Two job offers from the European project Glaukos – Ecotox

The Ecotox research team of the Coastal Ecology group of the CIM-UVigo, offers two positions within the GLAUKOS project.

Position 1: Project Manager

General conditions:

  • Full time (40 hrs/week), starting in April 2020
  • Duration: 3 years (practice period of 6 months)
  • Salary: up to 35,000 eur/year (gross salary), depending on qualification

Tasks to be performed:

  • Coordination of the Ecotox team activities within the Glaukos H2020 Project
  • Communications and meetings with other partners
  • Delivery of report of results, milestones and deliverables to the coordinator
  • Project administration (accounting, contact with suppliers).
  • Assistance in the search for new financing opportunities and preparation of proposals.

Requirements

  • Experience in managing research projects in international environments.
  • Excellent communication skills: English and Spanish spoken fluently
  • Good knowledge of environmental toxicology.
  • Good knowledge of EU research funding schemes.
  • Knowledge in web page editing will be an asset

Selection process

Interested parties should send a cover letter, CV, contact details and contact details of two references to rbeiras@uvigo.gal, indicating in the subject of the email the reference: GLAUKOS- Ecotox PM Position. Maximum total size of attached documents: 5 MB.

Deadline: March 13, 2020

Position 2: Postdoctoral contract

General conditions:

  • Full time (40 hrs/week), starting in April 2020
  • Duration: 3 years (practice period of 6 months)
  • Salary: up to 35,000 eur/year (gross salary), depending on qualification

Tasks to be performed:

  • Research on degradation and effects of biopolymers in the environment using experimental aquatic models.
  • Research on the effects of polymers and plastic additives in aquatic model organisms at the molecular level (gene expression, omics).
  • Preparation of manuscripts and reports.
  • Dissemination activities: attendance at international conferences, popular science.

Requirements:

  • PhD in biology, environmental sciences or similar.
  • Excellent knowledge of marine ecotoxicology, biomarkers and bioassays.
  • Excellent knowledge of molecular techniques applied to environmental sciences (electrophoresis, qPCR, enzymatic activities, ELISA, omics).
  • Fluent spoken English
  • Ability to carry out tests with animals in accordance with EU regulations (Directive 2010/63 / EU, Order ECC / 566/2015).

Selection process

Interested parties should send a cover letter, CV, contact details and contact details of two references to rbeiras@uvigo.gal, indicating in the subject of the email the reference: GLAUKOS-Ecotox PostDoc Position. . Maximum total size of attached documents: 5 MB.

Data límite: 13 de marzo de 2020

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Edificio Filomena Dato
Campus de Vigo
36310 Vigo. Galicia. (Spain)

Edificio Filomena Dato
Campus de Vigo
36310 Vigo. Galicia. (Spain)