University of Hradec Králové is looking for Postdoctoral Fellows

General Criteria:

1. The applicant must be a postdoctoral researcher according to the following definition: “A postdoctoral researcher is a researcher within 7 years after obtaining the Ph.D. degree title or its foreign equivalent”. If the applicant does not have the Ph.D. degree title, his/her title must correspond to ISCED Level 8 (International Standard Classification of Education).

2. The applicant has accomplished doctoral studies abroad or at any university in the Czech Republic except for the UHK. Inbreeding is not allowed.

3. The applicant must have a very good knowledge of English.

4. The applicant must have a relevant publication activity – at least 3 publications within the last 3 years. The relevant publications are publications registered in the Thomson Reuters Web of Science database of the JCR index (type „Article“, „Letter“ and „Review“). In the fields of the SSH disciplines, SJR SCOPUS index is relevant (type „Article“, „Book“, „Book chapter“, „Letter“ and „Review“) or „Book“ or „Book chapters“ in selected TOP, SEMI TOP of the Foreign Publishing Houses and in the Czech Publishing Houses – see List of Prestigious Publishing Houses.

5. H-index – at least 4. Web of Science or Scopus is used as the source for calculating the H-index. However, this condition for the H-index does not have to be met by a researcher in the field of social sciences or humanities.

6. Compliance of the applicant’s research activity with a prospective research area at one of the UHK faculties (with a specific UHK workplace – departments, laboratories, etc.).

7. The researcher is obliged to actively participate in one conference/seminar/workshop/online presentation organized by the UHK, every 6 months of the employment.

8. The employment must last between 6 and 36 months. The employment can start from 1 January 2024 and must end no later than 31 December 2026.

9. The researcher must be at least a half-time employee of the UHK and his/her place of employment must be in the Czech Republic.

Offer:

1. Supervisor from the UHK;

2. Employment for a fixed period of 6-36 months;

3. Part time or full-time job;

4. Place of employment in the Czech Republic;

5. Employment at a dynamic young university with a very good ranking and excellent research results;

6. The estimated gross monthly wage with obligatory employer’s and employee’s deductions (taxes, social and health insurance) is 2, 350 EUR (full-time employment), the estimated gross monthly wage with obligatory employee’s deductions is 1, 725 EUR (full-time employment) and the estimated net monthly wage is 1, 370 EUR (full-time employment).

Required documents:

1. Completed form Annex No. 1: Application form for 2024-2026 Postdoctoral Job Positions at the University of Hradec Králové;

2. Diploma (and/or its recognition) – a simple copy;

3. Professional CV – max. 2 pages;

4. List of all achieved scientific results – max. 2 pages;

5. Project Proposal, including the schedule of research work (a free form including a description of the plan of research activities and expected results; a Gantt diagram can be added) – max. 2 pages.

All the documents described above can be submitted by 17 September 2023. Please submit the application in an electronic form to Ing. Veronika Hrůzová (veronika.hruzova@uhk.cz).

For more information, see „Call for Competition for 2024-2026 Postdoctoral Job Positions at the University of Hradec Králové”, or contact Veronika Hrůzová, coordinator of postdoctoral positions (veronika.hruzova@uhk.cz).