Corporate Engagement Officer (IR-DS-PFU-2023-43-GRAP)

  • Full-time

Job Description

Your responsibilities

Are you passionate about fundraising and partnerships? Would you like to work at the world's leading particle-physics laboratory and thrive?

Come and join the Partnership and Fundraising section in the International Relations (IR) sector! As a Corporate Engagement Officer, you will join a small multi-tasking team, and will contribute to the development of its work. The Partnerships & Fundraising Section in the International Relations Sector (IR-DS-PFU) coordinates and conducts fundraising at or on behalf of CERN and the CERN & Society Foundation, as well as the dissemination of, and compliance with, CERN's fundraising standards, including the Ethical Policy and the Policy for the Recognition of Donors.

The CERN & Society Foundation, established in June 2014, is the charity through which charitable gifts for CERN & Society projects are raised from companies, trusts/foundations and individuals. As a Corporate Engagement Officer, you will drive fundraising, developing new business and loyalty strategies and will support the CERN & Society mission.

The selected candidate will work alongside the C&S supported project leaders on a number of projects and will be involved in the complete project lifecycle - from the project conception and throughout all its stages:

• Project identification;

• Planning and budgeting of the fundraising activities in the projects;

• Development of fundraising case for support of the projects. Contributing to defining and implementing. CERN & Society fundraising strategy, focusing on fundraising from corporates and organisations;

• Development of project proposal/presentations for CERN boards;

• Production and edit of communications material for the fundraising purposes of the project;

• Communication about the fundraising project activities, including via the CERN & Society website;

• Cultivation and relationship building with corporate donors;

• Monitoring, reporting and evaluation of the fundraising activities in the projects.

More information at: https://cernandsocietyfoundation.cern/

Your profile

Skills and/or knowledge

  • Knowledge/experience in fundraising; communication skills; CiviCRM (CRM solution);
  • Fluent in English, the ability to work in French would be an advantage.

Eligibility criteria:

  • You are a national of a CERN Member or Associate Member State.
  • You have a professional background in International Relations, fundraising (or a related field) and have either:
    • a Master's degree with 2 to 6 years of post-graduation professional experience;
    • or a PhD with no more than 3 years of post-graduation professional experience.
  • You have never had a CERN fellow or graduate contract before.

Additional Information

Job closing date: please note that the closing date for this vacancy has been extended until 31 July 2023 at 23h59 CEST.

Job reference: IR-DS-PFU-2023-43-GRAP

Contract duration: 24 months, with a possible extension up to 36 months maximum.

Target start date: 01-September-2023

 

What we offer

  • A monthly stipend ranging between 6194 and 6808 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.
  • On-the-job and formal training at CERN as well as in-house language courses for English and/or French.

 

About us

At CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, physicists and engineers are probing the fundamental structure of the universe. Using the world's largest and most complex scientific instruments, they study the basic constituents of matter - fundamental particles that are made to collide together at close to the speed of light. The process gives physicists clues about how particles interact, and provides insights into the fundamental laws of nature. Find out more on http://home.cern.

We are on a Quest. A Journey into discovery like no other. Bring your expertise to our unique work and develop your knowledge and skills at pace. Join world-class subject matter experts on unique projects, in a Quest for greater knowledge and deeper understanding.

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