Communication and scientific mediation officer (M/F)
@French National Centre for Scientific Research posted 5 hours agoJob Description
General information
Job title: Scientific communication and mediation officer (M/F)
Reference: FR3743-MARPEL1-017
Work location: TOULOUSE
Country: France
Publication date: Friday, June 6, 2025
Contract type: Apprenticeship contract
Contract duration: 12 months
Expected hiring date: September 1, 2025
Work quota: Full
Remuneration:
Level of diploma prepared: BAC+5
BAP: F – Culture, Communication, Production and dissemination of knowledge
Job Description
The CBI’s scientific communication and mediation department’s mission is to promote the results of research carried out at the CBI and to give visibility to the CBI by implementing a scientific communication and mediation strategy aimed at different audiences.
The apprentice will participate in the implementation of scientific communication and mediation projects launched as part of the CBI’s annual communication plan.
He/she will take part in the various activities of the scientific mediation and communication department to understand the scope of the missions of a communications officer.
Among these missions, he/she:
– Will participate in the development and implementation of the CBI editorial policy, particularly on the internet
– Will monitor scientific news and events from the CBI laboratories and disseminate them on the CBI website and on the Bluesky and LinkedIn accounts
– Based on the new visual identity of the CBI (new website), will design consistent communication tools (website news, internal newsletter, etc.)
– Will participate in the CBI’s scientific mediation actions
– Will participate in the regional network of communication correspondents of the DR14; in other communication and scientific mediation networks and forums, seminars
– Will evaluate the CBI’s communication and scientific mediation actions
– Will contribute to the development of the CBI’s communication strategy and its implementation
The activity is carried out within the CBI’s communication and scientific mediation department (7 people including 6 communication correspondents from the units; 2 FTEs), under the responsibility of the CBI’s scientific mediation and communication officer.
The actions are carried out in partnership with the communications services of DR14 and the University of Toulouse, with academic partners, local authorities and regional stakeholders in scientific, technical and industrial culture.
Employer Description
The French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS, http://www.cnrs.fr/) is a public, multidisciplinary fundamental research organization under the supervision of the Ministry of Higher Education, Research, and Innovation. Its 10 scientific institutes cover all fields of knowledge in biology, physics, chemistry, engineering, human and social sciences, mathematics, ecology, information sciences, and space sciences. The CNRS is a major player in implementing mechanisms for sharing knowledge and scientific culture with society.
The CNRS employs nearly 32,000 people, including more than 11,000 researchers working in 1,144 laboratories across the country. The CNRS regional delegations (DR) play a role in managing and providing local support to these research units.
The apprenticeship offer is to be filled within the Center for Integrative Biology of Toulouse (CBI, https://cbi-toulouse.fr/fr/) research federation attached to the regional delegation Occitanie Ouest (DR14). The CBI brings together 3 laboratories, the Center for Research on Animal Cognition (CRCA), the laboratory of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology (MCD) and the laboratory of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics (LMGM).
The CBI strives to understand the functioning of living organisms. To achieve this objective, it develops multidisciplinary, multi-scale approaches from isolated molecules to whole organisms and animal societies, and uses numerous model organisms, from bacteria to humans.
Description of the profile sought
Student in M2 information and communication (or scientific communication; scientific mediation; public or institutional communication, events or cultural mediation) with an interest in science and scientific research
– General knowledge of information and communication sciences
– Knowledge of internet culture, digital tools and their uses
– Good interpersonal skills (various interlocutors)
– Taste for teamwork
– Aptitude for scientific culture
– Sense of organization, rigor
– Writing skills
– Creativity and dynamism
– Mastery of photo or video tools
– Event project management
Special conditions of exercise
The activity requires being available occasionally for evening and/or weekend events.
LANGUAGES
English language: level B2 (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages).
