Postdoctoral appointment Sample Clauses

Postdoctoral appointment. For employment as a postdoctoral researcher as below, the employer and salaried employee can, in addition to the provisions of § 2, item 2, conclude an agreement on temporary employment of 12 months. If special circumstances apply, the temporary employment as a postdoctoral researcher can be extended by up to 12 months. Examples of such special circumstances include prolonged absence due to illness, or parental leave. It may also be that the research project to which the appointment as postdoctoral researcher relates is delayed or becomes more extensive for reasons that could not be foreseen when the project began. The trade union shall be notified of each such employment as referred to in the first and second paragraphs. Postdoctoral researcher refers to an employee hired principally to conduct research or perform work tasks relating to a career as a researcher, and who has obtained a doctorate or a foreign degree equivalent to a doctorate, and who has completed their degree no more than three years before the application deadline. If special circumstances are found to exist, the doctorate can have been completed earlier. Special circumstances refers to leave due to illness, parental leave, clinical service, elected positions within union organisations or other similar circumstances. A position as a postdoctoral researcher is intended to further strengthen research competence through the deepening or broadening of skills so as to allow for a continued academic career. This requires a research plan for the position with a view to achieving results which lead to scientific publications. A postdoctoral project shall be a time and resource-defined research project that provides the postdoctoral researcher with the opportunity to conduct research under supervision.