FEUP - 1 Doctorate Initial level - Agenda “AET – Alliance for Energy Transition” - Proposal 1121

FEUP, Portugal

Updated: 26 days ago

Job Type: FullTime

Deadline: 18 Apr 2024

4 Apr 2024
Job Information

Organisation/Company: FEUP
Department: Human Resources Division
Research Field: Engineering » Chemical engineering
Chemistry » Other
Engineering » Materials engineering
Researcher Profile: First Stage Researcher (R1)
Country: Portugal
Application Deadline: 18 Apr 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?: European Union / Next Generation EU
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 30-01-2024, 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 Agenda “AET – Alliance for Energy Transition”, nr. C644914747-00000023, investment project nr. 56, of the Incentive System “Agendas for Business Innovation”, financed by the Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR) and by European Funds NextGeneration EU, 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 18 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 develop R&D activities in the scope of Agenda “Alliance for Energy Transition (AET)” that fall within the area of Electrochemistry contributing to the following project activity: development of new solutions for green hydrogen production through the Westinghouse process, inserted in WP 5 - Renewable gases and biofuels.

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

The scientific areas of this selection procedure are Electrochemistry, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Materials Engineering or related scientific field.

Applicable Legislation: Regulation nº 487/2020, of 22 May - Regulation of Research, Science and Technology Staff of the University of Porto 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, approving a regime for contracting doctorates to stimulate scientific and technological employment in all areas of knowledge (RJEC), in the wording introduced by the first amendment provided Law no. 57/2017, of July 19, Regulatory Decree no. 11-A/2017, of December 29 and applicable regulatory standards.

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.

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: Doctor Vítor Jorge Pais Vilar

Member: Doctor Ricardo Jorge Nogueira dos Santos

Member: Doctor Maria Francisca da Costa Moreira

Substitute Member: Professor Alexandre Filipe Porfírio Ferreira

Substitute Member: Professor Ana Mafalda Almeida Peixoto Ribeiro

The work will be developed at Chemical Department of the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP).

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”.

Admission Requirements:

General Admission Requirements:

This competition is open to national candidates, foreigners and stateless persons holding a doctoral degree in electrochemistry, chemistry, chemical engineering, materials engineering or related scientific field, 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.

7.2 Specific Admission requirements:

For the purposes of determining the appropriate profile for the activity to be developed, candidates must have skills and previous experience in: electrochemistry, electrocatalysis, green hydrogen production, electrochemical cells.

8. Recruitment method:

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

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

b) Interview (ENT) (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 area or sub‐areas for which the selection procedure is open;

b) Transfer and valorization of knowledge;

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, and the following weighting factors are attributed:

A1) Criteria for evaluating Scientific Performance (SP) (90%):

SP1 ‐ Scientific Production. Quality and quantity of scientific production in the area and specific domain for which the recruitment process is open (books, articles in journals, articles in conference proceedings, communications at conferences), expressed by the number and type of publications and the recognition they are given provided by the scientific community (translated in the quality of the places of publication and in the references made to them by other authors).

SP2 ‐ 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 open, financed on a competitive basis by public funds, through national or international agencies or by companies, and the results obtained in them, being given relevance to project coordination, and participation in international projects and networks. In assessing the quality, consideration must be given to the contribution to the project (coordination or participation) to the amount of funding obtained, to the degree of requirement of the funding competition, to the evaluations of the projects carried out and the prototypes completed, in particular if followed in products or services.

SP3 ‐ Intervention in the scientific and professional communities. Ability to intervene in the scientific and professional communities, expressed, in particular, through collaboration in the editing of journals, presentation of invited lectures, participation in academic juries outside the institution itself, as well as activities with recognized impact, namely prizes or other distinctions, in the specific area and domain for which the recruitment process is open.

A2) Criteria for Knowledge Transfer and Valorization (KT) (5%):

KT1‐ Patents, registration and ownership of rights, preparation of technical standards and legislation. Authorship and co‐authorship of patents, registrations of ownership of intellectual property rights on software, mathematical methods and rules of mental activity. Participation in the elaboration of legislativeprojects and technical standards.

KT2 – Projects with companies and institutions and consulting services. Coordination and participation in projects with companies and institutions that aim to improve the set of products and services; Coordination and participation in consultancy activities involving the business environment and the public sector; Provision of specialized services, whose scope is the resolution of problems that require advanced knowledge, requested by external entities. The evaluation of this criterion must also take into account the economic value of the research results achieved, measured by the development and technology transfer contracts to which they gave rise and the spin‐off companies to whose creation they have contributed, the specific area and domain what is the recruitment process open for.

KT3 ‐ Dissemination of science and technology. Coordination and participation in scientific and technological dissemination initiatives within the scientific community (for example, organization of congresses and conferences) and for different audiences. Publications for scientific and technological dissemination in the specific area and domain for which the recruitment process is open.

A3) Criteria for Science and Technology Management and Communication (STMC) (5%): Science and technology management and communication activities, in the area for which the recruitment process is open: (a) participation in management bodies or performance of functions relevant to the mission of the University of Porto, especially the research unit where it fits the call; (b) active contribution to the definition and fulfillment of scientific policies, particularly open science; (c) collaboration in evaluation committees of activities of a technical and scientific nature, promoted by national or international entities, namely within the scope of calls for projects, grants or awards.

10.5 The final classification of the (APCC) is obtained by the following formula: APCC = (0.90 x A1) + (0.05 x A2) + (0.05 x A3).

10. Evaluation of the Interview (ENT) (10%):

For the interview to be held, to the applicants with score equal or higher than 80 points, by all members of the Jury in the evaluation of their curricular path and scientific career, 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 (ENT), will be obtained by applying the following formula: CF = (APCC x 0.9) + (ENT x 0.1).

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 1121, until de 23h59m (local time) of 18-04-2024.

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:

a) Curriculum Vitae, containing all the information relevant to the evaluation of the application, taking into account the selection methods of this notice, namely the information on scientific publications of the SCI/or SCOPUS databases, including quartiles of journals, impact factors of journals and citation indicators, excluding self‐citations. The applicant shall structure the curriculum in such a way as to facilitate the rapid and complete identification of his contribution, in the scientific area in which the call is opened, in each of the subparagraphs specified in the selection methods.

b) Certificate of Qualifications proving the ownership and date of obtaining the degree required for the call.

c) Scientific publications, selected by the candidate, up to a maximum of 5, duly justified, which the candidate considers the most significant for the recruitment area.

Letter of motivation.

Other supporting documents considered relevant to the eligibility of the application and documents that the applicant considers relevant to the assessment of his/her merit.

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.

Requirements

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

Research Field: Chemistry » Other
Education Level: PhD or equivalent

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

Skills/Qualifications

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