Job type

• Researcher/Postdoc level

Research field

• Frontier Technology - Unspecified
• Nanotechnology/Materials - Unspecified
• Natural Science - Experimental studies related to particle-, nuclear-, cosmic ray and astro-physics

Wages

• Annual Salary : 4 million yen ~

  <Annual income example>
  Staff member of three-year career (age 25) with no dependents…JPY 4.5 million.
  Staff member of eight-year career (age 30) with no dependents… JPY 6.3million.
  Staff member of 13-year career (age 35) with one dependent… JPY 7.6 million.

Qualifications

• Education and Degree Requirements

  Ph.D. / Doctor

• Work experience

  (1) Having a Ph D. degree in the field related to the research theme
  

Employment Type

• Regular employee

  Full-time

Contract period

• Tenured - Non-tenure track

  Probationary period present

  Trail period 6 month

Work location

• 319-1195 Ibaraki 2-4 Shirakata, Tokai-mura, Naka-gun Nuclear Science Research Institute, Japan Atomic Energy Agency

Compensation

• Various systems

  Pay increase system : Once per year.(Performance for last year)

  Bonus : Twice per year. (Performance for last year)

  Retirement allowances : available

  Transportation expenses : available

  Retirement age : available

• Insurance

  Employees' Health Insurance : available

  Employees' Pension Insurance : available

  Worker's accident insurance : available

  Employment insurance : available

• Supplementary explanation of compensation

  (1) Place of assignment
  Tokai-mura, Naka-gun, Ibaraki
  *There is a possibility of transfer
  
  (2) Holidays
  Weekend(Saturday and Sunday), National holidays, Year-end and new-year holidays, Paid holidays, etc.
  
  (3) Social insurance
  Health insurance, Welfare pension insurance, Employee's pension fund, Unemployment insurance, Workers accident compensation insurance, etc.
  
  (4) Housing
  Dormitory for family and singles
  
  (5) Working hours
  9:00am-5:30pm
  * According to work place, working hours would differ.
  
  (6) Salary (For example)
  ‐Basic salary is provided considering years of experience in accordance with the JAEA regulation.
  -Allowance/benefits
  Commutation allowance, Overtime pay, Service area allowance, Dependent care allowance, Housing allowance, Allowance for technician/researcher/qualified operation chief
  ‐Pay rise: Once a year in October
  ‐Bonus: Twice a year in June and December
  
  <Annual income example>
  Staff member of three-year career (age 25) with no dependents…JPY 4.5 million.
  Staff member of eight-year career (age 30) with no dependents… JPY 6 million.
  Staff member of 13-year career (age 35) with one dependent… JPY 7.25 million.
  
  (Calculation conditions of the examples.)
  Shown above are model annual incomes for a staff member who is a college graduate and lives in Ibaraki Prefecture that works 15hours overtime per month and is provided service area allowance, housing allowance and bonuses.
  
  (7) Other systems
  <Welfare program: >
  system of property accumulation savings
  A mutual-aid society
  Group Insurance, Group life and pension scheme
  Insurable to Individual defined contribution pension plan (iDeCo)
  
  <Care leave system>
  Childcare, nursing care leave systems (partial leave available)
  Leave of Relocating due to Job Transfer of Spouse system
  

Application Considerations

Number of hired

1 person(s)

• Job content supplemental explanation

  1. Number of employees
  Researcher 1 person
  
  2. Recruitment Field
  (1)Research field:
  Research and development for nuclear chemistry
  
  (2)Research theme
  Development of new technologies to create resource value for radioactive materials
  
  (Summary)
  In Chemistry, Environment, and Radiation Division, Nuclear Science Research Institute, Nuclear Science and Engineering Center, we are developing new technologies to create resource value for radioactive materials in nuclear waste. In this theme, we will discover new value of radionuclides as materials and research their applications. For example, we will investigate the electrode reaction of them in non-aqueous solution and build new energy storage system.
  We are looking for a someone who is enthusiastic about the experiments required to carry out this research and has research experience and expertise in the field of energy. We also encourage the new hire to conduct his/her own research and development regarding chemistry, materials and applications based on his/her points of view and ideas.
  For the active promotion of the research activities above, it is required that experience in acquiring research funds (Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, etc.), as well as enough English ability for scientific and technical discussion in international conference and international cooperation.
  
  
  3. Division assigned to (tentative)
  Research Group for Nuclear Chemistry, Chemistry, Environment, and Radiation Division, Nuclear Science and Engineering Center, Nuclear Science Research Institute, Sector of Nuclear Science Research, Japan Atomic Energy Agency
  
  4. Place of employment (tentative)
  Nuclear Science Research Institute,
  Japan Atomic Energy Agency,
  2-4 Shirakata, Tokai-mura, Naka-gun, Ibaraki 319-1195, Japan
  
  5. Date of Appointment
  In principle, after April 1, 2024 (tentatively)

Application period

• 2023/10/13~2023/11/10 Deadline for receipt

  Closed at 17:00 on November 10, 2023 (Japan Standard Time)

Application method

• Attached documents

  Other online application forms
  Necessary Documents and Application Procedures
  (1) Curriculum vitae (in JAEA format) (PDF, WORD)
  (2) Document of Performance in your major(in JAEA format) (PDF, WORD)
  (3) Summary of research career and achievement (in JAEA format) (PDF, WORD)
  (4) List of research achievements. (in JAEA format) (PDF, WORD)
  (5) Research plan (in JAEA format) (PDF, WORD)
  (6) List of adopted research funding (in JAEA format) (PDF, WORD)
  (7) Certificates of completion courses and degree (for Bachelor, Master, Ph.D, respectively)
  (8) Copies of Representative papers (maximum of 5 papers)
  (9) letter of recommendation from other than JAEA staff (the format is free)
  (10) Consent for the Treatment of Personal Data＊(PDF,WORD)
  
  ＊Please obtain the specified form from the JAEA website.
  ＊Residents only in any one of EEA member countries, namely a member country of the EU, and Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway or the United Kingdom are requested to submit this form.
  
  【Points to Note for Web Application】
  ①All application forms should be in PDF format and be organized in one ZIP file.
  ②Name of the ZIP file should be ≪「AppRecForNSEC」＿Applicant’s name≫
  ③Before handing in, make sure that the file size is under 20MB. A compressed file can’t be accepted.
  ④Do not set any password for files you hand in.
  ⑤After your submission through JREC-IN, we will check your application documents if they are acceptable or not. After that, your application status on JREC-IN will be changed to “Accepted” or “Non-acceptance”. When your status is changed, you will receive an E-mail notification about the change from JREC-IN automatically. The E-mail would not be sent as soon as you hand in, so please check your acceptance status after you get an E-mail notification.
  ⑥If there are any faults as for documents, for example list of achievements is not attached, your application will not be accepted. Also, if any of the said elements is lacking, for examp
  
  

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Selection / Notification of result

• Selection

  Document examination, Examination of research achievement(Oral presentation using PowerPoint file and Q&A), Oral examination/Interview
  

• Notification of result

  The result will be announced by a letter after the recruitment examination.

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