Student Worker

nan; Wien; On-site; EUR 5,200 - 7,100; Part time

Job summary

Gerlich Lab is seeking a student worker to support laboratory administration for 10 hours per week, starting February 1, 2027.

You will manage inventory, label items, and assist with routine reagent handling in a busy research environment. English communication and teamwork are essential.

Qualifications

• The candidate should have strong organizational skills and a structured, independent working style.
• Basic knowledge of laboratory safety and sterile conditions is required.
• Good laboratory practice and ability to work in a team with English communication.

Responsibilities

• Maintain laboratory inventory and log items in the database.
• Label delivered items and store them in the appropriate locations.
• Aliquot chemicals for tissue culture per SOPs.

Skills

Organizational skills

Independent working

Teamwork

English communication

Laboratory safety

Sterile technique

Good laboratory practice

Tools

Laboratory database

Labeling standards

Job description

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.