Opportunity closes at
OPENING OF INTERNATIONAL TENDER PROCEDURE FOR HIRING A POSTDOCTORAL
RESEARCHER WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE PROJECT “ERC-2022-Adv-101096203”,
DESIGNATED BY “EvoInHi – Evolution in the Gut in Health and Disease”
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 position of postdoctoral researcher to
carry out scientific research 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 the project “ERC-2022-Adv-101096203”, with the title “EvoInHi – Evolution
in the Gut in Health and Disease”, financed by Research Council Executive Agency, under the
programme Horizon Europe.
The candidate to be selected will work in the laboratory of Evolutionary Biology
(https://gulbenkian.pt/ciencia/research-groups/igordo/), directed by Dr. Isabel Gordo, being
responsible for carrying out scientific research activities on the ERC funded project “Evolution in
the gut in Health and Disease – EvoInHi” which explores long-term evolution of microbiomes
along the lifetime of their mammalian hosts in the context of a health and disease. The main
goal is to characterise modes of evolution by mutation and horizontal gene transfer in wild-type
mice and in mouse models of gut inflammation.
Scientific Area: Microbial Evolution.
2. Applicable legislation: Labour Code, approved Law 7/2009 of February 12th with the
changes introduced by Law 93/2019 of September 4th and complementary legislation.
3. The tender selection panel will be as follows: President: Dr. Isabel Gordo; Members: Dr.
Karina Xavier and Dr. Marta Lourenço; Substitute: Dr. Elsa Seixas.
4. The place of work is located at the Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, at Rua da Quinta Grande
nº6, Oeiras, Portugal.
5. The employment contract will be for an uncertain term under article 148 of the Labor Code,
with a maximum duration of 4 years.
6. Monthly remuneration to be paid is corresponding to the level 38 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 a
doctoral degree in Life Sciences or similar and have a scientific and professional curriculum
evidencing an adequate profile for the activity to be carried out. If the doctorate degree was
granted by a foreign higher education institution, it must comply with the provisions of Decree-
Law no. 66/2018, of August 16 and of the Regulatory Ordinance No. 33/2019, of January 25, and
all formalities established therein must be complied with until the fate of signing the contract.
In case the doctorate 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.
8. General tender admission requirements: The candidate should have a PhD in Life Sciences.
We are seeking researchers with experience in Microbial Evolution, expertise in microbiology
and molecular genetics and/or in gut microbiota. Experience in animal experimentation, or
genomics and analysis of NGS data is a plus. The applicant should be able to engage with several
aspects of a multi-disciplinary project and collaborate closely with other team members.
9. Evaluation criteria: applications will be evaluated according to the Curriculum vitae (35%)
and the motivation letter (30%). If deemed necessary by the selection panel, the interview of
the selected candidates will represent 35% of the final classification. The final results will be
presented on a scale from 0 to 100. The decision is made by nominal vote, in accordance with
eligibility and selection criteria, with no abstentions allowed.
10. The decision is made by nominal vote of the selection panel members, in accordance with
eligibility 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 occurrences
of 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, and
must be formalized to the email address igcpositions@igc.gulbenkian.pt, with subject
“Applicant Name_PD_ ERC_ EvoInHi” containing the identification 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.
13.2. The Applications shall include all documents providing evidence for the conditions laid
down in sections 7 and 8 for admission to this call (single pdf file named “Applicant Name_PD_
ERC_ EvoInHi”), namely:
a) Introduction letter explaining the motivation to develop the project and including a
summary of relevant experience;
b) Copy of certificate or doctoral diploma referring the relevant conclusion date;
c) CV that includes the contacts of two references (name, position, mailing address,
phone number and email address);
d) Other documents relevant to assess the application and the capacity in the related
scientific area.
All candidates (taxpayers in Portugal) are required to present evidence of fulfilment of their
individual obligations towards the Portuguese Tax Authority and Social Security. Failure to
comply 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 13/09/2024 and
13/10/2024.
14. All applicants who fail to submit their application correctly or who fail to provide the
requirements 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
from admission. 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 be
published 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 said
vacancy.
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 the
reorganization of the organic unit in question or by unforeseeable supervening circumstances
at the date of approval of the list of final ranking of candidates, relating to the assumptions of
the decision to hire and based on reasons of manifest public and institutional interest that justify
it.
20. On-discrimination and Equal Access Policy:
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 or
social condition, genetic heritage, reduced work capacity, disability, chronic illness, nationality,
ethnic origin or race, origin territory, language, religion, political or ideological beliefs and trade
union 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 the
framework 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 the
data by the applicants will make it impossible to accept the application and, therefore, to analyse
and evaluate it.
The personal data of the Data Subject, if indispensable for the fulfilment of the obligations of
the Calouste 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 the
Labour Code.
The Data Subject is entitled to oppose to the collection and processing of data, has the right to
verification, the right to rectification, the right to deletion, and the right to restriction of
processing of 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 when subject 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
equal classification situation, which supersedes any legal preference. Applicants must state,
when applying, under oath, the respective degree of disability, the type of disability and the
means of communication to be used in the selection process, under the terms of the
aforementioned diploma.
The employment relationship to be established with the selected candidate will be formalized
with the GIMM – Gulbenkian Institute for Molecular Medicine, which will assume the position of
employer and the consequent ownership of the set of rights and duties that make up the content
of employment relationships.
For more information on GIMM and the merger between IGC and iMM, visit: https://gimm.pt/.
If you have any questions, please contact people@gimm.pt.