Open Research Fellow Position for a Master Student_BI_CIES_LIM_2023

Admission Requirements: Candidates must hold a bachelor’s degree in Sociology and be enrolled in a Master's programme in Sociology (Article 6 of FCT Regulation for Research Fellowships -Reg. nr. 950/2019). Academic degrees obtained in foreign countries shall be registered by a Portuguese institution, according to the Decree-Law nr. 66/2018, of August, 16th, and the Ordinance nr. 33/2019, of January, 25th. It is mandatory to present the certificate to sign the contract. More information is available on: https://www.dges.gov.pt/pt/pagina/reconhecimento?plid=374

Preferential Factors:

a. Experience in quantitative and qualitative methodologies (constructing questionnaires and interview scripts, analysing quantitative and qualitative data);

b. Knowledge of qualitative data analysis applications, particularly MaxQDA;

c. Knowledge of spoken and written English.

Monthly maintenance allowance: According to the values for Research Fellowships awarded by FCT in Portugal (https://www.fct.pt/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Tabela-de-Valores-SMM_202…). the amount of the monthly maintenance allowance is 930,98€ + Voluntary Social Security Insurance (SSV). The payment will be made monthly by Bank Transfer.

Selection methods: The selection process will be developed based on the curriculum evaluation. If several candidates demonstrate that they have the profile suited for carrying out the workplan, the jury reserves the right to call the three best rated candidates on the curriculum evaluation for an interview that will have a weight of 20% in the final grade. If the jury deems it unnecessary to conduct an interview, the curriculum evaluation will have a final weighting of 100%.

The evaluation and ranking criteria are as follows:

a) academic path (30%);

b) research experience (40%;

c) experience demonstrated in the items indicated in the preferred factors (30%).

The curriculum evaluation of candidates will proceed in compliance with the criteria indicated, on an entire scale between 0 and 100.

The jury reserves the right to:

a) invite the best-scoring candidate for the position in question, following the order established in the final ranking list, whenever the selected candidate does not meet the requirements for formalizing the contract or in case of unavailability,

b) not award the fellowship if none of the candidates matches the desired profile.

Composition of the selection Jury: President: Nuno de Almeida Alves (CIES-Iscte/Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa); Other members: Doutor Luís Junqueira (CIES-Iscte/Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa) and Maria Teresa Patrício (CIESIscte/Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa).

Application deadline and form of submission:

The call for applications is open from 13 November to 24 November 2023. Applications must be formalised on the Iscte recruitment portal (https://recrutamento.iscte-iul.pt/jobs) by submitting the following documents:

i) Detailed curriculum vitae.

ii) Copy of the degree qualification certificate with the grades of the curricular units listed.

iii) Proof of enrolment in a cycle of studies leading to a master's degree or, alternatively, a declaration on honour that you will be able to present this document on the date the contract is signed.

iv) Other supporting documents deemed relevant, including letter(s) of recommendation.

Applications sent by other means will not be considered.