People Experience Assistant (HR-PXE-2026-174-GRAE) — CERN
CHF 60'500 - 91'500
CERN · Geneva, GENEVA, Switzerland (GE)
- Location
- Geneva
- Contract
- full-time
- Posted
- 8 days ago
SalaryCHF 60'500 - 91'500
Role overview
Join our Human Resources People eXperience and Engagement team of HR Coordinators and HR Advisors to play a key role in shaping the employee journey at CERN, supporting a diverse community of students, graduates, and staff while navigating a dynamic and evolving environment, by designing and delivering tailored HR support, services, and policies.
If you have an eye for detail and a genuine interest in people and HR matters, are keen to gain a deep understanding of HR processes, and develop your interpersonal skills, then this is the right position for you. of CERN
Discover a world where the impossible is made possible!
- Join our Human Resources People eXperience and Engagement team of HR Coordinators and HR Advisors to play a key role in shaping the employee journey at CERN, supporting a diverse community of students, graduates, and staff while navigating a dynamic and evolving environment, by designing and delivering tailored HR support, services, and policies.
- If you have an eye for detail and a genuine interest in people and HR matters, are keen to gain a deep understanding of HR processes, and develop your interpersonal skills, then this is the right position for you. of CERN
- Your responsibilities:
- Ensure efficient, friendly, and reliable administration and communication for various HR processes and queries, supporting HR professionals and their client departments.
- Experience dealing with discretion and confidentiality.
- Interest/experience with delivering presentations.
Main responsibilities
- Your responsibilities:
- Ensure efficient, friendly, and reliable administration and communication for various HR processes and queries, supporting HR professionals and their client departments.
- Inform and advise student and graduate populations throughout their experience at CERN on several topics (regulations, integration, processes, etc.).
- Deliver engaging presentations on HR topics to a variety of audiences, both within and beyond the group.
- Master the swift administration of contractual actions for several populations.
Key requirements
- Experience dealing with discretion and confidentiality.
- Interest/experience with delivering presentations.
- Interest/experience with customer service roles. Skills:
- Effective written and oral communication, adapting the style to different audiences.
- Working in teams, promoting a positive atmosphere through an optimistic and constructive attitude.
- Maintaning discretion and accountability.
- Delivering high-quality work on time and fulfilling expectations.
- Proactive attitude on taking on activities and tasks without prompting.
- MS Office knowledge.
- Presentation crafting and delivering skills.
- Spoken and written English, with a commitment to learn French. Eligibility criteria:
- You are a national of a CERN Member or Associate Member State .
Application process
- By the application deadline, you have a maximum of two years of professional experience since graduation in Human Resources, Administration, related (or a related field) and your highest educational qualification is a general secondary education diploma .
- You have never had a CERN fellow or graduate contract before.
- Applicants with a Bachelor's, Master's or PhD degree are not eligible.
- Job closing date: 19.07.2026 at 23:59 CEST.
- Contract duration: 24 months, with a possible extension up to 36 months maximum. Working hours: 40 hours per week Job flexibility: Hybrid Target start date: 01-September-2026 Job reference: HR-PXE-2026-174-GRAE
- Field of work: Support Services (Finance, HR, Legal, Procurement) Benchmark job: 5B0130 Human Resources Support Officer Global Benefits A monthly stipend of 4687 Swiss Francs per month (tax free).
- 30 days of paid leave per year plus 2 weeks annual closure.
- Coverage by CERN’s comprehensive health insurance scheme (for yourself, your spouse and children), and membership of the CERN Pension Fund.
Company and context
- At CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, we are pushing the frontiers of science and technology.
- Our groundbreaking work brings together not only physicists but also a diverse range of professionals from engineering, technical, scientific, and administrative fields.
- Together, we foster an environment where innovation and collaboration thrive.
- Every day, we face exciting new challenges and opportunities to contribute to cutting-edge research that shapes our understanding of the universe.
- We meet these challenges through the diverse perspectives within our teams, ensuring every contribution is valued and driving our shared sense of inclusion and purpose.
- Diversity is a core value of CERN since its foundation, and it remains central to our mission and continued success.
- If you are ready to be part of a dynamic, inclusive community pushing the boundaries of knowledge, CERN is the place where your curiosity and skills can thrive.
- Be part of our mission to uncover what lies at the heart of the universe!
- TAKE PART!
- More information about us, here: careers.cern
Additional details
- If you have an eye for detail and a genuine interest in people and HR matters, are keen to gain a deep understanding of HR processes, and develop your interpersonal skills, then this is the right position for you.
- Interest/experience with customer service roles.
- Spoken and written English, with a commitment to learn French. Eligibility criteria:
- Contract duration: 24 months, with a possible extension up to 36 months maximum. Working hours: 40 hours per week Job flexibility: Hybrid Target start date: 01-September-2026 Job reference: HR-PXE-2026-174-GRAE
- Field of work: Support Services (Finance, HR, Legal, Procurement) Benchmark job: 5B0130 Human Resources Support Officer A monthly stipend of 4687 Swiss Francs per month (tax free).
Notes and original content
- Your profile:
- Spoken and written English, with a commitment to learn French.
- Eligibility criteria:
- Contract duration: 24 months, with a possible extension up to 36 months maximum.
- Working hours: 40 hours per week
- Job flexibility: Hybrid
- Target start date: 01-September-2026
- Job reference: HR-PXE-2026-174-GRAE
- Field of work: Support Services (Finance, HR, Legal, Procurement)
- Benchmark job: 5B0130
