1. The Associação BIOPOLIS is opening an international call for PhD holder, under a work contract for a non-fixed term, following the rules of the Labour Code. This announcement is intended to one research position as Junior Researcher (refª BIOPOLIS 2023-05) to pursue scientific research activities in the project BIOPOLIS – Enhancing the transference of scientific and technological knowledge through a new Center of Excellence in Environmental Biology, Ecosystems and AgroBiodiversity (NORTE-01-0246-FEDER-000063), co-funded by programme NORTE2020 through the programme Portugal 2020 and FEDER Funds).

2. Applicable Legislation

Decree-Law no. 57/2016 of August 29th, amended by Law 57/2017 and Regulatory Decree No. 11- A / 2017 which approved the doctorate hiring regime destined to stimulate scientific and technological employment for all knowledge areas (RJEC); Portuguese Labour Code, approved by Law 7/2009 of February 12, in its actual form.

3. Pursuant to article 13 of RJEC, the tender selection panel is formed by: Pedro Beja (President of the Jury, Vice-President of Biopolis), Joana Abrantes (Research Associate at CIBIO-InBIO. Auxiliary Professor at University of Porto), and Paulo Célio Alves (Associated Professor at University of Porto).

4. The workplace shall be at Associação BIOPOLIS/CIBIO – Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Rua Padre Armando Quintas nº7 | 4485-661 Vairão, PORTUGAL. Visits to other collaborating labs may take place.

5. Monthly remuneration to be paid is that set by subheading a) nr.1 article 15 of RJEC and article nr 2 of the Regulatory Decree nr. 11-A/2017, corresponding to level 33 of the Tabela Remuneratória Única, approved by Order no. 1553-C/2008 of December 31st, i.e. 2206,05 Euros.

6. The application can be submitted by any national, foreign and stateless candidate(s) holding a doctorate degree in Biology or related areas and a scientific and professional curriculum whose profile is suited for the activity described below (item 7). In case the doctorate degree was awarded by a foreign higher education institution, it must comply with the provisions of Decree-Law no. 66/2018 of 16 October, and all formalities established therein must be complied with at the signature of work contract.

7. The tender admission general requirements are those defined in the previous point 6, and additional specific requirements are:

a) Experience in conducting evolutionary studies in immune system genes;

c) Competence in analysis of genetic data;

d) Having published scientific publications in comparative immunology;

The candidate should be able to work well within a team and have excellent English and communication skills. Furthermore, it is expected that the candidate possesses strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.

8. Pursuant to article 5 of RJEC, the selection is to be made based on the evaluation of the scientific and curricular career of the candidate.

9. Scientific and curricular career evaluation focuses on relevance, quality and up-to-datedness:

a) of scientific production in the last five years, considered most relevant by the candidate;

b) of experience in the project management as Principal Investigator

c) of experience in supervision of master students

10. The five-year period mentioned above can be extended by the panel, if requested by the candidate, whenever the suspension of scientific activities is reasoned by socially protected grounds like paternity leave, long-term serious illness, and other legal situations of unavailability to work.

11. Evaluation criteria are the following:

The evaluation of the CV of the candidates, in particular the scientific merit and research experience will take into consideration the elements presented for the last five years of activity falling within the scope of immunology and evolution field and will be performed according to the following criteria:

11.1 Integrated assessment of the curriculum trajectory of the candidate, based on an overview of their scientific merits, namely:

I. Overall scientific coherence of the CV – 15%;

II. Diversity of scientific indicators, including relevant published peer-reviewed articles falling within the immunology and evolution field- 50%;

III. Participation in research projects - 20%

11.2 Relevant experience in:

I. Competence in genetic data analysis – 15%.

12. In the case of admitted candidates whose evaluation does not differ more than 10% from that obtained by the best positioned candidate, the jury will interview these candidates. This will be aimed at obtaining clarifications and explanations about the curricular elements and additional information as well as to evaluate the attitude profile and motivation of the candidate.

The final score of each jury member is obtained by the following assessment: 90% scientific and curricular career evaluation and 10% interview.

13. Candidate final classification system shall be given based on a scale 0 to 100.

14. The panel shall deliberate by means of roll-call vote justified under adopted and disclosed selection criteria, with no abstentions allowed.

15. Minutes of panel meetings shall be executed and include a summary of all occurrences of said meeting, as well as of all votes casted by the members and respective reasoning, and shall be provided to candidates whenever required.

16. After selection criteria application, the panel shall prepare a sorted list of approved candidates and respective classification.

17. Panel’s final decision shall be validated by the leader of the institution, who is also in charge of deciding about the hiring.

18. Application formalization:

18.1. The applications are formalized at the electronic address https://www.cibio.pt with following documents in a digital form, in PDF format:

i) Curriculum vitae