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Do you have a flair for communication, great interpersonal and organisational skills and are looking to thrive in an environment where multitasking and flexibility are essential?
This post offers the opportunity to support the successful implementation of some of CERN’s core communication and outreach projects during the period 2023 – 2025, including the opening of CERN’s new education and outreach centre, Science Gateway, CERN’s 70th Anniversary and the Update of the European Strategy for Particle Physics.

CERN’s Education, Communications and Outreach Group (ECO) in the International Relations Sector (IR) is responsible for generating engagement in science amongst a range of stakeholders, producing and distributing information about CERN and its research, fostering community-building and consolidating support for CERN and its mission. The Group is composed of writers, press officers, graphic designers, web designers, social media specialists, education specialists, exhibition designers, photographers, video editors and event organisers.

As part of the Quest Programme in the IR-ECO Group, you will:

• Contribute to the planning and implementation of large-scale, multi-channel communication and outreach campaigns;
• Liaise with partners and stakeholders, ensuring timely and comprehensive communication and/or sharing of information, to ensure concerted delivery of the campaign or event;
• Monitor and measure the outcomes of outreach and communication activities, including the development, delivery and analyses of questionnaires and other monitoring tools;
• Work with colleagues/teams carrying out in-depth evaluation of the impact of communication and outreach campaigns, providing the necessary primary monitoring data;
• Plan, compile and circulate reports, liaising with the relevant stakeholders to bring in all necessary contributions.
• Process information, maintain appropriate files and repository systems for institutional memory, in particular those related to the large-scale outreach and education projects;
• Participate in event organisation and logistics management, necessary for large-scale communications and outreach campaigns.

Eligibility criteria:

• You are a national of a CERN Member or Associate Member State;
• You have a Master’s degree and between 2 and 6 years’ experience or PhD with up to 3 years of relevant experience in Communication, Administration or other related field;
• You should have a working knowledge of English or French.

Skills and/or knowledge:

• Experience in communication and/or outreach, preferably in a scientific organisation;
• Excellent ability to communicate with diplomacy;
• Previous experience working with a great diversity of interlocutors;
• Teamwork skills;
• Demonstrated experience in providing organisational support to a multi-layered team;
• Planning skills; ability to solve problems swiftly and autonomously.
• Use of office software packages: e.g. MS Office;
• Use of online communication tools e.g. Zoom, Mural, Miro;
• Basic knowledge of web-editing tools e.g. Drupal.

What we offer: 

• An employment contract of in principle 24 months, with a possible extension up to 36 months;
• On-the-job and formal training at CERN as well as in-house language courses for English and/or French;
• A monthly stipend ranging between 6050 and 6650 Swiss Francs per month (net of tax);
• Coverage by CERN’s comprehensive health scheme (for yourself, your spouse and children), and membership of the CERN Pension Fund;
• Depending on your individual circumstances: installation grant; family, child and infant allowances; payment of travel expenses at the beginning and end of contract;
• 30 days of paid leave per year.

 How to Apply:

You will need the following documents to complete your application:

• A CV;
• A scanned PDF of your most recent relevant qualification;
• We recommend to add two recent letters of recommendation, giving an overview of your academic and/or professional achievements. You can upload these letters at the time of application if you have them to hand. You will also be provided with a link as soon as you have submitted your application to forward to your referees to upload their letters confidentially.

The earliest expected start date for selected candidates is May 2023.

Ready to take part? Then please submit your application by 23 January 2023 at  midnight (12.00 AM CEST).