Public Notice

Documentary tender for the recruitment of an Assistant Professor, Physiotherapy subject area School of Health of the Polytechnic Institute of Portalegre

1. Pursuant to the provisions of articles 3, 5, 10-B, 15 and 17 of the Statute for the Career of Polytechnic Higher Education Teaching Staff (hereinafter referred to as ECPDESP), approved by Decree-Law no. 185/81, of 1 July, as amended by Decree-Law no. 69/88, of 3 March, by Decree-Law no. 207/2009, of 31 August, which republishes it in the annex, and by Law no. 7/2010, of 13 May, in conjunction with the Regulations for the hiring of teaching staff in the career of the Polytechnic Institute of Portalegre (hereinafter referred to as ECPDESP), published in Notice no. 5648/2020 of 13 May.º 7/2010, of 13 May, in conjunction with the Regulation of tenders for the hiring of teaching staff in the teaching career of the Polytechnic Institute of Portalegre, published in Notice no. 5648/2020 in the Diário da República, 2nd series, of 2 April 2020, it becomes public that, by order of 10/02/2025, of the President of the Polytechnic Institute of Portalegre, issued in the use of the competences provided for in paragraph d), of no. 1, of article 92 of the Portuguese Constitution, the President of the Polytechnic Institute of Portalegre, issued in the use of the competences provided for in paragraph d), of article 92 of the Portuguese Constitution.º 1, do artigo 92.º da Lei n.º 62/2007, de 10 de setembro, e no alínea g), do n.º 2, do artigo 29.º do Despacho Normativo n.º 3/2016, de 20 de abril de 2016, publicado no Diário da República n.º 85, II Série, de 3 de maio de 2016, amended by Normative Order no. 10/2024, published in Diário de Republica no. 74, 2ª serie, de 14 de abril de 2024, a call for tenders for the recruitment of an Assistant Professor, provided for in the teaching staff map of the Polytechnic Institute of Portalegre, in the form of an employment contract in public functions for an indefinite period, for the disciplinary area of Physiotherapy, is open for a period of thirty working days from the date of publication of this notice in the Diário da República.

2. Place of work: Facilities of the organisational units that make up the Polytechnic Institute of Portalegre.

    

3. Number of posts to be filled: one (1) post.

4. Type of legal employment relationship to be established: Public employment contract for an indefinite period, on a trial basis for 5 years, in accordance with article 10-B of the ECPDESP.

5. Expiry date:

   5.1 The tender is valid for this vacancy and will expire if it is filled or if there are no candidates. 

   5.2 The tender may also be terminated by a duly substantiated act of the President of the Polytechnic Institute of Portalegre, respecting the general principles of administrative activity, as well as the legal, regulatory and competition limits. 

    

6. The following are cumulative requirements for admission to the tender:

   6.1 General Requirements: Hold the general requirements set out in Article 17(b) to (e) of Law 35/2014, of 20 June (General Labour Law in Public Functions, hereinafter referred to as LTFP), in its current wording:

   a. Be 18 years old;

   b) Not be disqualified from exercising public functions;

   c) Have the physical strength and mental profile required to carry out their duties;

   d) Have complied with mandatory vaccination laws.

   6.2 Special Requirements: 

   a) Candidates who hold a doctoral degree or specialist qualification obtained in accordance with Decree-Law no. 206/2009, of 31 August, in the field or in a field related to that for which the tender is open, as provided for in article 17 of the ECPDESP, may submit applications to this competition.

   b) Proficiency in spoken and written Portuguese, which may be subject to specific tests if the candidate does not come from a Portuguese-speaking country;

   c) Candidates for the tender who hold qualifications obtained abroad must provide proof of the recognition, equivalence or registration of the doctoral degree, in accordance with the applicable national legislation, by the closing date for applications. 

7. Duties and functional content of the category: The assistant professor is responsible for the duties set out in Articles 2a and 3(4) of the ECPDESP. 

    

8. Remuneration position: Provided for under the terms of the remuneration system for polytechnic higher education teaching staff, as set out in Article 35(1) of the ECPDESP and Decree-Law 408/89 of 18 November in its current wording.

9. Formalising the application: 

   9.1 Applications are submitted on paper and must be formalised by filling in the application form, in electronic format, which is available on the Polytechnic Institute of Portalegre's online page, at the following address http://pae.ipportalegre.pt/repositoryInterface/infoinstitucional/recursoshumanos/recrutamento addressed to the President of the Polytechnic Institute of Portalegre and delivered in person or sent by post, with acknowledgement of receipt, to the address: Polytechnic Institute of Portalegre, Praça do Município, n.º 11, 7300-110 Portalegre, or delivered in person to the same address.

   9.2 The application must contain the following elements:

a) Full identification (name, marital status, parentage, place of birth, number and date of ID card or legally recognised document, expiry date, residence, postcode, telephone number and contact email address);

b) Academic qualifications and/or professional/academic titles;

c) Category, group or subject area to which they belong, length of service as a higher education teacher and institution to which they belong, if applicable;

d) Any other elements that candidates consider may influence the assessment of their merit or constitute grounds for legal preference;

e) Identification of the tender you are applying for, indicating the number of the notice and the date of publication in the Diário da República in which this notice was published or the BEP offer code;

f) Date and signature.

9.3 The application must be accompanied by the following documents proving the general requirements set out in article 17 of the LTFP: 

a) Criminal record certificate proving that you are not disqualified from exercising public functions, or that you are not prohibited from exercising the functions you intend to perform;

b) A declaration that you have the physical strength and mental profile indispensable for the performance of the duties for which you are applying;

c) Mandatory vaccination bulletin;

9.4 You must submit the following documents together with your application form, failing which you will be excluded from the tender:

a) Photocopy of academic qualifications certificate or other legally recognised document;

b) Documents proving fulfilment of the special requirements set out in paragraph 6.2 of this Notice;

c) Curriculum vitae, detailed, dated and signed, must be structured and presented, under penalty of exclusion, in accordance with the selection and ranking criteria of the final evaluation system, set out in points 11. and 13. of this notice, using the form made available online for this purpose at https://pae.ipportalegre.pt/repositoryInterface/infoinstitucional/recur…, menu Teaching Staff - Tender Procedures/Forms, and indicating the evidence that proves each of the activities, organised in accordance with what is explained in point h) of this subpoint;

d) A digital copy of the Curriculum Vitae;

e) One copy, in digital format (CD/DVD/Pen Drive), of each piece of scientific or professional work mentioned in the CV.

f) A copy in digital format (CD/DVD/Pen Drive) of the scientific-pedagogical project drawn up by the candidate, with a view to its potential contribution to pedagogical quality, in its theoretical and practical aspects, and the development of science, applied research and the provision of services to the community in the subject areas of the tender; 

g) Documents proving any other elements that candidates consider may influence the assessment of their merit or constitute grounds for legal preference;

h) Documentation sorting form, made available online for this purpose at https://pae.ipportalegre.pt/repositoryInterface/infoinstitucional/recursoshumanos/recrutamento, which contains a two-way identification between the supporting documents submitted and the items/facts identified in the Curriculum Vitae.

9.5 Under penalty of exclusion, the application must be structured in accordance with the instructions for organising the application/ Curriculum Vitae available at https://pae.ipportalegre.pt/repositoryInterface/infoinstitucional/recursoshumanos/recrutamento.

9.6 Documents must be submitted in Portuguese or English.

9.7 Candidates who are teachers at the Polytechnic Institute of Portalegre are exempt from submitting the documents in their personal file, but must state this in their application.

9.8 Failure to submit the documents required under the terms of this notice, or submitting them after the deadline, will result in exclusion from the tender.

9.9 However, when submitting applications, the documents referred to in points 9.3(a), 9.3(b) and 9.3(c) of this notice are not required, provided that candidates declare on their application form, on honour, their situation with regard to these requirements.

9.10 Failure to present the documents related to the CV submitted by the candidate means that the elements they should prove will not be valued.

9.11 If you present a false document, you will be immediately excluded from the tender and reported to the competent authority for criminal prosecution.

10. Selection methods: The assessment method to be used is curricular assessment.

11. Criteria for selecting and ranking candidates: 

11.1 Under the terms of Article 15-A of the ECPDESP, the criteria for selecting and ranking candidates, in order to ascertain their merit for the duties to be performed, are as follows:

a) Technical-scientific and professional performance with a relative weight of 40 per cent;

b) Teaching ability with a relative weight of 35 per cent;

c) Scientific-Pedagogical Project with a relative weight of 15 per cent;

d) Other activities relevant to the institution's mission with a relative weight of 10 per cent."

11.2 The assessment of the curriculum vitae focuses on the relevance, quality and timeliness of the activities indicated in the curriculum vitae, giving a higher value to the last five years of the technical-scientific and professional component of the activities indicated in the curriculum vitae, in each of the components established in the paragraphs of the previous point.

11.2.1 The five-year period referred to in the previous paragraph may be extended by the jury, at the candidate's request, when justified by the suspension of scientific activity for socially protected reasons, namely parental leave, prolonged serious illness, and other legally protected situations of unavailability for work.

11.3 Evaluation grid:

Parameters

Weighting % 

Items

Points (maximum)

Sub-items

Score

Technical-Scientific and/or Professional Capacity: 40

1.1 Academic training: 40,0

Degree of Doctor of Physiotherapy and Licentiate in Physiotherapy: 40

Title of Specialist in Physiotherapy under Decree-Law no. 206/2009 of 31 August and Degree in Physiotherapy: 10

Doctoral Degree in the Disciplinary or Related Area of the Tender and Degree in Physiotherapy: 30

Maximum 40.0 Points

1.2 Coordination / participation in research project teams: 7,0

Principal Investigator or Co-Principal Investigator in research project teams with evaluation and external funding (e.g. FCT; European projects): 7 / project

Participation in research project teams with external evaluation and funding: 5 / project

Evaluator of international research projects: 3 / project

Evaluator of national research projects: 2 / project

Maximum 7.0 points

1.3 Scientific publications: 15,0

Author or co-author of a technical-scientific book published by recognised publishers (Elsevier, Springer, Thomson-Reuters or Sage): 12 / book 

Publication of articles in international scientific journals indexed in ISI or SCOPUS (Q1 / Q2) with a link proving this classification:

12 / article Q1

9 / article Q2

Publication of articles in international scientific journals indexed in ISI or SCOPUS (Q3 / Q4) with a link proving this classification:

6 / article Q3

3 / article Q4

Publication of book chapters in Recognised Publishers (Elsevier, Springer, Thomson-Reuters or Sage): 3 / chapter

Publication of technical-scientific articles in other refereed journals or book chapters in other publishers (maximum 5 points): 0.5 / article or chapter

Editor or co-editor of an international multi-author technical-scientific work (book or international journal): 5 / work

Member of editorial boards of scientific journals indexed in ISI or SCOPUS: 2 / year

Publication of technical-scientific articles in proceedings of international conferences with arbitration (maximum 4 points): 0.5 / article

Publication of technical-scientific articles in proceedings of national congresses with arbitration (maximum 2 points): 0.5 / article

Posters and Communications at Scientific and/or Technical Congresses / Meetings (maximum 2 points):

0.2 / poster

0.4 / communication

Maximum 15.0 points

1.4 Technical and scientific events: 2,0

Chairman of international technical and scientific congresses / seminars: 1 / event

Member of scientific committees of international technical and scientific congresses / seminars: 0.5 / event

Member of organising committees for international technical and scientific congresses / seminars: 0.5 / event

Maximum 2.0 points

1.5 Technical and scientific units: 2,0

Coordinator or Sub-coordinator of a Research Unit evaluated by the FCT as Very Good or Excellent: 2

Integrated member of research units in the area of the tender, funded by FCT and with a minimum classification of Good.: 0.5 / year

Maximum 2.0 points

1.6 Guidance for theses / dissertations / projects / internships: 3,0

Guidance / Co-supervision of Doctoral Theses (completed): 2 / thesis

Guidance / Co-supervision of post-doctoral work (completed): 1 / work

Guidance / Co-supervision of Project Work / Dissertations / Master's Degree Internship Reports (completed): 0.5 / job

Maximum 3.0 points

1.7 Participation in juries of academic examinations: 2,0

Member of Jury for Doctoral Thesis (except supervisor) or Specialist Degree:

2 / doctorate

1 / title of specialist

Master's dissertation tutor: 0.5 / participation

Member of Jury of Other Academic Tests (Degree in Physiotherapy): 0.1 / participation

Maximum 2.0 points

1.8 Professional experience in physiotherapy: 25,0

Professional activity as a Physiotherapist (except teaching experience, considered in point 2.1) and holder of an active Professional Card of the Order of Physiotherapists as a full member, in accordance with Law no. 122/2019, of 30 September, in its current wording: 5 / year

Maximum 25.0 points

1.9 Awards and honours: 2,0

Awards and honours: 0.5 / prize or distinction

Maximum 2.0 points

1.10 Other activities: 2,0

Other activities that the jury considers relevant to scientific performance: 0.5 / activity

Maximum 2.0 points

Subtotal 1

40

100,0

Technical and scientific capacity

Pedagogical ability

35

2.1 Teaching Experience in Higher Education: 40,0

Teaching experience in polytechnic and/or university higher education (up to 9 points): 3 / year

Responsibility for course units in the area in which the tender is open: 5 / CU / year

Teaching course units in the area in which the tender is open: 2 / CU / year

Trainer in accredited programmes/short courses: 1 / 10h

Maximum 40.0 Points

2.2 Preparation of Programmes and Pedagogical Material: 25,0

Preparation of teaching manuals and textbooks with ISBN or ISSN in the field of Physiotherapy (T and TP classes, maximum 1 element per UC): 10 / manual or book

Elaboration of other texts and teaching manuals with ISBN or ISSN in the field of Physiotherapy (T and TP classes, maximum 1 element per UC): 5 / text or manual

Preparation of curricular unit programmes: 2 / programme

Supervision and accompaniment of students in internship / clinical teaching in the field of Physiotherapy (completed) (up to 10 points): 0.5 / student

Organisation of international educational events: 1 / activity

Organisation of national educational events: 0.5 / activity

Maximum 25.0 points

2.4 Participation in short-term actions: 20,0

Participation in training actions / training courses in the field of Physiotherapy (duration greater than or equal to 7 hours per course): 0.2 / action or course

Maximum 20.0 Points

2.5 Evaluation of teaching performance: 5,0

Performance evaluation of teaching quality (Average evaluation - global value - v.g.): between 1 and 5 v.g.

Maximum 5.0 points

2.5 Other activities: 10,0

Other activities that the jury considers relevant to teaching performance: 0.5 / activity

Maximum 10.0 Points

Subtotal 2

35

100,0

Pedagogical ability

Scientific-Pedagogical Project

15

3.1 Potential contribution of the submitted document to the scientific and pedagogical development of the subject area of the tender: 100,0

The evaluation of the scientific-pedagogical project proposal must take into account the scientific, pedagogical and organisational objectives evidenced in it, considering the area of expertise of the application and the respective fit of the proposals in the mission of the institution.

Maximum 100

Subtotal 3

15

100,0

Scientific-Pedagogical Project

Other activities relevant to IPP's mission

10

4.1 Performance of academic management duties: 20,0

Participation in a management, extension or coordination body: 10 / year

Maximum 20.0 Points

4.2 Performance of academic management duties: 20,0

Chairman of statutory bodies (CTC, CC, CP, AR, CR, CG): 20 / year

Course coordinator / sub-coordinator: 10 / year

Coordinator / Sub-coordinator of Scientific Area / Department: 20 / year

Member of statutory bodies (CTC, CP, AR, CR, CG, CA): 3 / year

Participation in committees / working groups appointed by organisations and with reports drawn up: 2.5 / activity

Maximum 20.0 Points

4.3 Other Activities: 60,0

Participation in juries and selection processes for student admission: 5 / activity

Community service activities, in accordance with IPP regulations: 2.5 / activity

Participation in self-evaluation processes (Study Cycles and SIGQ): 5 / activity

Participation in higher education course assessment and accreditation activities: 30 / activity

Coordination of extension and development projects with report production: 20 / activity

Other Coordination: 10 / activity

Other activities that the jury considers relevant in the disciplinary area in which the tender is open: 5 / activity

Maximum 60.0 Points

Subtotal 4

10

100,0

Other activities relevant to IPP's mission

Total

100

TOTAL

12. Under the terms of Article 23(4)(a) and (b) of the ECPDESP, the jury may ask candidates to submit additional documentation related to the curriculum submitted and may organise public hearings on equal terms for all candidates.

13. Final classification:

13.1 The final quantitative marks for each candidate will be expressed on a scale of 0 to 100 points and will result from the application of the following formula:

CF = (DTCP * 0.40) + (CP * 0.35) + (PCP * 0.15) + (OA * 0.10)

in which:

DTPC - Technical-Scientific and Professional Performance Component

CP - Pedagogical Capacity Component

PCP - Component referring to the Scientific-Pedagogical Project

OA - Component referring to Other Activities Relevant to the Mission of the Polytechnic Institute of Portalegre.

13.2 Candidates who obtain a final classification equal to or greater than 50 points and, as a cumulative condition, are members of research centres in the area of the tender, with FCT funding and a rating of Good, Very Good or Excellent, will be considered to have been approved on absolute merit.

13.3 All results will be rounded to the nearest tenth

14. Tender jury:

14.1 The jury for the tender is made up as follows:

Chair: Helena Maria de Sousa Lopes Reis do Arco, Coordinating Professor , Escola Superior de Saúde of the Portalegre Polytechnic Institute.

In the event of her absence or impediment, the Chair of the Jury will be replaced by the Coordinating Professor António José das Mota Casa Nova.

Effective Members: 

a) Alda Sofia Pires de Dias Marques, Principal Coordinating Professor, School of Health, University of Aveiro;

b) Maria António Ferreira de Castro, Coordinating Professor with Aggregation at the School of Health of the Polytechnic Institute of Leiri a;

c) Eduardo Brazete Cruz, Coordinating Professor, School of Health, Polytechnic Institute of Setúbal;

d) Nuno do Carmo Antunes Cordeiro, Coordinating Professor, Escola Superior de Saúde, Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco;

e) Rui Jorge Dias Costa , Coordinating Professor, School of Health, University of Aveiro.

Alternate Member: 

a) António José das Mota Casa Nova, Coordinating Professor , from the School of Health of the Polytechnic Institute of Portalegre.

14.2 Jury deliberations:

14.2.1 The jury can deliberate when the President and at least two thirds of its members are present; 

14.2.2 Decisions are taken by an absolute majority of the votes of the jury members present at the meeting, with no abstentions allowed.

14.3 The Jury's minutes can be consulted, at the candidate's request, at Praça do Município, no. 11, 7300-110 Portalegre, during office hours.

15. Participation of interested parties and decision: The draft final order will be notified to candidates for the purposes of hearing of interested parties, under the terms of articles 121 et seq. of the Code of Procedure Administrative.

16. Notifications are made by email to the email address indicated on the application form.

17. The tender dossier can be consulted by candidates who wish to do so, at the Central Services of the Polytechnic Institute of Portalegre, during normal office hours.

18. Documents submitted by candidates will be returned at their request at least one year after the competition has ended, unless the competition has been contested in court.

19. In fulfilment of Article 9(h) of the Constitution of the Portuguese Republic, the Public Administration, the Polytechnic Institute of Portalegre, as an employer, actively promotes a policy of equal opportunities for men and women in access to employment and professional advancement, taking scrupulous care to avoid any form of discrimination. 

20. Publication of the tender notice: 

In addition to publication in the 2nd series of the Diário da República, this notice is also published: 

20.1 On the public employment exchange; 

20.2 On the website of the Foundation for Science and Technology, I. P., in Portuguese and English; 

20.3 On the website of the Polytechnic Institute of Portalegre, in Portuguese and English. 

June, 23, 2025. 

The President of IPP,

Luís Carlos Loures