Company Description

At CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, physicists and engineers build and use the world’s largest scientific instruments to study the basic constituents of matter and the laws that govern them. Situated across the territories of Switzerland and France, CERN aims to unite people from all over the world to push the frontiers of science and technology, for the benefit of all. Find out more on https://home.cern.

Diversity has been an integral part of CERN’s mission since its foundation and is an established value of the Organization.

Job Description

Are you a recent graduate looking to communicate the activities and achievements of the largest particle physics laboratory in the world? 

Would you like to craft engaging text for a range of audiences including the CERN community of almost 20 000 physicists, engineers, technicians and administrators, based either onsite or worldwide?

Join CERN’s Internal Communications team!

CERN has an opening for an early career graduate in the Community Engagement (CE) section in the Education, Communications and Outreach (ECO) group in the International Relations (IR) sector. The Internal Communications team works closely with content creators across CERN to showcase great stories from across the Laboratory.

As a Science and Technology Writer your core tasks and responsibilities will include:

• Managing editorial requests and pitching news stories for a range of internal and external audiences.
• Writing, editing and posting news stories and preparing the CERN Bulletin newsletter for the CERN community.
• Coordinating audiovisual content for the internal screens. 
• Liaising with contributors from around CERN as well as the translation service, writing, social media, media and web teams in order to prepare compelling articles.

This is an ideal opportunity for someone who would like to build their portfolio in science communication/journalism.

Qualifications/Skills Required

Eligibility Criteria

• You are a national of a CERN Member or Associate Member State.
• You have graduated, or are about to graduate, with a university degree (bachelor or master) level and have no more than 2 years’ relevant experience in the field of science communication, journalism or another related field. 
• Kindly note that you are expected to have obtained your qualification by the time you take up your appointment at CERN and that experience prior to the latest obtained degree will not be taken into account for the calculation of your overall years of experience.

Essential Skills and Experience:

• Excellent English writing and editing skills (English level C2).
• Previous experience in creating written journalistic content.
• Excellent organisational skills.
• Good interpersonal and teamwork skills.
• Experience in web publishing would be an asset.
• Proficiency in French is an advantage but not a requirement.

This vacancy is within the CERN Graduate Programme – Early Career professionals (Origin). 

The targeted start date of the post is 01.06.2025. 

The contract duration is 24 months, with a possible extension of up to 36 months maximum.

Please send us your application by 23:59 (CET) on 13.03.2025.

For further details and to submit your application, please go to the CERN Graduate Programme pages.