the information security processes in the 1st Line of Defence area by overseeing the risks and advising on measures to be taken to ensure complian