5 Feb 2024
Job Information
- Organisation/Company
NOVA.id.FCT- Associação para a Inovação de Desenvolvimento da FCT- Research Field
Environmental science » Global change
Environmental science » Other- Researcher Profile
First Stage Researcher (R1)- Country
Portugal- Application Deadline
19 Feb 2024 - 23:59 (Europe/Lisbon)- Type of Contract
Not Applicable- Job Status
Not Applicable- Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?
Not funded by an EU programme- Reference Number
PTDC/GES-URB/0804/2020 - #NOVAID-B171- Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?
No
Offer Description
Work Plan: The project aims to examine and explore the effects of environmental assessment on urban and regional sustainability scenarios through process and practice based analysis. The fellow has a key role and responsibility to help meet the project objectives in a collaborative manner. The aim of the fellowship is to assess the effects of SEA on environmental quality, social cohesion and economic development using SEA follow-up indicators from the 12 Municipal Master Plans and the 5 Regional Operational Programmes. Specifically, it is intended to evaluate the effectiveness of the SEA and Plan/Program monitoring indicators through a meta-evaluation of their performance; and to select the most appropriate indicators to evaluate the effects of SEA on environmental quality, social cohesion, and economic development. The fellow is expected to be responsible for (i) collecting and analysing qualitative (content analysis, interviews, participatory processes) and quantitative data and other work leading to a master’s dissertation, and (ii) writing a scientific paper.
Fellowship duration: The fellowship will last for 6 months and is expected to start in March 2024.
Application deadline and form of application submission: The competition is open from 05/02/2024 to 19/02/2024.
Documents to be submitted for application: Applications should be formalised by sending the following documents: Letter of motivation, curriculum vitae and document proving the possession of academic degrees and diplomas (certificate of qualifications), or the respective recognition when they have been awarded by foreign higher education institutions, proof of enrolment in a master’s degree or declaration on honor stating to be eligible to enrol in one.
How to submit applications: Applications should be sent by e-mail with the subject "BI-ENVISION-2023" to [email protected] .
Documentation to be provided for contractualization purposes: Proof of enrolment in a study cycle of Master's Degree/Integrated Master's Degree.
Funded by the Foundation for Science and Technology/MCTES
Requirements
- Research Field
- Environmental science » Global change
- Education Level
- Bachelor Degree or equivalent
- Research Field
- Environmental science » Other
- Education Level
- Bachelor Degree or equivalent
Skills/Qualifications
Recipients profile/category:
Mandatory requirements: A Bachelor's degree in one of the scientific areas of the call, or in related areas. Enrolment in a master’s degree or be eligible to enrol in one in one of the scientific areas in which the competition is open, or in related areas. Excellent command of the English language, spoken and written. In case of academic degrees awarded by foreign higher education institutions, and to guarantee the application of the principle of equal treatment to candidates holding foreign and national academic degrees, it is mandatory to recognize those degrees and to convert the respective final classification into the Portuguese classification scale.
Specific Requirements
Preferred factors:
• Interest in investigating issues related to environmental assessment and indicators;
• Experience in qualitative methods (content analysis, interviews, participatory processes, focus groups) and/or quantitative methods (statistical analysis of questionnaires);
• Knowledge of environmental assessment concepts;
• Excellent analytical skills and attention to details;
• Excellent teamwork, planning and organisational skills and a spirit of initiative and proactivity;
• Enthusiasm, ability to develop high quality work, autonomy, motivation and commitment to the research project;
• Immediate availability.
Additional Information
Benefits
Monthly maintenance allowance amount: The amount of the grant is EUR 930,98, based on the table of values of grants awarded directly by FCT, I.P. in Portugal, and payment is made monthly by bank transfer.
Eligibility criteria
Recipients profile/category:
Mandatory requirements: A Bachelor's degree in one of the scientific areas of the call, or in related areas. Enrolment in a master’s degree or be eligible to enrol in one in one of the scientific areas in which the competition is open, or in related areas. Excellent command of the English language, spoken and written.
In case of academic degrees awarded by foreign higher education institutions, and to guarantee the application of the principle of equal treatment to candidates holding foreign and national academic degrees, it is mandatory to recognize those degrees and to convert the respective final classification into the Portuguese classification scale.
Preferred factors:
• Interest in investigating issues related to environmental assessment and indicators;
• Experience in qualitative methods (content analysis, interviews, participatory processes, focus groups) and/or quantitative methods (statistical analysis of questionnaires);
• Knowledge of environmental assessment concepts;
• Excellent analytical skills and attention to details;
• Excellent teamwork, planning and organisational skills and a spirit of initiative and proactivity;
• Enthusiasm, ability to develop high quality work, autonomy, motivation and commitment to the research project;
• Immediate availability.
Selection process
Selection criteria: Candidates will be evaluated on a scale from 0 to 20 points based on their aptitude and motivation (first evaluation stage), through CV evaluation (70%) and motivation letter (30%). An interview by videoconference will be conducted for the three highest ranking candidates. In this case, the final classification will result from the weighting of the evaluations of the first phase (70%) and the second phase (30%). The Jury reserves the right not to select any candidate if none of the candidates has the profile indicated for the position (which will imply a total final classification lower than 15 out of 20).
Additional comments
Composition of the Selection Jury:
President: Professor Dr. Tomás Ramos, Associate Professor with Habilitation, NOVA School of Science and Technology, NOVA University Lisbon
Effective Members: Dr. Alexandra Polido, University of Aveiro, and Professor Dr. José Carlos Ferreira, Assistant Professor, NOVA School of Science and Technology, NOVA University Lisbon
Substitute Members: Professor Dr. Rita Maurício, Associate Professor, NOVA School of Science and Technology, NOVA University Lisbon
Form of advertising/notification of results: The evaluation results proposed by the juri will be notified, up to 90 days after the deadline for the submission of applications, by email, of the results proposed by the jury, with access to the minutes and the final ranking list. After notification, candidates will have 10 working days to comment on the draft decision (prior hearing of interested parties, under the terms of the Code of Administrative Procedure). The final decision will be taken after the expiry of the prior hearing period, again notified to all candidates by e-mail. Of this final decision the candidates can file a complaint within 15 working days (to the e-mail address used for the notification), or an hierarchical appeal, within 30 working days, addressed to NOVA.ID.FCT's Board through the address [email protected] .
Drafts: The drafts of: i) fellowship contract, ii) final report to be presented by the fellowship holder, iii) final report to be presented by the scientific advisor, and; iv) declaration on honor, can all be found on NOVA.id.FCT website.
- Website for additional job details
https://www.novaidfct.pt/wp-content/calls/call/Edital%20Bolsa%20Licenciado%20-%…
Work Location(s)
- Number of offers available
- 1
- Company/Institute
- Center for Environmental and Sustainability Research (CENSE), Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering (DCEA) of the Faculty of Sciences and Technology of the NOVA University Lisbon (FCT/UNL) under the scientific supervision of Professor Tomás Barros Ramos. The contracting entity is NOVA.id.FCT - Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT.
- Country
- Portugal
- City
- Caparica
- Geofield
Where to apply
[email protected]
Contact
- City
Caparica- Website
https://www.novaidfct.pt- Street
Campus de Caparica- Postal Code
2829-516 Caparica
STATUS: EXPIRED
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