Job Description

Your responsibilities

Are you a recent graduate passionate about making an impact in the world of Talent Acquisition? Join CERN’s Talent Acquisition team and play a key role in attracting top-tier talent to one of the world’s leading scientific research organizations! As part of our dynamic team, you’ll collaborate on impactful initiatives, from engaging with universities and organizing outreach events to promoting CERN as an employer of choice across various channels. In this role you will:

• Contribute to the planning and execution of outreach initiatives to attract candidates, including career fairs, webinars, student visits, and partnerships with universities and schools to name a few.
• Develop and propose initiatives aimed at increasing representation from specific countries such as Germany and the Netherlands to enhance CERN’s attractiveness as an employer.
• Support the implementation of actions that strengthen CERN’s employer brand and HR communications.
• Play a key role in the deployment of the SmartCRM tool, managing the talent community, creating content, and executing monthly campaigns, while tracking and reporting of outcomes.
• Develop and deliver content across multiple channels, including drafting posts for social media.
• Actively contribute to recruitment efforts by collaborating with recruiters on sourcing and hiring activities as needed.
• Create and maintain HR statistical reports (experience with Excel or Power BI is a plus).
• Stay updated on recruitment market trends and insights.

Your profile

Skills:

• Project management
• Communication & customer service
• Social media (LinkedIn, Facebook, etc.)
• Office software proficiency
• Initial experience in HR/Talent Acquisition, Employer Branding or a related field are considered a plus
• Language Skills: Spoken and written English or French, with a commitment to learn the basics of the other language.

Qualifications: Bachelor or Master’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field.

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 Human Resources, Business Administration (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: 5 January at 23:59 PM CET.

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

Working hours: 40 hours per week

Target start date: 01-March-2025

Job reference: HR-TA-2024-207-GRAE

Field of work: Support Services (Finance, HR, Legal, Procurement)

What we offer

• A monthly stipend ranging between 5134 and 5647 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.