Barcelona Ref. 2026/054

Call for a A4 Administration Responsible the Legal Advice and Public Procurement Unit. Deadline: May 1th , 2026, 3:00 pm

About the Unit / Group

The Legal Advice and Public Procurement Unit of IR Sant Pau is responsible for supervising and supporting the Institute in all its areas, in order to guarantee correct compliance with the established legal regulations, offering advice at both preventive and resolutive levels, in all branches of public and private law (civil, commercial, administrative, the law of transparency, etc.). The legal unit is also responsible for contracting the works, services and supplies required by the foundation, in accordance with the procedure and regulations of the Law on Public Sector Contracts.

Essential requirements

Minimum qualification required: Higher Education (Bachelor's Degree, University Degree) specific to the area to be covered
Minimum 4 years of accredited professional experience at the area or equivalent.
Oral and written knowledge of the two official languages of Catalonia. Level C of Catalan or, failing that, the selected candidate will have to demonstrate, or promise to obtain, within a period not exceeding one year, a correct knowledge of the two official languages in Catalonia.
Intermediate Level of English
Advanced knowledge of office tools (excel, word, power point, etc). Skills will be valued
Knowledge and accredited experience of 5 years in the field of public procurement of public sector entities.
Knowledge and accredited experience of 5 years in the management of agreements derived from the Patronage Law and the Advertising Law.
Master's Degree in Access to the Legal Profession (ICAB or similar)

Functions

In the field of public procurement:

To coordinate the Public Procurement Unit within the Legal Advice and Public Procurement Unit of the IR Sant Pau.
Management of public procurement files (tenders, Framework Agreements, minors, etc.). The management will consist of the preparation of the documentation related to the contracting of the works, services and supplies required by the Foundation (administrative specifications, minutes, announcements, reports, extensions, modifications, etc.)
Review of technical documentation (technical specifications, reports, etc.) and advice to the technical managers of contracts in the field of public procurement.
Legal advice and defence (allegations and appeals) in relation to public procurement files and/or related to the awarding of subsidies.
Coordination with other departments (Purchasing, Projects, etc.) in relation to public procurement files (justification of subsidies for competitive projects, economic monitoring, etc.).
Procedures and publication on platforms: Public Procurement Platform, Public Register of Contracts, DOUE, EACAT, Fundanet, Minerva, etc.
Resolution of doubts: from IR workers, bidding companies and other contracting bodies.
Preparation of training material on public procurement for structural staff and researchers.
Preparation of documentation necessary for audits, and/or other documentation requested by the Management or the Director of Legal Advice and Public Procurement of IR Sant Pau (monitoring excels, process review, feedback from the unit, etc.).
Custody of documentation derived from public procurement files. In the field of Public and Private Law:
Review of sponsorship contracts, provision of services, review of clinical trials.
Review of agreements and other legal documentation.
Management of financing agreements and contracts
Management of personal data processing contracts and confidentiality agreements.
New technology law: advice on patents, inventions, databases, sponsorship contracts with pharmaceutical companies, among others.
To make allegations against the resolutions of ineligible expenses of research projects funded by public bodies.
Legal advice on the signing of student agreements. Generalist:
All those entrusted to it by the Director of the Legal Unit, in any branch of Law.

Offered

Temporary replacement contract
Annual workday of 1.627,50 hours (37,5 hours/week)
Remuneration according collective agreement
Legal Advice and Public Procurement Unit

Documentation and deadline for submission

Interested parties should preferably deliver the documentation (1) in PDF, by e-mail to the Management of the Santa Creu i Sant Pau Hospital Research Institute Foundation, address ir_seleccio@santpau.cat , indicating the reference 2026/054:

(1) Application letter and updated Curriculum Vitae and signed Data Processing Authorization**

At the request of the Santa Creu i Sant Pau Hospital Research Institute Foundation, the candidates must present the documentation accrediting the merits mentioned in the curriculum vitae.

Applications will be resolved within a maximum period of one month from the end of the deadline for submission of documentation. At the end of this period, without having been notified of an express resolution, the interested parties will be entitled to understand that their applications have been rejected.

Santa Creu i Sant Pau Hospital Research Institute Foundation may declare this call for applications closed if, according to its criteria, the candidates does not meet the conditions that the Institution considers necessary to fill the position.

The interpretation of the requirements and their enforceability to the candidates will be exclusive to the Santa Creu i Sant Pau Hospital Research Institute Foundation.

**It is essential to attach the duly signed data processing authorization (document attached at the end of the call)**

The deadline for submitting applications will end on May 1th, 2026, at 3:00 p.m.

Barcelona, Tel: 93 291 90 50, NIF: G-60136934,

Apply to this offer

CV * Accepted File Extensions: PDF, DOC, DOCX, ODT, TXT (max 10 MB)

Cover letter * Accepted File Extensions: PDF, DOC, DOCX, ODT, TXT (max 10 MB)

Authorisation of personal data processing

AUTHORISATION FOR THE PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA

Dear candidate,

The Sant Pau Research Foundation (Fundació Institut de Recerca de l’Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau), with tax ID G-60136934 and registered office at C/Sant Quintí, 77-79, 08024 Barcelona, as data controller, informs you that it will process your data for the following purposes:

Receipt of applications.
Analysis of applications with the aim of recruiting the candidate to the team of the Sant Pau Research Foundation, for a current vacancy and for future selection processes matching your profile.
Conducting personnel selection processes, as well as formalising the hiring of the candidate, where applicable.
Complying with the required legal obligations.

The legal basis for the processing of the data is the legitimate interest in managing this job offer, in accordance with Article 6.1 b) of the General Data Protection Regulation, given that your data are necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is a party or for the application, at the data subject’s request, of pre-contractual measures.

Likewise, we inform you that your data (i) will only be processed by those departments or areas of the Institute that, according to their competences and functions, have an interest in personnel selection; (ii) may be disclosed to public authorities and bodies for the fulfilment of a legal obligation, as well as to service providers and third parties necessary for the management and execution of the relationships arising from the application; and (iii) will be retained for the periods foreseen for the prescription of legal liabilities.

Finally, we inform you that you have the right to access your personal data, to rectify them, to request their deletion, to object to their processing and to withdraw your consent to such processing. In certain circumstances you may request the limitation of the processing of your personal data, in which case we will only keep them for the exercise or defence of claims. In addition, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the relevant data protection authority. If you have any question about the processing of your data you can contact the entity’s Data Protection Officer by sending an email to dpo@santpau.cat.

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