Notice Nr. 25197/2024/2 - Opening Of An International Selection Procedure For The Hiring Of 1 A[...]

Notice nr. 25197/2024/2 - Opening of an international selection procedure for the hiring of 1 Assistant Researcher Opening of an international selection procedure for the recruitment of an Assistant Researcher within the scope of the Associate Laboratory for Research and Innovation in Heritage, Arts, Sustainability, and Territory (IN2PAST), under the program-contract supporting the development of R&D activities, signed between the Foundation for Science and Technology, I.P., and NOVA University Lisbon.
Luís Baptista, Dean of the School of Social Sciences and Humanities at NOVA University Lisbon (NOVA FCSH), hereby makes public that it is open, for a period of 15 working days, counting from the working day immediately following the publication of this notice in the Diário da República, an international selection procedure for the hiring of 1 Assistant Researcher, through a permanent contract at NOVA FCSH, in the disciplinary area of Humanities, for the exercise of scientific research activities within the scope of the Associate Laboratory for Research and Innovation in Heritage, Arts, Sustainability and Territory (IN2PAST), funded by the Foundation for Science and Technology through national funds.
The opening of this procedure was authorized by order of the Rector of NOVA University Lisbon, on October 31st, 2024, after a favourable opinion from the Scientific Council of NOVA FCSH.
1 - This procedure is documentary, has an international scope and the Assistant Researcher will be hired under the terms of the Labour Code, approved by the Law No. 7/2009, from 12 February, in its current form, of the Program-Contract to support the development of R&D activities, celebrated between FCT, I.P. and NOVA University Lisbon, and in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 4 of article 28 of the Scientific Employment Regulation (REC), published in the Diário da República under the Regulation No. 607-A/2017, from 22 November, and Regulation No. 393/2018, published in the Diário da República, 2nd Series, No. 123, from 28 June, regarding the careers, recruitment and working contracts for researchers under the Labour Code at NOVA University Lisbon.
2 - NOVA FCSH intends to hire an Assistant Researcher who:
Holds a curriculum profile in the areas of Humanities and/or Social Sciences, and demonstrates experience in historical research on the contemporary period;
Holds a curriculum profile demonstrating, after the completion of the PhD, capacity in obtaining funding for individual or collaborative scientific research projects in competitive international calls promoted by national or international scientific agencies;
Collaborates in Humanities or Social Sciences teaching programs developed at NOVA FCSH;
Contributes to the development of IN2PAST Associated Laboratory and promotes an articulation between IN2PAST and the NOVA research centres that take part in it;
Takes part in the development of the strategical cohesion axes of NOVA FCSH, namely, Societies and Policies; Territories and Sustainable Environments; Memory and Heritage.
3 - The hired researcher will be integrated into the IN2PAST team, as well as in the team of one of the research units that are part of it, participating in the following scientific and knowledge dissemination tasks:
Developing research activities within IN2PAST and its research units at NOVA FCSH;
Preparing applications for national and international competitive funding calls;
Collaborating in teaching (4 hours per semester) and supervising activities developed at NOVA FCSH in the fields of Humanities and Social Sciences, pursuant to Article 14 of Regulation No. 393/2018, of June 28;
Articulating activities between the thematic lines of IN2PAST and thus increasing IN2PAST capacities in one or more of those thematic lines;
Articulating the cohesive strategic axes of NOVA-FCSH, namely Societies and Policies; Territories and Sustainable Environments; and Memory and Heritage.
4 - Under the terms of Regulation No. 393/2018, from 28 June, the contract will have a monthly gross income of 3,446.76 €, in accordance with level 54A of the first pay position.
5 - The place of work is located at the premises of NOVA FCSH, located at Av. de Berna, 26C, 1060-061, Lisbon, at Colégio Almada Negreiros – Campolide Campus, 1099-032 Lisbon, and/or in other places necessary for the development of the researcher's activities.
6 - Applicants may be Portuguese, foreign, or stateless, who hold a doctoral degree in the fields of Humanities and/or Social Sciences, or to those who, while holding a doctorate in other areas, have a relevant scientific background in the fields of Humanities and/or Social Sciences.
7 - The selection of the researcher will be carried out through the evaluation of his/her scientific and curricular path.
8 - The ranking system of applicants is expressed on a scale from 0 to 100 points.
9 - The assessment of the scientific and curricular career will take into account their suitability for the activities to be undertaken. It will be focused on the relevance, quality and up-to-datedness of:
the scientific production considered most relevant by the applicant, taking into account the characteristics of the position, and the intrinsic quality of the content evaluated - namely, books, articles in scientific journals, chapters in books; the applicant must select 1 publication individually authored (article in scientific journal, chapter in book or authored book) that he/she considers as the most representative of his/her path, and must complement the selected publication with a brief rationale (maximum 9000 characters, spaces and notes included) (0-50 points);
research activity carried out and considered to have the greatest impact by the applicant - namely, scientific projects in which he/she led or participated, funded on a competitive basis by public funds, through national or international agencies; and individual scientific projects developed after the PhD and funded on a competitive basis by public funds, through national or international agencies (0-25 points);
activity in scientific supervision – namely, supervising students in post-doctoral, doctoral and master's programs, as well as coordinating research groups in research units evaluated by public scientific evaluation agencies (0-5 points);
dissemination activities, namely in the context of the promotion of culture and scientific practices, considered of greater relevance by the applicant (0-5 points);
participation in management roles (0-5 points);
Teaching experience in the disciplinary field of the competition (0-10 points).
10 - Applicants who do not obtain a final classification equal to or greater than 50 points will not be admitted to the competition, due to lack of absolute merit.
11 - The ranking of candidates will be conducted by the selection committee in accordance with paragraph 11 of Article 16 of the Regulation for Teaching Career Competitions at Universidade Nova de Lisboa, approved by Order No. 3012/2015, published in Diário da República No. 58, 2nd series, of March 24.
12 - The application process must be instructed with the following documentation:
Submission of the application form (available at this link , where the present procedure is explicitly mentioned);
Copy of certificate attesting the PhD degree;
If the degree has been awarded by foreign higher education institutions, a Declaration of Honour in accordance with the specific pro forma (available at this link );
Curriculum vitae organized in accordance with the priorities stated in Point 9 of this Notice;
A copy of the publication individually authored mentioned in the Curriculum vitae considered most relevant by the applicant pursuant to the purposes stated in point a) of Point 9 of this Notice;
A Word file with a brief rationale (maximum 9000 characters, spaces and notes included, written in Portuguese or in English) where the applicant explains the contribution of the individually authored publication considered most relevant by the applicant for the purposes of point a) of Point 9 of this Notice.
13 - Applications should be accompanied, under penalty of exclusion, with the documents mentioned above and should be sent within 15 working days from the day following the publication of this Notice in the Diário da República to the email address ******. The subject of the email should indicate the reference in the Notice and the documents should preferably be in PDF format.
14 - In case of doubt, the selection board may require any applicant to produce documents supporting their statements.
15 - False statements made by applicants will be punished in accordance with the law.
16 - Non-discrimination and equal access policy: NOVA University Lisbon actively promotes a policy of non-discrimination and equal access, so that no applicant can be privileged, benefited, harmed, or deprived of any right or exempt from any duty due to, in particular, ancestry, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, family status, economic situation, education, social origin or condition, genetic heritage, reduced working capacity, disability, chronic illness, nationality, ethnic origin or race, territory of origin, language, religion, political or ideological convictions, or trade union membership.

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