EDICT 9
By Order on 2012 November 28, of the Rector of Universidade Aberta, according to the
jurisdiction conferred by paragraph a) of point no. 1 of article 92 of Law No. 62/2007 of
September 10, it is hereby publicized the opening of the international documental contest for
Associate Professor to fill one vacancy in the scientific field of Historical Studies. The contract
will be signed for indefinite time. The contest runs out with the filling of the vacancy.
Applications must be submitted within 30 working days counting from the day after the
publication of this notice in Diário da República (the Portuguese Republic official journal).
The contest is governed by the provisions of Articles 37 to 51 of the Portuguese Statute of the
University Teaching Career (ECDU), republished in annex to the Decree-Law No. 205/2009 of
August 31, with the amendments contained in Law No. 8/2010, of May 13.
The contest will be announced on the websites of Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia - FCT
(Foundation for Science and Technology) and of Bolsa de Emprego Pública - BEP (Employment
Exchange Service) two working days after its publication in Diário da República, according to
Decree-Law No. 78/2003, of April 23.
Universidade Aberta meets the provisions established in paragraph h) of Article 9 of the
Portuguese Constitution, by actively promoting a policy of equal opportunity between men
and women in what concerns the access to employment and career development, and
providing the conditions to avoid any form of discrimination.
I - General and special admission requisites – according to article 41-A of the Portuguese
Statute of the University Teaching Career (ECDU), republished in annex to the Decree-Law No.
205/2009 of August 31, the admission requisites are the following:
1. Holding a PhD degree, for more than five years, in the area of the contest;
1.1.
Holders
of
a
PhD
degree
obtained
abroad
must
possess
equivalency/recognition/registration of that degree to the same degree awarded by a
Portuguese university.
2. Mastering spoken and written Portuguese language. Candidates of foreign nationality,
except candidates from the Portuguese speaking countries, must provide certificates officially
recognized proving their mastery in writing and speaking Portuguese language.
II - Instructions for Requiring Admission - according to the Portuguese Statute of the
University Teaching Career (ECDU), republished in annex to the Decree-Law No. 205/2009, of
August 31, the application for admission to contest must include the following documents:
a) a certificate proving the candidate’s academic degree in an area suitable for the
contest;
b) a photocopy of the identity card or other identification document recognized as such;
c) full identification: name, status, affiliation, nationality and date of birth; number and
date of identity card or equivalent document, its validity term and issuing office;
residence, postcode and telephone;
d) a copy of the criminal record proving the candidate is not inhibited from the exercise
of public functions and not forbidden to perform the duties to which he/she is
applying for;
e) a certificate of physical fitness and psychological profile necessary to perform the
duties;
f)
updated register of compulsory vaccination;
g) certificates proving other degrees or study programs listed in the curriculum vitae;
h) a detailed curriculum vitae, duly signed,
dated and organized according to the
sequence presented in the point VIII of the present edict ;
i)
any other information the candidate considers relevant for assessing his/her merit or
may constitute legal cause of preference, which will be taken into account by the jury
if properly proven, if it so wishes;
j)
exact reference of the contest the candidate is applying for, as stated in the official
journal of the Portuguese Republic, Diário da República;
k) date and signature;
l)
scientific and educational project in the scientific field of Historical Studies to be
developed within Distance Education;
III - The documents mentioned in paragraphs d) to g) of point II may be exempted provided the
candidate declares under oath his/her situation in relation to each one of these requisites in
the application, in separate paragraphs.
IV - The application must be formalized through application letter addressed to the Rector of
Universidade Aberta.
The application package can be delivered
a) either personally, at Universidade Aberta, Human Resources Services, Taguspark,
Edifício Inovação I, Corpo 2 - Piso 0, 2740-122 Porto Salvo;
b) or by registered mail sent until the application deadline to:
Recursos Humanos - Universidade Aberta
Campus do Taguspark
Edifício Inovação I
Av. Jacques Delors, nº 211
2740-122 Porto Salvo
Portugal
V - And it has to be sent compulsively by e-mail to [email protected], in pdf format, including: a
detailed curriculum vitae, duly dated and signed and the scientific and educational project
proposal in the scientific field of Historical Studies to develop within Distance Education.
The Jury will notify the candidates on their admission or exclusion to contest.
VI – Jury Composition:
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President: João Luís Serrão da Cunha Cardoso, PhD, President of the Scientific Council of
Universidade Aberta, by delegation of powers
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Fernando José de Almeida Catroga, PhD., Full Professor, of the Departamento de História,
Arqueologia e Artes from Faculdade de Letras, da Universidade de Coimbra;
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Vitor Manuel Guimarães Veríssimo Serrão, PhD., Full Professor, of the Departamento de
História from Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa;
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António Pires Ventura, PhD., Full Professor, of the Departamento de História from
Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa;
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João Paulo Azevedo de Oliveira e Costa, PhD., Full Professor, of the Departamento de
História from Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas da Universidade Nova de Lisboa;
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Amélia Aurora Aguiar de Andrade, PhD., Full Professor, of the Departamento de Historia
from Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas da Universidade Nova de Lisboa;
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João Luís Serrão da Cunha Cardoso PhD., Full Professor, of the Departamento de Ciências
Sociais e Gestão from Universidade Aberta.
VII - Evaluation criteria based on absolute merit
After the curricular analysis using the criteria to rank the candidates, if they fail to obtain a
minimum of 50% they will be excluded from the contest. In this case, excluded candidates may
appeal to a prior hearing by the Jury within ten days.
In case of no admittance the jury will hear the excluded candidates who expressed this desired
during the next ten days after decision.
VIII- Selection and ranking criteria based on relative merit
1. Scientific performance in the specific area (45%):
a) Scientific merit of the candidate’s works especially the ones internationally indexed
(40%);
b) Leadership and / or participation in relevant and funded projects whose results are
evaluated (20%);
c) Directive board of publications, edition and journal collections (10%);
d) Organization and participation in national and international scientific events and
other working groups, namely as evaluator of projects and papers submitted for
publication (10%);
e) Academic professional contests, such as examiners of public exams or participation
in academic selection boards (10%);
f) Supervision of scientific stages, masters and doctoral programs (10%)
2. Teaching capacity (45%):
a) Teaching activities in higher education institutions, with relevance for those
engaged in distance education and e-learning (35%);
b) Pedagogical publications as well as the production of teaching materials especially
for distance education and e-learning (20%);
c) Development of new programs of disciplines, coordination and creation of new
courses or study programs (15%);
d) Scientific-pedagogical project on an already existing course or on a new course in
the scientific area of the contest (30%).
3. Other relevant activities: 10%
a) Academic management activities in higher education institutions or research
institutions or other scientific or technological institutions that develop relevant
activities to the mission above (34%);
b) Activities or publications to the promotion of science or technology (33%);
c) Provision of consultancy services to the scientific and educational community as well
as to the economic and productive sectors and to society in general (33%).
IX - Whenever considered necessary, the jury may decide to promote public hearings, on equal
terms to all candidates.
X – Classification method
1. Setting the candidates in a ranked list is based on the evaluation criteria and parameters and
corresponding weighting factors established in this edict.
2. Before the voting process begins, each member of the jury introduces a written document in
which the candidates are ranked in a duly substantiated list, taking into consideration the
previous paragraph (these documents will be attached to the minutes).
3. In the various voting processes, each jury member must comply with his/her list, not being
accepted abstentions.
4. The jury will use the following voting methodology for achieving absolute majority in the
final candidates ordering:
The first voting is intended to determine the candidate who will fulfill the first place. A
candidate is placed in the first position when he/she gets more than half the votes of the jury
members. If this does not happen, a second voting takes place: this time only the candidates
who received votes for the first place will be considered and the candidate least voted on the
first voting is removed. In case there is a tie between two or more candidates in the least
voted position, and there is at least one that was not in that position, another voting takes
place only for those candidates who were in last place to break ties. If this restricted voting still
results on a tie among the same candidates, the President of the jury decides which candidate
will be eliminated. If the tie persists concerning another set of candidates the tiebreaker
process is repeated. The process is repeated until one candidate gets more than half the votes
for the first place. That candidate is then removed and the voting procedures are repeated to
establish the other positions till the jury achieves a sorted list of all candidates.
Each sub-criteria listed above will be graded individually by each element of the jury within a
0-20 points grading scale.
These ratings will be multiplied by the percentage indicated for each sub-criterion. The final
sum will result in the curriculum classification of each candidate as awarded by each member
of the jury. Considering the aspects referred to in the preceding paragraphs, the jury must
proceed to the elaboration of an ordered list of the candidates who have passed based on
absolute merit criteria.
This edict was written in accordance with Article no. 62-A of the Portuguese Statute of the
University Teaching Career.