Detailed information

Ended
Date of update : 2024/05/01 End date of accepting applications : 2024/07/19
Ended
Date of update : 2024/05/01
End date of accepting applications : 2024/07/19

Work location : Hokkaido district - Hokkaido

Date of publication : 2024/04/30

Assistant Professor(Division of Materials Science and Engineering)

D124042394

National university

Research field : Nanotechnology/Materials - Material processing and microstructure control

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

Job description

  • Background of the recruitment and description of the project

    The Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University invites applications for the academic position of assistant professor according to the following description.

  • Work content and job description

    〔Research Area〕
    Research fields related to surface finishing of metallic materials based on electrochemistry. You may conduct research and education on the fabrication of novel metallic materials via experiments and numerical analysis of electrochemical processes, such as anodizing and electroplating.

    〔Responsibilities〕
    (Immediately after employment)
    Duties as a Faculty/Course committee member, etc.
    Participate in Departmental, Faculty, Course and/or University service activities.
    (Scope of changes)
    Duties as determined by the University

    〔Scope of Work〕
    1. Teaching Duties
    Graduate courses on exercises for materials science and engineering in Japanese and English (Division of Materials Science and Engineering).
    Undergraduate courses on lectures, exercises, and experiments for materials engineering in Japanese and English (Course of Materials Engineering, Department of Applied Science and Engineering in Engineering School) & exercises and experiments for fundamental engineering education and general education.

    2. Supervising Duties
    Assistance for thesis supervision for undergraduate and graduate students.

  • Assigned department

    Existing departments

    (Immediately after employment) Laboratory of Eco-processing, Group of Ecological Materials, Division of Materials Science and Engineering. (Scope of changes) No changes.

Job type

  • Assistant Professor level

Research field

  • Nanotechnology/Materials - Material processing and microstructure control

Wages

  • Annual Salary : 4 million yen ~

    The salary will be determined in accordance with the regulations of Hokkaido University

Working hours

  • Working hours :08:30-17:00

    Holidays : Saturdays, Sundays, national holidays, and year-end and New Year holidays (12/29 - 1/3)

    Overtime and other explanations : Overtime and other explanations: Discretionary work routine based on consent (standard 8:30-17:00, Deemed to have worked 7 hours and 45 minutes in a day.) or fixed working hour system
    Break time 45 minutes

Application requirements

Qualifications

  • Education and Degree Requirements

    Ph.D. / Doctor

    Doctorate or Ph.D. at the time of appointment

  • Work experience

    Ability to supervise research in the above specialized fields in addition to enthusiasm toward teaching and advising students
    Ability to perform research, education, and administration duties in both Japanese and English

Employment Type

  • Regular employee

Contract period

  • Nontenured - Non-tenure track

    5 years (tenure track position may be appointed after an evaluation before this five-year term ends).

    Probationary period present

    Three months

Work location

  • 060-8628 Hokkaido Kita 13, Nishi 8, Kita-ku, Sapporo Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University

Compensation

  • Various systems

    Pay increase system : available

    Retirement allowances : available.Resignation/retirement lump sum will be determined in accordance with the regulations of Hokkaido University 

    Transportation expenses : available.Commuting Allowance will be determined in accordance with the regulations of Hokkaido University

    Retirement age : available.The age of mandatory retirement will be determined in accordance with the regulations of Hokkaido University

  • Insurance

    Employees' Health Insurance : available(Mutual Association of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and  Technology)

    Employees' Pension Insurance : available

    Worker's accident insurance : available

    Employment insurance : available

  • Measures for preventing passive smoking at the workplace

    Smoking in designated areas only

Application Considerations

Number of hired

    1 person(s)

    Hiring date : 2024/10/01

    Starting date : 2024/10/01

  • Job content supplemental explanation

    October 1st,2024,or as soon as possible after this date

Application period

  • 2024/04/30~2024/07/19 Deadline for receipt

Application method

  • Attached documents

    Application Form : Online Submission
    including headshot, date of birth, nationality if other than Japanese, current address, contact information, educational history after university, degrees acquired, qualifications, and employment history
    Achievements and Activities : Online Submission
    (1)Research Achievements
    A)Research achievements (listed in chronological order) as demonstrated by publication in research journals (include the Impact Factor (IF) and the Total Citations (TC) of the journal, if any. The database for TC shall be specified.), other publications such as commentaries, reviews, invited lectures, proceedings from international symposiums, or work produced, patents, etc.
    B) History of grants awarded (noting main author, task performed, and separated into the following categories): scientific research grants, collaborative research/funded research (including collaborative research with private companies), public research grants.
    C)Memberships and involvement in professional organizations, societal contributions (including collaborations with industry), and honors awarded.


    (2) Educational Accomplishments
    A)Supervision (noting courses supervised. Organize into the following categories: undergraduate and graduate levels, adjunct positions, and positions outside the university).
    B)Improvement of Education: textbook authorship/translations, books/papers on improvement of education, grants/awards received concerning education.
    C)Miscellaneous: history of participation and activities in educational committees with notable events mentioned.

    Other online application forms
    (3)Three journal publications accompanied by copies of each journal publication.
    (4)Research plan if appointed (approximately 1000 words)
    (5)Education plan (approximately 500 words)
    (6)Contact information of two references (name, institution, phone number, e-mail
    Please download designated formats for Curriculum vitae and, (1), (2) from the following site: https://www.eng.hokudai.ac.jp/english/recruit/

    Other Mailing Documents
    Same as above

  • Return of application documents

    We will dispose of all application documents responsibly.

  • Application document submission method (physically mailed documents)

    060-8628 Hokkaido Kita 13, Nishi 8, Kita-ku, Sapporo Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University
    Personnel Office

  • * Out of application period.

JREC-IN Portal web application
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E-mail Application
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Recruiting Institution's Web application system
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Selection / Notification of result

  • Selection

    Please note that an interview may be conducted if necessary. If an interview is required, the applicant is responsible for any travel expenditure.

  • Notification of result

    The faculty member in charge will notify the successful candidate by phone or e-mail.

Contact details

Hokkaido University

Division of Materials Science and Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido

Mikito Ueda

0117067813

mikito@eng.hokudai.ac.jp

Notes

The requested documents should be submitted using the following method:
Via the upload link of JREC-IN Portal (https://jrecin.jst.go.jp/seek/SeekTop).
Applicants should submit all materials in PDF files via the JREC-IN Portal website.

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