H2020 Teams: What we need = What you need + What I need = What they need

Draft discussion points for team call on recruitment and team building 8 Oct 2018

@noemi @johncoate @amelia @nadia @matthias @alberto feel free to add additional points you’d like covered at this stage.

  • How to support you to deliver well
  • wellbeing
  • Edgeryders reputation and commitments
  • ethics and impact
  • Annotated Model Grant Agreement Article 32: Recruitment and working conditions for researchers; including best effort towards the European Charter for Researchers and Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers
  • "Personnel" types
  • Recruitment approaches and a Clear policy for recruiting (article 32)
  • all research vacancies and funding opportunities are publically advertised
  • vacancies and funding opportunities are also published in English
  • vacancy announcements include a clear job description
  • vacancy announcements include the requirements for the position or the funding opportunity, and the selection criteria
  • there is an appropriate time period left between publication and the deadline for applications
  • there are clear rules for the composition of the selection panels (e.g. number and role of members, inclusion of experts from other (foreign) institutions, gender balance)
  • adequate feedback is given to applicants
  • there is a complaint mechanism
  • the selection criteria adequately value mobility, qualifications and experience, including qualifications and experience obtained in non-standard or informal ways.
  • Timeline and steps
  • Capacity and time
  • Deliverables and milestones
  • Code of Conduct/ Policies equivalent
  • Contract drafting and review
  • Working conditions - eg. List of principles relating to working conditions (Article 32)
  • Research freedom
  • Accountability
  • Non-discrimination
  • Working conditions
  • Research environment
  • Funding and salaries (in particular, adequate social security) Stability and permanence of employment
  • Gender balance
  • Intellectual Property Rights
  • Complaints/appeals and
  • Participation in decision-making bodies.