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Junior Technical Assistant

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Job Description

Job Industry

Educational Services

Job Salary Currency

SAR

Job Salary Fixed

No

Key Deliverables

  • Assisting researchers and students with field and laboratory work.
  • Collecting soil (using auger/corers/spades) and planting samples in field trials.
  • Independently collecting and capturing field project data (e.g. weekly soil moisture readings).
  • Driving researchers and students to field sites.
  • Preparing soil and plant samples for analysis.
  • Assisting with chemical preparations in the laboratory.
  • Performing routine basic soil chemical and physical analyses.
  • Assisting with organising and setting up undergraduate field and laboratory practicals.
  • Organising and keeping departmental laboratories, soil preparation and storage facilities clean and orderly.
  • Assisting with general maintenance of basic laboratory equipment.
  • Transporting research equipment and field samples.

Professional Qualifications

Industry Qualification
Soil Microbiology and Molecular Biology Techniques Grade 12 Certificate with Physical Sciences (Physics and Chemistry) and Mathematics. A valid South African Driver's licence with at least three years' driving experience. Physically fit to perform field work and collect soil samples. Willingness to travel and work in remote locations. Willingness to work in all weather conditions. Basic proficiency in MS Office (Outlook, Word, Excel). Willingness to work flexible hours when performing field work. Language proficiency for a multilingual university.

Essential Qualities

Essential Qualities
  • Experience with field research.
  • Experience working in a laboratory or tertiary education environment
  • Good organisational skills
  • Responsible and reliable

Application Process

 
#LI-POST
 
#PSS
 
The University is committed to employment equity (EE), and appointments will be made in line with the institutional EE Plan. 
 
Stellenbosch University reserves the right not to make an appointment.
 
Your application, comprising a comprehensive curriculum vitae (including the names and email addresses of at least three references), must reach the University before or on the closing date in the advertisement. 

Apply online at https://www.su.ac.za/en/careers-su by clicking "Apply now" at the top to the right of the page for the specific vacancy.

Close Date

02/03/2026

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