Assistant

Offer Description

University of Zagreb Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology announces

THE INVITATION

for employment

Two positions (m/f) for the associate role of Assistant on the project "WOODTECH – Next-Generation ERP Solution for a Sustainable and Digitalized Wood Industry" (PK.1.1.12.0386), in the scientific area of Biotechnical Sciences and the scientific field of Wood Technology; fixed-term employment until the project's completion, full-time (one position at the Institute of Furniture and Wood in Construction and one position at the Institute of Production Organisation).

Upon applying for the call for applications, all candidates must meet the general requirements prescribed by the Act on Higher Education and Scientific Activity (Official Gazette Nos. 119/22, 110/26) and the Statute of the University of Zagreb Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology.

Additional requirements:

• communication and presentation skills, independence, organization and conscientiousness, and willingness to cooperate and work in a team
• previous recognitions, awards, etc.
• participation in scientific research work
• published papers or personal presentations at scientific conferences (if any)
• active knowledge of English (speech and writing)
• good computer skills

Along with the signed application for the invitation, candidates must submit:

• CV with information about education and work experience
• diplomas of completed undergraduate and graduate studies
• candidates who completed their studies outside the Republic of Croatia must submit a decision on professional recognition of their foreign higher education qualification;
• total grade point average at previous levels of study (undergraduate and graduate) (for position number 1);
• proof of knowledge of the English language;
• proof of knowledge of the Croatian language (B2) for foreign citizens according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages;
• certificates of extracurricular, scientific, professional and other activities;
• motivation letter;
• proof of citizenship;
• electronic record of data recorded in the registry of the Croatian Pension Insurance Institute issued during the duration of this competition (e-workbook).

The signed application also includes the applicant's data (name and surname, address of residence, telephone number, e-mail, exclusively for the competition procedure). The enclosed documents are to be submitted as uncertified copies, with the obligation for the selected candidate to provide the originals following their selection.

Persons of either gender may apply for this vacancy. Terms used in this vacancy notice that carry gender significance—regardless of whether they are used in the masculine or feminine gender—encompass both the masculine and feminine genders equally.

Candidates who meet all formal requirements may be invited to the selection interview procedure. Candidates will be informed of the time and place of the selection interview procedure by a special invitation via e-mail.

A candidate who does not respond to the selection interview procedure to which he/she was invited according to the special invitation will be considered to have withdrawn from the competition procedure.

Candidates, who, based on special regulations – the Act on Croatian Homeland War Veterans and Members of Their Families (Official Gazette No. 121/17, 98/19, 84/21 and 156/23), Art. 48 of the Act on Civilian Victims of the Homeland War (Official Gazette No. 84/21), Art. 48.f of the Act on the Protection of Military and Civilian War Invalids (Official Gazette No. 33/92, 57/92, 77/92, 27/93, 58/93, 2/94, 76/94, 108/95, 108/96, 82/01, 103/03, 148/13 and 98/19), Art. 9 of the Act on Professional Rehabilitation and Employment of Persons with Disabilities (Official Gazette No. 157/13, 152/14, 39/18 and 32/20), who invoke the right to priority in employment, are obliged to invoke this right in their application for the competition and to attach all evidence required by special regulations for the exercise of this right. The aforementioned candidates shall have priority in employment in relation to other applicants, only under equal conditions.

For candidates who, in their application, claim the right to preferential employment under the Law on Croatian Homeland War Veterans and Members of Their Families (Official Gazette, Nos. 121/17, 98/19, 84/21 and 156/23) and the Act on Civilian Victims of the Homeland War (Official Gazette, No. 84/21), the list of evidence required to exercise this right is available at the link of the Ministry of Croatian Veterans https://branitelji.gov.hr/zaposljavanje-843/843.

Candidates who invoke the right to priority in employment pursuant to Article 9 of the Act on Professional Rehabilitation and Employment of Persons with Disabilities (Official Gazette No. 157/13, 152/14, 39/18 and 32/20) are required to invoke this right in their application for the competition and to submit all evidence of meeting the required conditions, as well as proof of disability.

The Faculty reserves the right not to select the applicant and to cancel or suspend the competition without specific explanation.

A probationary period applies to all employees in accordance with the provisions of the Basic Collective Agreement for Public Service Employees.

In accordance with the provisions of the General Data Protection Regulation No. 2016/679 and the Act Implementing the General Data Protection Regulation (Official Gazette No. 42/18), all documents submitted for the competition were sent of the candidate's free will, and it is considered that the candidate has given consent to the processing of all data, which will be processed solely for the purpose of conducting the competition procedure.

Late, incomplete and unsigned applications will not be considered.

The deadline for submitting applications for the competition is 30 days from the publication of the competition in the Official Gazette.

Applications for the competition with evidence of meeting the competition requirements should be submitted to the e-mail addresses: pisarnica@sumfak.unizg.hr, snekoksa@sumfak.unizg.hr and mpopovic@sumfak.unizg.hr

The results of the selection process will be published on the Faculty’s website (www.sumfak.unizg.hr), and candidates will not be individually notified. The publication of the selection notice on the website shall be deemed sufficient notification to all candidates.

Dean

Prof. Josip Margaletić, PhD

Where to apply

E-mail: pisarnica@sumfak.unizg.hr

Requirements

• Research Field: Agricultural sciences » Forest sciences
• Education Level: Master Degree or equivalent
• Languages: CROATIAN
• Level: Excellent

Work Location(s)

• Number of offers available: 1
• Company/Institute: Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology
• Country: Croatia
• City: Zagreb
• Postal Code: 10000
• Street: Svetošimunska 23

Contact

• City: Zagreb
• Website: https://www.sumfak.unizg.hr/
• Street: Svetošimunska 23
• Postal Code: 10000
• E-Mail: pisarnica@sumfak.unizg.hr, snekoksa@sumfak.unizg.hr, mpopovic@sumfak.unizg.hr