Senior Research Support Technician: "GENERA: Gender, Energy and Water: A Global Approach to Responsible Engineering"  via EURAXESS

Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)- BarcelonaTECH

Barcelona, Spain 🇪🇸

Offer Description

Mission.
– To develop interactive educational materials to promote gender-responsive engineering projects in the areas of energy and water, sanitation and hygiene, to raise awareness of gender-based violence, and to contribute to gender equality.
 

Features to be developed
– Creation of a complete set of educational materials on gender-responsive engineering projects and gender-based violence
– Prepare case studies related to engineering projects in the field of energy and water, sanitation and hygiene in different regions of Western Europe and Latin America.
– To test and improve the teaching materials and case studies produced.
– Transfer and dissemination of the produced teaching materials and case studies.

Where to apply

Website: https://seuelectronica.upc.edu/ca/Tramits/Convocatoria_contractacio_personal_PT…

Requirements

Research FieldEngineering » Industrial engineeringEducation LevelMaster Degree or equivalent

Skills/Qualifications

Knowledge 
– Ethics in Engineering. 
– Gender Equality and Gender Violence. 
– Spoken, read and written Catalan, Spanish and English.

To be assessed:

– Speaking an official language of Latin America (Portuguese or French). 

Technical skills
– Case studies on inequality in developing countries, especially in Latin America. 
– Evaluation of real cases with a gender perspective.

Specific Requirements

Organizational Skills
– Teamwork. 
– Autonomy. 
 

Functional Skills
– Communication skills. 
 

Work experience
– In analyzing engineering programs and/or projects in developing countries, especially in Latin America. 
– In publishing scholarly articles and dissemination materials related to gender equality and responsible engineering. 
– Experience in functions similar to those described, especially in the development of research activities, both in university and industrial environments, will be valued.

Additional Information

Benefits

37.001,56 €/per year (full-time)

Eligibility criteria

All the candidates who cannot prove the required academic degree will be immediately withdrawn from the selection process. 

The CVs will be assessed according the following general criteria: 

  • The maximum score for the candidates who accomplish all the eligibility criteria stated in the job offer will be 10 points. 
  • Threshold: 5 points. 
  • The maximum score (10 points) will be distributed as follows: 
  • 1 point for required speciality.
  • 2 points for required academic training.
  • 2 points for technic competences.
  • 1 point for organisational competences.
  • 3 points for professional experience.
  • 1 point for any aspect of the candidate’s professional profile to be determined as specially relevant by the Selection committee.

If the selection committee decide to include a personal interview as additional step of the selection process, only the candidates scored 5 or above for their CV will be retained for the interview step.

The interview will be assessed according the following criteria:

  • Maximum scoring: 5 points.
  • Threshold: 3 points. 
  • The maximum score will be distributed according the following criteria: 
  • 2 points for adequacy to functional competences of the job.
  • 2 points for adequacy of professional experience.
  • 1 point for any aspect of the candidate’s professional profile to be determined as especially relevant by the Selection committee. 

The eligible candidates will be ranked from highest to lowest score, being this the selection criteria. 

Selection process

The planned selection process is as follows:


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