Open positions

Description

The ESM consortium will recruit and train 18 Doctoral Candidates. Through the implementation of an Individual Research Project (IRP) and the network-wide training activities, characterized by a strong involvement of the non-academic partners of the project, the Doctoral Candidates will develop the hard and soft skills needed to face the current challenges related to food and environmental transitions.

All Doctoral Candidates will:

• be recruited by one partner of the project,
• implement an Individual Research Project (PhD topic) including secondments of the researcher to other partners of the project,
• be enrolled in a doctoral programme and benefit from training at the local level,
• participate to all the network-wide training events planned in the frame of the ESM project,
• be exposed to both academic and non-academic working environments.

Selection criteria

Eligibility rule: All researchers recruited must be Doctoral Candidate i.e. not already in possession of a doctoral degree at the date of the recruitment and undertake transnational mobility (see the mobility rule below). Researchers who have successfully defended their doctoral thesis but who have not yet formally been awarded the doctoral degree will not be considered eligible.

Mobility rule: researchers must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in the country of the recruiting beneficiary for more than 12 months in the 36 months immediately before their date of recruitment. Compulsory national service, short stays such as holidays, and time spent as part of a procedure for obtaining refugee status under the Geneva Convention [1] are not taken into account.

In addition to the respect of the eligibility and mobility rules, the selection criteria will be scientific excellence, motivation and suitability for the job. Special attention will be paid to gender and equal opportunity issues.

The ESM PhD positions are open to all candidates irrespective of age, gender, race, disability, religion or ethnic background

Monthly allowances

The following amount are gross amount including all charges. The gross and net salary will therefore vary from one position to another depending on the partner hiring the Doctoral Candidate.

Living allowance (to be corrected by a country correction coefficient): 3400€

Mobility allowance: 600€

Family allowance (if applicable[2]): 660€

Application

Applications must be written in English and include a Curriculum Vitae (CV), a cover letter indicating the motivation for the project, copies of transcripts of degrees obtained as well as the contact details of two references.

Applications should be submitted via the ESM website (and through institutional websites, when indicated) before the deadline specified for each individual PhD project, as a single PDF file.

Recruitment Process

For each PhD position offered in the frame of ESM, a dedicated recruitment committee will pre-assess the applications and organise a face-to-face meeting when possible or an online interview with the selected applicants. The Equal Opportunities Officer will review the short list of candidates selected for interview to ensure that the principle of openness, transparency and merit-based only recruitment have been observed. In case of two candidates with equal qualifications, gender and equity aspects will influence the final selection. After validation of the recruitment decision at project scale, the selected candidates will be hired on a full-time basis with full social security coverage according to MSCA rules and national employment regulations.

[1] 1951 Refugee Convention and the 1967 Protocol

[2] Only if the recruited doctoral candidate has or acquires family obligations during the action duration, i.e. persons linked to him/her by (i) marriage, or (ii) a relationship with equivalent status to a marriage recognised by the legislation of the country or region where this relationship was formalised; or (iii) dependent children who are actually being maintained by the researcher.

Research areas & hiring partners (main supervisor and sites)