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• The Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences is a leading research unit in Poland. Founded in 1955, it boasts the highest scientific category awarded by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education (A+). The Institute has the right to use the "HR Excellence in Research" logo, which confirms the highest standards in recruiting scientists and supports their career development and the social involvement of employees.

• Research teams operating at the Institute work on issues at the intersection of chemistry, physics and biology. The openness and interdisciplinarity of the Institute allow for conducting basic research as well as applied research, which is confirmed by spin-off companies that were established based on the discoveries and inventions of the Institute's employees. Each year, the Institute's employees publish over 200 scientific publications (including in such prestigious journals as Nature and Science) and are also the authors of many patents. IChF PAN educates young scientific staff through two doctoral schools and a wide range of scholarships for first- and second-cycle students.

• The Institute promotes scientific excellence. Together with IOCB in Prague, it awards a unique prize every two years, the Dream Chemistry Award (DCA). As part of the DCA, IChF PAN also organizes lectures from the Dream Chemistry Lecture series, during which young scientists worldwide can share their knowledge with scientists from the Warsaw scientific community.

• We are looking to hire a laboratory manager because of the increasing administrative and managing tasks our research groups must handle. We are looking for a person with strong motivation to work, who can put a strong emphasis on assigned tasks and work under time pressure. This person will cooperate with scientists and relieve them of administrative duties, such as:
• Managing Logistics of chemical and optical laboratories, including but not only:
• Improvement and maintenance of the inventory of chemistry laboratories.
• Improvement and maintenance of the inventory of optical laboratories.
• Administration of purchases of these laboratories.
• Other general administrative tasks.
• IMPORTANT: the candidate will be COMPLETLY excluded from direct research tasks. This means that among the candidate's tasks, it will never be considered performing measurements for any of the research groups.

• sharing the costs of sports activities
• private medical care
• sharing the costs of foreign language classes
• sharing the costs of professional training & courses
• coffee / tea
• parking space for employees
• holiday funds

• Good level of English.
• Education in practical chemistry (the candidate doesn't need a university degree in chemistry or related fields - but it will be an advantage).
• Basic knowledge of optics and optical components.
• High knowledge of office automation at the user level, including setting and handling databases.
• Basic understanding of administrative work.
• Medium-level knowledge of logistics.