**BBIS has an opening for a Science Technician / Lab Assistant (f/m/d).**

**Location**: Kleinmachnow (Berlin region)

\*\*Contract type:\*\* Full-time (40 working hours per week), usually working time Monday to Friday, 7:30 AM – 4:00 PM

**Start date: 1st August 2026**

Limited initially until 31st July 2028

**Vacation**: Time off during school holidays, offering up to 60 days of paid leave per calendar year (comprising statutory, supplementary, and institutional leave). Please note that the first and last five working days of the summer break are reserved for essential laboratory preparation and wrap-up.

**Salary range**: 42,680,32 - 48.653,85 gross/year (based on experience/classification) plus annual CPI-based adjustments/potential responsibility stipends

\*\*About this role:\*\* 

As a Science Technician, you will play a vital role in our school by supporting our secondary teachers and students in the science department. You will be responsible for preparing, maintaining, and managing laboratory equipment, materials, and experiments, ensuring a safe, efficient, and organized environment for hands-on scientific inquiry.

## YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING ACTIVITIES

- \*\*Preparation & Support:\*\* Prepare and set up laboratory equipment, apparatus, and chemicals for experiments and demonstrations. Provide hands-on support during classes, assisting students and instructors. Support teachers with educational displays and reproducing or creating classroom resources.
- \*\*Experiment Design & Maintenance:\*\* Assist in the design, assembly, and testing of experimental setups. Maintain, clean, calibrate, and troubleshoot scientific instruments. Keep an organized record of past experiments and equipment used.
- \*\*Inventory Management:\*\* Manage and organize laboratory stock within our inventory systems, oversee ordering of chemicals and supplies, and ensure equipment is properly put away and labs are kept tidy after experiments.
- \*\*Communication & Collaboration:\*\* Work closely with the science faculty to develop and improve systems of communication and organization. Communicate any technical or operational concerns directly to the Head(s) of Department.
- \*\*Lab Safety:\*\* Monitor everyday safety protocols within the laboratories, ensuring correct storage of materials and that teachers and students utilize protective equipment properly.

## YOUR QUALIFICATION

- **Education**: Degree or technical training in a relevant scientific field (e.g., Biology, Chemistry, Lab Technology, CTA/BTA/PTA).
- **Experience**: Practical experience managing laboratory environments, ideally within an educational setting, is a significant advantage.
- \*\*Language Skills:\*\* Highly proficient English (the school’s working language). A good working knowledge of German is a strong asset for coordinating with local suppliers and technical partners.
- **Organized & Problem Solver**: Able to meet deadlines, set long-range plans, consider multiple ways to solve technical problems, and discern which solutions best serve our school population.
- **Communicator**: Strong communication skills, providing clarity, coherence, and thoughtful dialogue with international staff and students.
- \*\*Team Builder:\*\* Understands and actively works towards building strong, collaborative relationships within the science department.
- **Safeguarding**: Full commitment to BBIS’s Child Safeguarding Policy.

## OUR OFFER

- **Atmosphere**: Work in a tech-rich, innovative environment with state-of-the-art facilities and a dedicated, international faculty.
- **Professional Environment**: Opportunities for internal development within a highly professional educational team.
- **Support**: A collaborative leadership team and a structured environment that values operational excellence.

**MANDATORY LEGAL CHECKLIST & SAFER RECRUITING**

To comply with German legal requirements and our high Safeguarding and CIS accreditation standards, the following documentation is required before the start of employment:

- Work Permit: Valid German permit preferred; visa support available for long-term commitments.
- Measles Immunity: Medical proof (if born after 1970).
- Degrees: Original certificate + official proof of comparability.
- Background Checks: Police clearances from all countries of residence (needed early for mandatory Unterrichtsanzeige).
- Gap-free CV: Complete professional history check (CIS requirement).
- Safeguarding Training: Mandatory BBIS session (invitation follows).

## About us

BBIS Berlin Brandenburg International School is an independently run, state-approved, inclusive, English-medium day and boarding school serving the internationally-minded community of Germany’s capital region and beyond. As one of Europe’s leading International Baccalaureate (IB) schools, BBIS proudly offers three IB programmes in the Primary, Middle and Diploma years of schooling. In the current school year 2025/26, our school teaches around 900 students who represent over 75 nationalities.

WORKING AT BBIS MEANS:

- \*\*Having an impact.\*\* With professional competence and enthusiasm, we are improving day by day the educational level, and you too can have an impact on this ride.
- **Using our professional training** to prepare you optimally for your task.
- \*\*Pushing boundaries.\*\* Everyone is equally important and works together on uncharted challenges alongside inspiring colleagues from all over the world.
- \*\*Having fun at work and beyond.\*\* Joining our team events – there's always something to celebrate! Or using our fitness offers to get balanced. 
- \*\*Feeling at home.\*\* Enjoying our green campus, our relocation service, and the international open-minded community.

OUR COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND ANTI-RACISM  

In line with our mission, inclusion stands in the centre of our core values at BBIS to inspire everyone in our learning community to be responsible, compassionate global citizens. As such, we encourage applications for all positions from all qualified candidates, including those who identify as BIPOC, those with (dis)abilities, LGBTQ+ individuals, and those traditionally underrepresented in the international school community to apply to join BBIS.

SAFEGUARDING STATEMENT

BBIS is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We follow international 'Safer Recruitment' protocols. All post holders are subject to appropriate vetting procedures, including a 10-year employment history check, satisfactory references, and enhanced police checks (erweitertes Führungszeugnis) from all countries of residence you resided in for more than 6 months during the last 10 years.

YOUR APPLICATION PROCESS:

- Online Application (including CV or Professional Business Profile, e.g. LinkedIn)
- Video-interview (ca. 45 minutes)
- On-Site Interview (ca. 60 minutes)
- Optional Reference Check (ideally send 2 professional references in your application)
- Mandatory Compliance Documents - Submission of required compliance documents (incl. Measles
- Protection, Police Clearance/Extended Criminal Records Check, Child Protection Training, etc.)
- Feedback and / or Offer

We are looking forward to receiving your application!