Senior assistant – scientific field of biotechnical sciences, area of agriculture

Requirements: Completed postgraduate university study and obtained academic degree of doctor of science (PhD) in the field of biotechnical sciences, area of agriculture, or in the interdisciplinary scientific field with agriculture as one of the scientific areas. The candidate must also fulfil the requirements of the Croatian Science Foundation for the employment of senior assistants available at the following link https://hrzz.hr/wp-content/uploads/Upute_Zaposljavanje-asistenata-i-visih-asistenata-na-HRZZ-projekte2023.pdf.

Advantage will be given to highly motivated candidates with main authorship of at least one Q1 scientific paper, according to Journal Citation Reports (JCR), published in a journal indexed in the Web of Science (WoS) database, several years of experience in laboratory work, good knowledge of working on ICP-MS instrument and/or LC-MS instrument, experience in conducting field experiments, good knowledge of statistical analysis, good knowledge of spoken and written English and category B driver's license.

The following documents should be attached to the application: motivation letter, curriculum vitae, proof of completed master degree or equivalent, proof of completed postgraduate university study and obtained the academic PhD title in the appropriate scientific field and area, a summary of scientific and professional activities with a list of papers, and a proof of possession of a category B driver's license.

Vacation days

Maternity leave

A candidate who has obtained a higher education qualification abroad (outside Croatia) must, together with the application for a scientific position, attach an Opinion on the evaluation of a foreign higher education qualification issued by the Agency for Science and Higher Education or a Certificate about the initiation of the evaluation procedure of a foreign higher education qualification issued by the Agency for Science and Higher Education.

A complete application is considered to be the one that is signed by hand and contains all the information and attachments listed in the public tender.

A person who has not submitted a timely or complete application or does not meet the formal requirements of the public tender is not considered a candidate in the public tender procedure.

By submitting the application to the tender, tender candidates expressly agree that the Institute of Agriculture and Tourism, as the manager of the collection of personal data, can collect, use and further process data for the purpose of implementing the tender procedure in accordance with the regulations governing the protection of personal data.

Candidates who, on the basis of special regulations, have advantage in employment, are obliged to refer to that right in their application and to attach all the evidence that special regulations prescribe for exercising that right. Preference in employment according to the tender in question will be achieved in relation to other candidates only under equal conditions, established by this tender.

Candidates who, on the basis of Article 102 of the Act on Croatian Veterans of the Homeland War and their Family Members (Official Gazette 121/17, 98/19, 84/21, 156/23), have the right to priority in employment, must refer to the that right and submit all the evidence for exercising this right, and have priority over other candidates only under equal conditions. Evidence of priority rights in employment in accordance with the Act on Croatian Veterans of the Homeland War and their Family Members are listed on the following website:

https://branitelji.gov.hr/userdocsimages/ng/12%20prosinac/zapo%C5%A1ljavanje/popis%20dokaza%20za%20ostvarivanje%20prava%20pri%20zapo%C5%A0ljavanju.pdf

Candidates who refer to priority rights in employment in accordance with Article 9 of the Act on Professional Rehabilitation and Employment of Persons with Disabilities (Official Gazette 157/13, 152/14, 39/18, 32/20), together with the evidence of meeting the required conditions, must also provide evidence of the established status of a disabled person.

The selected candidate will be invited to submit the originals of other evidence for fulfilling the formal conditions from the public tender within a reasonable period of time, with a warning that failure to submit the required documents is considered a withdrawal from the employment relationship.

The expert committee for the implementation of the public job tender is appointed by the Scientific Council of the Institute of Agriculture and Tourism. If necessary, knowledge and skills will be checked by written and/or oral testing, interview and/or conversation, and the content and method of testing, interview and/or conversation and resources for candidate preparation, place and time will be announced on the Institute’s website: www.iptpo.hr. Candidates who do not attend the knowledge and skills test, interview and/or conversation will be considered to have withdrawn their application from this job tender and will not be considered candidates for the tender. The time and place of the test will be announced at least five (5) days before the day set for the test on the website of the Institute of Agriculture and Tourism: www.iptpo.hr.

If no persons who meet the basic prescribed conditions apply for the public tender, or if the registered candidates do not pass the test, the head of the Institute will suspend the procedure for this tender.

The Institute reserves the right, in part or in full, to cancel the tender and reserves the right not to decide on the selection of candidates without a special explanation.

Delivery of the decision to all candidates is considered to be completed at the end of the eighth day from the publication on the website of the Institute of Agriculture and Tourism: www.iptpo.hr.

Persons of both genders have the right to apply for the tender under equal conditions.

Incomplete and untimely applications will not be considered.

Unselected candidates can appeal the decision on the selection of another candidate to the head of the Institute.

The deadline for submitting tender applications is 30 days from the date of the publication in the Official Gazette.

Applications for the tender and evidence of fulfilment of the criteria and conditions must be submitted in electronic form to e-mail milica@iptpo.hr with the indication "Application to the tender for the position of senior assistant - project IP-2022-10-8305 „Protein hydrolysates as Green tools in Sustainable olive production - PROGRESS“.

Candidates will be notified about the results of the tender via the Institute's website www.iptpo.hr.

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