Job type

• Assistant Professor level

Research field

• Nanotechnology/Materials - Unspecified

Wages

Qualifications

• Description

  Applicants must hold a Ph.D., be near to completion of a Ph.D., or have equivalent experience in a relevant subject and have appropriate laboratory research experience.
  
  

Employment Type

• Full-time

Contract period

• Nontenured - Non-tenure track

Work location

• Tokyo

Compensation

• Supplementary explanation of compensation

  [Position title]
  Assistant Professor
  De facto working hours* under the discretionary labor system for professional work:
  7 hours 45 minutes per day (38 hours 45 minutes per week)
  *Hours considered as working hours
  
  [Probationary period]
  6 months
  
  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 relate to this 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.
  
  [Social insurance and other benefits]
  Employee's pension, Mutual Aid Association short-term benefits (health insurance), employment insurance, worker's compensation insurance.
  
  [Employer]
  President of National University Corporation Tokyo Institute of Technology
  
  [The measures against second-hand smoking in the working place]
  Smoking is prohibited on campus (excluding designated outdoor smoking areas).
  

Application Considerations

Number of hired

• Job content supplemental explanation

  [Area of Specialization]
  Organic chemistry and related areas including catalytic chemistry, coordination chemistry, and organometallic chemistry
  
  [Job description]
  The successful candidate will be required to carry out research on organometallic chemistry for development of new catalytic reactions and hybrid materials.
  The successful candidate will supervise the education and the research of undergraduate and graduate students in collaboration with Prof. Yumiko Nakajima.
  The successful candidate will be required to engage in the education in Department of Chemical Science and Engineering, School of Materials and Chemical Technology.
  
  [Address of work location and other information]
  Tokyo Institute of Technology (Ookayama Campus), 2-12-1, Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, 152-8552 Japan
  
  [Available positions]
  Assitant Professor
  Number of Openings 1
  
  [Starting date, employment date, etc.]
  November 1st, 2023 or the earliest possible date thereafter
  

Application period

• 2023/05/10~2023/07/09 Deadline for receipt

Application method

• Application documents (specified forms)

  • applicant-data-E-Name.xlsx

• * Out of application period.

URL of this job posting

Selection / Notification of result

• Notification of result

  [Application documents]
  List of required documents
  1. Curriculum vitae including professional and educational history (from high school onward), degrees, awards, email address and a photographic portrait.
  2. Accomplishment statement, including:
  a. Refereed journal papers
  b. Refereed conference proceedings and non-refereed conference proceedings
  c. Commentaries
  d. Books
  e. Patents, etc.
  Please include details for each category. For lectures, state if it was a keynote or invited lecture.
  For items a. and b., include the number of citations, h-index, and name of database* used.
  *Google Scholar Citations, Scopus, Web of Science, or Inspire
  3. Up to three reprints or copies of major publications (one copy for each publication)
  4. Acquired research grants and external funds. Include names of the funds, project titles, amounts, periods of research, and allocated amounts (if not the principal researcher)
  5. Research statement with a summary of research accomplishments and details of the future direction and plan for the applicant's work (free form, within two A4 pages)
  6. Teaching statement that provides a summary of accomplishments and discusses ideas for teaching and learning (free form, within one A4 page)
  7. Social activities such as those as a member of international and academic committees
  8. Two references with names, affiliations, and contact details
  9. An excel file of applicant information with the specified form filled in with requested information (2 pages). The form (applicant-data-E-Name.xlsx ) can be downloaded from JREC-IN Portal.
  
  Please upload a zip file containing PDF files of the required documents and an Excel file of the applicant information via JREC-IN Portal Web application system.
  Note: You may be asked to submit additional data during the selection process if necessary.
  
  [Selection details]
  Selection will be based on a comprehensive review of applications and interviews.
  Selected applicants may be asked to have an on-campus or online interview and/or give a presentation.
  Please note that travel expenses for attending in-person interviews will not be reimbursed.
  
  [Contact information]
  Yumiko Nakajima, Professor
  Department of Chemical Science and Technology, School of Materials and Chemical Technology
  Email: nakajima.y@cap.mac.titech.ac.jp
  
  

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