Laboratory assistant at Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences

Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences at Faculty of Science, the University of Copenhagen is looking for a laboratory assistant for pone year with effect from May 1st, 2025.

About us
Are you eager to gain hands-on experience in plant research? Join our Plant Bioengineering group as a part-time laboratory assistant.

Further information on the Department is linked at https://www.science.ku.dk/english/about-the-faculty/organisation/. Further information about the group and project: https://tinyurl.com/PlantBioengineering

Job description
As a laboratory assistant, you will play a key role in supporting ongoing research by ensuring smooth, thorough field and lab operations. You must be service-minded, demonstrate a high level of responsibility and flexibility. You will be part of a small team, and strong collaboration skills will be highly valued. An open mindset towards changing tasks is welcomed. You will be trained and supervised by group members.

Your job tasks include:

• Assist with plant phenotyping in greenhouse and field settings
• Monitor and document plant growth and traits
• Clean and organize seed stocks
• Prepare solutions, buffers, and growth media
• Assistance in plant tissue culture work
• Other laboratory-related tasks as agreed to support the group

This position offers flexible hours, making it easy to balance with your studies. You will have the opportunity to influence the scope and nature of the work in collaboration and agreement with the group members.

The weekly working hours average 10 hours. The position is time-limited to 1 year.

Your application should include:
- Letter of application/motivation (max 1 page)

- Curriculum vitae

Terms of salary and employment
The employment is made in accordance with the Collective Agreement between the Danish Ministry of Taxation and the Organisations of Public Employees – governmental institutions (the OAO-S collective agreement) and the Professional Agreement for clerical employees, laboratory technicians and IT-officers in the state.

You will be employed as a laboratory assistant at salary grade 1. Negotiation for salary supplement is possible. The working time is 10 hours per week on average.

The University of Copenhagen (UCPH) is in the process of implementing a new joint administrative organization and new workflows, which will bring changes in the coming years. For further information, you may contact Head of administration, Marianne Petersen, marianne.petersen@plen.ku.dk. You can also read more here.

Your application
If you find the job interesting, please send an electronic application with attachment via Jobportalen (click on the link "Apply Now" at the bottom of the post) no later than 15 April 2025.

Interviews will take place week 16.

The University of Copenhagen seeks to reflect society and encourages applications irrespective of personal background.

Further questions
Any questions about the position may be directed to Pablo Cárdenas, pdcardenas@plen.ku.dk.

The Faculty of Science at the University of Copenhagen – or SCIENCE – is Denmark's largest science research and education institution with 4,000 employees and 9,700 Bachelor and Master's students in 12 departments. The Faculty has an annual budget of DKK 3 billion.

Learn more about The Faculty of Science at https://science.ku.dk/english/.

Københavns Universitet giver sine knap 10.000 medarbejdere muligheder for at udnytte deres talent fuldt ud i et ambitiøst, uformelt miljø. Vi sikrer traditionsrige og moderne rammer om uddannelser og fri forskning på højt internationalt niveau. Vi søger svar og løsninger på fælles problemer og gør ny viden tilgængelig og nyttig for andre.

Info
Ansøgningsfrist: 15-04-2025

Ansættelsesdato: 01-05-2025

Arbejdstid: Deltid

Afdeling/Sted: Institut for Plante- og Miljøvidenskab