FEUP - Doctorate Initial level - Research Unit LSRE-LCM - Proposal 1153

FEUP, Portugal

Updated: 22 days ago

Job Type: FullTime

Deadline: 31 May 2024

16 May 2024
Job Information

Organisation/Company: FEUP
Department: Human Resources Division
Research Field: Engineering » Chemical engineering
Researcher Profile: First Stage Researcher (R1)
Country: Portugal
Application Deadline: 31 May 2024 - 23:59 (Europe/Lisbon)
Type of Contract: Temporary
Job Status: Full-time
Hours Per Week: 35
Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?: Not funded by an EU programme
Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?: No

Offer Description

NOTICE OF OPENING OF AN INTERNATIONAL SELECTION PROCEDURE FOR THE RECRUITMENT OF A DOCTORATE INITIAL LEVEL RESEARCHER POSITION

By order of 29-04-2024, the Dean of FEUP, Professor Rui Artur Bártolo Calçada, deliberated to open an international selection procedure for the recruitment of 1 Doctorate Initial level within the scope of Research Unit LSRE-LCM – Laboratory of Separation and Reaction Processes - Laboratory of Catalysis and Materials, in the form of a Uncertain Term Employment Contract, by legal imperative, under the terms of paragraph b) of no. 1 of article 6 of RJEC, ex vi of no. 2 of article 18 of RJEC, and will be maintained only for the period necessary to execute the tasks defined in the project and identified below, whose expected duration is 10 months, never exceeding the maximum limit of six years.

This recruitment aims the performance of activities corresponding to the category of Doctorate Initial level, as stated in article 8 of Regulation No. 487/2020, of May 22.

The Doctorate Initial level, in abstract, is responsible for carrying out the activities foreseen in no. 2 of art. 7 of Regulation no. 487/2020, of May 22nd. Specifically, the Doctorate Initial level will pursuit of R&D activities in the area of Separation Processes, for the development, modelization and optimization of cyclic adsorption separation processes, promoting its subsequent implementation in the industry.

The selected researcher may also provide possible collaboration in teaching and training activities in the area of research.

This recruitment is carried out under the Contract-Program, granted between the Funding Agency for Science and Technology, I.P. (FCT) and the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP), celebrated following the selection procedure “Emprego Científico na Modalidade de Apoio Institucional: Concurso de 2018”.

1. The scientific area of this selection procedure is Chemical Engineering.

2. Applicable Legislation: Regulation nº 487/2020, of 22 May - Regulation of Research, Science and Technology Staff of the University of Porto in its current wording and other applicable legislation, namely the Labor Code, Law on 7/2009, of 12 February, in its current version Decree-Law no. 57/2016, of 29 August, in the wording introduced by the first amendment provided Law no. 57/2017, of July 19, approving a regime for contracting doctorates to stimulate scientific and technological employment in all areas of knowledge (RJEC), Regulatory Decree no. 11-A/2017, of December 29, and applicable regulatory standards.

3. In the wording of article 16 of Decree-Law no. 57/2016 of 29 August, this procedure is exempted from the authorization of the members of the Government responsible for the areas of Finance and Public Administration, namely in paragraph no.3 of article 7 of the LTFP; from the prior favorable opinion of the members of the Government responsible for the areas of Finance and Public Administration as mentioned in no. 5 of article 30 of the LTFP and from the procedure for the recruitment of workers in the requalification situation referred to in Article 265 of the LTFP.

4. In accordance with articles 22.º, n.º 3 and 4 of the Regulation and 13.º of the RJEC, the Recruitment board is composed as follows:

President: Professor Joaquim Luís Bernardes Martins de Faria

Member: Professor Ana Mafalda Almeida Peixoto Ribeiro

Member: Professor Alexandre Filipe Porfírio Ferreira

Substitute Member: Professor Cláudia Sofia Castro Gomes da Silva

Substitute Member: Doctor Ricardo Jorge Nogueira dos Santos

5. The work will be developed at LSRE LCM of the Department of chemical Engineering of the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP).

6. The monthly remuneration to be paid is €2.294,95, corresponding to level 33 of the Single Salary Table, approved by Order no. 1553-C/2008 of December 31 and level 5, position 1 from “Regulamento n.º 487/2020”.

7. Admission Requirements:

7.1 General Admission Requirements:

This competition is open to national candidates, foreigners and stateless persons holding a doctoral degree in Chemical Engineering or related area for 5 years or less, and with a scientific and professional curriculum that shows an appropriate profile for the activity to be developed.

Any doctorate awarded by a foreign higher education institution must be recognized by a Portuguese higher education institution in accordance with article 25 of the Decree-Law no. 66/2018, of August 16, which approves the legal regime for the recognition of academic degrees and diplomas of Higher Education, awarded by foreign higher education institutions and paragraph e) of no. 2 of article 4 of Decree-Law no. 60/2018, of August 3, and any formalities established therein must be complied with by the date of the hiring act.

7.2Special Admission requirements:

To determine the appropriate profile for the activity to be developed, candidates must have previous competencies and experience in the area of Separation Processes, namely in the design, simulation and optimization of cyclic adsorption processes and operation of simulating moving bed and/or pressure swing adsorption experimental units.

8. Recruitment methods:

In accordance with articles 26 of the Regulation and 5 of the RJEC, the selection methods are:

a) Evaluation of the curricular path and scientific career of the applicants (APCC) (90%);

b) Interview (EPS) (10%)

9. Evaluation of the curricular path and scientific career (APCC) - 90%

9.1. Evaluation of the curricular path and scientific career, considering a profile that is suited to the requirements of the duties corresponding to the category covered by this competition and focusing on the relevance, quality, and currentness of the following aspects:

a) Scientific performance in the areas and subareas for which the competition is open.

b) Knowledge transfer.

c) Science and technology management and communication.

9.2 In evaluating the aspects indicated in points a), b) and c) of the preceding paragraph, the activity developed in the last 5 (five) years must be considered.

9.3 The five-year period mentioned in 9.2 may be extended by the Board, at any applicant’s request, when based on the suspension of scientific activity for socially protected reasons, namely for reasons of parental leave, prolonged serious illness, and other situations of unavailability for work that are legally protected.

9.4 In the evaluation of the dimensions of the aspects described in 9.1, the following parameters are considered, applying the weighting factors and formulae presented in Annex 1.

A1) Criteria for evaluating the Scientific Performance (DC) (90%):

DC1 -Scientific Production. Quality and quantity of scientific production in the area and specific domain for which the recruitment process is opened (books, articles in journal, articles in proceedings of congresses, communications in congresses), expressed by the number and type of publications and by the recognition provided to them by the scientific community (translated into the quality of the places of publication and in the references made to them by other authors).

DC2 -Coordination and participation in scientific projects. Quality and quantity of scientific projects in which he/she participated in the area and specific domain for which the recruitment process is opened, financed on a competitive basis by public funds, through national or international agencies or companies, and the results obtained, giving relevance to the coordination of projects, and participation in international projects and networks. In the quality assessment, account should be taken of the contribution to the project (coordination or participation), to the amount of funding obtained, the level of demand of the funding call, the evaluations of the projects carried out and the prototypes achieved, in particular if they resulted in products or services.

DC3 - Involvement in the scientific and professional communities. Capacity to intervene in the scientific and professional communities, expressed namely through collaboration in journal editing and through the presentation of invited lectures and participation in academic juries outside the home academic institution, as well as activities with recognized impact, in particular by awarding prizes or other distinctions, in the area and specific area for which the recruitment process is opened.

A2)Criteria for evaluatingKnowledge Transfer and Valorization (TC) (9%):

TC1 - Patents, registration and ownership of rights, elaboration of technical standards and legislation. Authorship and co-authorship of patents, registration of intellectual property rights over software, mathematical methods and rules of mental activity. Participation in the development of legislative projects and technical standards.

TC2 – Projects with companies and institutions and consulting services. Coordination and participation in projects with companies and institutions that aim to improve products and services; Coordination and participation in consulting activities involving the business community and the public sector; Provision of specialized services, the scope of which is the resolution of problems requiring advanced knowledge, requested by external entities. The evaluation of this criterion should also take into account the economic valorization of the results achieved, measured by the development and technology transfer contracts they originated and the spin-off companies for which they have contributed, in the specific area and domain to which the recruitment process is opened.

TC3 - Dissemination of science and technology. Coordination and participation in scientific and technological dissemination initiatives with the scientific community (e.g., organization of congresses and conferences) and for various audiences. Publications of scientific and technological dissemination in the area and specific domain for which the recruitment process is opened.

A3)Criteria for evaluatingManagement and Communication of Science and Technology (GCT (1%)): Management and communication activities of science and technology, in the area to which the recruitment process is opened: (a) participation in management bodies or performance of functions relevant to the mission of the University of Porto, especially of the research unit where the competition is included; (b) actively contribute to the definition and fulfilment of scientific policies, and in particular open science; (c) collaboration in committees for the evaluation of technical and scientific activities, promoted by national or international entities, in particular in the context of competitions for projects, scholarships or prizes.

10. Evaluation of the Interview (EPS) - 10%:

For the interview, the tree best-ranked applicants and who present a score in the evaluation of the scientific and curricular path equal to or greater than 80 from all the elements of the jury, will be admitted, and the board will evaluate aspects related to the research conducted by the applicants. The interview will be conducted in Portuguese and English.

11. Final classification:

The Final Classification (CF) of the Evaluation of the applicants’ Curricular Path and Scientific Career (APCC) and interview (EPS), will be obtained by applying the following formula:

CF = 0.9 x APCC + 0.1 x EPS

Only the candidate/s with a final evaluation of more than 80 points, from all the elements of the jury, will be proposed for hiring.

12. Evaluation of the selection methods:

12.1. Each member of the Board evaluates the applicants’ curricular path and scientific career on a scale from 0 to 100 points, with a weighting up to the hundredths, and the classification is obtained through the weighting defined in the criteria to be evaluated.

12.2. The interview evaluation is expressed on a scale of 0 to 100 points, with a weighting to the hundredths.

13. Evaluation methodology:

13.1. After the admission of the applicants, and before starting the voting for their final ranking in the evaluation of their scientific and curricular background, each member of the Board presents a written document, to be attached to the meeting minutes, with the list of the applicants in descending order of merit, duly substantiated, considering the criteria and parameters of this competition notice.

13.2. The Board deliberates employing reasoned roll-call voting following the selection criteria adopted and disclosed. Abstentions are not allowed.

13.3. The seriation methodology is that which is indicated in article 29 of the Regulation.

13.4. If an absolute majority of votes is not reached after the voting explained in the previous number, or in case of a tie, the Chair's vote will be used for the final ranking.

13.5. Each member of the Board must respect, in the various voting rounds, the order he or she presented in the document referred to in paragraph 13.1.

13.6. The interview, has a maximum duration of one hour and is exclusively aimed at clarifying aspects related to the research carried out by the applicants.

13.7. The Board’s discussions will be briefed in minutes taken during its meetings, containing a summary of what occurred, as well as the votes cast by each member and respective reasoning.

13.8. After concluding the application of the selection criteria, the jury proceeds to produce an ordered list of the approved applicants with the respective classification.

13.9. The Board's final decision is approved by the head of the institution responsible for opening the tender notice. The final decision on hiring is the responsibility of the top manager of the hiring entity.

14. Formalization of applications:

14.1. Applications must be formalized at http://www.fe.up.pt/concursos , reference on-line nº 1153, until de 23h59m (local time) of 31-05-2024.

The application must include: full name, number and date of identity card or citizen card, or civil identification number, tax identification number, date of birth, residence, and contact address, including e-mail and telephone contact.

14.2 The application must be accompanied by documentary evidence of the conditions described in point 7 of this notice, namely:

Detailed curriculum vitae, containing all information relevant for the evaluation of the application, as well as for demonstrating compliance with the criteria set out in point 7 of this announcement, organized in accordance with the seriation criteria set out in no. 9.

Certificate of Qualifications proving the title and date of obtaining of the degree required for the competition,

Scientific publications, selected by the candidate, up to a maximum of 5, duly justified, which he/she considers to be the most significant for the recruitment area under consideration;

Other supporting documents considered relevant to the assessment of the merit of the candidates.

14.3. Failure to submit the documents mentioned in 14.2 will lead to the exclusion of the application. For purposes of hearing of the interested parties, the exclusion decision is notified to the applicants by e-mail.

14.4. The Board may, whenever it deems necessary, ask the applicants to provide complementary documents for the facts described in the submitted curriculum, setting a deadline for that purpose.

15. False statements made by applicants will be punished according to the law.

16. Notices of the results:

The minute(s) of the Board meeting(s) for evaluating the applications will be sent via e-mail with a delivery receipt.

17. Parties hearing and deadline for final decision:

In accordance with article 121 of the Administrative Procedure Code, after being notified, the applicants have 10 working days to comment. Within 90 days, counting from the deadline for submitting applications, the Board's final decisions are made.

18. The present competition is exclusively aimed at filling the indicated vacancy and may be terminated until the final ranking list of applicants is ratified, expiring with the respective occupation of the job position on offer. If none of the applicants has the appropriate profile for the performance of the functions described above within this project's scope, the Board reserves the right not to award the position in the competition.

19. Non-discrimination and equal access policy: FEUP actively promotes a policy of non-discrimination and equal access, so that no candidate can be privileged, beneficiary, disadvantaged or private of any right or exemption from any duty owing, in particular, to ancestry, age, sex, 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 beliefs and trade union membership.

ANNEX 1

Table 1. Weights of criteria and sub-criteria of the evaluation of the scientific and curricular career

Criteria	Weight	Sub-criteria	Weight
DC (Scientific Performance)	0,90	DC1 (Scientific Production)	0,70
DC2 (Coordination and participation in scientific projects)	0,20
DC3 (Involvement in the scientific and professional communities)	0,10
TC (Knowledge Transfer and Valorization)	0,09	TC1 (Patents, registration and intellectual property)	0,30
TC2 (Projects with companies, spin-offs and consulting services)	0,10
TC3 (Science and technology dissemination)	0,60
GCT (Science and Technology Management)	0,01	Activities of management and communication of science and technology	1,00

APCC = 0,90 x DC + 0.09 x TC + 0,01 x GCT

DC = 0,70 x DC1 + 0,20 x DC2 + 0,10 x DC3

TC = 0,30 x TC1 + 0,10 xTC2 + 0,60 x TC3

Requirements

Research Field: Engineering » Chemical engineering
Education Level: PhD or equivalent

Skills/Qualifications

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