Job Description

Your responsibilities

As a young graduate in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics you will join the team responsible for IT education at CERN within the Next Generation Trigger project.

You will:

• Participate in the definition and the implementation of education curricula to be proposed to scientists participating in large scientific projects. The curricula will be focussed on IT Technologies for Scientific Computing.
• Plan and organize educational workshops, seminars and events offered to various audiences, from school students to postgraduate scholars aiming to favour exchange of information among participants of large scientific projects and promote the education aspect of these projects.
• Collaborate with CERN Scientists and Engineers to analyse complex scientific concepts and processes and formalise these into engaging learning experiences and education material.
• Lead initiatives to promote Information Technology education through diverse outreach programs.

Your profile

Skills and/or knowledge

• Expertise in Education and/our Outreach activities.
• Strong communication and organizational skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively in an interdisciplinary team.
• Some experience in teaching of proficiency in designing and executing educational programs and material would be an advantage.
• 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.
• By the application deadline, you have a maximum of two years of professional experience since graduation in a Master in a Science field or Education (or a related field) and your highest educational qualification is either a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree.
• You have never had a CERN fellow or graduate contract before.
• Applicants without University degree are not eligible.
• Applicants with a PhD are not eligible.

Additional Information

Job closing date: 14.04.2024 at 23:59 PM CEST.

Job reference: IT-GOV-2024-29-GRAE

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

Target start date: 01-May-2024

What we offer

• A monthly stipend ranging between 5119 and 5631 Swiss Francs (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.

Diversity has been an integral part of CERN’s mission since its foundation and is an established value of the Organization. Employing a diverse workforce is central to our success.