Head of 3sbar Group Beamline Within The Framework

**Reference**

2023-FIX-20

**Deadline**

15/12/2024

**Division**

Experiments
- Institution
- ALBA is the Spanish synchrotron light source, a large research infrastructure operating ten beamlines, complementary facilities, and an Electron Microscopy Center, this last in partnership with other institutions. Currently constructing multiple more beamlines, expanding the Electron Microscopy Center, and integrating advanced data analytics, it sums up a wide range of infrastructures geared toward finding solutions to societal challenges.

Located in Cerdanyola del Vallès (Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain), it is funded by the Spanish Government (Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación) and the Catalan Government (Generalitat de Catalunya, Departament de Recerca i Universitats). The synchrotron light produced by 3 GeV electrons is used by thousands of researchers to analyse and understand the properties and functionality of matter, spanning a wide variety of fields, such as catalytic research, health, energy production/storage, environmental research, communication technologies, or cultural heritage.

Located close to Barcelona, in a natural park and well connected by car and public transportation, with excellent connectivity to the world and an employer who understands the importance of life-work balance.

Facing an upgrade to ALBA II, a 4th generation facility, which will increase dramatically brightness and coherent flux, ALBA is in a phase of growth and dynamics.

Being a part of the ALBA team will promote your career and will give you the opportunities to explore new territories.

For more information, you can take a look on our history watching this video:

- TasksDevoted to Surface and Interface Science and mostly focused on Catalysis and Surface Chemistry, 3Sbar will be world-wide unique by combining a high pressure (above 1 bar) Hard X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (HAXPES) instrument with a diffraction experiment allowing simultaneous data collection. The hard
- to tender high flux undulator beamline will operate approximately in the energy range of 3-17 keV.

Specifically, you will:

- Supervise and contribute the installation and completion of 3Sbar.
- Being the responsible to build the user community in the field of HAXPES and surface diffraction.
- Supervise and guide the group members of 3Sbar.
- Contribute within the section to the upgrade goals of ALBA.
- Participate on all managerial tasks correlated with operational excellence and strategy development of the facility.
- Interface with all support units to ensure a productive and respectful work environment.
- Build your own scientific program along ALBA's strategic goals.
- RequirementsApplications that do not present the aforementioned or required documentation during the selection procedure will not be accepted.
- a doctorate in Chemistry, Physics, Material Science, or related discipline
- work experience in formal project management (PRINCE 2, EVMS or similar tools) at a large scale facility of at least 2 years.
- Selection Process Development
- The selection will be carried out through the competition-opposition system.

As a first phase, an analysis of the curriculum will be carried out (assessment of previous experience and / or scientific history, degree, training and other professional information relevant to the position). Career breaks or variations in the chronological order of CVs will be regarded as an evolution of a career, and consequently, as a contribution to the professional development.

The assessment of the CV in the competition phase will be scored up to 40 points, which will consider the following aspects:

- Work experience in techniques using tender and hard X-rays. (10 points)
- Hands on experience in the synchrotron based techniques, specifically Xray Photon Spectroscopy (XPS) and Xray Diffraction techniques (XRD) (10 points)
- Work experience in conducting research projects (10)
- Experience and knowledge in complementary synchrotron techniques and/or laboratory practices supporting research program, especially correlative Transmission Electron Microscopy (10 points)

Provided they meet the minimum requirements and have ranked among the top five after the assessment of the CV phase, at least one person from the underrepresented gender in the division/office will be interviewed.

The interview will include at least:

- Capability in leading a group and running a research and/or instrumentation based project (20 points)
- Good interpersonal and communication skills, including the capability to work within a multidisciplinary team (20 points)
- Sound attention to safety aspects (10 points)
- Clearly identified research project to be conducted using 3sBar available techniques and its team, as well ALBA infrastructure (labs or other beamlines) (5 points)
- Self-motivation and career plan vision (5 points)

In case of a tied final score, the position will be awarded to the person who belongs to the most underrepresented gender i