The award reflects our commitment to adopting the European Charter for Researchers and the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers. These two documents were created in 2005 by the European Commission to ensure a good relationship between researchers and those recruiting them, as well as to recognise the value of all forms of mobility as a means to enhance the professional development of researchers.
IRTA has firmly established as a priority the development of a strong HR policy, fostering training and dissemination of knowledge to enhance professional development. In general, with the aim of turning research into an attractive career path, creating a job market that is transparent, attractive and open to researchers at an international level.
In July 2014, IRTA began to define its Human Resources (HR) Action Plan. This process was led by the IRTA-HRS4R working group, which consisted of researchers, PhD students, the People management and, at the head, the scientific director.
An internal analysis was conducted to measure IRTA’s initiatives in relation to the principles of the European Charter for Researchers and the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers.
As a result, the IRTA Action Plan 2015-2018 was developed and approved by external experts from the European Commission and published on the IRTA website. Two of the most relevant actions that emerged were the IRTA Code of Ethics and the IRTA Equal Opportunities Plan.
All the actions included in IRTA’s Action Plan are focused on reinforcing the HR strategy, which consists of offering a unique specialised training programme to attract international talent and create a unique environment for our researchers to develop their careers.
In fact, the Action Plan has become an indispensable tool to continuously improve our HR strategy and is the driving force for further analysis of our staff needs.
In September 2017, IRTA received positive feedback from the self-assessment report, validated by the European Commission. This report contains information on the evolution of the HRS4R Action Plan and the status of each of the actions, as well as new actions planned for the following years. To create the report, an internal survey of all IRTA research staff was conducted, followed by meetings with the IRTA-HRS4R working groups.
The results of the survey can be found in the self-assessment report, as well as in an Annex with the OTM-R Checklist.
In this section you can find informative documents about IRTA’s HR Policies:
