The Scientific Council of the Institute of Hydrometeorology of the Georgian Technical University announces an open competition for filling the following scientific position:

• Department of Climatology and Agrometeorology: Senior Scientist staff - 1 (1.0 staff unit)

Applications will be accepted from November 10th, 2025 - November 12th, inclusive, from 10:00 a.m. to 05:00 p.m., at the address: Tbilisi, Davit Agmashenebeli Avenue 150g, Institute of Hydrometeorology, responsible person Naili Kapanadze, tel: 555 48 84 09, 032 295 10 47, 032 265 03 22.

The competition will be held on November 14th, 2025. The initial results of the competition will be published no later than November 14th, 2025, by the competition commission in a visible place and on the institute’s website

Applications/complaints regarding violations of the competition rules will be accepted by the competition commission until November 19th, 2025.
Additional information to participate in the competition (contestant’s application form, application, time and place of the interview) will be published on the institute’s website.

II. Competition Conditions

Main conditions of the competition:

A person who has a doctorate or equivalent academic degree can hold the position of Senior Scientist. 

A person will be elected to the position of Senior Scientist for a term of 5 years.

A person wishing to participate in the competition must personally (or through a representative) submit:

a) a duly completed and signed application and questionnaire (forms will be published on the Institute’s website), as well as documentation confirming the information presented in them: diploma, certificate, etc. (original and copy);

b) a document confirming scientific/academic degree (original and copy);

c) a document confirming scientific research experience certified by the seal of the relevant organization/institution;

d) List of scientific and educational-methodical works, certified by the signature and seal of a competent person of the relevant institution/organization or its structural unit (if any);
e) Identity card (original and photocopy);

f) 2 photographs 3X4;

g) Certificate of conviction for committing a crime against sexual freedom and inviolability and certificate of deprivation of rights.

Note: A person who has already submitted the above-mentioned certificates to the University’s Human Resources Management and Records Service is exempt from submitting the certificates.

III. Rules for conducting the competition

• The competition will be held according to the Law of Georgia “On Higher Education”, the University Charter and the “Rules for Hiring Scientific Personnel of the Institute of Hydrometeorology”, which the contestants will familiarize themselves with in the competition commission, on the university and institute’s websites;

• The competition commission will consider: the correspondence of the contestant’s qualifications and competence to the competitive position, including scientific research, practical and other activities, achievements, qualifications, experience and merits relevant to the profile of the competitive position; as well as (by decision of the commission) the results of the interview conducted with the contestant(s);

• The results of the competition can be appealed in court, in accordance with the applicable legislation.