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Job Description
Are you enthusiastic about science education and excited to help teachers bring particle physics and hands-on science into the classroom? 

Do you enjoy creating learning experiences, supporting educators, and working in an international environment? 

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.

This graduate position focuses on a project to broaden access to CERN’s teacher education programmes and resources. This project responds to the strategic need to scale the reach, accessibility, and sustainability of CERN’s teacher programmes by redesigning delivery formats and educational resources to engage new audiences, including educators unable to participate onsite and teachers at earlier educational levels such as primary education. You will work closely with and under the guidance of the Teacher Programmes Manager to support the development and delivery of CERN’s teacher programmes.

Functions:
As a science education officer for teacher programmes, in line with the project needs, you will:

• Expand programme reach to new educator audiences, including primary school educators, by designing, piloting, and evaluating scalable training models across online, hybrid, and onsite formats.
• Explore alignment between CERN-related content and school curricula, and develop, pilot, and evaluate modular, classroom-ready teaching materials to extend programme impact beyond live delivery.  
• Coordinate communication and project logistics with participating teachers,  programme contributors, and relevant stakeholders.  
• Facilitate selected sessions during teacher programmes, such as workshops, guided visits or discussion activities.  
• Collaborate closely with the Teacher Programmes Manager and the wider Education, Communications and Outreach teams to support the ongoing development and future direction of teacher education activities.  
• Provide support for special events and outreach activities involving teachers and schools in the local area and further afield.  

Qualifications/skills required

Eligibility criteria:

• You are a national of a CERN Member or Associate Member State.
• By the application deadline, you have a master’s degree in STEM, science education or a related field with 2 to 6 years of professional experience since graduation or a PhD with a maximum of 3 years of professional experience since graduation. You are not eligible with only a bachelor’s degree.
• You have never had a CERN fellow or graduate contract before.
• Kindly note that experience prior to the latest obtained degree will not be taken into account for the calculation of your overall years of experience.

Experience

• Experience in science education.
• Experience developing teaching resources.
• Experience with particle physics education is an asset.
• Experience communicating scientific concepts clearly and engagingly to diverse audiences, including teachers.

Skills

• Strong organisational skills, with the ability to plan, schedule and coordinate activities or events.
• Fast learner, able to quickly absorb new scientific concepts and pedagogical approaches.
• Ability and motivation to work effectively in a team within a large international organisation and to contribute positively to a collaborative environment.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to tailor messages to different audiences.
• Good working knowledge of English or French; additional languages are an asset.

Language Requirements:

Spoken and written English or French, with a commitment to learn the other language.

The earliest expected start date of the post is 1 June 2026.

What we offer:

• An employment contract of 12 months with a possible extension of up to 36 months.
• On-the-job and formal training at CERN as well as in-house language courses for English and/or French;

This vacancy is within the CERN Graduate Programme – Project Graduates (Quest).

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

Please send us your application by 04.03.2026.