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Senior Technician in Governance and Regional Smart Specialisation Strategies

Reference:

24FUBPASCTBETATSTCI14768

Vacancy type:

New Position

Area:

Governance for Sustainability

Call end:

31/05/2025

Job description

Description:
The BETA Technology Centre is made up of a young multidisciplinary team of more than 110 researchers and seeks to incorporate a dynamic person who wants to be part of this project. We are looking for a technical manager of competitive projects in the field of governance for sustainability who will become part of the centre’s team.
The selected candidate will join the sustainability governance team of the BETA Technology Centre supporting the principal investigator in the AGRI-BIOCIRCULAR HUBS project. This project seeks to consolidate a transnational Hub of Excellence to promote the circular bioeconomy towards a sustainable agri-food sector in widening countries. The successful candidate will oversee analysing Regional Smart Specialization Strategies (RIS3), looking for synergies and creating strategies. In turn, it will be able to dedicate itself to other projects of the center.

 

Functions and duties:
– Collaborate in the technical management of the Agri-Biocircular-Hub project.
– Contribute to the mapping and analysis of Regional Smart Specialisation Strategies (RIS3) related to the agri-food and biocircular economy in selected regions of Eastern Europe.
– Contribute to the preparation of a report that identifies and analyzes R+D+i priorities and political trends in the selected regions, as well as a framework for possible interregional collaboration.
– Assist in the organization of events within the framework of the projects.
– May collaborate in the execution and monitoring of other strategic projects in the field of governance.
– May collaborate in the drafting of new proposals for the collection of competitive funds.

Requirements

Spanish Decree on recognition of qualifications of teaching and research staff, and service staff

According to Spanish Royal Decree 889/2022, those who apply for teaching and research staff (PDI) or service staff (PAS) posts should have any qualifications issued abroad officially recognised in Spain, since such approval qualifies for the exercise of regulated professions in Spain. Research-only staff are exempt from this requirement.

  • Title: Advanced Vocational Training or equivalent in fields related to the subject of the call for applications.
  • Certification of Level C1 in Catalan or commitment to obtain it.
  • Accreditation of Level B2 English or commitment to obtain it.
  • Advanced mastery of the Office Package (Word, Excel, Access, Power Point).
  • Experience in the execution of projects, preferably in the circular economy field.
  • Knowledge of agri-food systems and the circular bioeconomy.
  • Knowledge of regional development, European integration and regional Smart Specialization Strategies (RIS3).
  • Experience in policy analysis , strategic planning and governance processes.
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Merits

• University degree in the field: Bioeconomy , public policies and/or sustainable development or similar
• Doctorate in the field: governance, bioeconomy or similar.
• Interest in academia-politics and scientific diplomacy.
• Experience in planning and executing governance processes
• Experience in European institutions and public administration

Competences

  • Planning and organisation
  • Teamwork and cooperation
  • Organisation
  • Empathy
  • Learning and use of knowledge

This job offer includes

Inclusion in the professional group Administrative and service staff (PAS)
Type of contract: permanent
Total work: full-time
Gross salary: 31.417,80 €

– Possibility of combining face-to-face work and teleworking.