Student Worker

Oeaw; Wien; Sur place; EUR 5 200 - 7 100; Temps partiel

Résumé du poste

IMBA Institute of Molecular Biotechnology at the Austrian Academy of Sciences in Vienna seeks a student worker to support its laboratory administration. The role covers inventory management, routine handling, and documentation, based on a 10-hour weekly commitment starting February 1, 2027.

You will help log delivered items, label and store supplies, and prepare aliquots for tissue culture as needed, while observing safety and good laboratory practices.

Qualifications

• Strong organizational skills with a structured, independent working style.
• Basic knowledge of laboratory safety and sterile techniques.
• Ability to work well in a team and communicate in English.
• Willingness to handle inventory and routine lab tasks.

Responsabilités

• Update laboratory inventory and log orders in the database.
• Label, store, and organize delivered items per standards.
• Aliquot chemicals and reagents for tissue culture as required.

Connaissances

Organizational skills

Independent working style

Laboratory safety basics

Teamwork

English communication

Description du poste

Join the Gerlich lab as a student worker to support its laboratory administration for 10 hours per week, starting February 1, 2027. This role offers an opportunity for a student to gain practical insight and hands‑on experience in laboratory organization within an active research environment.

Key responsibilities

In this role, you will primarily help keep our laboratory inventory up to date and assist with routine reagent handling as needed. Key responsibilities include:

• Managing ordered items after delivery by logging them into the laboratory database, ensuring that product and order details are fully documented and traceable.
• Labeling all delivered items according to laboratory standards and storing them in their allocated general storage locations.
• Aliquoting chemicals and reagents for tissue culture upon request according to standard operating procedures.

Your profile

Successful applicants should have strong organizational skills and a structured and independent working style. Basic knowledge of laboratory safety, working under sterile conditions as well as good laboratory practice, the ability to work well in a team, and solid English communication skills are required.

Remuneration

We offer a gross monthly salary of approximately EUR 550 for 10 hours per week. Depending on individual needs and the agreed working arrangements, the position can be structured either as marginal employment (“geringfügige Beschäftigung”) or as employment above the marginal earnings threshold.

We are looking forward to your application and meeting you in person.

The IMBA Institute of Molecular Biotechnology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences is an internationally recognized research institute that focuses on molecular medicine, stem cell research and RNA biology and is home to about 280 scientists from over 42 countries. It is located at the Vienna Biocenter, very close to the city centre of Vienna. Science carried out at IMBA is at the highest level and counts with excellent state‑of‑the‑art infrastructure and top research programs for different scientific career levels. See more in www.imba.oeaw.ac.at ; www.viennabiocenter.org