Senior Assistant

PUBLIC CALL

For the selection and employment of:

1. One employee for the position of Senior Assistant in the scientific area of Biotechnical Sciences, scientific field Biotechnology, for a fixed-term, full-time position, in the Laboratory for Measurement, Control and Automatisation ofthe Department of Process Engineering, to work on the project:
2. "From Food Waste to Vanillin Using Microreactors (IP-2025-02-1862)", funded by the Croatian Science Foundation.

Mandatory requirements:

• All applicants must meet the general conditions prescribed by the Labour Act ("Official Gazette" Nos. 93/14, 127/17, 98/19, 151/22, and 64/23) and comply with the provisions of the Higher Education and Science Act ("Official Gazette" No. 119/2022), the Statute of the University of Zagreb, the Statute of the Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, and the Guidelines for the Employment of Assistants and Senior Assistants on HRZZ Projects.

Preferred criteria:

• Knowledge and experience in mathematical modeling
• Experience in writing scientific papers
• Experience in microbiological testing
• Experience working with NIR spectroscopy.

Documents required with the application:

1. Curriculum vitae;
2. Cover letter (indicating the position applied for);
3. Certificate from the Croatian Pension Insurance Institute (HZMO) on the data recorded in the HZMO database, i.e., electronic records; not older than 30 days from the date of publication of this call;
4. Proof of appropriate educational qualifications to demonstrate that the candidate meets the requirements for the position (copy of master's degree; proof of an appropriate academic (PhD) degree in the appropriate scientific area and field)
5. Proof of the stated desirable and mandatory criteria and experiences;
6. Decision recognizing foreign educational qualifications for candidates who obtained their degree abroad;
7. Proof of citizenship;
8. Proof of knowledge of the Croatian language at C2 level according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages – for foreign nationals.

Applicants (m/f) who are shortlisted may be invited for an interview and/or testing.

Applicants entitled to preferential employment rights according to:

• Article 102 of the Act on Croatian Veterans of the Homeland War and Members of Their Families ("Official Gazette" Nos. 121/17, 98/19, 84/21, 156/23);
• Article 48 of the Act on Civilian Victims of the Homeland War("Official Gazette" Nos., 84/21)
• Article 48.f of the Act on the Protection of Military and Civilian War Invalids ("Official Gazette" Nos. 33/92, 77/92, 27/93, 58/93, 2/94, 76/94, 108/95, 108/96, 82/01, 103/03, 148/13, 98/19);
• Article 9 of the Act on Professional Rehabilitation and Employment of Persons with Disabilities ("Official Gazette" Nos. 157/13, 152/14, 39/18, 32/20)

…must explicitly invoke this right in their application and are given preference over other candidates only under equal conditions.

Candidates invoking preferential rights must submit, in addition to proof of meeting the required conditions, the documents prescribed in the relevant laws, including:

• For veterans: documents prescribed by Article 103, Paragraph 1 of the Act on Croatian Veterans, available at the Ministry of Croatian Veterans website: https://branitelji.gov.hr/zaposljavanje-843/843
• For civilian victims: documents prescribed by Article 49., Paragraph 1 of the Act on Civilian Victims, available at the Ministry of Croatian Veterans website: https://branitelji.gov.hr/zaposljavanje-843/843
• For war invalids: a decision or certificate confirming the right and proof of termination of previous employment;
• For persons with disabilities: proof of disability.

Pursuant to Article 13, Paragraph 1 of the Gender Equality Act ("Official Gazette" Nos. 82/08, 69/17), persons of all genders may apply.

Applications with the required documentation should be sent to:

University of Zagreb, Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology

Pierottijeva 6, 10000 Zagreb, with the reference to the position applied for.

The call is open for 30 (thirty) days from the date of publication in the "Official Gazette".

A complete application is one that contains all the data and attachments listed in this call. Only persons who submit a timely and complete application with all attachments and meet the formal requirements of the call will be considered candidates. Incomplete or late applications will not be considered, nor will applicants be asked to complete missing documents.

The University of Zagreb, Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology reserves the right to partially or fully cancel this call at any time. By submitting an application, the candidate consents to the collection and processing of all personal data contained in the application documentation for the purpose of implementing the call, in accordance with applicable data protection regulations, particularly Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (GDPR).

The University of Zagreb, Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology reserves the right to partially or fully cancel this call at any time. The University will publish on its website, within 8 days of completing the candidate selection process, information on the selection procedure and the selected candidate.

University of Zagreb

Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology