Application form is open - 22 days 18 min remaining (until 03-01-2026)
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SECTION 1 - Personal Information (to be filled in by all applicants)
Name:
Surname:
[✍As in passport/ID ]
Date of Birth:
[ DD-MM-YYYY ]
✉ Email:
[ Main contact for notifications ]
SECTION 2 - Institutional Information (to be filled in by all applicants)
Home Institution ☇
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Home Institution Country ☇
Current Position / Title:
[⚙ Researcher, Postdoc, PhD student, Manager etc. ]
Staff Category to apply ↲
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Talent position to apply * ↲
Talent 1: Administrative role at ICMPP (RO, WC) will carry out secondments to Crowdhelix (UK, nWC), ITECAM (ES, nWC), IST-ID (PT, WC), UNISMART (IT, nWC), and NIC (SI, WC).
Talent 4: Administrative role at ICMPP (RO, WC) will carry out secondments to IST-ID (PT, WC) and NIC (SI, WC).
Talent 5: Administrative role at ICMPP (RO, WC) will carry out secondments to IST-ID (PT, WC) and NIC (SI, WC).
Talent 2: Researcher role at ICMPP (RO, WC) will carry out secondments to Crowdhelix (UK, nWC), OPC (IT, nWC), ITECAM (ES, nWC), and UNISMART (IT, nWC).
Talent 6: Researcher role at ICMPP (RO, WC) will carry out secondments to ITECAM (ES, nWC), FARPLAS (TR, WC), Crowdhelix (UK, nWC), and UNISMART (IT, nWC).
Talent 7: Researcher role at ICMPP (RO, WC) will carry out secondments to Crowdhelix (UK, nWC), ITECAM (ES, nWC), OPC (IT, nWC), and UNISMART (IT, nWC).
Talent 8: Researcher role at ICMPP (RO, WC) will carry out secondments to UNISMART (IT, nWC), FARPLAS (TR, WC), OPC (IT, nWC), and ITECAM (ES, nWC).
Talent 3: Management staff role at ICMPP (RO, WC) will carry out secondments to Crowdhelix (UK, nWC), OPC (IT, nWC), IST-ID (PT, WC), UNISMART (IT, nWC), and NIC (SI, WC).
Talent 9: Administrative role at ECOIND (RO, WC) will carry out secondments to Crowdhelix (UK, nWC), OPC (IT, nWC), and NIC (SI, WC).
Talent 10: Administrative role at ECOIND (RO, WC) will carry out secondments to UNISMART (IT, nWC), ITECAM (ES, nWC), and IST-ID (PT, WC).
Talent 11: Researcher role at ECOIND (RO, WC) will carry out secondments to Crowdhelix (UK, nWC), UNISMART (IT, nWC), OPC (IT, nWC), ITECAM (ES, nWC), and FARPLAS (TR, WC).
Talent 12: Researcher role at ECOIND (RO, WC) will carry out secondments to Crowdhelix (UK, nWC), UNISMART (IT, nWC), OPC (IT, nWC), ITECAM (ES, nWC), and FARPLAS (TR, WC).
Talent 13: Researcher role at ECOIND (RO, WC) will carry out secondments to Crowdhelix (UK, nWC), UNISMART (IT, nWC), OPC (IT, nWC), ITECAM (ES, nWC), and FARPLAS (TR, WC).
Talent 14: Researcher role at IST-ID (PT, WC) will carry out secondments to UNISMART (IT, nWC), FARPLAS (TR, WC), and CRC (RO, WC).
Talent 15: Researcher role at IST-ID (PT, WC) will carry out secondments to UNISMART (IT, nWC) and CRC (RO, WC).
Talent 16: Management staff role at IST-ID (PT, WC) will carry out secondments to NIC (SI, WC), ICMPP (RO, WC), and OPC (IT, nWC).
Talent 17: Administrative role at NIC (SI, WC) will carry out secondments to Crowdhelix (UK, nWC), IST-ID (PT, WC), and CRC (RO, WC).
Talent 18: Administrative role at NIC (SI, WC) will carry out secondments to Crowdhelix (UK, nWC), ITECAM (ES, nWC), and CRC (RO, WC).
Talent 19: Researcher role at NIC (SI, WC) will carry out secondments to ITECAM (ES, nWC), CRC (RO, WC), UNISMART (IT, nWC), and FARPLAS (TR, WC).
Talent 20: Researcher role at NIC (SI, WC) will carry out secondments to Crowdhelix (UK, nWC), UNISMART (IT, nWC), CRC (RO, WC), and FARPLAS (TR, WC).
Talent 21: Researcher role at NIC (SI, WC) will carry out secondments to OPC (IT, nWC) and UNISMART (IT, nWC).
Talent 22: Technical staff role at CRC (RO, WC) will carry out secondments to OPC (IT, nWC), NIC (SI, WC), and IST-ID (PT, WC).
* Talent info (Show all) ❢
** Secondment periods will be matched to each selected secondee after the completion of the selection procedure. ❢
Preferred secondment period** ↲
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The preferred secondment period must fall within the duration of the applicant’s existing contract
(employment contract or other legally valid form of contractual collaboration between de applicant and the home institution).
SECTION 3 - Eligibility and Compliance
Are you currently employed or enrolled at your Home Institution ?
Do you self-assess as having sufficient English language proficiency to effectively communicate and collaborate during the secondment ?
Do you commit to follow a post-secondment return plan ?
We are committed to diversity and inclusion; In line with Article 21 of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, do you identify as having a disability for the purpose of adapting the secondment accordingly ?
SECTION 4 - Application Documents (Upload) - Total upload of files ! Maxim: 20 MB
Curriculum Vitae (Europass format)
Presents academic and professional background, focusing on Circular Economy experience (if any), previous secondments, and skills.
Max 3 pages uploaded in PDF.
Letter of Support (Home Institution)
Confirms endorsement by the home institution and commitment to develop and implement a dedicated return plan.
Step 1: Download the template and fill in the fields ! Step 2: Upload template !
1). Download Template ➜ 2). Upload Template ↴
Career Development Plan framework
A toolkit incorporating self-assessment, option exploration, short- and long-term goals, action plan.
Download template
A 5-sections, general framework (below) to be detailed and individualized by each secondee.
SECTION 5 - Career Development Plan framework
Self-assessment / Explore & research your options / SMART goals ... ☇
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1. Where do you start ? Self-assessment.
Map your current situation (max. 350–400 words)
Start from your current role within the organization/administrative unit and gather information about yourself:
• Skills: the activities you are good at, aptitudes (a natural skill or acquired one)
• Values: what is important to you (e.g., achievement, status, autonomy)
• Interests: what you enjoy doing (outside your work)
• Personality: your individual traits, motivational drives, needs and attitudes.
Reflect on how your current work connects, directly or indirectly, to circular economy principles.
2. Where do you want to be ? Explore & research your options.
Shape your future: Long-term career goals (5+ years) (max. 150–200 words)
Define your long-term career goals (5+ years).
Start from your interests, skills, values, and work-life needs, and narrow down the areas of possibility. Define your long-term career goal by focusing on your role, skills development, career progression, impact, and the desire/possibility to explore alternative opportunities.
Identify how your work can contribute to advancing circular economy research, innovation, or policy implementation.
3. How to get there ? SMART goals & focus.
Define your strategy and actionable steps (max. 300–350 words)
Identify what's important to you in your career and draw a strategy to achieve your aims. Break this into vision, SMART (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-bound) objectives and milestones to keep on track.
4. Take action: roadmap, tools and focus ?
Training opportunities to support career growth (max. 300–350 words)
Outline the concrete steps you will take to put your strategy into action. Identify specific steps or tasks to achieve your aims and objectives (related to skills, competencies, and interests to be developed). Provide the envisaged sources (who will support you: institutional support, mentoring, career guidance, networking, and knowledge sharing opportunities), resources (where can you get help: training, secondments, and mobility opportunities), and a time frame (short- and mid-term). Each task needs to be something you are willing and able to do, and relevant to your aims.
5. Progress review & plan adjustment?
Evaluate and refine your career pathway (max. 300–350 words)
How will you assess your development and/or adjust your strategy on short- and mid-term? Who (how often) will assist (feedback, guidance) you?
Please focus on the practicability of your action plan and its potential to support career growth in the next 4 years.
