About UOH-BioNEST: University of Hyderabad has set up a Biotechnology Incubation Centre named as Bio-incubator Nurturing Entrepreneurship for Scaling Technologies (UoH-BioNEST), with the support of The Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC), a Government of India Enterprise under DBT, Ministry of Science & Technology. The incubation facility is being located synergistically in School of Life Sciences. It has excellent laboratory facilities and essential equipment facilities for use by the start-ups. This facility will focus on new and emerging technologies requiring multidisciplinary inputs in the areas of Biosciences and Biotechnology and shall nurture early stage start-ups and facilitate translation of knowledge-base into commercialisable products and processes.

Applications are invited for the following position: Multipurpose Office Assistant (MOA) [One Position]

Nature of Job: Key responsibilities of MOA includes (a) Electronic working with purchases (b) Liaise with University Administration (purchase, accounts, engineering, and other administrative offices) for file movements etc. (c) Internal office help, and (d) coordinating with the other incubators, visitors, for seamless operational smoothness.

Essential Expertise: Good Knowledge in office help, proper communication, computer knowledge related to software, understand technical language in biological sciences and respond for communication, shall read, write, and speak English for writing and communicative skills; Computer literacy and numeracy with MS Office suite, document scanning, and emailing, etc. The incumbent shall also have front-office communication skills and liaising with vendors and visitors.

Qualifications and Experience: The candidate should have a minimal degree qualification in science discipline or Intermediate with demonstrative experience in laboratory & front/regular office assistance together with proficiency in English. Preference will be given to those who have previous work experience in incubation centers or worked in laboratory setting.

Salary: 22,000/- consolidated per month. The initial period of appointment is for a minimum of 2-years (TWO) on contractual basis, and extendable for further periods (upto 2-years) on mutual consent.

For above position, interested candidates with the above mentioned qualification can send a cover letter, Curriculum Vitae, and relevant work experience documents, educational qualification certificates as scanned copies preferably via e-mail to uohbionest@uohyd.ac.in or by post to Prof. P. Reddanna, Principal Investigator, UOH-BioNEST, 3rd Floor, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad- 500046, TS, India with at subject Application for the Post of Multipurpose Office Assistant

Last date for submission of applications is 22nd October, 2018. Eligible candidates will be called for an interview and they should carry all original certificates of the qualifying exam. No TA/ DA will be paid for attending the interview or at the time of joining the post.