Job type

• Assistant Professor level

Research field

• Life Science - Molecular biology
• Life Science - Animal life science

Wages

• Annual Salary : 4 million yen ~ 6 million yen

  The successful candidate will be paid under the “Annual Salary System with Lump-Sum Retirement Allowance” pursuant to the Institute’s Regulations on Wage and Salary for Staff under Annual Salary System with Lump-Sum Retirement Allowance. In accordance with the regulations, the amount of annual salary will be determined based on the standard level for the first fiscal year of employment, and will be based on performance evaluations in subsequent years. A retirement allowance will be paid separately at the time of retirement.
  
  Annual salary examples (The amounts listed below are only examples provided in the regulations and do not directly refer to this specific position.)
  Assistant professor hired immediately after completing a doctoral degree
  Standard: JPY 5,000,000
  Minimum*: JPY 4,800,000
  Maximum*: JPY 5,600,000
  *The minimum and maximum amounts will vary depending on performance.

Qualifications

• Education and Degree Requirements

  Ph.D. / Doctor

• Work experience

  Applicants must hold a PhD, or be near to completion of a PhD, and
  have appropriate laboratory research experience.

Employment Type

• Regular employee

Contract period

• Nontenured - Non-tenure track

  Fixed-term appointments will be for up to 5 years. Reappointment may be possible for one additional term of up to 3 years. The total term is limited to a maximum of 8 years from the original date of employment.

  Probationary period present

  6 months

Work location

• 226-8501 Kanagawa 4259 Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku, Yokohama, 226-8501 JAPAN

  Suzukakedai campus (Closest station: Dennen-Toshi Line, Suzukakedai station)

Compensation

• Various systems

  Bonus : available

  Retirement allowances : available

  Transportation expenses : available

  Others : The annual salary amount is based on the current regulations, with reference to a standard value in the first
  year of employment and depending on the evaluation from the following year onwards. Retirement allowances are paid
  separately at the time of retirement.

• Insurance

  Employees' Health Insurance : available

  Employees' Pension Insurance : available

  Worker's accident insurance : available

  Employment insurance : available

Application Considerations

Number of hired

1 person(s)

Hiring date : 2025/04/01

Starting date : 2025/04/01

Application period

• 2024/08/20~2024/10/31 Deadline for receipt

Application method

• Application documents (specified forms)

  • rirekisyo_e.docx
  • applicant_data03 (1).xlsx

• Attached documents

  Application Form : Online Submission
  Achievements and Activities : Online Submission

  Other online application forms
  1．Outline of research achievements containing (i) original papers (peer-reviewed journal papers only), review articles, patents, acquired research funds, (ii) list of high-impact journal names, and (iii) h-index of the applicant with Web of Science database used. The following Excel file (also downloadable from this web page) should be filled out and submitted with other documents.　
  http://www.bio.titech.ac.jp/outline/disclosure/koubo/applicant_data03.xlsx
  2．Curriculum vitae (with photograph, telephone number, and e-mail and mailing address) including educational records, professional career records, activity records in academic society and awards.
  3．A list of research publications categorized into the following two types (peer-reviewed original articles and review articles), books, patents and other papers. The number of citations for each paper and h-index (based on the latest version of Web of Science [Journal Citation Report]) should be provided in the list. All items should be numbered chronologically from the latest.
  4．PDF files of three significant articles (original papers).
  5．List of acquired research funds [including the names of the funds, project titles, amounts, periods of research, and allotted amounts (if not the principal researcher)] in the last decade.
  6．Brief statement of the applicant’s research interests, including their appealing points (~2 pages in A4-size sheet).
  7．Administrative and teaching contributions to the applicant’s faculty (~1 pages in A4-size sheet).
  8．Activity in academic societies and other social activities.
  9．Contact information of two reference persons (affiliation, telephone number and e-mail address).
  ＊Convert and combine the above documents from 2 to 9 into "one" PDF file.

• Return of application documents

  We will dispose of all application documents responsibly.

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Selection / Notification of result

• Selection

  Selection will be based on a comprehensive review of applications and interviews.
  Selected applicants may be asked to have an on-campus interview and/or give a presentation.
  Please note that travel expenses for attending in-person interviews will not be reimbursed.

• Notification of result

  We will contact you by e-mail after the interview.

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