Research Technician (0.5 FTE)

• Employment: 0.5 FTE
• Gross monthly salary: € 2,968 - € 4,078
• Faculty of Science
• Required background: University of Applied Sciences Degree
• Application deadline: 20 August 2021

We are looking for

Are you eager to work in a dynamic and international research environment? As research technician, you support the Synthetic Organic Chemistry group with analytical measurements and maintenance of analytical equipment. This way, you help facilitate fundamental molecular research with an open eye to societal applications.

As a research technician, you will join the Synthetic Organic Chemistry group and support research with analytical measurements and maintenance of analytical equipment. This involves training Master's students, PhD candidates and postdoctoral researchers how to use the equipment and frequent discussions with the researchers on analytical questions. It is essential that you are a team player, have an interest in scientific research and keep up to date with new developments in the field.
We ask

• A Bachelor's degree in chemistry from a university of applied sciences.
• Experience with mass spectrometry and HPLC techniques.
• Experience with the maintenance of MS and LC equipment.
• Eagerness to work in a dynamic and international research environment.
• Affinity with training and providing technical assistance to Master's students and PhD candidates.
• A good command of Dutch and English, and good communication skills.

We are

You will be assigned as a research technician to the Synthetic Organic Chemistry group . The Synthetic Organic Chemistry group is part of the molecular chemistry cluster within the Institute for Molecules and Materials (IMM), which consists of five chair groups with a total of approximately 75 staff, including PhD candidates and postdoctoral researchers, and has a large number of students.

The Institute for Molecules and Materials (IMM) is one of the main research institutes at the Faculty of Science (FNWI). IMM is a research institute in chemistry and physics that promotes interdisciplinary research. Its mission is to design and create functional molecules and materials to fundamentally understand their behaviour. IMM consists of 19 research groups active in fields ranging from condensed matter to organic chemistry and biochemistry. It focuses on fundamental research with an open eye to societal applications and trains the next generation of leaders in science and innovation. IMM distinguishes itself from similar institutes by the intensive collaboration and interaction between chemists and physicists and/or experimentalists and theorists and an excellent infrastructure including the Scanning Probe Laboratories, Laser Labs, Magnetic Resonance Research Centre, High Field Magnet Laboratory and Free Electron Laser Laboratory (HFML-FELIX).

The Faculty of Science (FNWI) is a complete, student-oriented science faculty where research and teaching are closely intertwined. The faculty aims to be an academic community with an international character where employees from different backgrounds combine their talents with the goal of being a leading science faculty in Europe.

Radboud University

We want to get the best out of science, others and ourselves. Why? Because this is what the world around us desperately needs. Leading research and education make an indispensable contribution to a healthy, free world with equal opportunities for all. This is what unites the more than 22,000 students and 5,000 employees at Radboud University. And this requires even more talent, collaboration and lifelong learning. You have a part to play!

We offer

• Employment: 0.5 FTE (or 1.0 FTE in combination with the vacant position of Supervisor Synthetic Chemistry Lab Courses).
• The gross monthly salary amounts to a minimum of € 2,968 and a maximum of € 4,078 based on a 38-hour working week, depending on previous education and number of years of relevant work experience (salary scale 9 ).
• In addition to the salary: an 8% holiday allowance and an 8.3% end-of-year bonus.
• Duration of the contract: 1 year.
• The intended start date is 1 October 2021.
• You will be able to use our Dual Career and Family Care Services . Our Dual Career and Family Care Officer can assist you with family-related support, help your partner or spouse prepare for the local labour market, provide customized support in their search for employment  and help your family settle in Nijmegen.

Additional employment conditions
Work and science require good employment practices. This is reflected in Radboud University's primary and secondary employment conditions . You can make arrangements for the best possible work-life balance with flexible working hours, various leave arrangements and working from home. You are also able to compose part of your employment conditions yourself, for example, exchange income for extra leave days and receive a reimbursement for your sports subscription. And of course, we offer a good pension plan. You are given plenty of room and responsibility to develop your talents and realise your ambitions. Therefore, we provide various training and development schemes.

Would you like more information?

For more information about this vacancy, please contact:
Floris Rutjes, Professor Organic Chemistry
Tel.: +31 24 365 32 02
Email: [email protected]

Apply directly

Please address your application to Floris Rutjes and submit it, using the application button, no later than 20 August 2021, 23:59 Amsterdam Time Zone.   

Your application should include the following attachments:

The first round of interviews will take place in week 35 of 2021.

This position may be combined with the vacant position of Supervisor Synthetic Chemistry Lab Courses .

We drafted this vacancy to find and hire our new colleague ourselves. Recruitment agencies are kindly requested to refrain from responding.