Internal call for expressions of interest to apply for demonstrator positions for the 2023/2024 academic year

Pursuant to Article 163 of the Law on Higher Education (Official Gazette 82 of May 8, 2018), Articles 20 and 53 of the Regulation on the Special Conditions and Procedure for the Election to Teaching-Scientific, Scientific, Teaching-Professional, and Associate Ranks and Demonstrator Positions at the University „St. Cyril and Methodius“ in Skopje, Decision No. 02-2423/1 of September 26, 2009 on the establishment of criteria for the selection of demonstrators and the Statute of the Faculty of Informatics and Computer Engineering, Skopje, part of the University „St. Cyril and Methodius“, the following is hereby announced

Internal Competition

Call for expressions of interest for the selection of demonstrators for the 2023/2024 academic year

The Faculty of Informatics and Computer Engineering, Skopje, part of the University „St. Cyril and Methodius“, Skopje, is announcing a call for the selection of eleven demonstrators for the 2023/24 academic year.

Selection criteria

To be elected, the demonstrator must meet the minimum criteria provided for in the Law on Higher Education, the Regulation on Special Conditions and Procedure for Election to Teaching-Scientific, scientific, teaching-professional, and research-associate titles and demonstrators at the University „St. Cyril and Methodius“ in Skopje and the Special Criteria for the Selection of Demonstrators for the 2024/25 academic year adopted by the Academic Council of the Faculty of Informatics and Computer Engineering, and that:

1. A demonstrator may be a person who is a second- or third-cycle student in a relevant field (Fields from the teaching and scientific disciplines 110 OECD – Informatics and/or 212 OECD – Computer Engineering and Informatics).
2. A student who has completed a first-cycle ECTS program with 240 ECTS credits in a relevant field of study and an average grade of at least 8.5 may be selected as a demonstrator.

The following are used as selection criteria:

• a 47.51% participation in the average of completed undergraduate degrees
• 47.51% participation in the average of the required courses of the undergraduate program the candidate studied.
• 5 % from the interview (affinity score for the areas it covers)

• Candidates who have graduated from higher-ranked universities are given preference. (A weighting factor, or coefficient, is calculated based on the university's rank.)
• Candidates who are entered in the Faculty's database of potential demonstrators are given preference.

Scope, Fee, and Duration of Engagement

Demonstrators will be engaged as needed to proctor and conduct classroom and laboratory exercises with a maximum workload of 12 hours of classroom exercises or 8 hours of classroom + 8 hours of laboratory exercises (the classroom/laboratory ratio is 1/2). In addition to the above, all demonstrators are required to participate in other activities (proctoring exams, promotional activities, etc.).

For full maximum engagement, the demonstrator is entitled to compensation of up to 36,000.00 net monthly.

The working hours are 40 hours per week, in accordance with the teaching schedule and other additional work assignments.

The demonstrators are selected until the end of the 2023/24 academic year. 

Candidates apply to the linklatest until October 2, 2023.