Working at the Cajal Institute

The Cajal Institute’s priority is to ensure that all staff have an adequate work environment that meets their personal and professional needs. This involves providing resources and ongoing training for the development of technical, scientific and transversal skills, thus promoting the personal and professional growth of each team member.

Furthermore, the Institute strives to ensure the best conditions of safety and well-being in the workplace, promoting a healthy, inclusive and respectful environment.

The Cajal Institute, as a CSIC research centre, also guarantees fair remuneration in line with the responsibilities of each position, accompanied by clear prospects for long-term professional development.

Finally, special importance is given to the balance between work and personal life, through the implementation of flexible hours, support in time management and policies that promote conciliation, such as the breastfeeding room. In this way, the Cajal Institute seeks to create a space where work and personal development can coexist in harmony, thus ensuring an enriching and motivating environment for all its staff.

Information of interest

There are a few links and websites that can help you when you start at Cajal Institute. Some of them are translated to English:
–CSIC Intranet (in Spanish), to which you will access with a code: it gives information about your job and position, services at differente centers, your holidays and salary, employement and convocatories in CSIC, scientific culture, institutional profile and many other options and activities in the Institution.
–Cajal Institute Intranet (you have access from the Institute; it is mostly in Spanish). It contains information about services and units. It includes a welcome plan (in English) that you can read as a general introduction (although recent details have been updated in other sites). There are also files related to prevention, autoprotection plan and residues management. It will also give you access to the systems of Equipments and Room Reservations and the Storage Service (ask your responsible and the Administration for the way to get permissions).
-There is a virtual formation room, which you can use to complete mandatory courses you must make because you belong to CSIC (including one related to psicosocial risks) and others which are recquired to access certain facilities (chemical or biological risks). Get informed in the Administration of which ones you must complete.
-If you like either science and divulgation, do not hesitate to connect with our Scientific Culture Unit, and they will inform you about all posibilities.

Welcome manual for foreign personnel

Consult the Welcome Manual for foreign personnel here. 

This is a basic orientation guide, to support national and foreign people from outside Spain, who join or wish to join the institution through the different access routes, as well as those who carry out research stays, on issues such as such as necessary documentation in Spain, relevant information to work at the CSIC or key information to live in Spain.