Postdoctoral researcher on the project “Cytomegalovirus latency in the central nervous system” at the Center for Proteomics

Required qualifications and other conditions:

• in accordance with the provisions of the Science and Higher Education Act of the Republic of Croatia and general acts of the University of Rijeka and Faculty of Medicine on selection of candidates for scientific-teaching, teaching and associate positions
• possession of a doctoral degree in the field of natural sciences (molecular biology or biochemistry), biomedicine and health (medicine, veterinary medicine) or biotechnology (molecular biotechnology) or interdisciplinary field of science (biotechnology in biomedicine)
• fluency in English language

• advanced IT skills

Additional criteria:

• previous recognition and awards for excellence in research
• participation in scientific research, publications, presentations at scientific conferences

The vacancy is open to male and female applicants (Article 13, paragraph 2 of the Act on Gender Equality, OG 82/08, 69/17).

By applying to the Call for applications, the applicant consents that all their personal data from the documentation are collected and processed for the purpose of conducting the Call for applications in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation.

Applicants who exercise the right to priority in employment under the Act on Croatian Homeland War Veterans and Members of Their Families (list of evidence for exercising the right to priority in employment – ZOHBDR 2021.pdf (gov.hr)), the Act on Civilian Homeland War Victims (list of evidence for exercising the right to priority in employment – the Act on Civilian Homeland War Victims.pdf (gov.hr)), are obligated to submit evidence of compliance with these conditions.

Before making a decision, the Faculty reserves the right to invite for testing and/or interview the candidates who submitted within the stipulated deadline their application and all the necessary documents and who meet the formal requirements of the Call for applications. Candidates will be notified in time about the testing and/or interview. If the candidate does not show up for testing and/or interview, it will be considered they have withdrawn their application. The Faculty reserves the right not to select any candidate.

Applicants who are not native Croatian language speakers must provide evidence of Croatian language proficiency (B2 level) according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. Foreign national applicants are required to formally acknowledge the validity of their foreign education qualification.

The application deadline is 30 days after the publication of the Call for applications in the Official Gazette.