ESA Graduate Trainee in ESERO Education Project Coordination

Our team and mission

You will be assigned to the STEM Education and Outreach Unit which takes care of the ESA STEM Learning and Inspiration
Programme targeting 3-18 years-old youngsters, directly and through their teachers and educators. This programme is
structured along two synergetic blocks:

Learn with Space, initiatives to support teachers and educators from formal and non-formal education venues,
starting from early-childhood up to upper secondary school age-groups, such as professional teacher and educator
training, e-learning for teachers, didactic resources, interdisciplinary STEM projects, thematic workshops and
hackathons, educational activities and an international community of practice. Such activities are implemented at
national level through the ESA ESERO project (www.esa.int/esero), a network of more than 20 dedicated national
offices and consortia of partners established in ESA Member and Associate States.

Let Space Inspire You, inspirational events, role modelling, career awareness initiatives, inspirational activities and
camps, and access to space experts for youth and their families to be attracted to space and STEM, and understand
their importance for society and economy. In doing so, help to break diversity barriers, boost accessibility, and
promote sustainability for a better future.

You will in particular operate in the framework of the Learn with Space activity set described above.

You are encouraged to visit the ESA website: www.esa.int/ESA and www.esa.int/education

You are encouraged to visit the ESA website: http://www.esa.int

Field(s) of activity/research for the traineeship

Your traineeship will in particular concentrate on providing support to the management and coordination of the ESA European
Space Education Resource Office (ESERO) project. ESERO is a wide network of offices in ESA’s Member and Associate States,
serving the respective primary and secondary education communities through national teacher and educator training, didactic
resources and projects, educational inspirational events and activities, and role modelling/career awareness activities. Each
national ESERO is regulated by an ESA contract and counts on large national consortium of collaborating partners, each
bringing their expertise to the project. ESA collaborates closely with national delegations on the steering and implementation
of the project. The coordination of the network of ESERO offices is one of the main tasks for the ESA Education Office, and
you will contribute to such coordination by (not limited to):

• Contributing to provide feedback to ESERO national operators on the suitability of the activities they propose and
  implement, both from the point of view of their scientific/technical accuracy and of their educational/didactics adequacy,
  and helping to provide feedback on the ESERO progress reports.
• Supporting the organization of progress meetings with ESERO teams across Europe and related stakeholders/national
  partners, as well as providing support to the organization of bi-annual workshops with all ESERO managers.
• Supporting daily interactions with the ESERO offices, and facilitating direct interaction between ESA professionals and
  ESEROs, national schools, teachers, etc, as required.
• Supporting the coordination and/or liaise with ESA/ESERO Network Activities, and with ESA scientific and technical
  experts for fact and information finding and filtering.
• Supporting actions related to internal and external reporting (consolidation of qualitative and quantitative data)
• Supporting the organization and delivery of ESERO/ESA led education events (e.g., teacher conferences, In-Flight calls
  with astronauts on the ISS, etc.).
• Supporting the maintenance of ESERO didactic resources archive/inventory.
• support the other activities of the STEM Learning and Inspiration programme, and of the ESA Education Programme in
  general, including reporting, presentations, promotion, outreach and inspiration, where requested.

Technical competencies

Behavioural competencies

Result Orientation

Operational Efficiency

Fostering Cooperation

Relationship Management

Continuous Improvement

Forward Thinking

For more information, please refer to ESA Core Behavioural Competencies guidebook

Education

You should have recently completed or be in the final year of your master’s degree in International relations, or political sciences, or a scientific or technical discipline.

Additional requirements

You should have good interpersonal and communication skills and should be able to work in a multicultural environment, both independently and as part of a team. Previous experience of working in international teams can be considered an asset. Your motivation, overall professional perspective and career goals will also be explored during the later stages of the selection process. 

Specific competence/additional studies/qualifications and/or experience in one of the following disciplines shall be considered as assets: school-level STEM education experience
and knowledge ); international and institutional relations qualifications and experience; space-related knowledge.

The working languages of the Agency are English and French. A good knowledge of one of these is required. Knowledge of another Member State language would be an asset.