Turkish Space Agency published a regulation in today’s Official Gazette. With this regulation, the agency explained the conditions to be sought and the duties and responsibilities of the experts and assistant experts to be included in its body.
Established in December 2018 Turkish Space Agencyshared an important regulation for its staff that will enable Turkey to achieve its space goals. With the ‘Space Technologies Expertise Regulation’ published in today’s Official Gazette, space technologies those who will be appointed as experts and assistant experts qualifications to look forInformation about the working procedures and principles of these people, their duties, powers, rights and responsibilities, and entrance and proficiency exams were shared.
The regulation, which consists of 34 articles in total, will be made for the people who will be recruited as space technologies assistant specialists. entrance exam explained. Accordingly, the entrance exam will be conducted in writing, orally, or only verbally, and candidates will be called to the exam, starting with the highest KPSS score. While it is necessary to get at least 70 points in the written examStarting from the highest score, candidates will be called for the oral exam.
Application requirements for the entrance exam:
Candidates who want to apply for the entrance exam, which will be announced by the Turkish Space Agency Presidency, will have to meet the following conditions:
- To carry the general conditions specified in Article 48 of the Law No. 657 dated 14/7/1965,
- From the faculties of law, law, political sciences, economics and administrative sciences, business administration, economics, engineering, aviation and space sciences that provide at least 4 years of undergraduate education; To graduate from astronomy and space sciences, space sciences and technology, mathematics, statistics, physics, chemistry, biology, molecular biology and genetics departments or from domestic and foreign education institutions whose equivalence is accepted by YÖK,
- As of the first day of January of the year in which the entrance examination is held not over 35 years old be,
- To have received the minimum score from the score types specified in KPSS,
- If necessary, from YDS at least C level To have an internationally valid document whose equivalence is accepted by ÖSYM at the level specified in the entrance exam announcement, or in terms of language proficiency.
It will be obligatory to write a thesis under the assistantship of an expert:
As a result of the examination to be made about the candidates who are successful in the assistant specialist position, if it is determined that there is no obstacle to their appointment to this position, the candidate will be appointed to the assistant specialist staff. expert assistants, will be responsible for writing a thesis and have actually worked for at least three years, including the time spent in specialization candidacy.
If he/she meets these conditions, he/she will be eligible to take the proficiency exam. In order to be appointed from assistant specialist to specialist, to be successful in the proficiency exam and valid as of the date of appointment to specialist, provide documents proving language proficiency will have to.
If the assistant specialist is unsuccessful, he will be removed from the staff:
If the assistant expert does not submit his/her theses within the given additional time or cannot have the thesis he/she prepared for the second time accepted; If he/she does not succeed in the second proficiency exam or fails to fulfill the foreign language proficiency requirement within the specified period, will lose the title of assistant specialist. The person will be appointed to positions with civil servant titles in accordance with his status in the Presidency.
What will be the duties of experts and assistant experts?
Duties and powers of assistant experts:
- To assist the specialist accompanying him in performing the duties included in the job description.
- To carry out other duties of a similar nature to be assigned by the head of the department or the expert to whom he is assigned.
Duties and powers of experts:
- To fulfill the duties assigned by the head of the department related to the task area of the unit,
- To make suggestions by conducting all kinds of research and examinations for the purpose of determining the policy, strategy and targets, developing the legislation, detecting the problems in implementation and similar purposes regarding the duty area of the Presidency,
- To carry out studies to increase efficiency, productivity and performance in the Presidency services, to ensure norm unity and standard, to work together to determine general application principles and to ensure coordination between units,
- To compile and evaluate all kinds of information and data related to the subject he is in charge of,
- To bring and develop project proposals on the subjects falling within the scope of duty of the Presidency,
- Giving trainings within the Presidency or other institutions on the subjects they are assigned,
- To follow national or international commissions, courses, seminars, meetings and studies related to his field of duty,
- Establishing the liaison between the Presidency and other public institutions and organizations on the subjects in which he is in charge,
- Contributing to the development of the knowledge and experience of the assistant specialists accompanying him,
- To carry out research, analysis, inspection, audit, examination and investigation, among other duties, provided that it is stipulated in the Presidential decrees regarding the organization,
- To perform other duties of a similar nature assigned by the head of the department.
Responsibilities of assistant experts and experts:
- Experts and assistant experts are responsible to their immediate superiors for the execution of the assigned tasks in accordance with the legislation, plans and programs.
- Specialists attach special importance to the best training of assistant specialists accompanying them, and for this purpose, they oversee the training of assistant specialists in accordance with the requirements of their profession and service.
Experts and assistant experts can be employed in groups formed under the departments. in group having served at least 5 years The expert will be assigned as the coordinator and will be responsible for the regular execution of the works by ensuring the division of labor and cooperation among the group members.
Experts and assistant experts are appointed to conduct research within the framework of the Regulation on Civil Servants to be Sent Abroad for Training, to increase their professional knowledge and experience, or to conduct academic studies on the condition that they receive an acceptance certificate from universities abroad. can be sent abroad.
You can find the entire regulation here.