The European Spallation Source (ESS) is a partnership of 13 European countries with the mission to design, construct and operate the world’s most powerful neutron source.

Working with us means being part of a challenging and exciting work environment, working at a stunning, brand new workplace filled with innovative minds and brilliant people from across the globe.

We are now looking to appoint a summer worker for the Procurement Administration Group (PAG) which is a part of Supply, Procurement and Logistic division (SPL).


The PAG team provides operative services and support to the organization and to the Supply, Procurement and Logistics (SPL) Division with regards to procurement activities in compliance with relevant rules and procedures.

About the work

As summer worker in the procurement group your main areas of work will be to:

• Assisting in low-value direct procurements
• Assisting in developing a database for ESS suppliers, with the guidance and support of a supervisor
• Assisting in responding to internal and external requests for information related to procurement.
• Assisting colleagues and managers in PAG and SPL.
• Assisting in maintaining procurement files up to date.
• Other duties or assignments as requested by the supervisor

About you

A suitable background for this work would be:

• Familiar with standard office software applications such as Word, PowerPoint and Excel, an advantage to have experience from some ERP system
• Enjoy working with administration
• Good attention to detail and ability to be very organized
• Good written and oral communications skills in English.

We attach great importance to personality and attitude, so we're looking for a real team player: Someone who is sociable, has excellent communication skills and who likes to collaborate with different people.


Duration & Location
The position is a summer work position of 6 weeks.


Your work place will be situated in Lund, Sweden.


Start date
Planned start date is 24 June, 2024.


Application & Contact

Please provide your curriculum vitae in English by clicking on “apply” and follow the instructions.
Please note that we only accept applications via the ESS website.

For some roles at ESS health check-ups and security clearance are required, and thus this might be applicable in the final parts of the recruitment process.
The applicant is expected to be fit to perform the applicable tasks of this recruitment.


The deadline for applications is 30 April, 2024.

For further information regarding the position, please contact the Hiring manager Charlotte Rafsten, Group leader Procurement Administration Group at Charlotte.Rafsten@ess.eu.

We look forward to receiving your application soon!