Assistant Professor Coimbra

Assistant Professor
Coimbra
Coimbra, Coimbra District, Portugal

Organisation/Company: Universidade de Coimbra

Department: SGRH - DRGC

Research Field: Psychological sciences » Other

Researcher Profile: Recognised Researcher (R2)

Positions: Ph
D Positions

Country: Portugal

Application Deadline: 7 Apr 2025 - 00:00 (Europe/Lisbon)

Type of Contract: Permanent

Job Status: Full-time

Hours Per Week: 35

Offer Starting Date: 25 Feb 2025

Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Other EU programme

Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No

Offer Description

PUBLIC NOTICE

An international tender for 1 position of teaching career statute in the category of Assistant Professor in the field of Psychology, subfield of Pediatric Psychology, is hereby open for 30 working days following the publication of the present notice in Diário da República [Official Journal of the Portuguese Republic]. The stated position will be held under a public service employment contract of unspecified duration at the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences at the University of Coimbra.

This international tender shall be conducted pursuant to the Estatuto da Carreira Docente Universitária [University Teaching Career Statute] in its latest version, hereinafter referred to as ECDU, and the Regulamento de Recrutamento e Contratação de Pessoal Docente da Universidade de Coimbra [Regulation on the Recruitment and Hiring of Teaching Staff of the University of Coimbra] hereinafter referred to as RRCPDUC, Regulation Nr. 330/2016, of 29 March, as well as further applicable legislation.

I – Reference and Place of Work:

I. 1. Public tender reference: IT136-24-14929.

I. 2. Place of work: University of Coimbra, Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences.

II – Admission Requirements:

II. 1. Applicants shall be at least 18 years old, not be inhibited to holding a job in the public sector, nor forbidden to perform the intended position; applicants shall also be in good health and possess the psychological profile required for the job and shall meet the compulsory vaccination requirements.

II. 2. To be, on the date of the deadline for submitting applications, holder of a doctorate degree, in the area or in any of the disciplinary areas for which the tender is open, or in a related area that, complemented with the scientific path, shows the ability to work centrally the tender is open.

III – Application

III. 1. Submission: Candidates must access and register on the electronic platform apply. uc. pt, to submit the application, selecting the procedure to which they intend to apply.

The documents included in the application are exclusively in digital portable document format (pdf), with the exception of the documents referred in III. 2. 4. and III. 2. 6. , which can be delivered in other digital formats.

III. 2. Mandatory documents:

1. Curriculum Vitae duly dated and signed, in Portuguese or English language. Personal data, worthy of protection under the General Data Protection Regulation, must appear on a separate page from the rest of the information in the Curriculum Vitae.
2. Career Development plan up to 10 pages, concerning the research lines in the scientific field and subfield for which this tender is open.
3. Copy of qualification certificates.
4. Document identifying the 5 scientific results or activities that they consider to represent their most significant contributions.
5. Separate copy of the documents proving the contributions.
6. Copy of other works that the candidate considers relevant.
7. Any other elements that the candidate considers relevant.

IV – Selection methods and criteria

IV. 1. Selection Methods: CV Assessment (50%) + Public Hearing (50%) + Approval on Absolute Merit (qualification criterion).

IV. 2. Selection criteria for both CV Assessment and Public Hearing are scientific performance and pedagogical skills of the candidates.

IV. 3. Each member of the jury assigns, in each of the selection methods, a score in accordance with what is defined above.

V – Selection Process

V. 1. Preliminary meeting: The jury decides on the admission of applications and whether or not to hold a Public Hearing.

V. 2. Assessment meeting and final ranking of the candidates.

VI – Ranking and voting methods:

VI. 1. After the debate on the candidates, each member of the Selection Committee will present a written document with their individual ranking proposal.

VII — Notification of candidates

All acts of the procedure are published on the Apply UC electronic platform during the course of the procedure.

Chairman: Maria Paula Barbas de Albuquerque Paixão, Associate Professor and Director of the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences of the University of Coimbra.

The University of Coimbra promotes a policy of equal opportunities between men and women in access to employment and professional development.