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[Ernesto Costa]

UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA

FACULTY OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY



JOB OFFER



  TWO VACANCIES FOR INVITED ASSISTANT PROFESSORS AT THE DEPARTMENT OF  
INFORMATICS ENGINEERING OF THE FACULTY OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY



According to the first clause of the article 15 of the Regulation of  
the Portuguese Higher Education Teaching Career, the Department of  
Informatics Engineering of the Faculty of Sciences and Technology of  
the University of Coimbra intends to celebrate a non-tenure track  
full-time work contract with two Portuguese or foreign individuals  
with acknowledged excellence proven by a high quality scientific work  
and curriculum, and also with a renowned competent performance in a  
professional activity suitable for a job as invited assistant professor.

The applicants must have a PhD in Informatics engineering or another  
area considered as equivalent by the scientific council of the  
Faculty of Sciences and Technology. The degree must be acknowledged  
in Portugal. Applicants should also possess (the potential for) an  
excellent curriculum in the fields of teaching and research and be  
strongly willing to participate in the Department’s duty activities.  
Fluency in Portuguese and/or English is mandatory.



The criteria used to formalize the invitation are the following:



·       Curricular analysis, with particular emphasis on scientific  
work, teaching experience and compatibility with the Department’s  
activities.
·       Analysis of the applicant’s motivation and his/her potential  
contribution to the setting of the Department as an internationally  
renowned school, bearing in mind the following: a motivation letter,  
where the applicant will describe his/her future work; the opinion of  
the mentioned references.
·       Analysis of social competences- specifically teaching  
capacity, team work and demand levels -based on an interview,  
curriculum vitae and other documents.


Thus, the Department of Department of Informatics Engineering of the  
Faculty of Sciences and Technology of the University of Coimbra  
invites all national or foreign individuals who gather the  
requirements mentioned above to address an application to the  
President of the Scientific Council of the Department of Informatics  
Engineering of The Faculty of Sciences and Technology of the  
University of Coimbra, Polo II, Pinhal de Marrocos, 3030-290 Coimbra,  
within 15 days of the issue of this announcement, referring to their  
personal data: full name, address and phone number including also the  
following:



Complete Curriculum Vitae, including the list of publications;
Copy of the five most relevant publications;
A motivation letter where the applicant will describe the reasons for  
his/her application, as well as his/her current research activity,  
research plans for the future and teaching experience;
Indication of two references.


An 18-month full-time work contract will be celebrated with the  
invited individuals, to start in February 2007. The contract may be  
extended up to a period of 5 years in the category of invited  
assistant professor of the Faculty of Sciences and Technology of the  
University of Coimbra. The salary will be paid according to the  
amount set by law for Portuguese higher education teaching staff.  
There may be an additional extension of the contracts beyond the  
predicted 5 years according to the institution needs and financial  
means. The possible extension of the contract with foreign  
individuals implies that the applicant will have acquired competences  
in the Portuguese language in the areas of reading, writing and  
speaking.



The received applications will be analysed in the terms of the 2nd  
clause of article 15 of the Regulation of the Higher Education  
Teaching Career and will be approved by the Scientific Council, under  
the proposal of the Scientific Commission of the Department of  
Informatics Engineering of the Faculty of Sciences and Technology.  
The formal Invitations will be addressed to the chosen applicants  
until February 2007.



Faculty of Sciences and Technology of the University of Coimbra,

27th December 2006



The President of the Scientific Council,



Professor João Gabriel Monteiro Carvalho e Silva