Severo Ochoa Programme 2018-2022 Pillar 4: Cross-cutting Areas - Recruitment and training
During the previous four-year term of Severo Ochoa accreditation and funding, the ICN2 launched a number of strategic actions in Human Resources which, in 2015, earned us the European Commission’s HR Excellence in Research logo. With the current Severo Ochoa Programme, the ICN2 HR Department intends to strengthen these initiatives to continue to provide a globally-competitive work environment, and a safe and secure workplace.
Highlights
New Group Leaders
Prof. Kostas Kostarelos have joined (part time) ICN2 as a “Severo Ochoa Distinguished Professor” to lead a new group devoted to Nanomedicine.
Dr Klaas-Jan Tielrooij has been recruited within the framework of the Severo Ochoa “Junior Group Leaders” Programme and has started his work at ICN2 in October 2018 as Junior Group Leader of the newly created Ultrafast Dynamics in Nanoscale Systems group.
New Senior Researcher supported by the SO Programme
Dr Sonia Ruiz Raga has been given a Senior Researcher position in the ICN2 Nanostructured Materials for Photovoltaic Energy group, led by Dr Mónica Lira-Cantú, which will receive additional support from the SO Programme.
ICN2 PhD Programme
An ICN2 PhD Programme has been established, devoted to the recruitment of new PhD students, their training in technical and transferable skills, their monitoring and mentoring.
27 new PhD students have joined the ICN2 being co-funded via the SO Programme.
ICN2 Postdoctoral Programme
This Programme is meant to offer recruitment and training opportunities to postdoctoral fellows.
10 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions< (MSCA) postdoctoral fellows, co-funded by the SO Programme, have joined the institute.
Technical Support Personnel
The SO funds have allowed employing a number of technicians and engineers to work in some of the key facilities of ICN2, such as the BioLab, the Nanofabrication Laboratory and the Mechanical Workshop.
Gender Equality
The ICN2 has committedly worked to align all departments in the embracement of good practices for gender equality, integrating them in their internal indicators and creating a database combining the information from the HR department with scientific productivity indicators. (Equal Opportunities Committee)
Besides regularly inviting women scientists to give lectures at the ICN2, we also launched the 1st edition of the “LEADER-SHE” seminars cycle dedicated to women leaders in various fields. The COVID-19 situation has forced us to postpone this initiative until 2021.
We have participated in the biannual “To the Mothers of Science” BIST Programme, supporting mother scientists with leadership ambition. Three ICN2 young researchers, one in the first edition and one in the second, have been awarded a fellowship and coaching, to help them conciliate their family lives with their professional career.
The “WOMEN TALENT PROJECT” was launched in July 2019 to recognise women scientists at ICN2 by choosing Best PhD Thesis and outstanding published papers of women at both PhD and postdoctoral stages. In March 2020, the first Women Talent Post Doc and Senior grants were also conferred.
Efforts will be devoted to offering training and meaningful career development opportunities to all ICN2 members. Other values pursued include recruitment and selection processes based solely on merit; equal opportunities and the reduction of the persistent gender gap, and the upholding of international standards in ethics.
Julio Gómez
Head of Human Resources
Dr Neus Domingo
CSIC Distinguished Researcher at the ICN2 Oxide Nanophysics Group
Chairperson of the ICN2 Equal Opportunities Committee