EXTENSION TO THE APPLICATION DEADLINE

ANNOUNCEMENT OF ACADEMIC POSITIONS

University of Cyprus. Excelling with the excellent.

The University of Cyprus was officially founded in 1989 and started operating in Nicosia, the capital of Cyprus, in 1992. Within a short time, the University of Cyprus managed to achieve international recognition through an impressive course of development. Today, it is ranked 64^th young university (under 50 years) and #351-400 worldwide by the Times New Higher Education Rankings.

These great distinctions are the result of our dedication to excellence and continuous development. The University of Cyprus managed to stand out and receive awards for the new paths it has opened up in particularly demanding and dynamic contexts of research.

The University of Cyprus becomes better every year; therefore it wishes to attract the best employees.

To this end, the University constantly develops its programs of study and recruits high-caliber staff who will contribute significantly to the design of new curricula, both at undergraduate and graduate level. One of the strategic aims of the University of Cyprus is the further promotion and development of research, in which new staff are expected to play an essential role.

DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) is one of the four departments of the Engineering School that was founded in 2002. Since its creation, the Department has expanded rapidly, and is further expanding, with the hiring of new faculty and an increasing number of admitted undergraduate and graduate students. Through this development phase, the laboratory and information technology infrastructure necessary to support our mission of providing high quality educational and research programs was created. In the last international assessment by Times Higher Education World University Rankings, the University of Cyprus ranked in the first 200 universities in Europe amongst more than 6000 European universities. The Department premises will be hosted in the brand new building complex of the Engineering School, which upon completion, will become the largest building complex for education and research in the history of the country.

Further information regarding the CEE Department can be found at:

http://www.ucy.ac.cy/cee/en

The University of Cyprus invites applications for one (1) tenure–track academic position at the rank of Lecturer or Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, in the field of «Coastal Engineering».

For all academic ranks, an earned Doctorate from a recognized University is required.

Requirements for appointment depend on academic rank and include: prior academic experience, research record and scientific contributions, involvement in teaching and in the development of high quality undergraduate and graduate curricula.

The minimum requirements for each academic rank can be found at the webpage: www.ucy.ac.cy/acad.staff.procedures.

The official languages of the University are Greek and Turkish. For the above positions knowledge of Greek is necessary.

Citizenship of the Republic of Cyprus is not a requirement.

In case the selected candidate does not have sufficient knowledge of the Greek language, it is the candidate΄s and the Department΄s responsibility to ensure that the candidate acquires sufficient knowledge of the Greek language within 3 years of appointment. Each Department sets its own criteria for the required level of adequacy of knowledge of the Greek language. 

The annual gross salary (including the 13^th salary) for full time employment, according to the current legislation, is:

Assistant Professor: (Scale Α13-Α14) -  €58,296.21-€78,619.65

Lecturer: (Scale Α12-Α13) - €44,309.63-€72,101.30

From the above amounts, employee contributions to the various governmental funds will be deducted.

Applicants are invited to submit their application and upload the following documents in PDF form, by Friday the 30^th of August 2019, at the following link: https://applications.ucy.ac.cy/recruitment

1. Curriculum Vitae - should be written in Greek or in Turkish
2. Curriculum Vitae - should be written in one international language, preferably in English
3. Copy of ID/Passport
4. Copies of Degree certificates
5. Cover letter 
6. Summary of previous research work and a statement of plans for future research (up to 3 pages) - should be written in Greek or in Turkish, 
7. Summary of previous research work and a statement of plans for future research (up to 3 pages) - should be written in one international language, preferably English
8. List of publications
9. Representative publications (up to 3 publications which should be individually uploaded). The submission of representative publications is non-mandatory for the rank of Lecturer
10. The names and e-mails of three academic referees, who, upon submission of the application, will be automatically notified to provide recommendation letters (in the English language) up to seven days past the submission application deadline

Documents 1-9 must be individually uploaded as separate PDF documents

Selected candidates will be required to submit copies of degree certificates officially certified by the Ministry of Education (for certificates received from Universities in Cyprus) or from the Issuing Authority (for foreign Universities).

Applications, supporting documents and reference letters submitted in response to previous calls in the past will not be considered and must be resubmitted.

Applications not conforming to the specifications of the Call i.e.-do not include all the required items/documents as requested via the electronic submission system, will not be considered.

It is the applicant’s responsibility to ensure that their application has successfully been submitted. Upon successful submission, the candidate will receive an automated confirmation e-mail.

For more information, candidates may contact the Human Resources Service (tel.: 00357 2289

4189/ 4155) or the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, (+357 2289 2200/2249).

15^th of March 2019