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Now recruiting
Date of update : 2024/03/29 End date of accepting applications : 2024/05/31
Now recruiting
Date of update : 2024/03/29
End date of accepting applications : 2024/05/31

Work location : Chugoku district - Hiroshima

Date of publication : 2024/03/29

Associate Professor or Assistant Professor, Faculty Open Position(Building structural analysis)

D124031878

National university

Hiroshima University

Research field : Social Infrastructure - Building structures and materials

Associate Professor : Regular employee - Nontenured - Tenure-track - Probationary period present

Assistant Professor level : Regular employee - Nontenured - Tenure-track - Probationary period present

Others - Associate Professor : Regular employee - Tenured - Non-tenure track - Probationary period present

Job description

  • Background of the recruitment and description of the project

    Hiroshima University (HU) herewith makes an open international job offer and seeks to appoint Associate Professor with tenure; Associate Professor/Assistant Professor on Tenure Track System in the research area of the building structural analysis. This position is based on the ‘Policy for recruiting/cultivating excellent faculty members’. The university introduced this policy to create a secure environment in which junior-positioned faculty members can concentrate on their research/education.

    https://www.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/en/employment/kyoinkobo

  • Work content and job description

    Field of specialization
    Building structural analysis

    Teaching responsibilities
    (1)Undergraduate level (general education courses): Introductory Seminar for First-Year Students, Toward Construction of Safe Social Environment, etc.
    (2)Undergraduate level (discipline specific courses): Introduction of Building Structure, Architectural Structural Mechanics, Methods of Structural Analysis, Experiments on Building Materials, etc.
    (3)Graduate level (master’s programs): Advanced Performance Design of Buildings, Special Exercises on Architecture, etc.
    (4)Graduate level (doctoral programs): Special Study on Architecture, etc.
    (5)In addition to the courses listed above, he or she may be asked to teach other general education courses and/or discipline specific courses in other department(s) and graduate school(s).

  • Assigned department

    Existing departments

    Architecture Program, Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering

Job type

  • Associate Professor
  • Assistant Professor level
  • Others

    Associate Professor

Research field

  • Social Infrastructure - Building structures and materials

Wages

  • Associate Professor

    Annual Salary : 6 million yen ~

    (1)The annual salary system (II) which was enforced in October 2021 will be applied to the successful candidates.
    * The approximate annual salary is based on a standard career history and may vary depending on education, degree, work experience, etc.
    (2)Successful candidates may be reimbursed for travel expenses incurred for the trip from their home or former place of work to the new place of work to assume their post in accordance with the relevant regulations of Hiroshima University. For more information, please contact us.

    ※Hiroshima University has introduced a system whereby researchers' personnel expenses are paid out of direct expenses such as competitive research grants and joint research grants, and the obtained research financial resources can be used to improve the treatment of researchers themselves (additional Salary) and to improve the research environment.

  • Assistant Professor level

    Annual Salary : 5 million yen ~

    (1)The annual salary system (II) which was enforced in October 2021 will be applied to the successful candidates.
    * The approximate annual salary is based on a standard career history and may vary depending on education, degree, work experience, etc.
    (2)Successful candidates may be reimbursed for travel expenses incurred for the trip from their home or former place of work to the new place of work to assume their post in accordance with the relevant regulations of Hiroshima University. For more information, please contact us.

    ※Hiroshima University has introduced a system whereby researchers' personnel expenses are paid out of direct expenses such as competitive research grants and joint research grants, and the obtained research financial resources can be used to improve the treatment of researchers themselves (additional Salary) and to improve the research environment.

  • Others - Associate Professor

    Annual Salary : 6 million yen ~

    (1)The annual salary system (II) which was enforced in October 2021 will be applied to the successful candidates.
    * The approximate annual salary is based on a standard career history and may vary depending on education, degree, work experience, etc.
    (2)Successful candidates may be reimbursed for travel expenses incurred for the trip from their home or former place of work to the new place of work to assume their post in accordance with the relevant regulations of Hiroshima University. For more information, please contact us.

    ※Hiroshima University has introduced a system whereby researchers' personnel expenses are paid out of direct expenses such as competitive research grants and joint research grants, and the obtained research financial resources can be used to improve the treatment of researchers themselves (additional Salary) and to improve the research environment.

Working hours

  • Associate Professor

    Working hours :08:30-17:00

    Break time :12:00-12:45

    Holidays : Workdays are from Monday to Friday (excluding public holidays) in principle. Holidays are Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays in principle.

    Overtime and other explanations : If you are agreeable to the application of the Discretionary Labor System for Professional Work, you are deemed to work for 7 hours and 45 minutes a day.

  • Assistant Professor level

    Working hours :08:30-17:00

    Break time :12:00-12:45

    Holidays : Workdays are from Monday to Friday (excluding public holidays) in principle. Holidays are Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays in principle.

    Overtime and other explanations : If you are agreeable to the application of the Discretionary Labor System for Professional Work, you are deemed to work for 7 hours and 45 minutes a day.

  • Others - Associate Professor

    Working hours :08:30-17:00

    Break time :12:00-12:45

    Holidays : Workdays are from Monday to Friday (excluding public holidays) in principle. Holidays are Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays in principle.

    Overtime and other explanations : If you are agreeable to the application of the Discretionary Labor System for Professional Work, you are deemed to work for 7 hours and 45 minutes a day.

Application requirements

Qualifications

  • Education and Degree Requirements

    Ph.D. / Doctor

    (1)Hold a doctorate or an equivalent degree by the time the appointment begins

  • Work experience

    (2)Be able to supervise graduate students in a master’s and/or doctoral program(s) in preparation of thesis/dissertation
    (3)Be able to teach classes and supervise students in Japanese and English

Employment Type

  • Associate Professor

    Regular employee

  • Assistant Professor level

    Regular employee

  • Others - Associate Professor

    Regular employee

Contract period

  • Associate Professor

    Nontenured - Tenure-track

    7 years (in case that tenure-track Associate Professor gets promoted to tenured Associate Professor)
    (1)Tenure-track faculty members will undergo a tenure review at least six (6) months or more in advance of the expiration date of appointment, and those who have successfully passed the review process will be granted tenure along with promotion either to associate professor.
    (2)Granting a candidate for tenure is subject to two reviewing processes: an intermediate and a final review. If a candidate is not granted tenure in final review, he/she will be dismissed from the university upon completion of the term of appointment.
    (3)If a candidate has taken leave because of some life events such as delivering a baby, child-raising, and caregiving, he/she may extend the term of appointment up to a certain period according to the length of such leave.

    Probationary period present

    six (6) months

  • Assistant Professor level

    Nontenured - Tenure-track

    5 years (in case that tenure-track Assistant Professor gets promoted to tenured Associate Professor)
    (1)Tenure-track faculty members will undergo a tenure review at least six (6) months or more in advance of the expiration date of appointment, and those who have successfully passed the review process will be granted tenure along with promotion either to associate professor.
    (2)Granting a candidate for tenure is subject to two reviewing process: an intermediate and final review. If a candidate is not granted tenure in final review, he/she will be dismissed from the university upon completion of the term of appointment.
    (3)If a candidate has taken a leave because of some life events such as delivering a baby, child-raising and caregiving, he/she may extend the term of appointment up to certain period according to the length of such leave.

    Probationary period present

    six (6) months

  • Others - Associate Professor

    Tenured - Non-tenure track

    Probationary period present

    six (6) months

Work location

  • 739-8527 Hiroshima 1-4-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-hiroshima

Compensation

  • Insurance

    Employees' Health Insurance : available

    Employees' Pension Insurance : available

    Worker's accident insurance : available

    Employment insurance : available

  • Measures for preventing passive smoking at the workplace

    Hiroshima University has been entirely smoke-free since January 2020.

  • Supplementary explanation of compensation

    [Evaluation]
    We conduct individual performance evaluations for all Hiroshima University faculty members after their employment, numerically rate their performance, and salary and benefits are commensurate with performance indicators.

Application Considerations

Number of hired

    1 person(s)

  • Description

    Depending on the result of the performance reviews of the applicant at the time of employment, he/she may be decided on any of the following titles: Associate Professor with tenure; Associate Professor/Assistant Professor on Tenure Track System

    • Hiring date : 2024/11/01

    Starting date : 2024/11/01

  • Job content supplemental explanation

    November 1, 2024 (or as soon as possible after this date)

Application period

  • 2024/03/29~2024/05/31 Deadline for receipt

    All application materials must reach us by [5:00 pm on Day of week, May 31, 2024 (Japan time)].

Application method

  • Application documents (specified forms)

  • Attached documents

    Application Form : Online Submission
    (1)Resume(use the specified forms as shown on the website / Please remember to attach your photo on the CV)
    If you have a history of being employed by Hiroshima University (as a TA, RA, researcher, etc.) in the past five years, be sure to state all positions you have held.
    Achievements and Activities : Online Submission
    (2)List of publications and oral presentations

    Other online application forms
    (3)Five major publications or presentations (Reprints, photocopies, or books)
    (4)Major educational activities and teaching experience
    (5)Major social contributions
    (6)Major activities in university/institutional management and administration
    (7)List of acquired external funding over the last five years
    (8)Statement of intent (Please describe your interests in teaching and research as well as your mid- to long-term research plan in approximately 1,000-1,500 words, should you take this position.)
    (9)Your Researcher ID or ORCID information (in any format)
    N.B. The ID above or ORCID information can be confirmed from Clarivate Analytics or ORCID website.
    　
    Please send all application documents to the following address
    E-mail: htagawa@hiroshima-u.ac.jp
    Hiroshi Tagawa
    Professor
    Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering
    Hiroshima University
    Please save the files in cloud system etc. Then, send an email indicating the link in the body of the document.
    *Please send an e-mail titled “Application documents for faculty open position in the Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering”.
    *If you do not receive a receipt mail in one week, please contact to Prof. Tagawa

  • Return of application documents

    We will dispose of all application documents responsibly.

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Selection / Notification of result

  • Selection

    (1)Selection will be made based on all application documents submitted.
    (2)Interviews will be conducted as needed. As a general rule, we will conduct simulated lessons in Japanese and English. In such cases, please note that travel expenses will be the responsibility of the applicant. Applicants who pass the initial document review will be informed of interview date, time and format.
    (3)Hiroshima University promotes a gender-equal society in accordance with the legislative intent of the Basic Law for a Gender-Equal Society.

  • Notification of result

    Notification will be sent to the e-mail address provided in your resume.

Contact details

Hiroshima University

Architecture Program, Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering

Hiroshi Tagawa

0824247799

htagawa@hiroshima-u.ac.jp

Notes

(1)Probationary employment period: six (6) months
(2)Personal information obtained from application documents will not be used or provided to any third party for purposes other than the necessary procedures related to personnel affairs, salary, and welfare. Application documents of applicants whom we have decided not to employ will be delated in an appropriate manner, after the completion of relevant selection processes.
(3)All the faculty members of Hiroshima University belong to the "Academy", which is the single university-wide faculty organization, and each faculty as a member of the Academy of the University is appointed to educational and/or research organizations such as an individual undergraduate school, graduate school, research center and institute.
(4)Faculty members may also be assigned to teaching and/or research activities in other organizations of Hiroshima University and university-wide projects.
(5)For each specialized field of faculty, Hiroshima University has defined Minimum standards for hiring new faculty (“the minimum standards”). We use the minimum standards for the initial screening process of the applicants, and only those who have cleared the minimum standards will qualify as the candidates for the post concerned. The minimum standards used for this international job offer can be viewed by clicking the following URL link.
https://www.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/en/employment/kyoinkobo/
(6)HU provides other employment information (research job, desk job and etc.).
If your spouse wishes to work for HU, please refer to the following URL link.
(7)Hiroshima University has been entirely smoke-free since January 2020.

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