Each researcher interested in making a contract must contact their center manager responsible for managing calls. Likewise, the manager can advise them in the selection process for the type of contract.

The following image summarizes the contracting process: INSPIRING THIS IMAGE EXPLAINING THE PROCESS

1. Researcher: Proposal for hiring using the forms provided according to the type of position (see LINK section)
2. KMT: Review of the contract proposal. Validation of it or suggestions for changes.
3. KMT: Generation of the credit retention proposal.
4. Researcher: Signature of the credit retention proposal.
5. KMT: Publication of the call.
6. KMT: Publication of the list of provisional admitted candidates.
7. KMT: Publication of the final list of admitted candidates.
8. Researchers: Evaluation of applications and preparation and submission of the minutes.
9. KMT: Proposal for provisional resolution.
10. KMT: Proposal for final resolution.
11. USC: Contract proposals and signing of contracts.

The following table shows the estimated times of the process:

The selection of personnel will guarantee the constitutional principles of equality, publicity, merit and capacity, and will be carried out through a public call, in a way that allows for a transparent, open, competitive professional development based on pre-established and public norms, and comparable at an international level.

There are two types of contracts, temporary and indefinite.

To *propose an indefinite contract*, it is necessary to *create and approve a line associated with hiring in an Integrated Program*. The creation of the line is a process that can take about a week. The human resources personnel of CiTIUS can assist in the process (citius.rrhh@usc.es).

The salaries associated with different types of contracts can be consulted at the following link.

The USC contract calculator allows calculating the costs associated with different types of personnel contracts. Below we list the different types of contracts according to Categories of Personnel:

Initiation researchers will perform research functions that allow them to obtain suitable research professional practice according to the level of studies or training the contract is aimed at, prior to the doctoral stage. The principal investigator must prepare an individual training plan specifying the content of the professional practice, and assign a tutor who has suitable training and experience for monitoring the plan and the correct fulfillment of the contract's object. Upon completion of the contract, the person will be entitled to a certification of the practice performed.

The salary conditions for this personnel can be seen below:

The contract or appointment will be for a specific duration and full-time or part-time. In the case of part-time dedication, it will be 50% or 75% of the time established as full dedication.

The duration of the contract may be a maximum of 1 year.

Application form for contracts for initiation of research

• Pre-doctoral training research staff.

The duties of the collaborating staff will consist of carrying out research tasks within the framework of specific research projects, and their classification will be based on the criteria of training and accredited experience for the position.

Dedication may be full-time or part-time; in the latter case, it will be 25%, 50%, or 75% of the time established as full dedication.

The relationship can be formalized according to the following circumstances:

• Labor regime and due to production circumstances: the duration of the contract may be a maximum of 1 year.
• Associated with the execution of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan: the contract may last until the end of the funding.
• Indefinite Hiring case for which the creation and approval of a line in an Integrated Program will be necessary (see previous section)

This contract may include the following supplements:

• Dedication supplement: compensates for the special availability for the performance of the job. A proposal report for this objective is required.
• Project supplement: This supplement is personal and is linked to the characteristics of the project's call that finances the contract and its compensation conditions, provided that the call allows a higher remuneration than that corresponding to the associated research personnel established by USC.
• Objectives supplement: rewards the fulfillment of certain previously established objectives. Requires a prior proposal report and final compliance report. They can be made effective quarterly, semiannually, or annually.

The salary characteristics of this modality of hiring can be seen below:

Below are the forms to propose hiring collaborating researchers:

• Application form for contracts due to production circumstances or associated with the Recovery Plan.
• Application form for indefinite contracts

The following categories of postdoctoral researchers are contemplated:

• Postdoctoral Research Staff - access modality according to the science law, pending articulation by USC.
• Postdoctoral Research Staff – consolidation modality according to the science law, pending articulation by USC.
• Associated research staff.

Research support staff may be hired, with external or own funding within the framework of R&D plans and projects. If the relationship is formalized in a labor regime and due to production circumstances, the duration of the contract may be a maximum of 1 year. The duration may be indefinite in the case of executing public plans and programs of scientific and technical research or innovation.

There are the following categories of research support staff:

• Senior research technical staff
• Senior management technical staff
• Medium-level research technical staff
• Specialist research technical staff

The salary conditions for this personnel can be seen below:

At this time, the proposal for hiring research support staff is done manually. For this, you must contact citius.rrhh@usc.es.

The hiring proposal will generally include the following information:

The CiTIUS HR unit will carry out the following verifications:

For contracts due to production needs, the approval, signed or emailed, from the designated person responsible for the CiTIUS HR management team is required.

The merits to be evaluated are divided into two categories: general merits and specific merits

The general merits should represent between 30 and 40 points of the total score.

Their purpose is to align the merit of the degree with the required degree as a requirement. The following are included here:

The specific merits contribute between 60 and 70 points to the total score. The following are included here:

It should be noted that terms such as knowledge or skills are merits that are difficult to quantify.

In the case of predoctoral contracts and initiation contracts, the merit scheme would be:

EXPLAIN TYPES OF CONTRACTS AND ACCESS TO THE FORMS

The publication of calls will be carried out at least on the Electronic Board of the University and in the section of talent on the CiTIUS website.

For positions of doctoral duration of more than one year or contracts associated with European projects, they will be published in EURAXESS or another portal deemed appropriate for the internationalization of the process.

It is also planned to disseminate personnel calls on the CiTIUS website.

Once the procedure is open, applicants submit their applications through the USC electronic headquarters. Each center, through its authorized center manager, has access to the applications according to their call/s open: https://sede.usc.es/formularios/solicitudes/CITIUS_contratacion.htm https://sede.usc.es/formularios/solicitudes/CITIUS_emendacontratacion.htm

The selection committees established in a physical or remote meeting will submit minutes of the meeting where the selected individuals will be recorded in order according to their scores and the motivation for each one.

The selection committee is responsible for communicating to the different candidates the result of the evaluation process. A model of minutes can be downloaded here.

It is possible to include a table to specify the criteria used in the evaluation of merits. An example is shown here:

At this point, it is important to detail, objectively and clearly in the minutes, the justification of the evaluations and scores given to each candidate.

In the event that the process includes an interview, candidates should be informed of their evaluations, indicating whether they passed the threshold to be interviewed. A sample email for communicating the results to candidates can be downloaded here.

A waiting list may be established, or the position may be declared vacant.

According to the evaluations made, the selection committee issues a resolution with its motivated hiring proposal.

According to the resolution issued by the committee, the center's management issues a resolution with the hiring proposal.

Once the resolution from the center's management with the hiring proposal is issued, the complete file of the call is shared with the sub-area of calls and programs of Human Resources of R&D of USC. From here, in a few days, the personnel service will contact the selected candidate for signing and starting the contract.