Unskilled gardener position in the Plant Section at the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics

The section Plant Molecular Biology at the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University, is looking for an unskilled gardener from 1 November 2025 or as soon as possible. This is a 12 hours per week position until 31 October 2027.

Job description

You will be assisting our scientists and green house staff with seed cleaning and screening a large plant population
 

Your profile

Previous experience with organizing large collections of seeds and phenotyping of plants, is an advantage

 

Who we are

The gardener will be affiliated to the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics.

The Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics is part of the Faculty of Natural Sciences, Aarhus University and comprises research within the areas of Plant Molecular Biology, Neurobiology, RNA Biology and Innovation, Protein Science, Cellular Health, Intervention and Nutrition. There are currently 75 full time scientific staff and 95 PhD students. The department is responsible for two educations: Molecular Biology and Molecular Medicine with a yearly uptake of 160 students in total.

Please refer to http://mbg.au.dk/ for further information about The Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics and to https://nat.au.dk/ and http://www.au.dk/ for information on Faculty of Natural Sciences and Aarhus University, respectively.
 

Place of work and area of employment

The place of work is at Påskehøjgård, Hvidbjergvej 21, 8380 Trige – and Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Universitetsbyen 81, 8000 Aarhus C, and the area of employment is Aarhus University with affiliated institutions.
 

Contact information

For further information, please contact:  Professor Jens Stougaard. Phone number 60202649
 

Deadline

Applications must be received no later than 1 September 2025.
 

Formalities and salary range

Salary and terms as agreed between the Danish Ministry of Taxation and the Confederation of Public Employees – the State Sector (OAO-S Joint Collective Agreement), as well as the organizational agreement between the Ministry of Taxation and The United Federation of Danish Workers (3F) concerning salary and employment conditions for agricultural workers, horticultural workers, gardeners, and experimental staff.

Aarhus University’s ambition is to be an attractive and inspiring workplace for all and to foster a culture in which each individual has opportunities to thrive, achieve and develop. We view equality and diversity as assets, and we welcome all applicants.

The application must be submitted via Aarhus University’s recruitment system, which can be accessed under the job advertisement on Aarhus University's website.

Aarhus University

Aarhus University is an academically diverse and research-intensive university with a strong commitment to high-quality research and education and the development of society nationally and globally. The university offers an inspiring research and teaching environment to its 38,000 students (FTEs) and 8,300 employees, and has an annual revenues of EUR 935 million. Learn more at www.international.au.dk/