Radiation Protection Physicist

**Job Description** Your responsibilities**

The Radiation Protection Group is tasked with safeguarding individuals from the effects of ionising radiation associated with CERN’s activities. As part of its mission, the Group is also responsible for the management and handling of radioactive sources. Specifically, the disposal of unused radioactive sources necessitates their radiological characterisation and the establishment of safe and effective elimination procedures.

You will join the Characterisation Team, a subdivision of the Radiation Protection Group. This team is dedicated to developing innovative methodologies for characterisation through advanced research and state-of-the-art technologies. You will also collaborate closely with the Radioactive Source Service and the Radioactive Waste Management section.

In particular, your responsibilities will include:

- Developing measurement protocols for the characterisation of radioactive sources, such as through gamma spectrometry;
- Contributing to scientific studies on the characterisation of radioactive materials, such as defining decision thresholds for the clearance of accelerator components.

This role offers a unique opportunity to:

- Develop new skills by collaborating with CERN physicists and engineers;
- Take advantage of a comprehensive package of online training covering project management, radiation measurements, and data analysis;
- Present your work at seminars or in scientific publications.

**Your profile**

Desired Skills:

- Techniques of radiation measurements
- Radiation protection
- Machine learning and data analysis
- Project management
- Fluency in English

Eligibility criteria:

- You are a national of a CERN Member or Associate Member State.
- You have a professional background in Physics, Engineering (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.

**Additional Information**
Job closing date**:28.01.2025 at 23:59 (midnight) CET.**

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

Working hours: 40 hours per week

Target start date: 01-March-2025

This position involves:

- Work in Radiation Areas.

Job reference: HSE-RP-CS-2024-218-GRAP

Field of work: Health, Safety and Environment

**What we offer**
- A monthly stipend ranging between **6212** and 6828** Swiss Francs per month (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.

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