Doctor Rui Manuel Costa Vieira de Castro, Professor and Rector of Universidade do Minho, in the use of his own competence, in accordance with the terms of subsection d) of section 1 of article 92 of Law no. 62/2007, from September 10th and subsection d) of section 1 of article 37 of the Statutes of Universidade do Minho, approved by Normative Order no. 15/2021, published in Diário da República, 2nd series, no. 115, of June 16th, makes it known that, for a period of 10 (ten) working days counting from the business day immediately after the date on which this notice is published, an international selection tender is open for recruitment, in the form of an uncertain term contract celebrated under the Labour Code, of 1 (one) doctoral researcher position initial level under private law, for the exercise of scientific research activities in the scientific area of Arts, subarea of Architecture, within the scope of the project Associated Laboratory for Research and Innovation in Heritage, Arts, Sustainability and Territory – IN2PAST, ref. LA/P/0132/2020, financed by the national funding by the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia – FCT I.P), with a view to with a view to the development of research and development activities in the aforementioned R&D unit Lab2PT – Landscapes, Heritage and Territory Laboratory, research group DeTech - Design and Technology, namely: to participate in the creation of research and development programs and projects; to coordinate and guide the execution of research and development projects; to develop training actions within the scope of scientific research and development activities; to monitor the research work carried out by the fellows, research interns and research assistants; to collaborate in teaching and to participate in the institution's training programs; to guide higher education students, namely undergraduate, master's and doctoral students; to execute functions to which they may be elected to or appointed in collegiate bodies of the institution to which they belong to.

1. Applicable Legislation: This tender, open by Decree of 04/09/2023, by the Rector of Universidade do Minho, is governed by the provisions of Decree Law No. 57/2016, of August 29th, amended by Law No. 57/2017 of July 19th, which approved a hiring regime of doctorates aimed at stimulating scientific and technological employment in all areas of knowledge, by the Regulation of Scientific Employment (RSE), by the Regulamento da Carreira, Recrutamento, Contratação e Avaliação do Desempenho do Pessoal Investigador em Regime de Direito Privado da UMinho (RPI-UM), amended and republished by the Normative Order no. 10353/2022, published in Diário da República, 2nd series, no. 163, of August 24th, and other applicable laws and regulations.

2. Place of Work: The work placement is located in facilities at the University of Minho.

3. Monthly salary: The salary to be attributed is 2228,11 euros, corresponding to the remuneration level 10 included in the annex 1 of the RPI-UM.

4. Eligibility Criteria: Any national, foreign and stateless candidates who hold a doctoral degree in in the field of knowledge / specialty, Architecture subarea, that shows an appropriate profile for the activities to be developed.

Opponents of this tender with qualifications obtained abroad must prove the recognition, equivalence or registration of the doctoral degree, under the terms of the applicable legislation. This formality must be completed by the signing date of the contract.

4.1. General admission requirements are those defined in point 4. For the purpose of determining the appropriate profile for the activity to be developed, the following are special requirements:

a) proven experience in the scientific subarea of this international selection tender of at least 3 (three) years;

b) CV with relevant scientific activity in the scientific subarea of Architecture, namely with regard to the development of project methodologies that value the integration of digital tools in Architecture namely: Computational Design, Digital Fabrication and Robotics, BIM, Virtual and Augmented Reality, 3D Laser Scanning, Photogrammetry, Cyber-Physical Systems and Artificial Intelligence, for the definition of more sustainable architectural and construction systems; Experience in laboratory practice and applied research in the scientific subarea; Good communication skills (oral and written) in English; Participation and coordination of research projects within the scientific subarea to which the contest refers; Ability to propose and implement scientific projects, as well as to participate and create networks of scientific work; Ability to work in transdisciplinary teams.

5. Formalization of the applications: Applications are formalized through a request addressed to the Rector of Universidade do Minho, under the terms defined in the attached template.

5.1. The application must include the following documents:

a) copy of certificate or diploma degree;

b) detailed curriculum vitae structured in accordance with point 9;

c) proof of professional experience (when applicable);

d) motivation letter;

e) copy of the 3 (three) most relevant publications;

f) other relevant documents for the evaluation of qualification in the related scientific area;

g) any other documents that the applicant considers relevant, namely for the assessment of the information referred to in paragraph 2 of article 5 of the RSE.

5.2. Candidates must submit the request and supporting documents, using digital tools, in PDF format, mandatorily, by electronic means, to the address info@lab2pt.uminho.pt, until the deadline for submission of applications established in this notice, indicating in subject “Ref. CTTI-PI-36/23-Lab2PT(1)”.

5.3. Failure to comply with the deadline for submitting the application, such as failure to submit or late submission of the application referred to in point 5 and the documents referred to in points a) to c) of point 5.1, determines the exclusion of the application. The exclusion decision is notified to the candidates, by email, for the purpose of holding the hearing of interested parties.

5.4. The jury may, whenever it finds necessary, request candidates to provide documents complementary to the facts referred to in the submitted curriculum, determining a deadline for this purpose.

5.5. False statements provided by the candidates will be punished by law.

6. Members of the Jury: The selection jury has the following composition, according to article no. 13 of the RSE and article no. 35 of the do RPI-UM:

President of the jury (by delegation): Doctor Paulo Jorge Sousa Cruz, Full Professor of the Architecture, Art and Design School of the University of Minho;

Effective Member: Doctor Bruno Acácio Ferreira de Figueiredo, Associate Professor of the Architecture, Art and Design School of the University of Minho;

Effective Member: Doctor João Paulo Cabeleira Marques Coelho, Associate Professor of the Architecture, Art and Design School of the University of Minho;

7. Rules of operation of the Jury: The jury shall deliberate by means of a nominal vote in accordance with the adopted and published selection criteria, and abstentions will not be allowed.

7.1. The jury meetings will be documented in written minutes, containing a summary of what has taken place, as well as the votes cast by each of the members and the respective grounds, being provided to the candidates whenever requested.

8. Approval on absolute merit:

8.1. The jury must decide on the absolute merit of the candidates, based on the merit of the global curriculum of the candidates in the scientific area for which the tender is open [and also considering the fulfilment, cumulatively, of at least one of the following requirements:]

a) The candidate must have a curriculum whose merit the jury members consider to have a scientific level, research capacity and developed activity, compatible with the disciplinary subarea and category for which the tender is open;

b) Proven R&D experience in the subarea of Achitecture with impact in laboratorial environment;

c) Leadership capacity and international dimension of his activity.

8.2. The decision of exclusion on absolute merit is notified to the candidates, by email, for the purpose of holding the hearing of interested parties.

8.3. Once the deadline for the exercise of the right of hearing the interested parties has expired, the jury analyses the allegations presented and, if it keeps the exclusion decision, notifies the excluded candidates by email with delivery receipt, subsequently beginning the application of the selection methods to the admitted candidates.

9. Method(s) and evaluation criteria: The selection method consists of a Scientific and Curricular Path Assessment (SCPA), weighing 90% an Interview (I), weighing 10%.

All candidates, approved on absolute merit, are subjected to the evaluation of the scientific and curricular path to be carried out according to the criteria and weights defined in point 9.3. and 9.4. However, only the 4 (four) candidates approved and best positioned in the ranking resulting from the evaluation of the scientific and curricular path will be admitted to the Interview.

9.1. The evaluation of the Scientific and Curricular Path Assessment (SCPA) focuses on the relevance, quality and timeliness:

a) of the scientific, technological, cultural or artistic production of the last five years considered most relevant by the candidate for the area of recruitment and applied research activities, or based on practice, considered to have the greatest impact by the candidate for the area of recruitment, with a minimum weight of 80%;

b) of the activities of extension and dissemination of knowledge, namely in the context of the promotion of the cultural and scientific practices considered most relevant by the candidate, and activities for the management of science, technology and innovation programs, or experience in observation and monitoring of the scientific and technological system, with a maximum weight of 20%

9.2. The five-year period mentioned in the preceding paragraph may be increased by the jury, if requested by the candidate, and when justified on grounds of suspension of scientific activity for socially protected reasons such as parental leave, prolonged serious illness, and other situations of unavailability for work that are legally protected.

9.3. In the evaluation of the Scientific and Curricular Path Assessment (SCPA) the following parameters and evaluation criteria are considered with the respective weights:

STP – Scientific and Technological Production, weighting 80% - corresponds to the evaluation of the scientific production of the last 5 (five) years obtained by the formula STP= 0,5GE + 0,2PRP + 0,3SE.

a) GE (global evaluation) corresponds to the evaluation of the quality, coherence and innovation of scientific production and publications: in the tender subarea, GE- up to 100 points; with scientific production in related areas, GE - up to 60 points; with scientific production in other areas, GE - 0 points.

b) PSP (Participation in Scientific Project), corresponds to the evaluation of the quality and quantity of scientific projects in which the candidate participated, financed on a competitive base for public funds, through national or international agencies, or financed by companies: participation in scientific projects in the subarea of the tender procedure and with the research applied to the development of prototypes or products, PSP – up to 100 points; with participation in scientific projects in related areas, PSP – up to 60 points; with participation in scientific projects in other areas, or without participation in scientific projects, PSP – 0 points.

c) SE (selective evaluation) corresponds to the qualitative evaluation of the 3 (three) publications selected by the candidate, SE - up to 100 points;

REMA – Extension and Management Activities, with a weight of 20% - corresponds to the evaluation of the extension and management activities developed in the last 5 (five) years, considering the (i) participation in services of technology transference an in (ii) activities of scientific management and dissemination of knowledge, including the organization and participation in expositions, conferences, symposiums and activities of scientific cooperation. Activities in the preferred subarea, REMA – up to 100 points; activities in related areas, REMA – up to 60 points; activities in other areas, REMA – 0 points.

The final classification of the SCPA is obtained by the following formula: SCPA = 0,8 STP + 0,2 REMA.

9.4. The Interview (INT), with the duration of 15 minutes, will be classified on a numerical scale from 0 to 100 points, applying the following parameters and criteria evaluation, represented in the formula INT= 0,30 IS+0,4DK+0,2MTV+0,1LS

a) Interpersonal skills (IS), corresponding to the demonstration of the candidate ability to communicate, interact and work effectively with other persons; IS – up to 100 points.

b) Demonstrated knowledge in the competition area (SK), evaluates the quality of the perception that the candidate has in the tender area. SK – up to 100 points.

c) Motivation (MTV), evaluates the reasons and incentives of the candidate to present himself in the tender and carry out tasks set out in the notice. MTV – up to 100 points.

d) Language skills (LS), evaluates the quality of the verbal fluency of the candidate. LS – up to 100 points.

9.5. Candidates with an absolute merit score lower than 60 points in one of the methods, the following method, not being applied to them, as well as candidates who have not attended, have given up on them or, although approved, have not been included in the tranches used.

9.6. The valuation of the evaluation parameters is expressed on the numerical scale from 0 to 100 points.

9.7. The classification of each candidate is obtained by the average of the classifications of each one of the members of the jury. In case of a draw, the Chairman of the jury will make a final decision to untie the applicants.

10. Order of candidates: The order of the candidates must be based on the evaluation made according to the evaluation criteria described in this notice.

10.1. After completion of the application of the evaluation criteria, the jury will draw up an orderly list of successful candidates with their respective classification.

10.2. The final classification of the candidates is expressed in the numerical scale of 0 to 100 points; the classification being obtained through a weighted average.

11. Participation of interested parties and decision: The final ordering is notified to the candidates, by email with receipt of delivery of the notification, allowing them to pronounce for the purpose of preliminary hearing of the interested parties, pursuant to article 121 and following of the Code of Administrative Procedure, applying, with the necessary adaptations, the provisions of article 31 of the Regulation.

11.1. After the hearing of the interested parties, the jury analyses the allegations presented and approves the final ordering list of the successful candidates. Within 90 days, from the deadline for submission of the applications, the final decisions of the jury are given.

11.2. The period referred to in the previous number may be extended when the high number of candidates and or the special complexity of the competition justifies it.

11.3. The final decision of the jury is approved by the Rector of Universidade do Minho, who also decides on the hiring.

12. Publication of results: The list of admitted and excluded candidates, as well as the final ranking list of the successful candidates, are published on Universidade do Minho's website, and the candidates are notified by email with receipt of delivery of the notification.

13. The present tender is exclusively designated to fill the indicated vacancies and may be terminated up to the homologation of the final ranking list of candidates, expiring with the respective occupation of the jobs on offer.

14. The present announcement was approved by the jury of the tender at its meeting on 12/10/2023, according to the approved minutes of the said meeting.

15. Non-discrimination and equal access policy: Universidade do Minho actively promotes a policy of non-discrimination and equal access, so that no candidate may be privileged, benefited, harmed or deprived of any right or exempt from any duty due, namely, to ancestry, age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, family status, economic situation, education, social origin or condition, genetic heritage, reduced working capacity, disability, chronic illness, nationality, ethnic origin or race, territory of origin, language, religion, political or ideological convictions and trade union membership.

15.1. Pursuant to section h) of article 9 of the Constitution of the Portuguese Republic, the Public Administration, as an employer, actively promotes a policy of equal opportunities for men and women in accessing employment and professional advancement, scrupulously any form of discrimination.

The Rector, Professor Rui Vieira de Castro

ANNEX

REQUEST

To the Rector of Universidade do Minho

Name (…), birthdate (…), VAT no. (…), identification card no. (…), address (…), Postal code (…), Mobile Phone no. (…), email address (…), holder of a degree in (…), hereby requests that you kindly accept my application for the international competition for recruitment in the form of an uncertain term contract under the Labour Code and Decree-Law no. 57/2016 of August 29th, as amended by Law no. 57/2017, of July 19th and the “Regulamento da Carreira, Recrutamento, Contratação e Avaliação do Desempenho do Pessoal Investigador em Regime de Direito Privado da UMinho”, amended and republished by the Normative Order no. 10353/2022, published in Diário da República, 2nd Series, no. 163, of August 24th, of 1 (one) doctoral positions initial level under private law, for the exercise of scientific research activities in the scientific area of Arts, subarea of Architecture, according to a notice published in the Diário da República no. __, 2nd series, of __/__/__, with ref._______.

I also declare that I agree to receive by email the communications and notifications resulting from the present selection tender procedure.

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