Graduate Teaching Assistant (Diploma/Master)

The world is changing at an ever-faster pace. At the Johannes Kepler University Linz, we work on technologies and the ideas of tomorrow on a daily basis. At the same time, we educate over 23,000 young people to meet the demands of today’s job market. In short, we are Upper Austria’s largest institution for education and research. Are you interested in being a part of shaping the future at Austria’s most attractive campus university? We currently have an immediate job opening for a:

Graduate Teaching Assistant (must hold a Diploma/Master’s degree) for a 20-hour/week, four-year position at the Institute of Chemical Technology of Inorganic Materials

Job Reference Number: 5131

Job Duties:

• The focus of the research is on the combinatorial development of new materials for applications in the field of medical engineering; in cooperation with other team members, in addition to the combinatorial production and physical characterisation of suitable materials libraries, a detailed electrochemical investigation by means of scanning electrochemical droplet cell microscopy is to be carried out.
• Co-supervise Master’s and Bachelor’s thesis
• Opportunity to complete a dissertation is given and desired

Your Qualifications:

• The successful candidate must hold a Diploma/Master’s degree in chemistry
• Relevant practical and theoretical knowledge in the field of electrochemistry
• Profound knowledge of electronical impedance spectroscopy is mandatory
• Further theoretical and practical knowledge in suitable methods for material characterisation are desirable
• Strong command of German and English both spoken and written (German level C2, English level C1)
• Motivated and reliable personality

What We Offer:

• On the basis of full-time employment (40 hours/week) the minimum salary in accordance with the collective agreement is € 3,058.60 gross per month (14 x per year, CA Job Grade: B1)
• Stable employer
• Attractive campus environment with good public transportation connections
• Attractive continual educational opportunities
• State-of-the-art research infrastructure
• Dynamic research environment
• Broad range of on-campus dining services/healthy meals (organic food at the cafeteria)
• Exercise and sports classes (USI)
• …and much more

Application Deadline: December 07, 2022.

The Johannes Kepler University wishes to increase the proportion of academic female faculty and, for this reason, especially welcomes applications by qualified women. If applicants are equally qualified, a woman will be given preference for this position. The university welcomes applications from qualified applicants with physical disabilities. These applications will be given special consideration.

How to Apply:

Prospective applicants interested in the multifaceted position are requested to electronically send an application in adherence to the stated criteria together with the requested documentation via our online portal jku.at/application or to the Johannes Kepler University Linz, Department of Human Resource Management, Altenberger Straße 69, A-4040 Linz. Please include “Job Reference Number 5131“ in your application.

Contact:

If you have questions, please contact: Univ. Prof. Dr. Achim Walter Hassel,
P +43 732 2468 8701, E‑mail: [email protected] .