Organisation/Company: Universidade de Coimbra
Department: SGRH - DRGC
Research Field: Psychological sciences » Other
Researcher Profile: Recognised Researcher (R2)
Positions: PhD 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
I publicly announce that, by my order issued at the date of signature of this notice, an international tender for 1 position of teaching career statute in the category of Assistant Professor in the field of Psychology, sub-areas of Clinical Neuropsychology, Neuropsychological Rehabilitation and Psychogerontology, 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: IT136-24-1492.
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 from 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 to in III.2.4. and III.2.6., which can be delivered in other digital formats.
The application submission is carried out by completing the sections available on the Apply UC electronic platform, under “My application”.
If any of the works/papers submitted contains classified information, revealing trade or industrial secrets or literary, artistic or scientific property secrets, candidates must select that option, available on the platform for each document; otherwise, those works/papers can be freely accessed by any of the other applicants when consulting the tender records.
Candidates can highlight in their CV periods of suspension of professional activity for socially protected reasons, namely, for reasons of parental leave, prolonged serious illness, and other legally protected situations of unavailability for work, always attaching supporting documents, and the jury must ensure that their evaluative judgment is not influenced by these pauses.
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 for which this tender is open and which the candidate intends to develop at the University of Coimbra.
3. Copy of qualification certificates. Opponents of the tender who are selected for the position(s) to be filled and hold a doctoral degree obtained abroad must present recognition or registration (as applicable) of their degree at the time of signing the contract.
4. Document in which the candidate identifies the 5 scientific results or activities that they consider to represent their most significant contributions to the advancement of knowledge in the disciplinary area and sub-areas the tender is open to.
5. Separate copy of the documents proving the contributions referred to in the previous point (one PDF file per document).
6. Copy of other works that the candidate considers relevant.
7. Any other elements that the candidate considers relevant.
III.3. All application documents above indicated in III.2. shall be submitted in Portuguese or English, exception made to those mentioned in III.2.6. and III.2.7., which may be submitted in a different language.
Applicants who are non-native speakers of Portuguese or English shall attest their proficiency at level C1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) in, at least, one of those languages.
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, as well as other activities deemed relevant with regard to the mission of a global university.
The final classification that each member of the jury assigns to each candidate is the weighted average of the overall classification given in each of the selection methods (Curriculum Assessment and Public Hearing).
Candidates are then subject to approval on Absolute Merit and subsequent ordination under the terms of this Public Notice.
Hired candidates that do not master Portuguese and English will be required to learn the language up to CEFR level C1, which allows them to teach in Portuguese and in English, in order to maintain their contract after the probationary period.
V – Selection Process
V.1. Preliminary meeting: In the first meeting, the jury decides on the admission of applications and on whether or not to hold a Public Hearing.
V.2. Assessment meeting and final ranking of the candidates: The Selection Committee proceeds to apply the selection criteria, followed by the candidates’ ranking and the drafting of the final deliberation.
V.3. Candidates will be notified regarding the approval decision under the terms of this Public Notice.
VII — Notification of candidates
All acts of the procedure are published on the Apply UC electronic platform during the course of the procedure.
This Public Notice will be published in Portuguese in Diário da República, 2nd Series, and on the website Bolsa de Emprego Público (Governmental Public Employment Portal), as well as in both Portuguese and English at Apply UC (apply.uc.pt) and on the EURAXESS Portugal Portal.
Pursuant to subparagraph h) of Article 9 of the Portuguese Constitution, the University of Coimbra, as employer, actively promotes a policy of equal opportunities between men and women in access to employment and professional development.
The University of Coimbra also promotes measures to facilitate work-life balance, recognizing the efforts of workers and promoting motivation.
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