OPENING OF INTERNATIONAL TENDER PROCEDURE FOR HIRING THE
TECHNICIAN RESEARCHER WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE PROJECT“BIOECONOMIA AZUL - VERTICAL ALGAS”, DESIGNATED BY “Pacto daBioeconomia azul”
1. Within the powers delegated by the Board of Trustees of the Calouste Gulbenkian
Foundation, the Trustee in charge of the Department of the Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência
authorized opening of an international Tender for the technician researcher to carry out scientificresearch activities at the Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (IGC) facilities, in Oeiras, Portugal,
under an undefined employment contract, with a view to filling a vacancy within the scope of theproject “BIOECONOMIA AZUL - VERTICAL ALGAS”, with the title “Pacto da Bioeconomiaazul”, funding under Aviso Convite n.º 02/C05-i01/2022 referente ao desenvolvimento de projetosno âmbito das Agendas Mobilizadoras para a Inovação Empresarial, enquadrado e financiadono âmbito da componente n.º 5 - Capitalização e Inovação Empresarial do Plano de Recuperaçãoe Resiliência de Portugal.
We are seeking for a talented and motivated candidate to join our team. The technician will beasked to perform all the routine work of a histopathology laboratory in the technical area,including histological preparations from three main techniques:microtomy, vibrotomy and cryotomy; execution of immunohistochemistry protocols including
antibody validation, and performance of advanced molecular techniques such as spatialtranscriptomic.
Scientific Area: Biology.
2.
Applicable legislation: Decree-Law No. 57/2016, of 29 August, which approves theLegal Regime for Scientific Employment, in the wording given to it by Law No. 57/2017, of 19July, by Regulatory Decree No. 11-A/2017, of December 29 and by the Labor Code approved byLaw 7/2009, of February 12, with the changes introduced by Law 93/2019, of September 4, andother complementary legislation.
3.

The tender selection panel will be as follows: President: Dr. Ricardo Leite; Members: Dr.
Pedro Faísca and Dr. Jorge Carvalho. Substitute Member: Dr. Marta Monteiro.
4. The place of work is located at the Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, at Rua da Quinta Grandenº6, Oeiras, Portugal.
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The employment contract will be for an uncertain term under the Labor Code, with amaximum duration of six years, under the provisions of article 6 nº 1 b) and 3 of Decree-Law nº57/2016 of 29 August, revised by Law nº 57/2017 of July 19, by Regulatory Decree No. 11A/2017, of December 29.
6. Monthly remuneration to be paid is set by article 15, number 1 of Law 57/2017, of 19th Julyand article 2, number 1 of Regulatory Decree no. 11-A /2017, of December 29, corresponding toFinanced by:the level 17 of the Single Salary Table, approved by Order no. 1553-C/2008, of 31st December,updated under the terms of Decree-Law nº 109-A/2021 of December 7, on exclusive dedication.
7. Applicants to this Tender can be national, foreign, and stateless candidates who hold abachelor's ou a master’s degree in anatomical pathology or similar and have a scientific andprofessional curriculum evidencing an adequate profile for the activity to be carried out. If thedegree was granted by a foreign higher education institution, it must comply with the provisionsof Decree-Law no. 66/2018, of August 16 and of the Regulatory Ordinance No. 33/2019, ofJanuary 25, and all formalities established therein must be complied with until the fate of signing
the contract. In case the bachelor's or master’s degree of the selected candidate does not comply
with the Decree-Law above mentioned including all its formalities, the Selection Panel reserves
the right to select the next best candidate.
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General tender admission requirements:

The candidate should hold a bachelor’s or master’s degree in anatomical pathology or similar.
Previous experience with Zebrafish and mice histological preparations will be of advantage aswell as experience in immunohistochemistry, and spatial transcriptomics. Knowledge in statistics
will be an asset.
Additionally, we will prefer candidates with:i) Capacity to work both independently and as a part of a team;ii) Good communication skills, including a good level of spoken and written English;iii) High commitment, a collaborative attitude and commitment, as well as problem-solving skills
and attention to detail are essential.
9. Evaluation criteria: applications will be evaluated according to the Curriculum vitae (45%)
and references (15%) and the motivation letter (30%). If deemed necessary by the selection panel,
the interview of the selected candidates will represent 10% of the final classification.
10. The decision is made by nominal vote of the selection panel members, in accordance witheligibility and selection criteria, with no abstentions allowed. The final results will be presented
on a scale from 0 to 100.
11. Minutes of the panel meeting should be drawn up to include a summary of all occurrencesof said meeting, as well as all votes cast by the members with the respective justification together
with a sorted list of approved candidates with their respective classification. These minutes should
be made available to candidates whenever requested.
12. The final decision of the jury is approved by the member of the Board of Trustees mandated
for this purpose, who is also responsible for deciding on the hiring.
13. Application formalization:
13.1. Applications are addressed to the Director of the Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, andmust be formalized to the email address igcpositions@igc.gulbenkian.pt with subject“Candidate’s Name_ BIOECONOMIA AZUL_HistoGenomics”, containing theidentification of this tender, full name, number and date of the identity card, Citizen Card or civil
identification number, tax identification number, date and place of birth, residency address
including e-mail address and telephone number.
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down in sections 7 and 8 for admission to this call (single pdf file named “Candidate’s Name_BIOECONOMIA AZUL_ HistoGenomics”), namely:a) Introduction letter explaining the motivation to develop the project and including asummary of relevant experience;b) Copy of certificate or bachelor or master diploma referring the relevant conclusiondate;c) CV that includes the contacts of three references (name, position, mailing address,
phone number and email address);d) Other documents relevant to assess the application and the capacity in the relatedscientific area.
All candidates (taxpayers in Portugal) are required to present evidence of fulfilment of theirindividual obligations towards the Portuguese Tax Authority and Social Security. Failure tocomply with this requirement will be considered as a reason for exclusion from the selection
process.
13.3. The period for submitting the applications to this Tender, is between 23/11/2023 and07/12/2023.
14. All applicants who fail to submit their application correctly or who fail to provide therequirements imposed by this Tender within the dates indicated or who do not meet the legal
requirements necessary to be hired under a term employment contract herein are excluded fromadmission. In case of doubt, the panel is entitled to request further documentation to support
candidate statements.
15. False statements by the applicants shall be punished by the law.
16. The list of admitted and excluded applicants, as well as the final classification list, will bepublished on the Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência internet site at https://gulbenkian.pt/ciencia/.
The Applicants will be notified by e-mail with receipt of delivery of the notification.
17. Deadline for Final Decision and Claims: within a maximum period of 90 days, counting
from the deadline for the submission of the applications, the final decision of the selection panel
shall be announced. After being notified of the panel's decision, applicants shall have 10 working
days to issue an opinion.
18. This tender is intended exclusively to fill this specific vacancy and can be terminated at any
time until the approval of the final candidate list, expiring with the respective occupation of saidvacancy.
19. The hiring decision may, by duly substantiated act of the member of the Board of Trustees
mandated for this purpose, be revoked for reasons of strategic management, determined by thereorganization of the organic unit in question or by unforeseeable supervening circumstances atthe date of approval of the list of final ranking of candidates, relating to the assumptions of thedecision to hire and based on reasons of manifest public and institutional interest that justify it.
20. On-discrimination and Equal Access Policy:
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The Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation actively promotes a
non-discrimination and equal access policy, so that no candidate can be privileged, benefited,
harmed or deprived of any right or exempt from any duty on grounds, in particular, of ancestry,age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, family and economic conditions, education, origin orsocial condition, genetic heritage, reduced work capacity, disability, chronic illness, nationality,ethnic origin or race, origin territory, language, religion, political or ideological beliefs and tradeunion membership.
21. Privacy Policy:
The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation is the controller responsible for the processing of Personal
Data in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (General Regulation on Data Protection).
The personal data processed within the scope of this tender procedure are processed within theframework of said tender procedure only and will be processed by the Calouste Gulbenkian
Foundation with the purpose of verifying the fulfilment, by the applicants, of the assumptions
established in the applicable legislation for their contracting. Opposition to the processing of thedata by the applicants will make it impossible to accept the application and, therefore, to analyseand evaluate it.
The personal data of the Data Subject, if indispensable for the fulfilment of the obligations of theCalouste Gulbenkian Foundation, may be disclosed to third parties, namely the Funding Entities
identified in this public notice.
The personal data shall be retained for a period of five years pursuant to Article 32 (1) of theLabour Code.
The Data Subject is entitled to oppose to the collection and processing of data, has the right toverification, the right to rectification, the right to deletion, and the right to restriction of processingof the data collected. However, the exercise of such rights may be excluded when the personal
data is used to protect public interest, namely in the detection and prevention of crimes or whensubject to professional rules of confidentiality.
The Data Subject has the right of access and portability of the data.
The exercise of the aforementioned rights must be made in writing and addressed to the Privacy
Committee of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, by email to privacy@gulbenkian.pt or,alternatively, through the postal address at Avenida de Berna 45-A, 1067-001 Lisbon.
The applicant also has the right to submit a complaint to the National Data Protection Commission
or other competent control authority in accordance with the law if he/she considers that the data
are not being processed in accordance with the European and/or national legislation applicable.
22. Pursuant to D.L. No. 29/2001, of February 3, disabled applicants have preference in an equalclassification situation, which supersedes any legal preference. Applicants must state, whenapplying, under oath, the respective degree of disability, the type of disability and the means ofcommunication to be used in the selection process, under the terms of the aforementioned
diploma.

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