Your responsibilities
Are you passionate about fundraising and partnerships? Would you like to work at the world’s leading particle-physics laboratory and thrive?
Come and join the Partnership and Fundraising section in the International Relations (IR) sector! As a Corporate Engagement Officer, you will join a small multi-tasking team, and will contribute to the development of its work. The Partnerships & Fundraising Section in the International Relations Sector (IR-DS-PFU) coordinates and conducts fundraising at or on behalf of CERN and the CERN & Society Foundation, as well as the dissemination of, and compliance with, CERN’s fundraising standards, including the Ethical Policy and the Policy for the Recognition of Donors.
The CERN & Society Foundation, established in June 2014, is the charity through which charitable gifts for CERN & Society projects are raised from companies, trusts/foundations and individuals. As a Corporate Engagement Officer, you will drive fundraising, developing new business and loyalty strategies and will support the CERN & Society mission.
The selected candidate will work alongside the C&S supported project leaders on a number of projects and will be involved in the complete project lifecycle – from the project conception and throughout all its stages:
• Project identification;
• Planning and budgeting of the fundraising activities in the projects;
• Development of fundraising case for support of the projects. Contributing to defining and implementing. CERN & Society fundraising strategy, focusing on fundraising from corporates and organisations;
• Development of project proposal/presentations for CERN boards;
• Production and edit of communications material for the fundraising purposes of the project;
• Communication about the fundraising project activities, including via the CERN & Society website;
• Cultivation and relationship building with corporate donors;
• Monitoring, reporting and evaluation of the fundraising activities in the projects.
More information at: https://cernandsocietyfoundation.cern/
Your profile
Skills and/or knowledge
- Knowledge/experience in fundraising; communication skills; CiviCRM (CRM solution);
- 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 International Relations, fundraising (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.