4 Apr 2024
Job Information
- Organisation/Company
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia- Department
Divisão de Recursos Humanos- Research Field
Technology » Biotechnology- Researcher Profile
First Stage Researcher (R1)- Country
Portugal- Application Deadline
24 Apr 2024 - 23:59 (Europe/Lisbon)- Type of Contract
Temporary- Job Status
Full-time- Hours Per Week
35- Offer Starting Date
4 Apr 2024- Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?
European Union / Next Generation EU- Reference Number
Notice no. 7163/2024- Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?
No
Offer Description
New University of Lisbon
NOVA School of Science and Technology
Notice no. 7163/2024 published in Diário da República, 2nd series, no. 66, 03/04/2024
Deadline: 24/04/2024
Opening of an international selection procedure for the recruitment of a Junior Researcher
Under the terms of Order no. 181/2023, of 04 January, by delegation of powers, the Director of the Faculty of Science and Technology of NOVA University Lisbon, Prof. Dr José Júlio Alves Alferes, hereby announces that, by order of 12/03/024, an international call for tenders, with internal reference “Inv.Jun.2-DQ ”, is open for a period of 15 days from the date of publication of this Notice in the Diário da República, for the recruitment of 1 Junior Researcher in the scientific area of Biotechnology, subarea of Bioprocessing Technologies, with emphasis on Sustainable Valorization of Waste and Biomass using Less Polluting Technologies, on an uncertain term employment contract, within the scope of the project Agenda PRODUTECH R3 – Recuperação-Resiliência-Reindustrialização, Agenda Mobilizadora da Fileira das Tecnologias de Produção para a Reindustrialização, with the ref. C645808870-00000067, under the terms of Decree-Law no. 57/2016, of 29 August, amended by Law no. 57/2017, of 19 July,.
This competition is open under the Programme Contract for the Financing of the Recovery and Resilience Plan - PRR, financed by the European Union, signed between Universidade Nova de Lisboa and the Directorate-General for Higher Education, under Order no. 11888-B/2021 of 30 November and other applicable national and Community legislation.
In compliance with paragraph h) of Article 9 of the Constitution of the Portuguese Republic, the New University of Lisbon, as an employer, actively promotes a policy of equal opportunities between men and women in access to employment and professional advancement scrupulously ensuring to avoid any form of discrimination. In this sense, terms such as "candidate", "selected", "recruited", "hired", "author", "researcher", among others that refer to people applying for the competition, are not used in this Notice to refer to their gender.
I - Workplace
The place of work will be at the premises of the Faculty of Science and Technology of NOVA University, located on the Caparica Campus, in the Department of Chemistry, Research Center Mechanical Engineering and Resource Sustainability Center (MEtRICs).
The employee will make all the journeys, in Portugal or abroad, inherent to their duties or necessary to carry out their activity.
II - Activities and function
The selected candidate will perform the duties of Junior Researcher and will carry out the following tasks:
1) Selection and characterization of biomass for the production of i) cellulose and derived products, and other polysaccharides ii) lipids and carotenoids, iii) proteins.
2) Survey of equipment to develop the production process to be developed, with a focus on more sustainable technologies.
3) Preliminary tests, evaluation of results and optimization of the cellulose production process and derived products.
4) Implementation, monitoring and control of cellulose production processes and derived products
5) Data collection to analyze the sustainability of the process (environmental, economic and social)
6) Technical-scientific publications and dissemination of the project
7) Assistance in project management activities, including the acquisition of consumables, equipment, and the preparation of reports
III - Remuneration positioning:
The definition of the position is based on the remuneration levels of the categories in Annex I of the Statute of the Scientific Research Career, approved by Decree-Law No. 124/99, of April 20th , as amended, and in accordance with Regulatory Decree No. 11-A/2017, of 29 December, corresponding to the 1st remuneration position, remuneration level 33, which corresponds to the value of 2.294,95€.
IV - Modality and duration
1. The opening of this tender procedure is intended for the selection of a doctoral candidate to carry out scientific research activities under an uncertain fixed-term employment contract, the basis of the contract being the performance of a specific, precisely defined and non-durable service, the contract being compulsorily financed regardless of its origin;
2. The fixed-term contract will last for the time necessary to carry out the project, 21 months, or for as long as the respective justification persists, but may not exceed the maximum limit of 6 years, as provided for in article 6(3) of Decree-Law no. 57/2016 of 29 August.
V - Candidates Admission Criteria
- Hold a PhD degree in the scientific area of the call or in related areas, duly registered and/or recognised in Portugal (mandatory requirement).
- To have a relevant scientific curriculum in the area of the call;
- Experience in valuing biomass and waste using biological processes, or other low-polluting technologies.
VI - Application Instruction
i) “Researcher ID”, “Scopus Author ID” and “Google Scholar ID” identifications
ii) Research and development activities and other activities relevant for the present tender procedure, in concordance with the terms of the call.
VII - Presentation of the application
VIII - Interview
IX- Evaluation Criteria
a) Quality of Scientific Work (QSW);
b) Scientific and Technological Production (STP);
c) Applied or Practice-Based Research Activities (APBRA);
d) Extension and Knowledge Dissemination Activities (EKDA);
e) Science, Technology and Innovation Program Management Activities (STIPMA);
X - Reasons for admission and exclusion
a) Failure to fulfil the requirements referred to in point V;
b) Failure to submit the documents required in points a) to (d) of paragraph 3 of point VI, or submitting them in an illegible or invalid format.
c) Incorrectly formalizing of the application.
XI - Sorting and voting methodology
Quality of Scientific Work (QSW): 35%
Scientific and Technological Production (STP): 35%
Applied or Practice-Based Research Activities (APBRA): 20%
Extension and Knowledge Dissemination Activities (EKDA): 5%
Science, Technology and Innovation Program Management Activities (STIPMA): 5%
4. The ordering of the Approved candidates is done by vote of the members of the jury, respecting the ranking presented in the statement referred to in the previous number, under the following terms:
a) The first vote is intended to determine the candidate to be placed in first place;
b) In the voting referred to in the previous paragraph, if a candidate obtains more than half of the votes to be placed in first, he is ordained in this position;
c) If the situation referred to in the previous paragraph is not verified, a new vote is held, only among the candidates who obtained votes for 1st place, after withdrawing the lesser candidate voted for that seat in the previous voting;
d) If there is more than one candidate to be withdrawn, due to an equal number of votes, with a minimum of one vote each, a vote is held only on these to determine the candidate for withdraw from the next vote; in this vote, each member will vote, from among the candidates equally of votes, for the candidate occupying the lowest position in the ranking in his opinion;
e) If there is a tie, the tiebreaker is done through the tiebreaker vote or vote of quality of the president of the jury;
f) Voting shall be repeated until it is determined, by the process described above, which candidate is to be ranked first. If only two candidates remain and each of them obtains half of the votes, the tie shall be broken through the quality vote of the President of the jury;
g) Once the candidate for the first place is chosen, he/she is removed from the voting and the entire process is repeated for the second place and so on until the ordered list of all the candidates.
XII - Notifications and Hearing of Interested Parties
XIV - Jury Composition
President:
Doctor Ana Luisa Almaça da Cruz Fernando, Associate Professor, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa;
Efective Members:
Doctor José Carlos Fernandes Teixeira, Full Professor, Universidade do Minho;
Doctor Maria Paula Amaro de Castilho Duarte, Assistant Professor, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa.
Substitute members
Doctor José Mendes Machado, Assistant Professor with Habilitation, Universidade do Minho;
Doctor Maria Margarida Boavida Pontes Gonçalves, Associate Professor, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa.
XV. Data Protection
In accordance with the RGPD - General Data Protection Regulation, the data collected will be processed exclusively for the processing of the application.
And for the record, this notice is published.
NOVA School of Sciences and Technology, Prof. Doctor José Alferes, Dean
Requirements
- Research Field
- Technology » Biotechnology
- Education Level
- PhD or equivalent
Internal Application form(s) needed
Formulario_investigador_2023.pdf
English
(564.14 KB - PDF)
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Additional Information
Work Location(s)
- Number of offers available
- 1
- Company/Institute
- Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa
- Country
- Portugal
- Geofield
Where to apply
[email protected]
Contact
- City
Caparica- Website
https://www.fct.unl.pt/- Street
Campus de Caparica- Postal Code
2829-516
STATUS: EXPIRED
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