Research assistant position under private law - CTTI - 105/21 - IPC(1)

NOTICE FOR THE OPENING OF AN INTERNATIONAL SELECTION TENDER PROCEDURE FOR THE HIRING OF RESEARCH ASSISTANT

CTTI - 105/21 - IPC(1)

Doctor Rui Manuel Costa Vieira de Castro, Professor and Rector of Universidade do Minho, in the use of his own competence, in accordance with the terms of subsection d) of section 1 of article 92 of Law no. 62/2007, from September 10th and subsection d) of section 1 of article 37 of the Statutes of Universidade do Minho, approved by Normative Order no. 13/2017, published in Diário da República, 2nd series, no. 183, of September 21st, makes it known that, for a period of 10 working days counting from the business day immediately after the date on which this notice is published, an international selection tender is open for recruitment, in the form of an uncertain term contract celebrated under the Labour Code, of 1(one) research assistant position under private law, for the exercise of scientific research activities in the scientific area of materials engineering, within the scope of the project FEHST AVANTGARDE INTERIORS - Advanced polymeric components with functional decorative surfaces, ref. POCI-01-0247-FEDER-072283, financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), through the Operational Programme for Competitiveness and Internationalization (POCI) - COMPETE 2020, under Portugal 2020, with a view to development of technological solutions for decorative surfaces with different design patterns (molds with inserts); development of the injection molding process (including the variotherm process).

1. Applicable Legislation: This tender, open by Decree of 30.08.2021 by the Rector of Universidade do Minho, is governed by the provisions of the Regulamento da Carreira, Recrutamento, Contratação e Avaliação do Desempenho do Pessoal Investigador em Regime de Direito Privado da UMinho (RPI-UM), published in Diário da República, 2nd series, no. 209, October 27th, amended by law no. 881/2020, published in the Diário da República, 2nd series, of December 15th, by the provisions of the Labour Code, approved Law no. 7/2009, of February 12th, in its current version, and other applicable laws and regulations.

2. Place of Work: The work placement is located in Institute for Polymers and Composites, Campus Azúrem, Guimarães.

3. Monthly salary: The salary to be attributed is 5, corresponding to the remuneration level 1721,55 € included in the annex 1 of the RPI-UM.

4. Eligibility Criteria: Any national, foreign and stateless candidates who hold a degree in in the field of knowledge / specialty that shows an appropriate profile for the activities to be developed.

Opponents of this tender with qualifications obtained abroad must prove the recognition, equivalence or registration of the doctoral degree, under the terms of the applicable legislation. This formality must be completed by the signing date of the contract.

4.1. General admission requirements are those defined in point 4. For the purpose of determining the appropriate profile for the activity to be developed, the following are special requirements:

 Knowledge of English.

5. Formalization of the applications: Applications are formalized through a request addressed to the Rector of Universidade do Minho, under the terms defined in the attached template.

5.1. The application must include the following documents:

a) copy of certificate or diploma degree;

b) detailed curriculum vitae structured in accordance with point 9;

c) proof of professional experience;

d) motivation letter (if applicable);

e) letters of recommendation (if applicable);

f) any other documents that the applicant considers relevant.

5.2. Candidates must submit the request and supporting documents, using digital tools, in PDF format, mandatorily, by electronic means, to the address [email protected] , until the deadline for submission of applications established in this notice, indicating in subject “Ref. CTTI - 105/21- IPC(1)”.

5.3. Failure to comply with the deadline for submitting the application, such as failure to submit or late submission of the application referred to in point 5 and the documents referred to in points

a) to c) of point 5.1, determines the exclusion of the application. The exclusion decision is notified

to the candidates, by email, for the purpose of holding the hearing of interested parties.

5.4. The jury may, whenever it finds necessary, request candidates to provide documents

complementary to the facts referred to in the submitted curriculum, determining a deadline for

this purpose.

5.5. False statements provided by the candidates will be punished by law.

6. Members of the Jury: The selection jury has the following composition, according to article no. 13 of

the RSE and article no. 35 of the do RPI-UM:

President of the jury: Doctor Júlio César Machado Viana, Associate Professor |Department of

Polymers Engineering and Director of the Institute for Polymers and Composites | Engineering

School of the Minho University;

Effective Member: Doctor António José Vilela Pontes, Associate Professor | Department of

Polymers Engineering| Engineering School of the Minho University;

Effective Member: Doctor António Manuel Cerqueira Gomes Brito, Assistant Professor|

Department of Polymers Engineering| Engineering School of the Minho University;

Substitute member: Doctor Fernando Moura Duarte, Assistant Professor| Department of Polymers

Engineering| Engineering School of the Minho University;

Substitute member: Doctor Carla Isabel Domingues Correia Martins, Assistant Professor|

Department of Polymers Engineering| Engineering School of the Minho University.

7. Rules of operation of the Jury: The jury shall deliberate by means of a nominal vote in accordance

with the adopted and published selection criteria, and abstentions will not be allowed.

7.1. The jury meetings will be documented in written minutes, containing a summary of what has

taken place, as well as the votes cast by each of the members and the respective grounds, being

provided to the candidates whenever requested.

8. Approval on absolute merit:

8.1. The jury must decide on the absolute merit of the candidates, based on the merit of the global

curriculum of the candidates in the scientific area for which the tender is open and also

considering the fulfilment, cumulatively, the fulfilment of at least one of the following

requirements:

a) Consolidated knowledges in moulds and injection moulding;

b) Participation in research work or in the domain of the tender;

c) Knowledge of English

8.2. The decision of exclusion on absolute merit is notified to the candidates, by email, for the

purpose of holding the hearing of interested parties.

8.3. Once the deadline for the exercise of the right of hearing the interested parties has expired, the

jury analyses the allegations presented and, if it keeps the exclusion decision, notifies the

excluded candidates by email with delivery receipt, subsequently beginning the application of

the selection methods to the admitted candidates.

9. Method(s) and evaluation criteria: The selection method consists of a Scientific and Curricular Path Assessment (SCPA), with 90% weight on the final evaluation and an Interview (INT), with 10% weight on the final evaluation.

All candidates, approved on absolute merit, are subjected to the evaluation of the scientific and

curricular path to be carried out according to the criteria and weights defined in point [9.3. and 9.4,

if applicable]. However, only the 4 candidates approved and best positioned in the ranking resulting

from the evaluation of the scientific and curricular path will be admitted to the Interview.

9.1. The evaluation of the Scientific and Curricular Path Assessment (SCPA) focuses on the relevance,

quality and timeliness:

a) of the scientific, technological, cultural or artistic production of the last five years considered

most relevant by the candidate for the area of recruitment and applied research activities,

or based on practice, considered to have the greatest impact by the candidate for the area

of recruitment, with a minimum weight of 80%;

b) of the activities of extension and dissemination of knowledge, namely in the context of the

promotion of the cultural and scientific practices considered most relevant by the candidate,

and activities for the management of science, technology and innovation programs, or

experience in observation and monitoring of the scientific and technological system, with a

maximum weight of 20%

9.2. The five-year period mentioned in the preceding paragraph may be increased by the jury, if

requested by the candidate, and when justified on grounds of suspension of scientific activity for

socially protected reasons such as parental leave, prolonged serious illness, and other situations

of unavailability for work that are legally protected.

9.3. In the Evaluation of the Scientific and Curricular Path Assessment (SCPA): The following

parameters and evaluation criteria are considered with the respective weightings/weights:

AQ – Academic Qualifications;

STP – Scientific and Technological Production;

REMA – Research, Extension and Management Activities;

The final classification of the SCPA is obtained by the following formula:

SCPA = 0.5 AQ + 0.3 STP + 0.2 REMA.

9.4. The Interview (INT), with the duration of 15 minutes, will be classified on a numerical scale from

0 to 100 points, applying the following parameters and criteria evaluation, represented in the

formula:

INT= 0.3 ACS + 0.3 MTV + 0.4 GA,

ACS, MTV and GA correspond, respectively, to attitude and critical sense, the candidate's

motivation and global appreciation.

9.5. Candidates with an absolute merit score lower than 50 points in one of the methods, the

following method, if any, not being applied to them, as well as candidates who have not

attended, have given up on them or, although approved, have not been included in the tranches

used.

9.6. The valuation of the evaluation parameters is expressed on the numerical scale from 0 to 100

points.

9.7. The classification of each candidate is obtained by the average of the classifications of each one

of the members of the jury. In case of a draw, the Chairman of the jury will make a final decision

to untie the applicants.

10. Order of candidates: The order of the candidates must be based on the evaluation made according

to the evaluation criteria described in this notice.

10.1. After completion of the application of the evaluation criteria, the jury will draw up an orderly

list of successful candidates with their respective classification.

10.2. The final classification of the candidates is expressed in the numerical scale of 0 to 100 points;

the classification being obtained through a weighted average.

11. Participation of interested parties and decision: The final ordering is notified to the candidates, by

email with receipt of delivery of the notification, allowing them to pronounce for the purpose of

preliminary hearing of the interested parties, pursuant to article 121 and following of the Code of

Administrative Procedure, applying, with the necessary adaptations, the provisions of article 31 of

the Regulation.

11.1. After the hearing of the interested parties, the jury analyses the allegations presented and

approves the final ordering list of the successful candidates. Within 90 days, from the deadline

for submission of the applications, the final decisions of the jury are given.

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11.2. The period referred to in the previous number may be extended when the high number of

candidates and or the special complexity of the competition justifies it.

11.3. The final decision of the jury is approved by the Rector of Universidade do Minho, who also

decides on the hiring.

12. Publication of results: The list of admitted and excluded candidates, as well as the final ranking list

of the successful candidates, are published on Universidade do Minho's website, and the candidates

are notified by email with receipt of delivery of the notification.

13. The present tender is exclusively designated to fill the indicated vacancies and may be terminated up

to the homologation of the final ranking list of candidates, expiring with the respective occupation of

the jobs on offer.

14. The present announcement was approved by the jury of the tender at its meeting on 23/09/2021,

according to the approved minutes of the said meeting.

15. Non-discrimination and equal access policy: Universidade do Minho actively promotes a policy of

non-discrimination and equal access, so that no candidate may be privileged, benefited, harmed or

deprived of any right or exempt from any duty due, namely, 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 convictions and trade union membership.

15.1. Pursuant to section h) of article 9 of the Constitution of the Portuguese Republic, the Public

Administration, as an employer, actively promotes a policy of equal opportunities for men and

women in accessing employment and professional advancement, scrupulously any form of

discrimination.

The Rector, Professor Rui Vieira de Castro

ANNEX

REQUEST

To the Rector of Universidade do Minho

Name (…), birthdate (…), VAT no. (…), identification card no. (…), address (…), Postal code (…), Mobile

Phone no. (…), email address (…), holder of a degree in (…), hereby requests that you kindly accept my

application for the international competition for recruitment in the form of an uncertain term contract

under the Labour Code and the “Regulamento da Carreira, Recrutamento, Contratação e Avaliação do

Desempenho do Pessoal Investigador em Regime de Direito Privado da UMinho”, published in Diário da

República, 2nd Series, no. 209, of 27 October, of __ researcher position in the scientific area of

__________________, according to a notice published in the Diário da República no. __, 2nd series, of

__/__/__, with Ref._______.

I also declare that I agree to receive by email the communications and notifications resulting from the

present selection tender procedure.

Find attached the following documents: xxx

(Place and date)

(Signature)