Senior Scientist at the Core Facility Animal Care UBB

The University of Vienna (20 faculties and centres, 184 fields of study, approx. 10.400 members of staff, about 90.000 students) seeks to fill the position from 01.01.2023 of a


Reference number: 13764

Senior Scientist (post doc)
at the Core Facility Animal Care UBB at the Faculty of Life Sciences

20h/w. Duration: 6 months with the possibility of extension or conversion to permanent employment.

We are looking for a dynamic, diplomatic and strategic thinker at the postdoctoral level to set up and shape the new Core Facility Animal Care(AC) at the new University of Vienna Biology Building (UBB). The AC is going to support basic research on animal behavior and cognition, but also researchers from related fields of expertise within the Faculty of Life Sciences, such as developmental and evolutionary biology and neuroscience.





Duration of employment: 6 month/s
Extent of Employment: 20.0 hours/week
Job grading in accordance with collective bargaining agreement: §48 VwGr. B1 lit. b (postdoc) with relevant work experience determining the assignment to a particular salary grade.

Job Description:
As senior scientist and head of the AC, you will work closely with the existing research teams, and the non-scientific staff to create a critical mass and momentum, to foster excellent, integrated and impact-focused research in a state-of-the-art facility. You will actively contribute to the integration of existing and new working groups, the coordination and mentoring of staff and trainees, and the management of AC’s budget as well as the communication with different stakeholders inside and outside of the University of Vienna. Your further duties include the coordination of animal welfare approvals and ethical permissions, and the maintenance of the AC in compliance with animal welfare guidelines.
We are looking for a researcher with advanced skills in animal behavior and/or animal welfare, with experience in the organization of animal research including coordination of staff and trainees, budget, maintenance of the facility including animal welfare and handling of animal experimentation licenses and dissemination strategies. We expect a dynamic, open-minded, analytical, task-focused and socially skilled person with a good understanding of leadership and communication in both English and German language. The successful candidate is expected to collaborate and support already ongoing projects of our research teams, and to participate in teaching and research administration in accordance with the provision of the collective agreement.

Application documents

- Letter of motivation with a description of research interests and the specific interest in the advertised position (2 pages)
- Academic curriculum vitae (including a list of publications, a list of courses and a list of talks given)
- Description of research interests and research agenda
- Contact details of people who could provide a letter of reference

Applications should be submitted via the Job Center to the University of Vienna (jobcenter@univie.ac.at) mentioning reference number 13764. For further information please contact Eva Millesi (eva.millesi@univie.ac.at).

The University pursues a non-discriminatory employment policy and values equal opportunities, as well as diversity (http://diversity.univie.ac.at/). The University lays special emphasis on increasing the number of women in senior and in academic positions. Given equal qualifications, preference will be given to female applicants.



Profile:
PhD in the field of Biology, or related disciplines
- Experience in conducting research projects
- Experience in supervising students, staff and trainees
- Willingness to assume the responsibility of AC team leadership
- Documented publication activity in peer-reviewed journals
- Excellent command of written and verbal English and German language
- High ability to express yourself both orally and in writing
- Ability to work in a team


In addition, we expect the successful candidate to have:
- Organizational and communication skills
- Experience in acquiring third-party funding
- Experience in university teaching, and in the co-supervision of students
- Hands-on mentality



Research fields:

Main research field	Special research fields	Importance
Biology	Developmental biology;Zoology;General biology	SHOULD

Education:

Educational institution	Educational level	Special subject	Importance
University	Biology, Botany, Zoology	General biology	SHOULD

Languages:

Language	Language level	Importance
German	Excellent knowledge	MUST
English	Excellent knowledge	MUST

Computer-Skills:

Type of computer skills	Specified computer skills	Importance
Basic Knowledge	MS Office	MUST

Applications including a letter of motivation (German or English) should be submitted via the Job Center to the University of Vienna ( http://jobcenter.univie.ac.at) no later than 27.12.2022, mentioning reference number 13764.

For further information please contact Millesi, Eva +43-1-4277-54465.

The University pursues a non-discriminatory employment policy and values equal opportunities, as well as diversity ( http://diversity.univie.ac.at/). The University lays special emphasis on increasing the number of women in senior and in academic positions. Given equal qualifications, preference will be given to female applicants.

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Reference number: 13764
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