Employment Opportunities at NCU

Offer No.: 4878

Institution: Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science

City: Toruń

Position: assistant professor (adjunkt) - research staff

Discipline: The Field of Exact and Natural Sciences - Mathematics

Posted: 2026-04-08

Expires: 2026-05-15

Keywords: dynamical systems, ergodic theory, flows on surfaces, interval exchange transformations

Description (field, expectations, comments): The competition is open to persons who meet the conditions set out in Article 113 of the Act of 20 July 2018 - Law on higher education and science (Journal of Laws of 2018, item 1668) and the following qualification criteria:
* PhD degree in mathematics, conferred within 12 years before 1 January 2026. This period may be extended by a time of long-term (in excess of 90 days) documented sick leaves or rehabilitation leaves granted on account of being unfit to work. In addition, the period may be extended by the number of months of a childcare leave granted pursuant to the Labour Code and in the case of women, by 18 months for every child born or adopted, whichever manner of accounting for career breaks is preferable. We may accept applications from candidates prior to obtaining the PhD degree, but then employment follows the PhD degree.
* a track record in achievements in research (publications, conference talks etc.),
* research experience in dynamical systems, especially in the topics of translational flows and interval exchange translations,
* fluency in English, which enables international scientific cooperation.

The research position is offered within the framework of the implementation of the OPUS grant of the National Science Center 2025/57/B/ST1/00704 "Disjointness and ergodicity of locally Hamiltonian flows and their extensions", led by dr Przemysław Berk.

Conditions of employment:
* 24 months position,
* salary (gross) about 9 500 PLN per month,
* 36 days of holidays per year,
* no teaching duties.

Required documents:

• Cover letter
• Personal questionnaire for the person applying for employment (download here)
• Professional curriculum vitae
• Copy of higher education diploma
• Copy of doctorate certificate
• Information about scientific, didactic and organizational achievements (abstract comprising candidate's most important areas of research, and scientific, educational, and other achievements)
• List of publications (including the publishing house/journal, year of publication, and page number)
• Declaration of consent to the processing of personal data contained in the job offer for the needs of the recruitment process, in accordance with the Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of The Council od 27 April 2016 (L119/1) (download here)
• Declaration under art. 113 ust. 1 ustawy Prawo o szkolnictwie wyższym (o niekaralności) (Art. Paragraph 113 (1) of the Higher Education Act (of no criminal record)) (download here)
• Declaration that Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń will be my primary employer once I have won the contest (download here)
• Reference letter(s) (max two)
• A cover letter outlining their research interests and motivation to join the project "Disjointness and ergodicity of locally Hamiltonian flows and their extensions"

Additional information: Application deadline: 15.05.2026. The contest will be adjudicated no later than 30.06.2026. Your expected employment will commence on 1.10.2026. The university does not provide accommodation. NCU declares the right not to choose any candidate.

Please be informed that the person selected through the competition will be obliged to submit a certificate from the National Criminal Register with regard to offences specified in Chapters 19 and 25 of the Penal Code (including offences against sexual freedom and morality), in Article 189a and Article 207 of the Penal Code and in the Act on Counteracting Drug Addiction of 29 July 2005 (Journal of Laws of 2023, item 1939 and of 2022, item 2600), or for the corresponding offences defined in foreign law. The obligation to verify applies to a person whose tasks will be related to the protected activity referred to in Article 21. of the Act of 13 May 2016 on counteracting the threat of sexual offences and the protection of minors (Journal of Laws of 2024, item 560).

Pursuant to art. 24 paragraph 6 of the Act of June 14, 2024 on the protection of whistleblowers (Journal of Laws of 2024, item 928), information on the internal reporting procedure at the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń is available at: https://www.umk.pl/en/contact/internal-reporting/

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