Joint Research Centre (JRC) How to cooperate with the JRC: Access to large research infrastructures and Job opportunities 5 June 2013 Zagreb Milena Raykovska Interinstitutional and Stakeholder Relations milena.raykovska@ec.europa.eu 1 Joint activities How can I / my organisation cooperate with the JRC? • Work at the JRC (and transfer knowledge contacts to your home organisation) • Gain access to the JRC large scale research infrastructure and databases • Perform joint research activities • Exchange information • Exchange personnel • Author common scientific papers • Organise / speak / present / participate at common conferences and events But no transfer of money 2 Job opportunities at the JRC 3 JRC Human Resources JRC staff by type of contract JRC staff by type of activity • 1782 permanent staff (officials) • 361 short term contracts (contract agents) • 624 grantholders • 76 trainees • 47 Seconded National Experts • 486 additional staff members Total of 3376 employees 4 (*) staff data – May 2013 Jobs at the JRC: What do we offer? • Access to unique facilities for research and training • Multicultural, multilingual work environment • Competitive salaries Making the JRC an even better place to work by promoting a fair, effective, and attractive working culture Working Conditions Policy • Flexitime • Tele-working • Part-time work • Equal opportunities • Use of VC facilities Social Policy Reconciliation private / professional lives • Social advantages • Childcare services • Temporary housing • Well-being policy • Integration and social activities • Welcome desk 5 Jobs at the JRC: What do we offer? Statutory Staff •Permanent positions (Officials) Through open •Temporary positions - max 6Y (Temporary Agents) competitions launched by the •Temporary positions - max 3Y (Contract Agents) European Personnel Selection Office (EPSO) http://europa.eu/epso/ •Grantholders •Seconded National Experts •Trainees •Other working opportunities Non Statutory Staff Also open to candidates with non-EU nationalities http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/jrc/jobs 6 Working opportunities on permanent basis Permanent staff (officials): Multiannual Recruitment Planning Since 2010, the JRC is launching open competitions for permanent staff (officials): 8 specific open competitions published in 2010 in the fields of: • • • • • • • • Chemistry, Biology and Health Sciences Physics Structural Mechanics Quantitative Policy Analysis Spatial Sciences Environmental Sciences Energy Sciences Communication & Information Technology 7 Working opportunities on Temporary basis Temporary agents: • • • • For EU nationals For scientific staff Contract duration: max. 4 + 2 years Through open competitions - European Personnel Selection Office (EPSO) Contract agents: • • • • For EU nationals Contract duration: max. 3 years For scientific and administrative staff Through open competitions - European Personnel Selection Office (EPSO) 8 Working opportunities on permanent basis Contract agents: CAST Research At the beginning of this year, the JRC launched a CAST in 5 specific areas of competence open to EU Member States and from Associated Countries*: • • • • • Natural Sciences Quantitative Sciences Human and Social Sciences Agricultural, Environmental and Earth Sciences Health Sciences *Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, Faeroe Islands, Iceland, Israel, Liechtenstein, Montenegro, Norway, Republic of Moldova, Switzerland, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Serbia and Turkey. 9 Working opportunities on Temporary basis Grantholders: • For EU nationals and for nationals from other countries (for post-doc and senior researchers only) • For scientific staff • Types: • Contract duration: between 3 months and 3 years • Access: open calls launched through the website of the JRC PhD Students: for researchers starting their careers, who submit a proposal for doctoral studies related to a research area published in a JRC institute's call. Post Docs: for researchers holding a doctoral degree or having a minimum of 5 years research experience, giving access to doctoral studies in a field relevant to the JRC’s scientific activities. Senior scientists: for senior scientists with a proven reputation and a high level of experience. 10 Working opportunities on Temporary basis Seconded National Experts (SNEs): • For EU nationals and exceptionally nationals from other countries and from public intergovernmental organisations • SNEs detached to JRC by public organisation, national authority, university, institute, etc. • SNEs remain in the service of their employer • Access: Open calls launched on the JRC web-site and organised through EU 27 Permanent Representations and Diplomatic Missions of non-member countries • Contract duration: 6 months to 2 years; renewable once for a total period of 4 years • Financial conditions: daily subsistence allowance 11 Working opportunities on Temporary basis Trainees: • 3 types: training for preparation of a thesis for university degree, training after university degree, industrial placement • Access: open calls for trainees launched through each Institute website • Contract duration: between 3 months and 1 year • Financial conditions: trainee grant Others: • Interim staff - local staff on very short term and temporary basis (up to 6 months) - through temping agencies http://www.startpeople.be and http://www.unique.be • European Commission Traineeship Programme - 5 months (March – July; 12 October – February) http://ec.europa.eu/stages/ How to apply? Via the European Personnel Selection Office: http://europa.eu/epso How to apply? Via the JRC: www.jrc.ec.europa.eu Current openings 5 June 2013 • 8 Grantholder positions for PhD students • 49 Grantholder positions for Post-doc researchers • 4 Grantholder positions for senior researchers • 2 Trainees • 5 Seconded National Experts • 3 Other Croatian eligible for at least 61 positions! 15 Useful contacts Links: JRC: http://www.jrc.ec.europa.eu EPSO: http://www.eu-careers.eu Traineeship Office: http://ec.europa.eu/stages/ Staff regulations: http://ec.europa.eu/civil_service/docs/toc100_en.pdf Contacts: jrc-info@ec.europa.eu JRC-HR-GEN@ec.europa.eu JRC Large Scale Research Infrastructure The JRC has a wide range of laboratories and unique research facilities at its disposal. They make it a valuable partner in many research fields and through numerous collaborations, access to many facilities is granted to scientists from partner organisations. JRC builds and maintains its own general infrastructure, and namely 31 specialised large scale research facilities and 48 scientific databases JRC Large Scale Research Infrastructure High Flux Reactor The 45 MW High Flux Reactor (HFR) is one of the most powerful multi-purpose research and test reactors in Europe. Activities include: • Nuclear fission and fusion energy research • Providing neutron beams for analytical applications (e.g., neutron activation analysis, neutron radiography) and further research (solid state physics, materials science, medical therapy); • Producing radioisotopes for scientific, industrial and medical purposes JRC Large Scale Research Infrastructure Two Accelerator Laboratories • • 150 MeV Linear Electron Accelerator • 7 MV Van de Graaff accelerator driven quasi mono-energetic neutron source • Neutron data for modelling: • - Nuclear waste transmutation studies • - Safe operation of nuclear power plants • - Modelling of ageing reactors • - Understanding safety issues of innovative reactor concepts JRC Large Scale Research Infrastructure EU Reference Laboratories 1. 2. 3. 4. Feed additives Heavy metals in feed and food Mycotoxins Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) 5. 6. GMOs in Food and Feed Food Contact Materials Objectives: • Set up EU-wide standards for testing methods • Organise comparative tests, train analysts from national laboratories and improve their performance in measurements • Know international standards and practices • Keep lists of reference substances and their suppliers • Coordinate a network of National Reference Laboratories JRC Large Scale Research Infrastructure ELSA European Laboratory for Structural Assessment (ELSA) • Reaction wall facility • Largest facility of its kind in Europe and one of the largest in the world - only exceeded in Japan • Consists of an extremely stiff vertical wall and a horizontal floor, made of reinforced concrete, rigidly connected together • By means of computer controlled hydraulic actuators mounted on the reaction-wall, is it possible to expose full scale structures to loads of dynamic strong forces and control the resulting movements with high precision. • Pseudo-dynamic test (PSD) technique - simulation of earthquake loading of full-scale buildings JRC Large Scale Research Infrastructure VELA The Vehicle Emissions Laboratories (VELA) • equipped with the most advanced facilities and instrumentation • allows the physical/chemical and toxicological characterisation of the emissions from all types of transport fleet • research lines of VELA cover all environmental aspects related to advanced technologies, new engines and aftertreatment systems, new or reformulated fuels, bio-fuels, gaseous fuels and assessment of future vehicle concepts and technologies JRC Large Scale Research Infrastructure Indoortron • The Indoortron laboratory is a unique, 30 m3 volume walk-in environmental chamber featuring controlled temperature, relative humidity, air quality, and air exchange rate. • With the indoortron laboratory we can study the sources of indoor pollution by volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and evaluate human exposure to these compounds and their impact on human health and comfort. More examples - Large Scale Facilities BREFs • For the purpose of achieving integrated control of consumptions of energy, water and raw materials as well as prevention of pollution to water, air and soil, the European Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control Bureau (EIPPCB) was set up in JRC in 1997 • Best Available Techniques Reference Documents (BREFs) - result from an exchange of technical information between experts from industry, Member States, research institutes and NGOs. This exchange is catalysed by the EIPPCB, which sets up a technical working group for each BREF. • Each BREF is the outcome of a two to three year process involving up to 100 experts • EIPPCB has produced more than 30 BREFs since 1997 More examples - Large Scale Facilities The JRC runs a number of large-scale facilities across Europe focused on air quality and climate change. It has one of the two stations in Italy serving the UN-ECE’s European Monitoring and Evaluation Programme (EMEP), which monitors : • • • • • • concentrations of carbon monoxide (CO), ground level ozone (O3) and secondary aerosol precursors (SO2, NOx). concentrations of heavy metals and particulate matter (PM10 and PM2.5), chemical compositions negotiated with the UN Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution. More examples - Large Scale Facilities The JRC runs a number of large-scale facilities across Europe focused on air quality and climate change. Including stations for the: European Monitoring and Evaluation Programme (EMEP)The European Reference Laboratory for Air Pollution (ERLAP) • a facility which contributes to the correct development and implementation of Air Quality Directives in Europe. • It works on the harmonisation and standardisation of measurement techniques, carries out measurement campaigns with mobile laboratories in specific areas, analyses the chemical composition of toxic and carcinogenic compounds and develops reference and alternative measurement methods. • In 2009, ERLAP organised a ship emissions measurement campaign and helped to improve the knowledge about emissions from marine traffic. More examples - Large Scale Facilities And many more... • Plant Simulation Testing Laboratory • Non Destructive Evaluation Facilities • Material and Component Performance Labs • Hydrogen high pressure tank testing bunker • Large scale Fuel Cell testing Facility • Hot cells, Radium 226 hot cell • Pyrometallurgy • Trace analyses • Major Accident Hazards Bureau • Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System GDACS • Including stations for the: • European Monitoring and Evaluation Programme (EMEP)The • European Reference Laboratory for Air Pollution (ERLAP) • Serving society Stimulating innovation Supporting legislation Joint Research Centre (JRC) www.jrc.ec.europa.eu Contact: jrc-info@ec.europa.eu 28