Chemical-Technical Assistant (m/f/d) or Chemical Laboratory Technician (m/f/d) (12/2025)

Leibniz-Institut für Pflanzenbiochemie (IPB); Friendly (MD); On-site; USD 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

The Leibniz Institute for Plant Biochemistry seeks a Chemical-Technical Assistant or Laboratory Technician to support research in plant metabolomics. Successful candidates will work with advanced analytical methods like NMR spectroscopy in a cutting-edge research environment, expected to start as soon as possible.

Benefits

Flexible, family-friendly working hours

Promotion of skills through training

Health promotion programs

State-of-the-art working conditions

Qualifications

• Degree as PTA, BTA, MTA, CTA or bachelor's degree in relevant field required.
• Experience with NMR and optical methods is an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Support analysis of small molecules using chromatography and NMR.
• Conduct laboratory tasks related to organic chemistry.

Skills

Experience with NMR spectrometers

Basic knowledge in chemical-analytical

Interest in new analytical methods

Good knowledge of English

Education

Degree in chemistry, biology, or biochemistry

Job description

Chemical-Technical Assistant (m/f/d) or Chemical Laboratory Technician (m/f/d) (12/2025)

At the Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry in the MetaCom ChemicalAnalytics Unit, 1 position is available for a

Chemical-Technical Assistant (m/f/d)or ChemicalLaboratory Technician (m/f/d)

(working hours 100 % or part time, initially limitedto two years)

to be filled immediately.

Research topic orinformation on the research group/work area:
As a chemicallaboratory assistant (m/f/d) you will support the Program Centre for PlantMetabolomics and Computational Biochemistry (MetaCom), which was founded in2023. As part of our work, we analyze small molecules (metabolites) from plantsusing chromatography, mass spectrometry and nuclear magnetic resonancespectroscopy (NMR) and investigate their role in plant physiological processes.We are also responsible for the maintenance, management and further developmentof the institute's substance library.
A particularfocus is on analysis using NMR, whereby the structural elucidation of smallmolecules and NMR metabolomics are key areas of research.

Your tasks willbe diverse and varied:

• Independent, goal-orientated and structured work in the laboratory andon large-scale equipment

measurements and routine work on NMR spectrometers

working independently with various optical methods (IR, CD, UV/Vis

• Laboratory work in the field of organic chemistry
• Organization of the laboratory
• Guidance of new employees, students and trainees

Your profile:

• Degree as PTA, BTA, MTA, CTA or a bachelor's degree in chemistry,biology, biochemistry or a comparable field of study
• Experience in working with NMR spectrometers and/or optical methods isan advantage
• Basic knowledge in the field of chemical-analytical
• Interest in helping to form a growing working group
• Interest in learning new analytical methods
• Good knowledge of English is an advantage and interest in working withinternational scientists
• Enthusiasm, ability to work in a team, sense of responsibility

Weoffer:

• Responsible andindependent work
• Friendly andco-operative working atmosphere in a small team
• Thoroughfamiliarization with new working methods and equipment
• Varied tasks and goalsin the laboratory
• State-of-the-artworking conditions in a future-oriented environment of cutting-edge research
• Flexible,family-friendly working hours and home office arrangements
• Promotion of yourskills through further training measures
• Holiday and grouping inaccordance with the collective agreement of the federal states (includingannual special payment
• Promotion of yourcompany pension scheme (VBL)
• Extensive healthpromotion programs
• Remuneration accordingto the regulations of the public service (TV-L), depending on qualificationsand assignment of tasks

Aboutus:
As a member of the Leibniz Association, the LeibnizInstitute of Plant Biochemistry (IPB) is a non-university research institutionon the Weinberg Campus in Halle (Saale). As a foundation under public law, theIPB is under the supervision of the state of Saxony-Anhalt.
The IPB is an internationally renowned researchinstitution and consists of four scientific departments and additionalindependent research groups (approx. 200 employees, including around 40doctoral students). Research at the IPB aims to understand the (bio)chemicalbasis of the performance and resilience of plants under environmentalconditions of climate change. The IPB offers excellent research conditions anda state-of-the-art infrastructure to investigate the chemical diversity,biochemical interactions and biological functions of small natural productmolecules in plants and fungi. The focus is on specialized metabolites,chemical mediators and relevant molecular networks of functional gene andprotein regulation (http://www.ipb-halle.de ).

Application and information:
For further information, please contactDr Henriette Uthe, phone: [phone], e-mail: [e-mail] . Please send your complete applicationdocuments (cover letter, CV, certificates, etc.) by 30.06. 2025, quoting thereference number 12/2025, to [e-mail] (as one PDF file).

At the time of recruitment (TV-L-EntgeltOprotocol declaration no. 1 paragraph 4), a fee-based equivalence check must besubmitted for a foreign degree: https://www.kmk.org/zab/zentralstelle-fuer-auslaendisches-bildungswesen.html.

Diversity, family and equal opportunities:
The Leibniz Institute of PlantBiochemistry has set itself the goal of equal opportunities, diversity and thepromotion of work-life balance and has been awarded the ‘Total E-Quality’ awardfor this. The IPB is also a member of the nationwide corporate network ‘SuccessFactor Family’ and the Diversity Charter.

Applications from disabled persons orapplicants with equivalent status are expressly welcome.

Further information on familyfriendliness, equal opportunities and diversity can be found at: https://www.ipb-halle.de/institut/

Data protection:
Please note the data protectioninformation for applicants (m/f/d) in accordance with Art. 13 and 14 GDPR ondata processing in the application process at the following link
https://www.ipb-halle.de/karriere/datenschutzhinweise-fuer-bewerber/

This page was last modified on 07 Feb 2025 .