Job Description

The CERN Information Technology and Experimental Physics departments are part of an European project, EVERSE, that will engage a community of researchers, software developers, and other stakeholders to build a collaborative community for evaluating, verifying, and improving the quality of scientific software and code.

If you are passionate about modern communications and working with scientific communities this would be the perfect opportunity for you.

Your responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain project websites.
• Establish project newsletters with articles and interviews.
• Maintain social media presence for the projects activities.
• Plan a software seminar series together with EVERSE partners that highlight key software topics.
• Help promoting CERN software projects, collaborations, and initiatives within EVERSE and affiliated projects, e.g. QTI.
• Coordinate with colleagues in EP and IT to deliver the EVERSE part of the project.
• Attend EVERSE meetings at CERN and other European locations.

Your profile:

• Proven professional experience in communication related to science, technology and innovation.
• A broad knowledge of the scientific software development landscape would be an advantage.

Skills:

• Masters degree in Science Communication will be an asset.
• Spoken and written English, with a commitment to learn French.

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 Communications and Outreach (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: 21.11.2025 at 23:59 CET.

Contract duration: 12 months

Working hours: 40 hours per week

Job flexibility: Hybrid

Target start date: 01-January-2026

Job reference: IT-FTI-PSE-2025-238-GRAE

Field of work: Software Engineering and IT

Benchmark job: 5B0170 - Communications/Public Relations/External Relations Support Officer

What we offer

• A monthly stipend ranging between 5196 and 5716 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.