Recruitment of a Specialist in Innovation with a PhD degree Public Notice - International Selection Procedure
FCiências.ID - Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências , through its Chairman of the Board of Directors, following the signature of the program-contract for the attribution of the statute and complementary funding to Associate Laboratories 2021-2025, hereby announces the opening of an international call for the recruitment of a Specialist in Innovation with a PhD degree, equated to Assistant Researcher, within the scope of the Associated Laboratory ARNET: Aquatic Research Infrastructure Network (Ref. LA/P/0069/2020|DOI: https://doi.org/10.54499/LA/P/0069/2020), financed by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P./MCTES, in the form of an employment contract, on an exclusive regime, according to the Portuguese Labour Code and complementary legislation.
I. Admission Requirements
Portuguese nationals, foreign and stateless persons may submit applications to this selection procedure, provided they hold a doctoral degree in Biology, Environmental Sciences or related areas, and fully comply with the following requirements:
PhD granted more than 5 years ago (as of the opening of this selection process) and SCOPUS h-index equal to or greater than 12;
Proven scientific and professional experience in sciences applied to the aquatic environment - information provided in the CV and validated by (co-)authorship of scientific articles published in international journals with scientific arbitration;
Demonstrated scientific and professional experience in coastal and estuarine systems and aquaculture - information provided on the CV and validated by (co)authorship of scientific articles published in international journals with scientific arbitration;
Previous demonstrated ability to attract competitive and other funding translated into leadership or participation in national or international scientific R&D projects in their area of specialization - information provided in the CV;
Previous experience demonstrated in cooperation with national and international R&D teams - information provided in the CV.
II. Preferential Requirements
The candidate must also have demonstrated:
Experience in managing R&D projects and actions, including multidisciplinary projects - information provided in the CV;
Experience in advanced education activities, such as teaching and supervision at higher education level and professional training for the Blue Economy - information provided in the CV;
Proficiency in Portuguese and English (written and spoken) - information provided in the CV.
III. Workplace
The Innovation Specialist (EINOV) to be recruited will increase the ARNET capacity to raise funds and carry out relevant research and to promote interdisciplinary work through participation in or leadership of research projects.
The position to be filled requires doctoral training and relevant professional experience to ensure that the EINOV hired is considered a "peer" and can interact and collaborate with the researchers and coordinators of the various thematic lines (TL) of the ARNET, with a thorough understanding of their scientific themes and application possibilities.
It is the EINOV responsibility to act autonomously within the national and international frameworks for R&D activity and to be responsible for generating positive results for the sustainability of the ARNET unit in SCIENCES, in a well-defined set of action markets receptive to the main scientific challenges, with particular emphasis on:
Decoding and projecting the needs and shortcomings of public policies (national and international) onto the Laboratory's capacities, with a view to meeting or overcoming them;
Attracting external funding, creating alignments between societal needs and the scientific interests and capacities existing in the unit, optimizing all initiatives taken in this direction;
Identifying and using opportunities to put the Laboratory's R&D results and resources at the service of public or private entities;
Raising awareness among all researchers to identify how they can contribute to the sustainability of the SCIENCES unit and the ARNET Associated Laboratory as a whole.
IV. Contract Duration
The full-time indefinite term employment contract on an exclusive regime is expected to start in December 2024, including an initial experimental trial period of 180 days.
V. Monthly Allowance
The gross monthly salary to be attributed is 3.427,59 Euros, on an exclusive regime, corresponding to the position 1 of the category equivalent to Assistant Researcher, in the Scientific Research career as mentioned in Annex I of ECIC, in its current version, under the terms of decree-law 108/2023 of 22 November 2023, on which legal discounts will apply, plus holiday and Christmas allowances, as well as food allowance in the amount and conditions set out for workers with a legal employment relationship under the Labour Code.
VI. Submission of Applications
The present call will be open from the 31st of October 2024 to the 15th of November 2024.
The application and all the required documents may be submitted in Portuguese or English.
Applications will be submitted online, through the electronic platform of FCiências.ID (http://concursos.fciencias-id.pt).
On the electronic platform, applicants will complete a mandatory section on Personal Data [name, address, date of birth, contact email, nationality and scientific identifiers] and upload files with the documents listed below:
Detailed Curriculum vitae in PDF format - mandatory;
Up to five publications relevant for the objectives of the Workplace - mandatory;
Submission of a research project/plan to be developed by the recruited Specialist within the framework of the ARNET Action Domains (available at: https://arnet.pt/en/action-domains/) – must be written in English plan - mandatory;
Digital copies of documents proving formal academic degrees (PhD) and/or other scientific and professional qualifications - original documents must be provided in case of actual recruitment - mandatory;
Other documents that candidates consider relevant for the assessment of their scientific merit, or to declare the personal situation in the cases covered in section XI-2 of this Notice - optional.
This Public Note was approved by the jury on the 30th of October 2024.
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