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Assistant Research Professor

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Organization Name: Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal)
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Apply email: Not Specified
Start Date: 05 Oct 2022, 06:02 am
Closing Date: 30 Oct 2022, 12:00 am

The Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) is a cutting-edge institute addressing global public health challenges through research, translation into policy and education. ISGlobal has a broad portfolio in communicable and non-communicable diseases including environmental and climate determinants, and applies a multidisciplinary scientific approach ranging from the molecular to the population level. Research is organized in the following main areas, Malaria and other Infectious Diseases, Maternal, Child and reproductive Health, Urban Health, Childhood and environment, Climate & Non-Communicable Diseases. ISGlobal is accredited with the Severo Ochoa distinction, a seal of excellence of the Spanish Science Ministry.

Venue: Barcelona

Who can apply

• Candidates must have been awarded a PhD degree minimum 5 years prior to time of this call closing deadline, 4 years in the case of MDs. Should an applicant hold more than one doctoral degree, this period will be counted from the first degree granted.
• Candidates must have the support of an ISGlobal senior faculty researcher (Research Professor or Associate Research Professor).
• This call is open to all candidates who are not holding a permanent position within the Spanish National research system and have at least 3 years experience at an Assistant Research Professorship like position (between an R2 Recognized Researcher and an R3 Established Researcher in the European framework for research careers).

Conditions

• Assistant Research Professor Tenure Track full time, open-ended contract
• Gross annual salary within the following range 35.253 – 44.867 €
• Stimulating multidisciplinary environment
• Broad training offer adapted to the different profiles
• Measures to reconcile work and family life: flexible schedule working hours, teleworking possibilities, 23 working days of paid holidays, 13 leave days for personal matters, among others.
• The successful candidate will be periodically evaluated (at least every 5 years) by external international experts, according to ISGlobal’s Tenure track researcher’s evaluation and promotion policy
• Technical support for grant application and management will be provided, as well as limited administrative support.

How to Apply:

Applicants must fill in the request form (https://www.isglobal.org/es/job-opportunities-form) and include the following code reference position: ARP_Retaining_Sep22, attach a CV according to this template (Annex 1) (https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/18P30UG3ZIneqAeIOOK4ghFmlZnPDx20X?usp=sharing) and a support letter from an ISGlobal senior faculty researcher (Research Professor or Associate Research Professor).

The receipt of applications will be open until 25/10/2022.

Applications will be accepted until 17.00 CEST of the closing date.

Only the applications submitted through the request form will be considered. If you have any question, please, contact with job@isglobal.org.

Selection criteria and procedure

The evaluation of candidates will be based on criteria of excellence in research scholarship, leadership and service and conducted by a gender balanced panel of external international experts as well as internal evaluators without conflict of interest, in a two-step evaluation process:

a. Scoring of the CVs by the evaluation panel
b. Face-to-face presentation and interview for the top scored three candidates by the evaluation panel, who will provide a prioritized list of candidates.

In order to promote gender balance, if no female candidate is selected for interview, the position will be re-advertised.

All candidates will be informed on the outcome of the call.