Announcement Of Postdoc Position

7 Nov 2023

Job Information

Organisation/Company

University of Agriculture in Krakow

Department

Forestry Department

Research Field

Agricultural sciences » Forest sciences

Researcher Profile

Recognised Researcher (R2)

Country

Poland

Application Deadline

8 Dec 2023 - 00:00 (Europe/London)

Type of Contract

Permanent

Job Status

Full-time

Hours Per Week

40

Offer Starting Date

1 Jan 2024

Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?

Not funded by an EU programme

Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?

No

Offer Description

Competition announcement date

8.XI.2023

Competition organiser

Vice President, Dean,

University address

Aleja Mickiewicza 21, 31-120 Kraków

Position / group of employees

Announcement of Postdoc position

Unit (work location)

Department of Forest Resources Management, Faculty of Forestry

Field

Does not apply to teaching workers

Discipline

Science Center

Number of vacancies

1

Form of employment

Announcement of Postdoc position

Working hours

full time

Planned employment term

project

Anticipated date of the work commencement

01.I.2024 – 30.IX.2025

Requirements

Research Field

Agricultural sciences » Forest sciences

Education Level

PhD or equivalent

Skills/Qualifications

The competition may be entered by people meeting the requirements stipulated in Article 113, 116(2)(3) of the Act of 20 July 2018 Law on Higher Education and Science

https: // urk.edu.pl/zasoby/77/oswiadczenienauczycielaart113.doc

who fulfill the following eligibility criteria as per the Charter of the University of Agriculture:

https: // bip.malopolska.pl/urkrakow,a,2218877,statut-uniwersytetu-rolniczego- im-hugona-kollataja-w-krakowie-obowiazujacy-od-1-stycznia-2023-r-teks.html

Mandatory requirements:

1. PhD degree has been awarded by another institution than the University of Agriculture in Krakow or they have completed a continuous and evidenced post- doctoral fellowship of at least 10 months in another institution than the host institution for the project and in another country;

2. the principal investigator as their research supervisor or auxiliary supervisor of their PhD dissertation;

3. at the time of receiving remuneration, they will not be receiving any other remuneration paid from the funds granted to research projects under NCN calls under the heading of direct costs;

4. During the period of drawing this remuneration the candidate will not draw remuneration from another employer on the basis of an employment contract, including an employer with headquarters outside Poland;

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Desirable requirements:

1. knowledge of methods of statistical data analysis

2. ability to work with large data sets;

3. knowledge of remote sensing and GIS;

4. experience of working in R or Python software;

2023 BIP Uniwersytet Rolniczy im. Hugona Kołłątaja w Krakowie

Required application documents:

1. CV including education, scientific achievements, experience and a list of publications;

2. Personal form; https: // urk.edu.pl/zasoby/77/Kwestionariuszosobowy.pdf

3. Motivation letter.

4. A copy of the PhD or post-doctoral diploma, if the applicant has it;

5. Contact details of two academics who can provide a reference.

6. Information on the academic, teaching and organisational achievements.

Filled-in, signed statements:

1. a statement claiming that the University of Agriculture will be the basic place of employment once the employment is started; https: // urk.edu.pl/zasoby/77/oswpodstawowemscpracy.pdf

2. Statement under Article 113 of the Law on Higher Education and Science; https: // urk.edu.pl/zasoby/77/oswiadczenienauczycielaart113.doc

3. GDPR information clause for candidate employees;

https: // iod.urk.edu.pl/zasoby/184/klauzulaart13rekrutacjapracownikow.pdf

Additional application documents:

e.g. a list of publications (including the publishing house and number of pages), information on any teaching classes, review of the PhD dissertation or post-doctoral thesis etc.

Specific Requirements

Additional requirements:

1. analysis of the relationship between forest disturbances, forest characteristics, site conditions and weather parameters;

2. collection and derivation of parameters of stands and site characteristics for case study regions;

3. development of the spatial database including information about sanitary cuts resulted from forest dieback;

4. development of the predictive model of the probability of disturbances based on weather, site and stand variables through testing different statistical and machine learning methods;

5. involvement in the outreach activities;

6. dissemination of the project outcomes through presenting the research outcomes at the national /international conferences and writing the scientific publications; 2023 BIP Uniwersytet Rolniczy im. Hugona Kołłątaja w Krakowie

Languages

POLISH

Level

Excellent

Languages

ENGLISH

Level

Good

Research Field

Agricultural sciences » Forest sciences

Internal Application form(s) needed

post doc position.pdf

English

(460.11 KB - PDF)

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Additional Information

Benefits

What we offer:

1. Stable employment;

2. Academic support, the qualification improvement and professional development opportunity;

3. Access to research infrastructure;

4. Benefits in the form of e.g. MultiSport membership, sports classes, possibility to benefit from healthcare service packages and group insurance;

5. Extra social benefits.

Scope of duties / job description:

based on the Work Regulations of the University of Agriculture in Kraków, the scope of tasks and duties of an academic teacher

https: // bip.malopolska.pl/urkrakow,a,1676968,zarzadzenie-nr-1752019-rektora- ur-w-krakowie.html

Remuneration:

Rules of remuneration in the University of Agriculture in Kraków, Annex no. 1, https: // urk.edu.pl/zasoby/23/zr8112020.pdf;

Order on the minimum monthly basic salary for a public university professor

https: // www. dziennikustaw.gov.pl/D2023000001601.pdf

Eligibility criteria

The competition may be entered by people meeting the requirements stipulated in Article 113, 116(2)(3) of the Act of 20 July 2018 Law on Higher Education and Science

https: // urk.edu.pl/zasoby/77/oswiadczenienauczycielaart113.doc

who fulfill the following eligibility criteria as per the Charter of the University of Agriculture:

https: // bip.malopolska.pl/urkrakow,a,2218877,statut-uniwersytetu-rolniczego- im-hugona-kollataja-w-krakowie-obowiazujacy-od-1-stycznia-2023-r-teks.html

Selection process

The first step of the competition procedure is the formal verification of the submitted documents. The applications which are successfully verified in terms of formal aspects are subject to subject-matter assessment which may entail an interview (face-to-face or using electronic communication channels), after the date is agreed with the applicant. A negative assessment of the competition jury may be appealed against no later than 7 days after being notified thereof.

The competition resolution is not equivalent to employment as the final decision on establishing the employment relationship is made by the University President.

Required application documents:

1. CV including education, scientific achievements, experience and a list of publications;

2. Personal form; https: // urk.edu.pl/zasoby/77/Kwestionariuszosobowy.pdf

3. Motivation letter.

4. A copy of the PhD or post-doctoral diploma, if the applicant has it;

5. Contact details of two academics who can provide a reference.

6. Information on the academic, teaching and organisational achievements.

Filled-in, signed statements:

1. a statement claiming that the University of Agriculture will be the basic place of employment once the employment is started; https: // urk.edu.pl/zasoby/77/oswpodstawowemscpracy.pdf

2. Statement under Article 113 of the Law on Higher Education and Science; https: // urk.edu.pl/zasoby/77/oswiadczenienauczycielaart113.doc

3. GDPR information clause for candidate employees;

https: // iod.urk.edu.pl/zasoby/184/klauzulaart13rekrutacjapracownikow.pdf

Additional application documents: e.g. a list of publications (including the publishing house and number of pages), information on any teaching classes, review of the PhD dissertation or post-doctoral thesis etc.

Additional comments

Application submission format: By ordinary mail to University of Agriculture in Kraków

Aleja Mickiewicza 21, 31-120 Kraków with a note: Announcement of Postdoc position In the Department of Forest Resources Management, Faculty of Forestry

By e-mail to [email protected]

The way of notifying of the competition results: By e-mail

Application submission deadline: 08.XII.2023

Anticipated competition resolution date: 13.XII.2023

Questions to the competition organiser: Any further questions should be addressed to Jarosław Socha to the e-mail address [email protected]

Website for additional job details

https: // bip.malopolska.pl/urkrakow,m,416480,stanowiska-dla-nauczycieli- akademic…

Work Location(s)

Number of offers available

1

Company/Institute

UNIWERSYTET ROLNICZY IM. HUGONA KOŁŁĄTAJA W KRAKOWIE

Country

Poland

City

KRAKÓW

Postal Code

31-425

Street

WYDZIAL LEŚNY UR W KRAKOWIE al. 29 listopada 46

Where to apply

E-mail

[email protected]

Contact

City

KRAKÓW

Website

https:// ur.krakow.pl

Street

WYDZIAL LEŚNY UR W KRAKOWIE al. 29 listopada 46

Postal Code

31-425

E-Mail

[email protected]

Phone

+48126625001

STATUS: EXPIRED