Job Description

Are you passionate about engaging young learners, families and students in hands-on science and sparking their curiosity? Are you excited to develop and pilot accessible weekend education lab formats?

Join the CERN Education team!

CERN has an opening for a Project Graduate in the Education section in the Education, Communications and Outreach (ECO) group in the Stakeholders Relations (SR) sector. The Education section runs a broad portfolio of programmes for teachers and school students and conducts Physics Education Research to support evidence-informed programme design and evaluation.

CERN's educational activities include lab workshops at the CERN Science Gateway, where visitors aged 5+ explore science through hands-on activities based on CERN science and technologies. Beyond school workshops, the education labs aim to offer activities for families and individual visitors, especially during weekends, school holidays, and special events.

Your responsibilities

• Review the existing education offer (workshops and science shows) in detail to conduct a gap analysis and inform the development of new activities.
• Deepen knowledge in STEM education experiments and explore diverse delivery methods and workshop formats used in STEM education programmes.
• Design new workshops for families and individual visitors, including developing accessible formats, piloting sessions, delivering them, and evaluating outcomes.
• Create portable rental education sets that can be used during local outreach events.
• Develop and evaluate CERN guides training and supporting materials for the new workshop formats by analysing current practices, participant feedback, and learning needs, enabling fully guide-led delivery without direct support from the education team.
• Contribute to selected activities within the Education section, as well as initiatives across the Education, Communications, and Outreach group.

More information here.

Your profile

• Experience in science education, including working with children aged 5-12.
• Experience developing and facilitating inquiry-based learning activities.
• Experience communicating scientific concepts clearly and engagingly to diverse audiences.
• Experience with particle physics education is an asset.

Skills

• Strong organisational and project coordination skills, with the ability to plan, schedule, and deliver education initiatives.
• Fast learner, able to quickly absorb new scientific concepts and pedagogical approaches.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to tailor messages to different audiences.
• Ability and motivation to work effectively in a team within a large international organisation.
• Spoken and written English or French, with a commitment to learn the other language.

Eligibility criteria:

• You are a national of a CERN Member or Associate Member State.
• You have a professional background in Science Education, STEM or other related (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: 02.04.2026 at 23:59 CEST.

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

Working hours: 40 hours per week

Job flexibility: Fully Onsite

Target start date: 01-June-2026

This position involves:

• Stand-by duty, when required by the needs of the Organisation.
• Work during nights, Sundays and official holidays, when required by the needs of the Organisation.

Job reference: SR-ECO-EDU-2026-56-GRAP

Field of work: International Relations

Benchmark job: 5A0020 - Communications/Public Relations /External Relations Professional

Global Benefits

• A monthly stipend between 6372-7004 Swiss Francs per month (tax free) depending on your degree.
• 30 days of paid leave per year plus 2 weeks annual closure.
• Coverage by CERN’s comprehensive health insurance scheme (for yourself, your spouse and children), and membership of the CERN Pension Fund.
• Family, child and infant monthly allowances depending on your individual circumstances.
• A relocation package (installation grant and travel expenses) depending on your individual circumstances.
• Possibility to extend your contract up to 36 months.
• On-the-job and formal training including language classes.

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