European Commission Project Junior Officer (IT-RM-2025-136-GRAE)

Your responsibilities

You will provide administrative and coordination support to EC funded projects hosted in the IT department. From putting together project proposals, to project tracking and reporting, stakeholder engagement and outreach, you will play a key role in ensuring successful delivery and long-term impact.

The responsibilities include:

• Project support, assisting in the day to day of EU funded projects including tracking progress, preparing reports and managing documentation;
• Liaising with internal and external stakeholders, including project partners, relevant institutions and CERN teams in other departments;
• Staying up to date on EU policies to support all projects;
• Assisting with new project proposals, including analysis of new EU calls to advice on opportunities and CERN's eligibility;
• Contribute to the financial aspects of the projects, such as preparing budgets, tracking expenses, and reporting on financial progress;
• Preparation of periodic reports to the European Commission, including assembling technical reports and the financial overview of the projects.

Your profile

Skills:

• Experience with EU-funded projects and project management;
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English;
• Excellent organisational skills, including ability to prioritise tasks and manage time effectively;
• Ability to adapt to changing project requirements and work in a dynamic environment;
• Able to liaise internally and externally with a varied range of stakeholders;
• Spoken and written English, with a commitment to learn French.

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 European studies, Economics, Law (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.

Job closing date: 14.08.2025 at 23:59 CEST.

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

Working hours: 40 hours per week

Target start date: 01-October-2025

This position involves:

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

Job reference: IT-RM-2025-136-GRAE

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

What we offer

• A monthly stipend ranging between 5196 and 5716 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.

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