School of Business and Economics (NOVA SBE) under the Project ?Social Sector Database?, under development by the Data Science Knowledge Center, funded by Nova SBE under the Social Equity Initiative (SEI), with the following conditions:
Main fields:
Data Science, Management, Social Impact
Admission requirements:
1. All candidates should be currently enrolled in a master?s program and available to be dedicated part-time to the fellowship.
2. Background in Management or Economics (preferred).
3. Additional courses or experiences in Project Management/ Consulting (preferred).
4. Additional courses or experiences in Data related subjects (preferred).
5. Demonstrated interest in social good (e.g., worked with or for a non-profit/ impact driven organization) (preferred).
6. Fluency in Portuguese, both written and verbal (preferred).
Work Plan:
The social sector represents an important sector of the Portuguese economy. However, the few data sources available provide little and disconnected pieces of information, a low level of interaction and poor visualizations. To overcome this gap of information, the goal of the project is to create a new and integrated database for the social sector to be at the disposal of the Portuguese society, serving NGOs, foundations, impact-driven companies, researchers, investors, Government agencies, among other stakeholders.
Main Goal:
1. Support the development of the Social Database platform, including the definition of strategies to get social impact organizations onboard, to establish partnerships with key stakeholders, to collect and visualize more data about the sector, among other.
Main responsibilities:
You will join a team of one Data Scientist/ Web Engineer, a Data Consultant, and a Project Manager. You will also work closely with other service providers, as the Design?s partner. Your main responsibilities will be to:
1. Validate and test the web developments implemented by the Web Engineer.
2. Support the design and concept of the new web pages of the platform, including data selection and visualization.
3. Audit the data collected and define strategies to improve its quality.
4. Develop benchmarks for specific features of the platform.
5. Contact potential stakeholders to present the project and establish partnerships.
6. Prepare briefings and status? reports about the project.
7. Define, prepare, and support the development of a series of ?data workshops? for Portuguese social impact organizations.
8. Identify potential research topics to improve the knowledge of the social impact sector.
Applicable Law and Regulations:
Research Fellowship Holder Statute (?Estatuto do Bolseiro de Investigação Científica?), approved by Law n.º 40/2004, of 18th August, subsequently amended and republished by Decree-Law n.º 202/2012, of 27th August, updated in accordance with Decree-Law n.º 233/2012, of 29th October, Law n.º 12/2013, of 29th January, and with Decree-Law n.º 89/2013, of 9th July, updated in accordance with Decree-Law n.º 123/2019, of 28th August. Fellowship Regulations of Nova SBE, approved by FCT, I.P. by Dispatch of 16th April 2014 and Regulations for Studentships and Fellowships of the FCT, I.P. Fellowship Regulations of Nova SBE, approved by FCT, I.P. by Dispatch of 16th April 2014 and Regulations for Studentships and Fellowships of the FCT, I.P., approved by Regulation 950/2019, of 16th December.
Working place:
The research will be conducted at NOVA SBE under the scientific supervision of Professor Leid Zejnilovic (or remotely, according to the Covid-19 legislation).
Duration of the Fellowship:
The fellowship will have a duration of 3 months, with possibility of renewal for the length of the project, subject to periodic reviews. The fellowship will be awarded on an exclusive basis, as stated in Regulations for Studentships and Fellowships of FCT, I.P.
Monthly allowance:
The fellowship amounts to ?416,12, according to the table of monthly stipends available in the Regulations for Studentships and Fellowships of FCT, I.P. (http://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/valores).
Selection criteria:
The selection will be carried upon the evaluation of the CV (20%), motivation letter (10%), interviews (30%) and a data science management challenge (40%).
Selection Committee:
Leid Zejnilovic ? Chairman (Assistant Professor)
Susana Lavado ? Effective member (Senior Data Scientist)
Bruna Riboldi ? Effective member (Project Manager)
Lénia Mestrinho ? Substitute member (Executive Director Nova SBE Data Science Knowledge Center)
Patrícia Xufre ? Substitute member (Assistant Professor)
Formal notification of results:
All candidates will be notified by email.
Application period:
The call is open from 23rd of February to 19th of March 2021.
Application Process here: http://www.eracareers.pt/opportunities/index.aspx?task=global&jobId=131830&lang=pt
Contract length: 3 months
Application Deadline: 3/19/2021
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Contract
Salary: 416.12? per month
Work Remotely:
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