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   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:   
      
   a.	Complete Curriculum Vitae, including the list of publications;   
   b.	Copy of the five most relevant publications;   
   c.	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;   
   d.	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 Joao Gabriel Monteiro Carvalho e Silva   
      
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