OPENING OF ACADEMIC POSITIONS – TENURE-ELIGIBLE LECTURERS AND ASSOCIATE PROFESSORS

Generalitat of Catalonia; Madrid; Presencial; EUR 38.000 - 43.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Un programa innovador está ofreciendo posiciones como profesor elegible para tenure y profesor asociado en universidades públicas de Cataluña. Los candidatos seleccionados tendrán la oportunidad de contribuir a la investigación en diversas disciplinas, desde ciencias hasta ingeniería. Se espera que los nuevos profesores colaboren con grupos establecidos y desarrollen nuevas líneas de investigación, además de cumplir con sus obligaciones docentes. Este es un momento emocionante para unirse a un entorno académico dinámico y contribuir al avance del conocimiento en su campo. Con un contrato a tiempo completo y beneficios atractivos, esta es una oportunidad que no querrás perderte.

Servicios

Beneficios de salud

Beneficios de jubilación

Beneficios de desempleo

Financiación para investigación

Formación

• Se requiere un PhD y experiencia internacional de 1 año.
• Excelentes antecedentes en publicaciones y proyectos de investigación.

Responsabilidades

• Desarrollar nuevas líneas de investigación y colaborar con grupos existentes.
• Cumplir con las obligaciones docentes establecidas.

Conocimientos

Experiencia internacional

Experiencia docente

Publicaciones en revistas académicas

Participación en proyectos de investigación competitivos

Educación

PhD

Descripción del empleo

The Serra Húnter Programme (SHP) is offering 16 positions as tenure-eligible lecturer and 4 positions as associate professor at the public universities of Catalonia (Spain). Positions are available in different fields of study within sciences, life sciences, medical and health sciences, social sciences, and engineering and architecture. Successful candidates will be hired by the university offering the position and are expected to cooperate with existing groups and/or develop new lines of research, complementary to those already in place. Please note that these positions also entail teaching obligations.

Qualifications

In order to participate, candidates must hold a PhD, prove international experience for 1 year, have teaching experience, and an excellent research record. They are expected to have an excellent record of publications in good venues in their fields, have had international exposure, and have participated in competitive research projects. For associate professors, they also have to accredit at least 9 months of postdoctoral experience in a different university from the one of the doctoral studies.

Before submitting an application, please check here the academic requirements that candidates need to meet.

Benefits

For tenure-eligible lecturers, a fixed-term full-time contract is offered for a period of up to six years. At the end of the contract, the university undertakes a process to open a permanent position as associate professor provided that the candidate passes a positive evaluation. For associate professors, a full-time permanent contract is offered.

The annual starting salary is currently 38.304,49 euros for a lecturer and 42.267,40 euros for an associate professor, before taxes. At the end of their academic career, lecturers may also receive salary supplements for teaching and research merits. Newly hired lecturers will receive a 5.000 euros funding for their research at the start of their contract and 5.000 euros of additional funding after 3 years of contract.

At the end of their academic career, associate professors can have doubled their starting salary if they receive positive assessments in teaching and research merit evaluations. In addition to salary, contracts include health, retirement, and unemployment benefits.

Selection Process

The selection process has two steps. The first step, international call allows applicants to express their interest for the offers, to check if they can accredit one year of international academic experience, and for associate professors to apply for the accreditation required for permanent contracts. The second step, competition at the university, is the actual recruitment competition process, handled by the university in accordance with its own rules. Please find further details about the process here.

Available Positions

Tenure-eligible lecturer:

• Available positions in Sciences: Analytical chemistry
• Crystallography and mineralogy
• Mathematical analysis
• Available positions in Life Sciences: Genetics
• Microbiology
• Soil science
• Available positions in Medical and Health Sciences: Animal health
• Available positions in Social Sciences: Applied economics
• Audiovisual communication
• Constitutional Law
• Geographic and regional analysis
• Available positions in Engineering and Architecture: Food Technology
• Materials science and metallurgical engineering
• Computer science and artificial intelligence (2)

Associate professor:

• Available positions in Social Sciences: Mass communication
• Tourism
• Quantitative methods for economics and business
• Evolutionary and educational psychology

The call for applications will be open from April 7th until April 28th 2025.

Please check our website for further information on how to submit an application and a detailed list of available positions (section First Call for applications 2025): any questions, please contact us and indicate the offer you are interested in.