Technical Assistant (jun)

At the University of Vienna, more than 10,000 personalities work together towards answering the big questions of the future. Around 2,900 are responsible for a variety of administrative tasks and thus support excellent research and teaching. Are you looking for a meaningful professional position and work that positively impacts society, too? Do you like to organize and coordinate things? We are looking for a/an

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:

Job ID: 3113

If you love to work in a lab, then welcome to the team! Our research 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.

We are looking or a highly-motivated Technical Assistant to join our team at the Division of Pharmaceutical Chemistry at the University of VIenna.

The 20-hour position should ideally start as soon as possible and is limited to 3 years.

If you enjoy working in a technical field and want to support our group's operations in research, you are welcome to join our group at the Division of Pharmaceutical Chemistry at University of Vienna.

The Orts' lab is focusing on Drug Discovery by advanced NMR methods, including integrated methods for fast protein-ligand complex structure determination, NMR based drug design, protein allostery, and thermodynamics of protein-protein and protein-ligand interactions. We apply these techniques to therapeutically relevant receptors in-house or in collabortion with pharmaceutical industries. (http://bionmr.univie.ac.at)

The successful candidate will be responsible for:

• Contributing to the ongoing projects in the lab
• General laboratory organization (e.g. overseeing day-to-day operations, maintaining stocks and equipment)
• Ordering laboratory supplies and handling shipments
• Recombinant protein expression and purification
• Teamwork (supporting and training lab members)
• Active involvement in our team (e.g. attending group meetings, journal clubs, exchanging ideas)

• Basic knowledge in biochemistry, molecular and cell biology
• Hands-on experience in basic molecular biology methods
• Great organization skills, reliability and a sense of responsibility
• Motivation to learn and establish new methods and assays
• Fluency in English and strong communication and social skills
• Good command of German is a plus

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

Inspiring working atmosphere: You are part of an international and dynamic research group within the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences.

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

Internal further training: Opportunity to deepen your skills on an ongoing basis. There are over 600 courses to choose from – free of charge.

Fair Salary: We offer a fair gross salary (14x annually) of € 1,299.60 per month for 20 hours per week.

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

• With your CV / letter of motivation
• Certificates of your qualifications
• if available: previous employment references
• Further documents, if necessary
• Via our job portal / apply button

Julien Orts

julien.orts@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: 10/12/2024