Job Description

Our team at the Institute of Cell and Tissue Culture Technologies (BOKU, Vienna) is looking for a passionate Technical Specialist / Lab Assistant to help keep our lab running smoothly and support exciting research projects.

📅 Apply by 25 September 2025 – all details below.

The Department of Biotechnology and Food Science, Institute of Cell and Tissue Culture
Technologies is currently seeking a Technical specialist/Laboratory assistant
(Reference code: 188)
Extent of employment: 30 hours per week
Duration of employment: 1 st of October 2025, limited to 30 th of September 2026
(with the option to permanent extension)
Workplace: 1190 Vienna, Muthgasse 11 and 18
Allocation in compliance with the Collective Agreement for University Staff to job group: IIIa
Gross monthly salary and pay grade in terms of collective agreement for university staff: € 2.024,40 (payable 14 times per year)
The Institute of Cell and Tissue Culture Technologies of the Department of Biotechnology and Food Science at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences is looking for a dynamic, self-organized and proactive personality who would like to support the institute in organizing everyday laboratory life with joy and enthusiasm. In addition to the maintenance and repair of laboratory equipment, the tasks include ordering, but also practical work in various scientific (third-party funded) projects as well as preparation of exercises and assistance in instructing students. Knowledge of English is absolutely necessary as we are an international team and meetings in teams and the institute are held in English.
Responsibilities

• Laboratory organization (Lab Management)
• Ordering laboratory materials, maintenance and servicing of devices and instruments, regular activities/routine work
• Sterile cell culture work, creation and maintenance of cell culture banks, freezing/thawing of cells
• Cell culture of primary stem cells and cell lines
• Carrying out common standard analysis and biological assays
• Work and documentation according to existing SOPs
• Optimization of workflows
• Participation in instructing students and preparing exercises
  
  Desirable skills and qualifications
• Completed vocational training in relevant fields (e.g. biotechnology, medical technology)
• Team spirit
• Independent and self-organized working style
• Language skills: very good English is essential, very good German language skills desirable/advantageous
• Experience with adherent cell culture is advantageous
• Previous work experience / experience in lab management desirable
  University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna seeks to increase the number of its female faculty and staff members. Therefore qualified women are strongly encouraged to apply. In case of equal qualification, female candidates will be given preference unless reasons specific to an individual male candidate tilt the balance in his favour.
  People with disabilities and appropriate qualifications are specifically encouraged to apply.
  Publication date: 4 th of September 2025
  Closing date for applications: 25 th of September 2025
  Please send your job application incl.
• Motivation letter
• CV
• Comprehensive presentation of relevant practical experience
• Certificates
  to Personnel Management, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences,
  Peter-Jordan-Straße 70, 1190 Vienna; E-Mail: recruiting@boku.ac.at. (Reference code: 188 )
  We regret that we cannot reimburse applicants travel and lodging expenses incurred as part of the selection and hiring process.
  www.boku.ac.at