Aktualne oferty pracy związane z Assistant Professor - Katowice, Silesia - Lodz Film School

Organisation/Company: University of Silesia in Katowice

Research Field: Juridical sciences

Researcher Profile: Recognised Researcher (R2)

Positions: Postdoc Positions

Country: Poland

Application Deadline: 22 Mar 2025 - 23:59 (Europe/Warsaw)

Type of Contract: Temporary

Job Status: Full-time

Hours Per Week: app. 40

Offer Starting Date: 5 May 2025

Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme

Reference Number: 55/2024/NA/WPiA/INPr/p-d

Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No

RECTOR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA IN KATOWICE

announces the open call for the position of Assistant Professor (post-doc) in the group of research staff in the NCN OPUS research project "Constitutional Zugwang: Toward an amendment theory on constitutional momentum", led by Mauro Arturo Rivera León, PhD.

Place of work: Faculty of Law and Administration, Institute of Law

Number of available positions: 1

Key words: Constitutional amendments, quantitative methods, linear regression

Applications to the open call may be submitted by those who meet the conditions specified in Section 113 of the Act – Law on Higher Education and Science of 20 July 2018 (i.e., Journal of Law 2024 item 1571).

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Conducting research on the economic, political and normative outcomes of constitutional amendments, mainly using quantitative methods in a project led by Dr. Mauro Arturo Rivera León.
• Cooperation in writing scientific articles.
• Realization of trips to Polish and foreign workshops and scientific conferences to present the results of the project.
• Supporting the Project Manager in the implementation of the project, including organizational issues, dissemination of project results, participation in project meetings and assistance in their organization, support in conducting or supervising the operation of communication channels, such as the project website and social media.
• Assistance in the organization of project events at the Faculty of Law and Administration.
• Realization of organizational duties in accordance with the Individual Assignment of Duties.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

• Minimum PhD in social sciences in one of the disciplines: legal sciences, economics, political science or in a related discipline.
• Experience in conducting research that demonstrates an ability to apply the methodological tools required to analyse constitutional amendments using quantitative methodology.
• Recent scientific publications indexed in Scopus or Web of Science.
• Competences allowing for the internationalization of scientific activity.
• Very good knowledge of English.
• Documented foreign/domestic scientific research stays or experience in international research cooperation.
• Experience in realization or applying for research projects.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Knowledge of programming languages and statistical software used in quantitative analysis, in particular R, Python, Stata or similar tools.
• Scientific publications in the field of constitutional economics, political economy, economic analysis of law or empirical legal studies are considered an asset.
• Knowledge of Portuguese or Spanish is considered an asset, as these are the official languages of most of the jurisdictions that will be analysed in the project.

ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS:

• The candidate received their PhD maximum 7 years prior to employment in the project.
• The candidate has received their PhD in another higher education institution than the University of Silesia in Katowice, or they had a minimum 10-month of continual, documented post-doctoral internship in an institution other than the University of Silesia in Katowice and in another country than the country where they received their doctoral degree.
• The project manager/coordinator was neither a supervisor nor an auxiliary supervisor of the candidate's PhD thesis.
• During the period when the candidate receives the remuneration for their full-time work in the project, they shall not receive any remuneration from the funds assigned as a part of direct costs in research projects financed by the NCN.
• During the period when the candidate receives the remuneration for their full-time work in the project, they shall not receive any remuneration arising from the employment contract concluded with another employer, also from the employer with residence beyond Poland.

LANGUAGES:

ENGLISH Level: Excellent

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT:

• Full-time employment under a fixed period employment contract for 12 months with the possibility of prolongation, as a part of the NCN OPUS research project "Constitutional Zugwang: Toward an amendment theory on constitutional momentum", led by Mauro Arturo Rivera León, PhD.
• Employment at the University as a primary place of work.
• Monthly remuneration in the amount of 8986 PLN gross (including job seniority bonus, if applicable).
• Additional remuneration components in accordance with The Rules and Regulations of Remuneration for Employees of the University of Silesia in Katowice.
• Task-based working time.
• Opportunity for professional development.
• Work environment supporting sustainable development based on diversity, equality and inclusion.
• Social benefits package.
• Ability for University employees and their families to join the life insurance program.
• Ability for University employees and their families to join private medical care.
• Ability to join the Occupational Pension Scheme and the group pension insurance POGODNA JESIEŃ.

REQUIRED DOCUMENTS:

• Scientific resume (CV), referring to the level of fulfilment of open call requirements by the candidate.
• Documents confirming qualifications (including the PhD diploma or certificate granting the PhD, the MA diploma or the equivalent degree diploma).
• List of publications.
• Candidate's declaration that during the period when the candidate receives the remuneration for their full-time work in the project, they shall receive neither remuneration from the funds assigned as a part of direct costs in research projects financed by the NCN programmes, nor receive remuneration arising from the employment contract concluded with another employer, that has its residence in Poland or abroad.
• Other documentation defined in the open call requirements.

SCHEDULE OF THE CALL:

• Application submission deadline: 22th of March 2025 (11.59 p.m. CET)
• The selection process will be concluded by: 21st of May 2025

OPEN CALL PROCEDURE:

Applications received after the deadline, incomplete applications and applications submitted in any other way than defined in the open call announcement shall not be considered.

The open call is conducted and solved by the open call committee appointed by the Rector. The open call procedure consists of two stages:

1. The formal assessment of the submitted documents.
2. Merit-based evaluation of the candidates.

The formal assessment is preceded by the initial verification of the submitted documents confirming fulfilment of the requirements defined in the open call announcement. In the case of doubts, the open call committee may call the applicant to complete the documentation in the defined period of time.

The open call committee prepares a list of persons whose applications fulfil the open call requirements to the greatest extent and invites them for an interview.

The interview may take place via electronic means of communication in the second half of September 2024. The invited candidates may be asked to prepare additional materials for the needs of presentation of their candidacy during the interview.

In the case of applications submitted by persons with a history of employment at the University of Silesia in Katowice, the committee also takes into account the opinions of superiors.

The open call committee may resign from conducting the interview if they state that the applications submitted in the open call do not fulfil the open call requirements.

The open call is solved by way of resolution adopted by the open call committee by secret ballot with the simple majority of votes.

The applicants are notified about the results of the open call. The applicants have a right to appeal against the open call committee's decision in writing within 7 days from the day they are notified about the result of the open call. The appeal shall be considered by the Rector within the period of maximum 30 days.

The final, binding decision on employment of the candidate selected and recommended by the open call committee is made by the Rector.

The University reserves the right to leave the call unresolved.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION:

The condition necessary for employment of the candidate selected in the selection proceedings is the fulfilment of the obligations arising from Section 265(4), (5), (13) of the Act – Law on Higher Education and Science of 20 July 2018 (Journal of Law of 2024 item 1571).

In the case of applying for employment at the University of Silesia in Katowice as the primary place of work, candidates employed in other higher education institutions as their primary place of work, should, as of the day of their employment, fulfil the requirement defined in art. 120, section 2 of the Act – Law on Higher Education and Science of 20 July 2018 (Journal of Law of 2024 item 1571), according to which an academic may have only one primary place of work at a time.

In the case of a person selected as a result of the open call selection procedure, who has obtained their academic degree, their degree in arts or their professional title abroad, and whose academic degree, degree in arts or their professional title has not been recognized as equivalent with the adequate Polish degree or title, employment of such person is possible in accordance with art. 116 section 2a of the Act – Law on Higher Education and Science of 20 July 2018 (Journal of Law of 2024 item 1571), in accordance with the procedure in force at the University or on the basis of the nostrification procedure, for which the candidate shall apply.

Number of offers available: 1

Company/Institute: Faculty of Law and Administration, Institute of Law

Country: Poland

State/Province: Silesia

City: Katowice

Postal Code: 40-007

Street: Bankowa 11B