Assistant Researcher; Investigador Colaborador -PI

Organisation/Company Universidad de Alicante Department Ramón Margalef Multidisciplinary Institute for Environmental Research (IMEM) Research Field Agricultural sciences » Forest sciences Researcher Profile First Stage Researcher (R1) Positions Master Positions Final date to receive applications 12 Mar 2026 - 23:59 (Europe/Madrid) Country Spain Type of Contract Temporary Job Status Full-time Hours Per Week 37,5 Offer Starting Date 27 Feb 2026 Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?

Not funded by a EU programme Reference Number I-PI 16-26 Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No

Applications are invited by the University of Alicante President to participate in a recruitment process for research staff (contract type: open-ended contract; job category: assistant researcher) to collaborate with the funded line of research “Ecological Restoration”. Reference: I-PI 16-26

Pursuant to the provisions on the regulations governing calls for applications of research staff to cover a contractual research position, approved by the Governing Council of 29 June 2021 (BOUA of 30 June 2021) and with instructions of the University of Alicante Offices of the Registrar and the Comptroller, which establish the mandatory use of electronic means for the submission of applications, documentation, payment of fees, communications, notifications and all other procedures of the selection procedures for the temporary contractual administrative and services staff and research staff and other general applicable regulations, the University of Alicante calls for applications in accordance with the following terms:

First. General terms.

1.1. The purpose of this call is to recruit research staff (job category: assistant researcher) in the framework of the projects included in the funded line of research “Ecological Restoration”.

1.2. Unit in charge of the line of research:
Ramón Margalef Multidisciplinary Institute for Environmental Research (IMEM).

1.3. The first project/research group in which the successful applicant(s) will collaborate, as well as the number of available vacancies and the characteristics of the job role, are set out in the annex I hereto. At the end of the duration of this first project/collaboration with the research group or its budgetary availability for this recruitment process, the successful applicant(s) may join other projects within the same line of research.

1.4. The panel in charge of the recruitment process may decide to create a talent pool including candidates whose applications were unsuccessful but who participated in all the stages of the recruitment process and, where applicable, passed the relevant test. In such a case, the panel may set a minimum score for candidates to be placed in the pool.

The pool will list candidates in descending order of score. Candidates in the pool may be contacted if a successful applicant does not accept the position offered or, after accepting it, is on a temporary leave of absence, resigns or is dismissed. They may also be contacted to cover additional needs of the project/research group(or of other projects within the same line of research), as long as the tasks to be fulfilled are related to the job profile specified in this call for applications.

If candidates are offered a position, they will be contacted in the order listed in the pool.

The candidate(s) selected for the job position(s) will be added to the talent pool at the end of their contract(s). Their position on the list will be determined by the score they achieved during the recruitment process.

In accordance with the provisions of the agreement of the Governing Council of 27 January 2022, which approves the University of Alicante 4th Plan for equal opportunities between women and men, and with article 61.2. f) of Valencia Government Law 4/2021, of 16 April, of the Valencian Civil Service it is hereby stated that the percentage distribution in the contractual job vacancies of assistant researcher for research projects is 48.57% for women and 51.43% for men, so there is no under-representation of either sex in this job category.

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