Competitions for scientific positions in 2023

1. Name and job description including European classification:
   Leading Researcher (R4) independent researcher, with a post-doctoral degree with research experience of more than 10 years (years counted as in full-time employment). Independent researcher with a professor’s degree.
2. Scope of research work:
   • Search for extraction solutions for the extraction of trace elements from soil in terms of their
   • deficiencies and excesses
   • Development of limit numbers for assessing soil micronutrient abundance for district
     chemical and agricultural stations
   • Establishing micronutrient fertilisation recommendations for arable crops
   • Development of critical limits for micronutrient content in crop plants
   • Development of computer applications to support rational micronutrient fertilisation
   • Studies on the response of plants to heavy metals
   • Research on ways to reduce the phytoavailability of metals from contaminated soils
   • Research on the use of by-products and waste materials in agriculture
   • Phytoremediation of metal-contaminated soils
   • Determining the composition of new mineral fertilizers for the fertilizer industry and testing
     their yield-forming efficiency
   • Research on new phosphate fertilisers with a view to reducing phosphorus run-off into
     waterways
   • Combined use of foliar fertilisers and herbicides in arable crops
3. Conditions to be met by the candidate:
   1. Mandatory requirements:
      • Possession of a post-doctoral degree in agricultural and/or related sciences,
      • Willingness to undertake research issues justified by the needs of the Institute,
      • Leadership of an externally funded research project or equivalent,,
      • National or foreign research internship, or comparable collaboration with a foreign
        research institution, documented by joint projects and/or scientific output,
      • Achievement in the training of research staff – acting as supervisor in at least one
        doctoral thesis initiated,
      • Achievements in previous scientific work, including authorship or co-authorship of
        scientific publications with a total value of at least 300 points based on the evaluation
        according to the list of journals from the MNiSW list,
      • Activity in scientific life and organisational skills (reviews of doctoral theses and in
        postdoctoral proceedings and of publications and/or research projects, organisation and
        participation in conferences, organisation of workshops, courses, etc.).
   2. Additional skills useful for the position:
      • Knowledge of the world literature on trace elements in agriculture with particular
      • reference to the assessment of their deficiencies and excesses in soils and plants
      • Experience in planning and conducting rigorous field, micro plot and vase experiments
      • Statistical skills in data analysis: analysis of variance, multivariate analysis (cluster
        analysis, PCA method ), multiple regression
      • Operation of the Statgraphics computer programme
      • Ability to visually identify nutrient deficiencies in plants under field conditions, with
        particular emphasis on micronutrients.
      • Motivation for scientific work documented by publications and participation in
        scientific life (including acting as an assistant promoter, scientific internships,
        participation in scientific conferences).
      • Demonstrated knowledge of spoken and written English.
4. Remuneration of a staff member employed as a professor:
   • Wages of 190% -330% of the Polish national minimum salary
5. Documents required:
   • Curriculum Vitae
   • Cover letter – briefly outlining the Candidate’s interests.
   • Research and scientific achievements to date and future career plans
   • Documents evidencing academic degrees and titles held,
   • List of publications and other scientific achievements
   • A statement that upon commencement of employment the institute will be the primary
     place of work,
   • Consent to the processing of personal data.
6. Form, date and place of submission of documents:
   • The required documents should be sent by post to the address of the Institute (The Institute of Soil Science and Plant Cultivation – State Research Institute, 24-100 Puławy, ul. Czartoryskich 8 or submitted in person to the Institute’s staff from Monday to Friday from 7 – 15 or electronically to the e-mail address: kadry@iung.pulawy.pl by 15.04.2023r.
   • The announcement of the results will take place no later than 2 weeks after the conclusion of the competition.
   • The Institute may recruit a member of staff as from the 01st of the month following the announcement of the results of the competition.
   • I am informed that the Institute has implemented and maintains the standards of the European Charter for Researchers and the principles of the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers and the OTMR policy, in accordance with the guidelines and recommendations of the European Commission.

Link to the policy of open, transparent and candidate-based recruitment rules (OTM-R) for research workers in Institute of Soil Science and Plant Cultivation – State Research Institute – http://hr.iung.pulawy.pl/doc/pl/iung_otmr_polityka.pdf

1. Name and job description including European classification:
   Recognised Researcher (R2) researcher with a doctoral degree. The profile applies to individuals who are not fully independent researchers.
2. Scope of research work:
   • research into the chemical structure, activity and potential for practical use of plant-specific biologically active substances,
   • identify the influence of environmental, agrotechnical and genetic factors on the
     qualitative and quantitative composition of substances affecting the nutritional value
     of crop plants,
   • Study of vegetable post-extraction waste, its use in animal nutrition and the manufacture
     of food supplements,
   • study of the influence of biotic and abiotic factors on the chemical composition of
     plants,
   • Biosynthesis of natural compounds in vitro,
   • Improve and develop methods for determining the content of selected plant components.
3. Conditions to be met by the candidate:
   1. Mandatory requirements:
      • Doctoral degree in agricultural and/or related sciences,
      • At least 2 years of experience in research or professional work thematically related to
        the field of research activity (e.g. postgraduate or doctoral studies, research
        internship),
      • Achievements in previous work, including authorship or co-authorship of at least one
        scientific paper from the list of journals of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education
        and presentation of research results (paper, poster),
      • An aptitude for academic work (e.g. participation in research projects),
      • Demonstrated knowledge of spoken and written English,
      • Ability to operate computer equipment and knowledge of basic software.
   2. Additional skills useful for the position:
      • Practical knowledge of chromatographic techniques in qualitative and quantitative
      • analysis: liquid chromatography coupled to UV-Vis and MS detection (UHPLC-PDAMS).
      • Practical ability to operate low and high resolution mass spectrometers from Bruker and/or
        Waters.
      • Familiarity with mass spectrometry-related software (e.g. Bruker DataAnalysis, Waters
        MassLynx/QuanLynx).
      • Knowledge of software for processing data from untargeted and targeted metabolomics
        experiments: MS-DIAL, MetaboAnalyst.
      • Practical skills in the isolation of specific plant and fungal metabolites, including low-,
        medium- and high-pressure chromatographic methods (FLASH, MPLC, HPLC-ELSD).
      • An overseas internship of at least one year.
      • Knowledge of the Polish language at least at an intermediate level (B2) (for people from
        abroad).
      • International cooperation documented by scientific articles in international journals from
        the Philadelphia list having a cumulative IF of at least 40.
4. Professional development prospects:
   1. An assistant professor may be promoted to the position of assistant professor after fulfilling the following conditions:
      • Doctoral degree in agricultural, biological, chemical sciences. Economics or a related field,
      • Achievements in previous scientific work, including authorship or co-authorship of scientific publications with a total value of at least 100 points based on the evaluation according to the list and scoring of journals from the list of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education (MNiSW) (min. 3 publications in journals included in the indexation of the Journal of Citation Report), of which at least 24 points gained after obtaining the doctoral degree,
      • Development and submission of a formally correct research project to NCN, NCBR or other research funding institution,
      • Motivation for scientific work documented by publications and participation in scientific life (including acting as an assistant promoter, scientific internships, participation in scientific conferences),
      • Demonstrated knowledge of spoken and written English.
   2. Adjunct professors may be promoted to the post of Institute Professor upon completion of the following conditions:
      • For an assistant professor holding a postdoctoral or doctoral degree in agricultural, biological, chemical, economic or related sciences:
        • willingness to undertake research issues justified by the needs of the Institute,
        • leadership of an externally funded research project or equivalent,
        • a national or foreign research placement, or a comparable collaboration with a foreign research institution, documented by joint projects and/or scientific output,
        • achievements in the training of scientific staff – acting as a supervisor in at least one doctoral thesis initiated,
        • achievements in previous scientific work, including authorship or co-authorship of scientific publications with a total value of at least 300 points based on the evaluation according to the list of journals from the list of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education,
        • Activity in scientific life and organisational skills (reviews of doctoral theses and in postdoctoral proceedings and of publications and/or research projects, organisation of and participation in conferences, organisation of workshops, courses, etc.).
      • In the case of an assistant professor holding a doctoral degree:
        • demonstration of outstanding scientific achievements in the represented field with a total value of at least 300 points based on the evaluation according to the list and scoring of journals from the list of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education;
        • acting as assistant supervisor in at least one doctoral thesis;
        • having a recognised organisational track record of implementing and disseminating research results (e.g. obtaining a patent or documented implementation);
        • Qualifications are assessed by the Scientific Council on the basis of the opinions of two reviewers, one of whom is from outside the Institute.
   3. Adjunct professors may be promoted to the position of professor after fulfilling the following conditions:
      • the academic title of professor in agricultural, biological, chemical or economic sciences;
      • willingness to undertake research issues justified by the needs of the Institute;
      • achievements in previous scientific work, including authorship or co-authorship of scientific publications with a total value of at least 450 points based on the evaluation according to the list of journals from the list of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education;
      • Participation in the training of scientific staff – acting as supervisor in at least two doctoral dissertations, reviewing doctoral theses and in habilitation and professorship proceedings.
5. Remuneration of the staff member employed as an assistant:
   • Basic salary of 105 – 220% of the minimum wage
6. Documents required:
   • Curriculum Vitae
   • Cover letter – briefly outlining the Candidate’s interests.
   • Research and scientific achievements to date and future career plans
   • Documents evidencing academic degrees and titles held,
   • List of publications and other scientific achievements
   • A statement that upon commencement of employment the institute will be the primary
     place of work,
   • Consent to the processing of personal data.
7. Form, date and place of submission of documents:
   • The required documents should be sent by post to the address of the Institute (The Institute of Soil Science and Plant Cultivation – State Research Institute, 24-100 Puławy, ul. Czartoryskich 8 or submitted in person to the Institute’s staff from Monday to Friday from 7 – 15 or electronically to the e-mail address: kadry@iung.pulawy.pl by 11.04.2023r.
   • The announcement of the results will take place no later than 2 weeks after the conclusion of the competition.
   • The Institute may recruit a member of staff as from the 01st of the month following the announcement of the results of the competition.
   • I am informed that the Institute has implemented and maintains the standards of the European Charter for Researchers and the principles of the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers and the OTMR policy, in accordance with the guidelines and recommendations of the European Commission.

Link to the policy of open, transparent and candidate-based recruitment rules (OTM-R) for research workers in Institute of Soil Science and Plant Cultivation – State Research Institute – http://hr.iung.pulawy.pl/doc/pl/iung_otmr_polityka.pdf