Location
ESEC, Redu, Belgium
Our team and mission
The STEM Education and Outreach Unit takes care of the ESA STEM Learning and Inspiration Programme targeting 3-18 years-old youngsters, directly or through their teachers and educators. This programme is structured along two synergetic blocks, as follows:
- Learn with Space, initiatives to support teachers and educators from formal and non-formal education venues, starting from early-ages up to upper secondary age-groups, such as professional teacher and educator training, didactics resources, interdisciplinary school projects, thematic workshops and hackathons, inspirational activities and camps and an international community of practice. Such activities are implemented at national level through the ESA ESERO project (www.esa.int/esero), a network of dedicated national offices and consortia of partners established by ESA in its Member and Associate States.
- Let Space Inspire You, inspirational events, role modelling, career awareness initiatives, and access to space experts for youth and their families to be attracted to space and STEM, and understand their importance for society and economy. In doing so, help to break diversity barriers, boost accessibility, and promote sustainability for a better future.
You are encouraged to visit the ESA website: http://www.esa.int
Field(s) of activity/research for the traineeship
As a Young Graduate Trainee, you will contribute to the activities of the STEM Learning and Inspiration programme (early-age and school-age education), in particular in the framework of the Let Space Inspire You activity set introduced above.
Throughout the traineeship, you will have the opportunity to:
- support the design, organisation and implementation of inspirational space events and non-formal/informal education activities for young people and/or their educators, physically and/or online;
- support inspirational activities involving ESA astronauts, including inputs for in-flight operations and related outreach products for publication;
- contribute to initiatives involving career awareness, role modelling, access to ESA experts;
- support the planning and implementation of communication actions such as communication plans/schedules related to ESA Education activities, inputs to content creation for the education online channels (web, social, TV) and other promotional materials (printed and exhibition materials, goodies);
- interact with ESA space experts for scientific validation purposes and to identify content and themes relevant for inspiration and outreach activities, and with other interfaces internal and external to ESA as relevant for the assigned inspiration and communication tasks;
- support the other activities of the STEM Learning and Inspiration programme, and of the ESA Education Programme in general, including reporting, presentations and promotion, where requested.
Technical competencies
Behavioural competencies
Result Orientation
Operational Efficiency
Fostering Cooperation
Relationship Management
Continuous Improvement
Forward Thinking
Education
You should have just completed, or be in the final year of your Master’ s degree in a scientific or technical discipline.
Additional requirements
You should have good interpersonal and communication skills and should be able to work in a multicultural environment, both independently and as part of a team.
Specific competence/additional studies/qualifications and/or experience in one of the following disciplines shall be considered as assets: school-level STEM education (e.g teaching qualification); institutional relations; space-related knowledge.
The working languages of the Agency are English and French. A good knowledge of one of these is required. Knowledge of another Member State language would be an asset.
During the interview motivation and overall professional perspective/career goals will also be explored.
Other information
For behavioural competencies expected from ESA staff in general, please refer to the ESA Competency Framework.
For further information on the Young Graduate Programme please visit: Young Graduate Programme and FAQ Young Graduate Programme
At the Agency we value diversity and we welcome people with disabilities. Whenever possible, we seek to accommodate individuals with disabilities by providing the necessary support at the workplace. The Human Resources Department can also provide assistance during the recruitment process. If you would like to discuss this further please contact us email contact.human.resources@esa.int.
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Please note that applications are only considered from nationals of one of the following States: Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. Nationals from Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia and Slovenia, as Associate Member States, or Canada as a Cooperating State, can apply as well as those from Bulgaria, Croatia and Cyprus as European Cooperating States (ECS).
According to the ESA Convention, the recruitment of staff must take into account an adequate distribution of posts among nationals of the ESA Member States*. When short-listing for an interview, priority will first be given to candidates from under-represented Member States*.
In accordance with the European Space Agency’s security procedures and as part of the selection process, successful candidates will be required to undergo basic screening before appointment conducted by an external background screening service.
*Member States, Associate Members or Cooperating States.