Junior Legal Adviser (DG-LS-IL-2025-92-GRAE)

Job Description

Your responsibilities

As a Junior Legal Adviser you will join the Institutional Section (IL) of the Legal Service (LS) within the Directorate General (DG). You will perform duties at CERN headquarters outside Geneva, under the overall supervision of the Legal Counsel.

Working in the Institutional Section of the Legal Service, your responsibilities will include:

• Drafting, reviewing, negotiating and following up on scientific collaboration agreements and memoranda of understanding with government agencies, institutes and universities contributing to CERN's scientific programme, as well as consortium and partnership agreements related to CERN's participation in EU R&D framework programmes.
• Contributing to the drafting, reviewing and implementing of internal legislation (e.g. Staff Rules and Regulations, Pension Fund Rules and Regulations).
• Contributing to the provision of legal advice in matters relating to data privacy protection.
• Providing legal advice with regard to the implementation of CERN's privileges and immunities.
• In addition to these core functions, you may be assigned work in other related legal domains.

Your profile

Skills:

• Master's degree in law; knowledge of the law applicable to intergovernmental organisations would be a strong advantage.
• Experience in legal drafting and legal research.
• Ability to work well autonomously and in teams.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Professional fluency in English, including demonstrate drafting skills. Working knowledge of French would be an asset.

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 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.

Additional Information

Job closing date: 13.06.2025 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-September-2025

Job reference: DG-LS-IL-2025-92-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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