Selection Procedure For The Contracting Of 1 Technician Reference: 2024_076_Ts_Bioeconomiaazul

CIIMAR - Interdisciplinary Center of Marine and Environmental Research - Uporto
Organisation/Company: CIIMAR - Interdisciplinary Center of Marine and Environmental Research - Uporto
Department: N.A.
Research Field: Biological sciences
Researcher Profile: Other Profession Positions
Country: Portugal
Application Deadline: 3 Dec 2024 - 23:59 (Europe/Lisbon)
Job Status: Full-time
Offer Starting Date: 1 Jan 2025
Reference Number: 2024_076_TS_BioeconomiaAzul
Offer Description A competition is open for the attribution of one work contract of a technician within the scope of the Innovation Pact, Project No. C644915664-00000026, known as the "Blue Bioeconomy Pact", at the Research Unit - Interdisciplinary Research Center Marine and Environmental, for the exercise of activities in the WP5 ALGAE, according to the following conditions:
1. Scientific area: Biochemistry, Biology
2. General admission requirements: Any national, foreign and stateless candidate(s) who hold a Bachelor's degree or integrated Master's degree in Biology, Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Biological Engineering or in a related field; and a scientific and professional curriculum whose profile is suited for the activity to be performed focus on marine biotechnology. The candidates should be able to communicate orally and in written form in English.
3. Specific admission requirements: The candidates should have an excellent academic and professional track record, with proved laboratory experience in the broad molecular biology field, be committed to work in a team and be highly motivated and oriented towards a research technician role and teamwork. Experience with culturing cyanobacteria, cyanobacterial ecophysiology, as well as molecular biology and genome analysis will be regarded as a plus. In addition, candidates should be motivated to enrol in PhD studies in 2025/2026.
4. Working plan: The candidate will mainly be involved in the following activities: i) maintenance of the cyanobacterial and microalgae cultures; ii) nucleic acid extraction; iii) genome analysis; iv) metadata analysis; v) help on the preparation of intermediate and final project reports; vi) participation in dissemination activities.
5. Legislation and official rules: Art. 140 n. 1 and n. 2, g) and 148 the Labor Code (Law 7/2009, of 12 February and respective updates).
6. Workplace: The work will be carried out in the research team Cyanobacterial Natural Products located at CIIMAR – Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, Novo Terminal de Cruzeiros do Porto de Leixões, Av. General Norton de Matos s/n, 4450-208 Matosinhos, Portugal, under the supervision of Pedro Leão.
7. Duration of the contract: An unfixed-term employment contract scheduled to start in January 2025, under the legal terms in force (Labor Code).
8. Monthly salary: Equated to the higher technical career, level 19: gross monthly salary € 1.543,88; food, holidays and Christmas allowance apart.
9. Selection methods: The ranking of candidates will be performed by an initial evaluation based on a global appreciation of the candidates' merit and motivation (valued from 1 to 10) will be made on the basis of the evaluation of their scientific and curricular track-record, in particular the quality of their research outputs related to the subject area of the present call. This will result in a pre-selection of the three best-scoring candidates, scored higher than 7, which will be communicated to the candidates. One or both of the referees indicated by each of the pre-selected candidates can be contacted at this stage to provide reference letters. An interview may also be carried out, in which case all of the pre-selected candidates will be summoned to the interview.
If an interview to the three pre-selected candidates takes place, its objective is solely to clarify issues related to their application, namely regarding their curricular and professional achievements. In this case, the interview will have a relative weight of 0.1 and the previously communicated score will have a relative weight of 0.9.
The evaluation of the professional track record relates to the relevance, timeliness, quality and adequacy to the current project and will focus on the research activities from the past 5-years that the candidate considers more relevant (as highlighted in their application). This 5-year period can be increased, if justified and asked for by the candidate, on account of disease, maternity/paternity leave, or other duly justified period of unavailability to work.
10. Composition of the jury selection: President of the jury: Pedro Leão
11. Deadline for application and presentation of applications: The application period starts 20/11/2024 until 3/12/2024
Applications must be formalised by e-mail to ****** and ****** , and must explicitly state the announcement reference on the subject: 2024_076_TS_BioeconomiaAzul.
The application must be formalized compulsorily by sending the following documents (all documents in English language):
Detailed Curriculum Vitae in English including the e-mail address and phone number of the candidate as well as two reference contacts (name, e-mail and current position);
Motivation Letter (max 2 pages) that includes a short description of the professional accomplishments that the candidate considers relevant in the past 5 years;
Copy of the eligibility certificates .
The whole application should be no bigger than 20 MB. Applications that do not include all the previously indicated elements will not be considered. All candidates who formalise their applications in an improper way or fail to prove the requirements imposed by this tender are excluded from admission. In case of doubt, the panel is entitled to request any candidate to present further documentation supporting their statements.
False statements provided by the candidates shall be punished by law.
12. Form of advertising/notification of results: Both admitted and excluded candidate list and final classification list will be notified by e-mail.
Preliminary Hearing and Final Decision Deadline: Pursuant to article 121 of the Administrative Procedure Code, after publication, all candidates have 10 working days to respond. Panel's final decisions are pronounced within a maximum period of 90 days, counting from deadline for submission of applications.
Tender is exclusively destined to fill this specific vacancy and can be terminated at any time until approval of final candidate list, expiring with the respective occupation of said vacancy.
13. Non-discrimination and equal access policy: CIIMAR actively promotes a non-discrimination and equal access policy, wherefore no candidate can be privileged, benefited, impaired or deprived of any rights whatsoever, or be exempt of any duties based on their ancestry, age, sex, sexual preference, marital status, family and economic conditions, instruction, origin or social conditions, genetic heritage, reduced work capacity, disability, chronic illness, nationality, ethnic origin or race, origin territory, language, religion, political or ideological convictions and union membership.
Pursuant to Decree-Law no. 29/2001 of 3 February, disabled candidates shall be preferred in a situation of equal classification, and said preference supersedes any legal preferences. Candidates must declare, on their honour, their respective disability degree, type of disability and communication/expression means to be used during selection period on their application form, under the regulations above.
Where to apply E-mail: ******
Requirements Research Field: Biological sciences
Education Level: Bachelor Degree or equivalent
Skills/Qualifications:
General admission requirements: Any national, foreign and stateless candidate(s) who hold a Bachelor's degree or integrated Master's degree in Biology, Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Biological Engineering or in a related field; and a scientific and professional curriculum whose profile is suited for the activity to be performed focus on marine biotechnology. The candidates should be able to communicate orally and in written form in English.
Specific admission requirements: The candidates should have an excellent academic and professional track record, with proved laboratory experience in the broad molecular biology field, be committed to work in a team and be highly motivated and oriented towards a research technician role and teamwork. Experience with culturing cyanobacteria, cyanobacterial ecophysiology, as well as molecular biology and genome analysis will be regarded as a plus. In addition, candidates should be motivated to enrol in PhD studies in 2025/2026.
Languages: ENGLISH Level Excellent
Years of Research Experience: None
Additional Information Duration of the contract: An unfixed-term employment contract scheduled to start in January 2025, under the legal terms in force (Labor Code).
Monthly salary: Equated to the higher technical career, level 19: gross monthly salary € 1.543,88; food, holidays and Christmas allowance apart.
Selection process Selection methods: The ranking of candidates will be performed by an initial evaluation based on a global appreciation of the candidates' merit and motivation (valued from 1 to 10) will be made on the basis of the evaluation of their scientific and curricular track-record, in particular the quality of their research outputs related to the subject area of the present call. This will result in a pre-selection of the three best-scoring candidates, scored higher than 7, which will be communicated to the candidates. One or both of the referees indicated by each of the pre-selected candidates can be contacted at this stage to provide reference letters. An interview may also be carried out, in which case all of the pre-selected candidates will be summoned to the interview.

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