Barcelona Ref. 2026/016

Call for a within the Sant Pau Memory Unit (Research Group: Neurobiology of Dementia). Deadline: February 4th, 2026, 3:00 pm

About the Unit / Group

The Sant Pau Memory Unit is a leading research group within the Santa Creu i Sant Pau Hospital Research Institute Foundation and the hospital's Neurology Department. The team, comprising experts such as neurologists, neuropsychologists, research nurses, biologists, engineers, and other specialists, focuses on translational research. Over the past four years, the team has published over 150 articles in high-impact journals, accumulating more than 3,500 citations. The team is also involved in over 25 funded projects and several international collaborations and is dedicated to developing new treatments for Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative diseases, actively participating in numerous clinical trials.

Essential requirements

Minimum qualification required: Higher Level Professional Studies (Higher Level Training Cycle / FPII) or equivalent
Oral and written knowledge of the two official languages of Catalonia or, failing that, the successful candidate will have to demonstrate, or promise to obtain, within a period not exceeding one year, a correct knowledge of the two official languages of Catalonia.
Intermediate knowledge of office tools (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc).
Knowledge about neurodegenerative diseases, biomedicine, or neurosciences
General knowledge of descriptive and/or inferential statistical analyses Skills will be valued
Previous experience with neuroimaging data (preprocessing and/or analyses)
Competence in using a Linux environment
Programming skills (e.g., R, Python, MATLAB, bash)

Functions

Support for preprocessing and quality control of neuroimaging data from the Sant Pau Memory Unit and the CITA Go-On trial
Day-to-day support in the administration of the computing cluster
Support for statistical analyses of neuroimaging and clinical data

Offered

Indefinite contract linked to the project ARE EPIGENOMIC CHANGES IN THE ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE CONTINUUM MODIFICABLE? A DISCOVERY, VALIDATION AND INTERVENTIONAL STUDY”
“Este proyecto fue financiado por la Fundación Pasqual Maragall en el marco del Pasqual Maragall Researchers Programme (PMRP) (Convenio de Ayuda 2022- 1227)”
Annual workday of 1.627,50 hours (37,5 hours/week)
Remuneration according to the collective agreement
Research Group: Neurobiology of Dementia

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 2026/016:

(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 February 4th, 2026, at 3:00 p.m.

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

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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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T1B - Senior Laboratory Technician at the Sant Pau Memory Unit (Research Group: Neurobiology of Dementia)