HIRINGS

Each researcher interested in making a hire should contact the management staff of the center in charge of managing calls, who can advise them in the selection process regarding the type of contract.

The following image summarizes the hiring process: ** BE INSPIRED BY THIS IMAGE TO EXPLAIN THE PROCESS**

The management of the call process will be done using Sateco

1. Researcher: Hiring proposal through Sateco - Submit position, choosing the type of position. Submission for validation (see LINK section)
2. KMT: Review of the hiring proposal. Validation of it or suggestions for changes.
3. KMT: Generation of the credit retention proposal, and sending it to the researcher.
4. Researcher: Signature of the credit retention proposal.
5. KMT: Processing of the credit retentions, and corresponding reports (production circumstances)
6. KMT: Publication of the call.
7. KMT: Review of applications and publication of the provisional admitted list. (Opening of the amendment period)
8. KMT: Review of amendment requests and publication of the definitive admitted list. (Processing of Declaration of Absence of Conflicts of Interest, when applicable)
9. Researchers: Evaluation of applications, using Sateco.
10. KMT: Validation of the minutes. Sending to the Selection Committee via USC's signing portal.
11. KMT: Proposal of selection by the Committees. Sending to the chairs of the Committees via the signing portal.
12. KMT: Grant proposal, signed by the Directorate
13. KMT: Publication of the selection and grant proposals.
14. USC: Hiring proposals and contract signatures.

The following table shows the estimated times of the process:

The selection of personnel will guarantee the constitutional principles of equality, publicity, merit and ability, and will be carried out by public call, in such a way as to allow transparent, open, competitive professional development based on pre-established and public rules, and comparable at an international level.

There are two types of contracts, temporary and permanent.

To propose a permanent hire it is necessary to create and approve a line associated to the hire in an Integrated Programme. The creation of the line is a process that can take about a week. CiTIUS human resources staff can assist in the process (citius.rrhh@usc.gal).

The salaries associated with the different types of hires can be consulted in the following link.

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

Research staff in initiation will carry out research functions that allow them to obtain the appropriate research professional practice for the level of studies or training object of the contract, prior to the doctoral stage. The principal investigator must prepare an individual training plan specifying the content of the professional practice, and will assign a tutor who has adequate training and experience for monitoring the plan and the correct fulfillment of the purpose of the contract. At the end of the contract the person will be entitled to a certificate of the practice carried out.

Required qualification: Degree, engineering, architecture, bachelor's degree or equivalent. + Have completed the undergraduate studies within the three years prior to the contract start date or five years in the case of people with disabilities. + Not have professional research experience at the USC for more than 3 months nor at another center, under this contract modality for more than one year.

The contract will be of fixed duration and full-time or part-time. The salary corresponds to the SMI (in 2026: €1,237.84) [Gross annual pay: €17,329.76]. In the event of part-time dedication, this will be 50% or 75% of the working day established as full dedication (35h/week).

The duration of the contract may be, it will be at least 6 months and at most 12 months. It only allows one extension of 6 months (6 months + 6 months). If the initial contract is for a number of months greater than 6, it cannot be extended.

Enrollment in a doctoral program implies the termination of this contract.

The salary conditions for this staff can be seen below:

Required qualification: Degree, engineering, architecture, bachelor’s degree of at least 300 ECTS credits (European Credit Transfer System) or less than 300 ECTS with a university master's degree, or equivalent. Applicants must be admitted to a specific doctoral program.

The dedication will be full-time. The salary increases depending on the contract year (in 2026):

- 1st and 2nd year: €1,357.66 [Gross annual pay: €19,007.24]

- 3rd year: €1,454.64 [Gross annual pay: €20,364.96]

- 4th year: €1,818.29 [Gross annual pay: €25,456.06]

This contract may include the following supplements:

• Objectives supplement: remunerates the fulfillment of certain previously established objectives. Requires a prior proposal report and a final fulfillment report. They can be made effective quarterly, semiannually or annually. Maximum limit: 40% of the gross annual pay.

The functions of the collaborating staff will consist of carrying out research tasks within the framework of specific research projects and their classification will be made according to the criteria of training and accredited experience for the position.

Required qualification: Degree, engineering, architecture, bachelor’s degree or equivalent.

The dedication can be full-time or part-time; in the latter case it will be 25%, 50% or 75% of the working day established as full dedication. Full-time pay (in 2026): €1,799.22 [Gross annual pay: €25,189.08]

This contract may include the following supplements:

• Project supplement: This supplement is personal and is linked to the characteristics of the project call that funds the contract and its remunerative conditions, provided that the call allows a remuneration higher than that corresponding to the associated research staff established by the USC.
• Objectives supplement: remunerates the fulfillment of certain previously established objectives. Requires a prior proposal report and a final fulfillment report. They can be made effective quarterly, semiannually or annually. Maximum limit: 40% of the gross annual pay.

The relationship may be formalized according to the following situations:

• Employment regime and due to production circumstances: the duration of the contract may be, at most, 1 year (if it is for less time, a single extension may be made, at most up to 12 months)
• Associated to the execution of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan: the contract may last until the end of the funding.
• Permanent Hiring case for which it will be necessary the creation and approval of a line in an Integrated Programme (see previous section)

The following categories of postdoctoral researchers are contemplated:

• Postdoctoral research staff - access modality according to the science law, pending articulation by the USC.
• Postdoctoral research staff – consolidation modality according to the science law, pending articulation by the USC.
• Associated research staff. → ✔ the modality used to hire research staff with a doctoral degree in the CiTIUS personnel calls.

FUNCTIONS

Required qualification: Doctorate.

The dedication may be full-time or part-time; in the latter case it will be 25%, 50% or 75% of the working day established as full dedication. Full-time pay (in 2026): €2,367.10 [Gross annual pay: €33,139.4]

Information on supplements, as well as duration and circumstances that allow this type of contract → consult section above, 3.1) Collaborating Researcher (they are the same)

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 under an employment regime and due to production circumstances the duration of the contract may be, at most, 1 year. The duration may be indefinite in the case of execution of public plans and programs of scientific and technical research or innovation.

The following categories of research support staff exist:

FUNCTIONS

Required qualification: Bachelor's degree, degree, engineering, architecture or equivalents The dedication may be full-time or part-time; in the latter case it will be 25%, 50% or 75% of the working day established as full dedication. Full-time pay (in 2026): €2,795.98 [Gross annual pay: €39,143.72]

This contract may include the following supplements:

FUNCTIONS Qualified staff who perform support tasks related to R&D management, such as planning, information or advice on protection of results.

Required qualification: Bachelor's degree, degree, engineering, architecture or equivalents The dedication may be full-time or part-time; in the latter case it will be 25%, 50% or 75% of the working day established as full dedication. Full-time pay (in 2026): €2,795.98 [Gross annual pay: €39,143.72]

FUNCTIONS Required qualification: Diploma, technical architecture, technical engineering or equivalents The dedication may be full-time or part-time; in the latter case it will be 25%, 50% or 75% of the working day established as full dedication. Full-time pay (in 2026): €2,308.39 [Gross annual pay: €32,317.46]

FUNCTIONS Required qualification: Baccalaureate or technician, unified polyvalent baccalaureate, FP II, higher vocational training, mid-level vocational training, or equivalents The dedication may be full-time or part-time; in the latter case it will be 25%, 50% or 75% of the working day established as full dedication. Full-time pay (in 2026): €2,183.41 [Gross annual pay: €30,567.74]

The hiring proposal will generally include the following information:

CiTIUS HR unit will carry out the following verifications:

For contracts due to production needs, the approval, signed or given by email, of the designated person from 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 match the qualification merit to the qualification required as a prerequisite. Included here are:

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

It should be taken into account that terms like knowledge or skills are merits that are difficult to score.

In the case of pre-doctoral contracts and initiation contracts the merit scheme would be:

The submission of the position proposal to be published will be made using SATECO. From the “submit position” menu, selecting the type of position and filling in all the necessary information. That proposal will be reviewed, and once validated, the position proposal document will be sent to the researcher responsible for the activity for signature.

With the set of positions submitted, the hiring call is prepared. In the case of Ordinary calls the application period for people is 5 working days from the day after publication, in the case of Urgent, 3 days.

The publication of the calls will be made at least in the Electronic Noticeboard of the University and in the CiTIUS talent section of the website.

In the case of positions for associated research staff of more than one year or contracts associated with European projects they will be published in EURAXESS or another portal considered suitable for the internationalization of the process.

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

Selection committees constituted in a face-to-face or remote meeting will issue minutes of the same in which the selected persons will be listed in order according to the score and the motivation of each of them.

Members of the selection committee will receive an email with the link to the corresponding position in SATECO, where they will have all the information available to carry out the evaluation of the candidates. The final result of the process in SATECO will be the minutes, these being the following steps until generating it:

1) Session 1. Completion of criteria and assessment of the different merits of the candidates, indicating which pass to the interview phase. It is important to record in a detailed, objective and clear manner in the minutes the justification of the evaluations and scores given to each candidate. Once completed, the validation is sent by the management staff, who will approve it (enabling the next phase of the process) or request corrections.

2) Communication to candidates. The selection committee is responsible for communicating to the different candidates the result of the evaluation process. A tool will be enabled, where templates of emails to be sent to all candidates in the selection process are generated. In the case of candidates who pass to the interview, the date and time of the interview may already be included, as well as the link in case it is held via Teams. Once this part is marked as completed, you can access the following.

3) Session 2. Here the interview merit assessment is carried out, and the result of the selection process is indicated. There may be proposed persons, and also persons on a waiting list, or the justification in the event of the position being deserted.

The justification of the merits will be validated by the management staff, and once validated, the minutes will be sent to the members of the Selection Committee via the USC corporate signing portal

The call may be resolved jointly, by a single resolution including all the positions called, or partially, by the progressive incorporation of the minutes as they are received. In the latter case, two weekly resolutions will be sought to be published.

To process the hiring of the selected persons, the following documents must be published on the electronic noticeboard:

- Selection proposal of the Selection Committees. This document includes the selected persons and the score of all the candidates for the positions included in the proposal, and must be signed by the chairs of the respective selection committees.

- Selection resolution. Once the previous proposal has been signed, the center director will proceed to sign the corresponding selection resolution.

The documents will be published on the USC electronic headquarters, as well as on the CiTIUS website corresponding to the offer.

Once the resolution has been issued by the center management, the complete file of the call will be sent to the Subarea of Calls and Programs of R&D Human Resources of the USC. From that moment, the Personnel Service will contact the selected person in the following days to formalize the contract.