Auxiliary Professor in Population Health

Department: Recrutamento Docentes

Research Field: Medical sciences

Researcher Profile: Other Profession

Positions: PhD Positions

Application Deadline: 10 Sep 2026 - 23:59 (Europe/Lisbon)

Country: Portugal

Type of Contract: Not Applicable

Job Status: Full-time

Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?: Not funded by a EU programme

Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?: No

Offer Description

It is hereby announced that, by my order issued on this date, an international competition is now open for a period of 30 (thirty) business days, starting on the business day immediately following the publication of this Notice in the Diário da República, to fill 1 (one) position in the university teaching career, in the category of Auxiliary Professor, under an indefinite-term public service employment contract, in the academic area of Population Health at the Faculty of Medical Sciences | NOVA Medical School, with academic experience in Medical Psychology and clinical experience in the field of Severe Mental Illness, both of which are relevant, opened pursuant to Articles 37 et seq. of the Statute on University Teaching Careers (ECDU), as currently in force, as well as the Regulations on Competitive Examinations for University Teaching Careers at NOVA University Lisbon, (Order No. 3012/2015 of February 20) published in the 2nd series of the Diário da República, No. 58, of March 24, and by the Regulations for Academic Career Competitions of the Faculty of Medical Sciences (Regulation No. 609/2017 of November 28), published in the 2nd series of the Diário da República, No. 229, of November 28, as well as by Rector’s Order No. 100/2022 of June 6, 2022, and other applicable legislation.

The initiation of this competitive selection process, as well as the appointment of the selection committee, was authorized by the Rector’s Order dated 19/06/2026.

In accordance with Article 9(h) of the Constitution, the Public Administration, as an employer, actively promotes a policy of equal opportunity for men and women in access to employment and career advancement, taking every precaution to prevent any and all forms of discrimination.

I. Admission requirements

1. Pursuant to Article 41-A of the ECDU, applicants for this position must hold a doctoral degree.
2. Meet the general admission requirements for recruitment to public service positions.

II. Requirements for approval on the basis of absolute merit

1. Approval of candidates on the basis of absolute merit is contingent upon their having a comprehensive academic record that the selection committee reasonably considers to demonstrate scientific and pedagogical merit, research ability, and professional activity consistent with the academic discipline for which the competition was opened, and appropriate to the respective teaching category, as documented in the application materials submitted for the competition.
2. For the purposes of the evaluation referred to in the preceding paragraph, the selection of candidates based on absolute merit will depend on their meeting all of the following requirements:

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Psychology;
• Doctorate in Life Sciences, specializing in Mental Health;
• Academic experience in an Integrated Master’s Program in Medicine, in the areas of Medical Psychology and Psychiatry;
• Experience teaching courses;
• Scientific publications in the field of psychotic disorders;
• Experience coordinating research projects;
• Experience in advising or co-advising, and supervising master’s and doctoral students;
• Academic and clinical experience in the area of psychological interventions for psychotic disorders;
• Proficiency in the Portuguese language (spoken and written) at a level that allows for teaching duties without any communication limitations in this language;

III — Criteria for evaluation based on relative merit

The criteria, indicators, and weightings for evaluating candidates based on relative merit are as follows:

1. With regard to scientific performance, development, and innovation, the following indicators will be considered (30% weighting):

• Scientific Output — Quality and quantity of scientific output (full-length articles, books, conference papers) as reflected by the number and type of publications, the recognition it receives from the scientific community (as evidenced by the quality of the publication venues and citations by other authors), and, where applicable, the capacity to translate the achieved research results into practical applications - 10%;
• Scientific activity — The quality and quantity of scientific projects in which the candidate has participated and the results obtained therein, with particular emphasis on project coordination and participation in national and international networks; in assessing quality, consideration must be given to the type of funding obtained for the project, that is, whether the application was evaluated and which entity was responsible for the evaluation — 10%;
• Formation of scientific teams — The ability to organize and lead scientific teams, coordinate and participate in national and international research projects, as well as the activity demonstrated in supervising advanced training in the disciplinary area to which the competition pertains — 5%;
• Engagement with the scientific community — National and international scientific recognition demonstrated by the ability to engage with the scientific community, as evidenced by the organization of scientific events, collaboration in the publication of journals, peer review of scientific articles, delivery of invited lectures, service on scientific award committees, participation in scientific journals, and involvement in scientific committees, organizations, or networks, etc., with particular emphasis on involvement at the international level in the practice of scientific research - 5%;

1. The assessment of relative merit in the area of Teaching Ability will focus solely on actual, institutionally verified teaching experience at institutions of higher education, as reflected in the official teaching assignment schedule, with greater weight given to teaching experience in undergraduate or integrated master’s programs in Medicine. The following indicators will be considered in the assessment of teaching ability (weighted at 40%):

• Teaching activities — Teaching activities are evaluated based on the quality of services provided in undergraduate and graduate education, using the following criteria: courses coordinated and taught as part of the Integrated Master’s Program in Medicine, taking into account teaching practices and the organization and pedagogical guidance of the courses - 25%;
• Educational output — Educational output shall be evaluated with regard to the production of documents supporting learning - 5%;
• Educational coordination — All activities that, although not involving direct contact with students, promote a learning environment at the institution shall be evaluated - 5%;
• Dissemination of knowledge in the community — Activities related to the dissemination and transfer of knowledge carried out outside the institution will be considered – 5%;

1. In the evaluation of other relevant activities (academic administration and university extension programs), the following indicators will be considered (30% weighting):

• Clinical competence in cognitive-behavioral psychotherapies and psychoeducational family interventions for severe mental illness – 20%;
• Experience as a trainer in cognitive-behavioral psychotherapies and psychoeducational family interventions – 10%.

IV. Workplace

Faculty of Medical Sciences | NOVA Medical School | NOVA University of Lisbon — Campo Mártires da Pátria, 130, 1169-085 Lisbon — Portugal.

V. Submission of Applications

1. Applications, accompanied by the documents listed below, must be submitted in digital format within 30 business days from the day following the publication of this Notice in the Diário da República.
2. Applications may be submitted in person in a sealed, properly labeled envelope at the secretariat of the Scientific Council of the Faculty of Medical Sciences, located at its main building at Campo dos Mártires da Pátria, or sent by mail to the address of the Faculty of Medical Sciences at Campo dos Mártires da Pátria, No. 130, 1169-056 Lisbon.
3. Failure to meet the deadline for submitting the application, as well as failure to submit or late submission of the documents referred to in the preceding paragraphs, will result in the application’s exclusion. False statements made by applicants will be punished in accordance with the law.

VI. Application Procedures

1. Applications must be submitted by completing the corresponding application form, which is available at https://www.nms.unl.pt/ptpt/nms/junte-se-anms/recrutamento?category=4345. The applicant must consent to receiving communications and notifications related to this recruitment process via email.
2. The application must be accompanied by the documentation listed below, which must be submitted in Portuguese or English; proficiency in Portuguese is required.

• A certificate attesting to the Ph.D. degree; in the case of degrees awarded by foreign higher education institutions, submission of the relevant specific recognition is mandatory, pursuant to Decree-Law No. 66/2018 of August 16;
• 3 copies, in digital format (USB drive) or printed, of the candidate’s curriculum vitae, dated and signed, indicating the work performed and published and the activities carried out, in accordance with the provisions of Article 4 of the ECDU;
• 3 copies of each of the published works mentioned in the curriculum vitae, preferably in digital format (USB drive), specifically the most representative ones, with regard to their contribution to the development and evolution of the academic field for which the competition is open;
• A sworn statement that, should the selection committee decide to request the documentation listed in the preceding subparagraphs or any other scientific documentation cited in the candidate’s curriculum vitae in hard copy, such documentation must be submitted within 10 business days;

1. Documents proving compliance with the general requirements for recruitment to public service positions may be replaced by a declaration made on the form referred to in point 1.
2. The absence of any supporting documents that cannot be supplemented ex officio shall result in the rejection of the application.
3. Applicants must format their résumés in accordance with the guidelines set forth in Section III of this Call for Applications.

VII. Composition of the Jury

Chair of the jury: Professor Pedro Manuel Sarmento Rodrigues Póvoa — Dean of the Faculdade de Ciências Médicas | NOVA Medical School of the Universidade NOVA de Lisboa.

Jury Members:

• Doctor Maria Cristina Canavarro – Full Professor at the Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação da Universidade de Coimbra;
• Doctor Maria Alexandra Marques Pinto – Associate Professor with Aggregation at the Faculdade de Psicologia da Universidade de Lisboa;
• Doctor Pedro Dias Mateus – Associate Professor at the Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Católica Portuguesa;
• Doctor Fernando Miguel Teixeira Xavier – Full Professor at the Faculdade de Ciências Médicas | NOVA Medical School, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa;
• Doctor Manuel Maria dos Santos Matroco Gonçalves Pereira – Full Professor at the Faculdade de Ciências Médicas | NOVA Medical School, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa;

VIII. Public Hearings

1. At its first meeting, the Selection Committee shall decide whether to hold public hearings for candidates who have been approved on the basis of absolute merit; such hearings are intended solely to clarify issues related to the documents submitted by the candidates.
2. If it is necessary to hold these public hearings, they shall take place between the 30th and 50th day following the candidates’ admission on the basis of absolute merit, and all candidates shall be informed at least 5 days in advance of the date and location where these public hearings will take place.

IX. Evaluation of Applications

1. Once the application deadline has passed, the jury shall meet in person or via teleconference to verify the eligibility of the applications. At the eligibility review meeting, the jury shall verify the admission requirements, draw up a list of eligible and/or ineligible candidates, and decide whether or not to hold a public hearing.
2. If there are no grounds for rejecting applications based on the administrative admission requirements set forth in Section I of this notice, the jury will decide on approval or non-approval based on absolute merit, by a roll-call vote with justification, taking into account the approval requirements identified in Section II.
3. Candidates who receive a favorable recommendation for approval based on absolute merit from a majority of the jury members are eligible to participate in the competition.
4. Once the candidates who have been definitively approved on the basis of absolute merit have been identified, they are ranked in order of relative merit, based on the ranking categories and criteria, their respective weightings, and the final scoring system, established in accordance with the provisions of Article 50(6) of the ECDU and Article 16(6) of the Regulations for Competitive Examinations for University Teaching Careers at Universidade Nova de Lisboa. Each committee member shall submit a written opinion ranking the admitted candidates, assigning a score to each criterion on a scale of 0 to 100, and a final score also on a scale of 0 to 100, resulting from the sum of the scores assigned to the weighted components as stipulated in this call for applications.
5. If no candidates have been disqualified, the selection committee shall also evaluate the candidates at the admission meeting.
6. The ranking of admitted candidates is determined by a vote of the jury members, in accordance with the ranking presented in the opinion referred to in the preceding paragraph, pursuant to subparagraphs (a) through (f) of paragraph 11 of Article 16 of the UNL Regulations on Competitive Examinations for University Teaching Careers.
7. If any candidate is not admitted, they shall be notified to submit their comments, in accordance with the Code of Administrative Procedure.
8. Notifications will be sent by email, in accordance with Article 112(1)(c) and Article 113(5) of the CPA.
9. Following the hearing of the interested parties, the selection committee shall evaluate the arguments presented and approve the final ranking list of successful candidates. The selection committee’s final decision shall be ratified by the Rector of NOVA, who shall also be responsible for deciding on the hiring.

X — Publication of the tender notice

1. This job posting is published on the first business day following its publication in the Official Gazette, as well as on the website of the Faculty of Medical Sciences | NOVA Medical School — https://www.nms.unl.pt/pt-pt/faculdade/junte-se-anms/recrutamento?category=4345.
2. In all matters not expressly provided for in this Notice, the competitive selection procedure is governed, in particular, by the provisions contained in the Statute of the University Teaching Career (ECDU), in its current version, as well as by the Regulations for Competitive Selection for the University Teaching Career at NOVA University Lisbon, (Order No. 3012/2015 of February 20) published in the 2nd series of the Official Gazette, No. 58, of March 24, and by the Regulations on Competitive Examinations for the Teaching Career at the Faculty of Medical Sciences (Regulation No. 609/2017 of November 28), published in the 2nd series of the Official Gazette, No. 229, of November 28, the Constitution of the Portuguese Republic, and the Code of Administrative Procedure.

NOVA Medical School of Universidade NOVA de Lisboa 08/07/2026. — The Dean, Professor Pedro Manuel Sarmento Rodrigues Póvoa.

Where to apply

Website: https://www.nms.unl.pt/pt-pt/faculdade/junte-se-a-nms/recrutamento?category=4345

Requirements

Research Field: Medical sciences

Education Level: PhD or equivalent

Work Location(s)

Number of offers available: 1

Company/Institute: NMS - company

Country: Portugal

City: Lisbon

Geofield

Contact

City: Lisboa

Website: https://www.nms.unl.pt/pt-pt/nms

Street: Campo dos Mártires da Pátria, n.º 130

E-Mail: recrutamentodocentes@nms.unl.pt