The Scientific Council of the Institute of Hydrogeology and Engineering Geology of the Georgian Technical University announces an open competition for the following scientific position:

• Hydrogeology Department: Researcher – 1 staff unit

Applications are accepted from November 24th to November 26th, 2025 inclusive, from 10:00 to 05:00 p.m., at the address: Tbilisi, Digomi village, St. Nino Street No. 6, Institute of Hydrogeology and Engineering Geology, tel.: 213-08-65, 213-08-64. Contact person - Lasha Khvichia, tel.: 577-618-729.

The competition will be held on November 28th, 2025. The initial results of the competition will be published no later than November 28th, 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 December 3rd, 2025.

Additional information to participate in the competition (contestant’s application form and application, time and place of the competition) will be published on the Institute’s website.

II. Competition conditions

Main conditions of the competition:

A person who has a master’s degree or an equivalent academic degree can hold the position of a scientific employee.

A person is elected to the position of a scientific employee 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 (the forms will be published on the institute’s website, as well as documentation confirming the information presented in them: diploma, certificate, deeds, etc. (original and copy);

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

c) a document confirming scientific research experience (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. Competition Rules

• 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 Hydrogeology and Engineering Geology”, 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.