Chemical-Technical Assistant (jun)

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Chemical-Technical Assistant (jun)

50 Faculty of Life Sciences

Job vacancy starting: 11/01/2024 | Working hours: 20,00 | Classification CBA: §54 VwGr. IIIa

Limited contract until: 04/30/2025

Job ID: 3037

If you love to work in a lab, then welcome to the team! Our work group consists of personalities who want to make a change. Our work is based on respectful communication, professionalism and high aspirations of having a positive impact on society.

If you enjoy working in a technical field and want to support ou Division operations in research, you are welcome to join the Pharmaceutical Biotechnoloy group at the Division of Pharmacognosy, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences. The position is limited to November 1, 2024 - April 30, 2025.

As a technical assistent with knowledge in microbiology, molecular cloning and genetic engineering you will take on specific tasks related to drug discovery from bacteria. Specifically, your tasks comprise:

• Taxonomic identification of bacteria from the Division's collection of environment isolates.
• Development and technical implementation of ciltivation techniques for such bacteria.
• Preparation of culture extracts and testing them for antimicrobial activities.
• Genetic manipulation of bacteria aimed at revealing their secondary metabolite biosynthesis potential.

• You have commercial, technical and organisational knowledge or proof of the relevant professionalrequirements, e.g. school-leaving certificate/technical diploma.
• You have experience with cultivation of Streptomyces bacteria and Escherichia coli.
• You have experience in preparation of culture extracts and performing antimicrobial assays.
• You have experiences with molecular cloning and introduction of recombinant DNA into Streptomyces bacteria.
• You have MS Office as well as solid general IT knowledge.
• Good command of English is a prerequisite.

You like to work independently and in a structured manner, are service-oriented and eager to find solutions. The ability to work in a team, flexibility and interest in further training are expected.

Work-life balance: You have flexible working hours (by arrangement).

Inspiring working atmosphere: You are part of an international and dynamic Pharmaceutical Biotechnology research group within the Division of Pharmacognosy, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences (https://pharmakognosie.univie.ac.at/).

Good public transport connections: Your workplace is easily accessible by public transport.

Internal further training: We offer you the opportunity to expand your skills on an ongoing basis. As a University employee, you can chosse from an extensive range of free courses.

Fair salary: We offer a fair salary of € 1,299.60 per month (before taxes) for 20 H/week engagement.

Equal opportunities for everyone: We look forward to diverse personalities in the team!

It is easy to apply. Please submit your CV, short letter of motivation, certificates of your qualifications and eventually any employment references via our job portal.

Sergey Zotchev

sergey.zotchev@univie.ac.at

We look forward to new personalities in our team!
The University of Vienna has an anti-discriminatory employment policy and attaches great importance to equal opportunities, the advancement of women and diversity. We lay special emphasis on increasing the number of women in senior and in academic positions among the academic and general university staff and therefore expressly encourage qualified women to apply. Given equal qualifications, preference will be given to female candidates.

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Application deadline: 09/23/2024