International selection competition procedure for the hiring of a PhD holder under Articles 18 and 20 of Decree-Law no. 57/2016, of August 29, as amended by Law No. 57/2017, of July 19

5 Mar 2024
Job Information

Organisation/Company

FCM|NMS|UNL

Research Field

Biological sciences

Researcher Profile

Recognised Researcher (R2)

Country

Portugal

Application Deadline

18 Mar 2024 - 23:59 (Europe/Lisbon)

Type of Contract

Other

Job Status

Other

Offer Starting Date

5 Mar 2024

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

International selection competition procedure for the hiring of a PhD holder under Articles 18 and 20 of Decree-Law no. 57/2016, of August 29, as amended by Law No. 57/2017, of July 19

 

Pursuant to the provisions of article 11, paragraph 2, of Decree-Law no. 57/2016, of August 29, it becomes public that by Dean’s decree of August 21, 2023, the opening of an international selection competition procedure was authorized for the completion of a PhD holder job vacancy for the exercise of scientific research activities, under the funding HealthEConnect, financed by EISMEA - European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency, under an uncertain fixed-term employment contract, under the Labor Code, at Faculdade de Ciências Médicas|NOVA Medical School (FCM|NMS), Universidade NOVA de Lisboa (UNL).

 

1. The work as PhD holder in the scope of the project HealthEConnect, is intended to perform the following functions:

a) Participate in and manage R&D projects in the fields of Community research;

b) Co-ordination and management of the execution of research and development projects and services in the specific scientific field;

c) Science and technology dissemination activities (organization of/participation in scientific events/initiatives for the dissemination of science and technology: congresses, conferences, lectures, seminars, among others); d) Scientific-pedagogical activities (teaching).

2. General requirements of the application: Candidates may be Portuguese nationals, foreigners and stateless persons, and should holder a scientific and professional curriculum that reveals an adequate profile for the activity to be developed, with the following requirements:

a) Ph.D. in one of the scientific fields of the competition (health sciences / medicine / psychology / epidemiology / public health) and research experience in some of the following areas: public health, epidemiology, and aging.

3. Specific requirements of the application: The curriculum evaluation will take into account the following requirements:

a) Quality of the candidate's scientific and technical work, with a weighting factor of 40%;

  a.1) cientific publications: a parameter that takes into account the books, book chapters, articles in scientific journals and in the proceedings of international conferences authored or co-authored by the candidate, taking into account: their nature; impact factor and number of citations; scientific/technological level and innovation; diversity and multidisciplinarity; international collaboration; importance of the contributions to the advancement of the current state of knowledge; importance of the works selected by the candidate as the most representative, namely in terms of their contribution to the development and evolution of the scientific field for which the competition is open, with 20%;

  a.2) Coordination of and participation in scientific projects, particularly those in the scientific area in which the competition is open, with 10%;

  a.3) Recognition by the international scientific community, especially in the scientific field in which the competition is open: a parameter that takes into account: awards from scientific societies; editorial activities in scientific journals; participation in editorial boards of scientific journals; coordination and participation in program committees of scientific events; guest lectures at scientific meetings or other institutions; with 10%;

b) Community service and technology transfer, with a weighting factor of 20%:

  b.1) Provision of services and consultancy as part of the institutional mission, particularly in the scientific field, where competition is open: a parameter that takes into account participation in activities involving the business environment and the public sector, taking into account the type of participation, size, diversity, technological intensity and innovation, with 10%;

  b.2) Services to the scientific community and society, particularly in the scientific field in which the competition is open: a parameter that takes into account the participation and coordination of scientific and technological dissemination initiatives, taking into account the nature and results achieved by them, when carried out with: the scientific community, namely through the organization of congresses and conferences; the media; companies and the public sector, with 10%;

c) Professional experience and training, with a weighting factor of 20%:

  c.1) Level and suitability of the candidate's academic degrees and qualifications or professional qualifications, as well as professional experience, to perform the duties of an assistant researcher in the scientific area of the competition, namely in the parameters and/or subjects considered preferential, with 10 %;

  c.2) The candidate's demonstrated experience in preparing and monitoring applications for national and European projects on a competitive basis, with 10%;

d) Contributions to scientific guidance activities, which have been given a weighting factor of 20%:

  d.1) Supervision and guidance of students, trainees and research fellows: a parameter that takes into account the supervision of doctoral students, master's students, bachelor's students, trainees and research fellows, taking into account the number of publications, theses, dissertations and final coursework resulting therefrom, with a special emphasis on award-winning work and international recognition, with 15%;

  d.2) Teaching activity: a parameter that takes into account the curricular units that the candidate has coordinated and/or taught, taking into account diversity, pedagogical practice and the universe of students, with 5%;

4. Contracting:

The contracting is made through a fixed uncertain term work contract under the Labor Code, as a PhD holder, and is remunerated according to remuneration level 38 of the single remuneration table (TRU), pursuant to article 5 of Decree-Law no. 11-A / 2017, of December 29

5. Place of work:

The workplace is located on Faculdade de Ciências Médicas|NOVA Medical School (FCM|NMS), niversidade NOVA de Lisboa (UNL), at Campo dos Mártires da Pátria, 130, 1169 -056 Lisboa.

6. Documents that must instruct the application:

i) Motivation Letter;

ii) Detailed curriculum vitae in accordance with the application requirements;

iii) Copy of doctoral certificate or diploma. If the authorization has been conferred by foreign higher education institution must be recognized by a higher education institution Portuguese, pursuant to the provisions of Decree-Law No. 66/2018, published in the Diário da República, 1st series, no. 157, of August 16, 2018, and any formalities established therein must be complied with up to the date of effectiveness of the contract;

iv) other documents relevant to the assessment of the adequacy of the requested profile.

7. Application deadline:

The applications, duly instructed with the documents referred to in item 6 of this Notice, must be submitted within 10 working days of the day immediately following the publication of this Notice in the Diário da República and must be sent by e-mail, indicating the reference in Title to the electronic address[email protected]

Applications can be submitted in Portuguese or English.

The deadline for submitting an application is 24 hours (00:00 hours in Portugal) of the last day of the term.

Non-compliance with the established application submission deadline, as well as the formalization incorrect application, determines the exclusion of the application. The exclusion decision is communicated to the candidates by email, for the purpose of holding the hearing of those interested.

False statements made by candidates will be punished under the terms of the law.

8. Methods of selection and definition of the respective weights:

a) The curricular evaluation will be performed in a numerical scale ranging from 0 to 20 and will consider the items i) and ii) defined above ascribing the following ponderation: i) Detailed curriculum vitae (100%).

b) If deemed necessary by the jury, the top three candidates will be selected for an individual interview.

c) In this latter case, the curricular evaluation will have a weight of 90% and the interview a weight of 10%. The final classification of each individual candidate will result from the average of the evaluations provided by the jury members.

d) In case there is no interview, the final classification will be equal to the classification obtained in the curriculum evaluation.

e) In the case of a tie, it is incumbent to the president of the jury to choose the candidate.

f) In accordance with Decree-Law no. 29/2001, of February 3, candidates with disabilities are favoured when equally classified. This prevails above any other legal preference. The candidates must declare their type and degree of disability in their motivation letter, as well as the means of communication/expression to be used in the selection process.

9. In accordance with article 13 of Decree-Law no. 57/2016, of August 29, the Jury is composed as follows:

President of the Jury – Dr. Ana Maria Rodrigues, Associate Professor at Faculdade de Ciências Médicas|NOVA Medical School, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa;

1st Effective Member – Dr. Nuno Mendonça, Assistant Researcher at, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas|NOVA Medical School, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa;

2nd Effective Member – Dr. Maria João Jacinto, Executive Director Patient Innovation;

1st Substitute member – Dr. Helena Canhão, Full Professor at Faculdade de Ciências Médicas|NOVA Medical School, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa.;

2nd Substitute member – Dr. Bruno Heleno, Assistant Professor at Faculdade de Ciências Médicas|NOVA Medical School, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa. The Jury's deliberations are taken by reasoned nominal vote in accordance with the selection criteria adopted and disclosed, with no abstentions allowed.

10. Participation of the interested parties and decision:

The final ordering is notified to the candidates, by email, so that they can comment on the purpose of holding the hearing for the interested parties, pursuant to article 121 and following of the Code of Administrative Procedure. After the hearing of the interested parties, the jury assesses the allegations offered and approves the final ranking list of successful candidates. The final deliberation of the jury is approved by the M.I. Rector of UNL, who is also responsible for decide on hiring.

11. This Notice is advertised on the Bolsa de Emprego Público, at www.bep.gov.pt , on the first business day following its publication in the Diário da República, as well as on thehttps://euraxess.ec.europa .eu and on the electronic page of the Faculdade de Ciências Médicas|NOVA Medical School of the Universidade NOVA de Lisboa.

12. In all that is not expressly provided for in this Notice, the procedure is governed, in particular, by the provisions contained in Decree-Law no. 57/2016, of August 29, as amended by Law no. 57/1017, of July 19, in Regulatory decree no. 11-A / 2017, of December 29, in the Constitution of the Portuguese Republic and in the Code of Administrative Procedure. 

13. Non-discrimination and equal access policy:

Faculdade de Ciências Médicas|NOVA Medical School, an organic unit of Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, actively promotes a policy of non-discrimination and equal access, so that no candidate can be privileged, benefited, harmed or deprived of any right or exempt from any duty due, 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, language, religion, political or ideological convictions and trade union membership.

 

February 6, 2024  — The Director, Professor Helena Canhão.

Requirements

Research Field

Biological sciences

Education Level

PhD or equivalent

Additional Information
Work Location(s)

Number of offers available

1

Company/Institute

FCM|NMS|UNL

Country

Portugal

Geofield

Where to apply

E-mail

[email protected]

Contact

State/Province

Lisbon

City

Lisbon

Website

https://www.nms.unl.pt/pt-pt/NMS

Street

Campo Mártires da Pátria n.º 130

Postal Code

1169-056

STATUS: EXPIRED