Junior - Group Regulatory Strategy / Government Relations & Political Affairs(m/w/x)

**Your area of work:** Constituting the key vehicle for interest representation, the Government Relations & Political Affairs team acts as the gateway to the political and regulatory sphere and forms part of DBG’s Group Regulatory Strategy. Bringing together an international team of experts on legislative and political processes at regional, national, supranational and global level, the Section designs and implements DBG's advocacy strategies concerning key regulatory and political issues. Deploying a multitude of instruments, Government Relations & Political Affairs leverages DBG's business strategy by mitigating risks and developing opportunities in the political and regulatory context. The Section provides qualitative and timely information throughout the whole legislative lifecycle to ensure informed engagement and represents DBG's interests in associations such as the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE), the Federation of European Securities Exchanges (FESE) and Frankfurt Main Finance (FMF). In this context, the headquarter representative leads on regional affairs and manages interactions with key political and regulatory stakeholders in Hesse and the financial center Frankfurt while working closely with representative offices in Berlin, Brussels and Luxemburg as well as steering the work of the International Desk. The junior role consists in supporting the Frankfurt based team with in delivering tasks related to administration, regulation, and advocacy. **Your responsibilities:** •    Support the GRS Management on strategic considerations •    Contribute to group-wide projects with a focus on regulatory issues •    Contribute to briefings for the Frankfurt team and the Group Regulatory Strategy team •    Monitor and provide background information on current political developments and involved political stakeholders •    Support on research related to strategic assessment of regulatory initiatives with a focus on regional and national developments •    Support on task related to advising on cross-divisional fundamental issues of capital market policy **Your profile:** •    Completed university degree in economics/legal or social sciences •    Ideally 1-2 years of experience in political advocacy as well as practical experience in political work at the regional, national, European and/or international Level •    Sound knowledge of political institutions and formal and informal processes at the (inter)national and regional Level •    Understanding of global, European and German financial market policy as well as current regulatory initiatives •    Understanding of financial market infrastructure and interacting financial institutions, including a strong network in Hesse, Berlin and Brussels •    Ability to understand and summarize complex issues in a communicative and simple manner in understandable Formats •    Highly proficient in spoken and written German and English