Project Coordinator for the Romandy Teaching Resources Collection (MER) Natural Sciences (SN) 5th to 8th Grade Fixed-term contract up to 3 years, 50%

About the job

A new collection will support Romandy pupils from 5th to 8th grade in their discovery of natural sciences. What if you were the one coordinating its production?

Project Coordinator for the Romandy Teaching Resources Collection (MER) Natural Sciences (SN) 5th to 8th Grade Fixed-term contract up to 3 years, 50%

A project at the heart of Romandy schools

The CIIP coordinates education and culture in French-speaking Switzerland, with support from Ticino, from its General Secretariat in Neuchâtel. With this new MER collection, it provides teachers and pupils throughout French-speaking Switzerland with common teaching resources, serving the harmonisation of compulsory schooling.

Your responsibilities

In close collaboration with the publishing director, you will:

• participate in project planning and establish the editorial work schedule, keeping tracking tools up to date;
• monitor the budget: participate in its preparation, ensure compliance with the set framework, prepare financial data useful for decisions;
• draft contracts, agreements and mandates, and participate in hiring publishing service providers;
• coordinate the production of printed material (illustrations, layout, proofreading, delivery of files to the printer) as well as the management of copyright and iconography;
• support the editorial team: working tools, plenary sessions, training seminars and team dynamics;
• serve as secretary to the quality commission and support the testing of the MER;
• contribute to the communication strategy related to the introduction of the MER.

The full specifications can be consulted at www.ciip.ch .

Your profile

Holder of a degree from a higher education institution (university, university of applied sciences or teacher training college) related to publishing, communication, project management or teaching, or an equivalent qualification or experience, you are motivated by the design of teaching materials. You have:

• experience in project management, preferably complemented by specific training;
• experience in an institutional work environment;
• a good knowledge of the editorial chain, preferably in school publishing;
• experience in managing cantonal or even intercantonal projects is an asset;
• knowledge of copyright law and contract drafting is an advantage;
• a strong sense of organisation and rigorous respect for deadlines and budgets;
• negotiation skills and a keen understanding of political, strategic and financial issues;
• great ease with office and planning tools;
• a structured, analytical and synthetic mind;
• integrity, loyalty and interpersonal skills;
• flexibility and good stress resistance.

Your professional and behavioural skills

• a strong sense of organisation and rigorous respect for deadlines and budgets;
• negotiation skills and a keen understanding of political, strategic and financial issues;
• great ease with office and planning tools;
• a structured, analytical and synthetic mind;
• integrity, loyalty and interpersonal skills;
• flexibility and good stress resistance.

We offer you for this position

• a key role in an initiative that will mark a whole generation of schoolchildren;
• a job in an institution that promotes kindness, autonomy, teamwork and efficiency;
• flexible hours and the possibility of teleworking, to balance professional and private life;
• 25 days of holiday per year (30 from age 50; 35 from age 60);
• salary and working conditions in accordance with the public service status of the canton of Neuchâtel and the specific provisions of the CIIP;
• various social benefits.

In brief

Contract: Fixed-term contract up to 3 years

Work rate: 50%

Start date: January 2027 or to be agreed

Workplace: Neuchâtel, with possibility of teleworking

Interested in taking on this challenge?

Send your complete application (cover letter, CV, work certificates and diplomas) by 24 October 2026 via Jobup. We look forward to hearing from you!

Any questions about the position? Pascale Marro, General Secretary of the CIIP, will be happy to answer: 032 889 86 30, 079 750 21 15 or pascale.marro@ciip.ch .