Job Description

Your responsibilities

You will work in a small team within CERN’s Open Science Office which supports the implementation of the CERN Open Science policy signed in 2022. More specifically, you will take on the following responsibilities:

• Design the CERN Open Science community engagement strategy, e.g. analyze the needs and gaps and define the corresponding project plan.
• Design and implement educational interventions to promote improved Open Science practice across CERN community
• Support concrete implementation projects of the OS Policy
• Support monitoring framework for Open Science together with the community
• Participate in cross-CERN initiatives to advance Open Science
• Provide user/community support

Your profile

Skills

• Knowledge of and experience with Open Science, preferably with a deep understanding of Open Science practices in a science domain;
• Experience with community engagement, specifically:
  • Designing and delivering educational programs/interventions
  • Presenting at events
• Experience with working in a research environment
• Knowledge of physics/particle physics is 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.
• You have a professional background in Information Science, Education (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: 18th of December at 23:59 (midnight) CET.

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

Working hours: 40 hours per week

Target start date: 01-February-2025

Job reference: RCS-SIS-OS-2024-207-GRAP

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

What we offer

• A monthly stipend ranging between 6212 and 6828 Swiss Francs per month (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.

We are on a Quest. A Journey into discovery like no other. Bring your expertise to our unique work and develop your knowledge and skills at pace. Join world-class subject matter experts on unique projects, in a Quest for greater knowledge and deeper understanding.

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