Job type

• Assistant Professor level

Research field

• Life Science - Genome biology

Wages

• Annual Salary : 5 million yen ~

  ・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.
  ・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.
  ・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.
  ・Other details depend on the Hiroshima University regulations.
  
  

Qualifications

• Education and Degree Requirements

  Ph.D. / Doctor

• Description

  Applicants must satisfy all of the following requirements:
  (1)Hold a doctorate or an equivalent degree by the time the appointment begins
  (2)Be able to supervise doctoral students in preparation of doctoral dissertations
  (3)Be able to teach classes and supervise students in Japanese and English

Employment Type

• Regular employee

Contract period

• 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

  Trial period 6 months

Work location

• 739-8526 Hiroshima 1-3-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima City

Compensation

• Various systems

  Pay increase system : available

  Bonus : available

  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

• Measures for preventing passive smoking at the workplace

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

Application Considerations

Number of hired

1 person(s)

Hiring date : 2025/04/01

Starting date : 2025/04/01

• Job content supplemental explanation

  Functional Genomics [including both biological experiments (genome editing using the fish models, high molecular weight nucleic acid purification, microscopic observation of the tissue sections, etc.) and bioinformatics analysis (GWAS analysis, single cell analysis, genome assembly, etc.)]. Applicants should have experience in both, but if you have no experience in them, you will need to acquire the skills after taking the position. Applicants must have multiple first-author papers in related fields such as genome analysis and/or biological research using aquatic animals. After taking office, the successful candidates will collaborate with Professor Yoshihiro Omori.

Application period

• 2024/07/26~2024/09/30 Deadline for receipt

Application method

• Application documents (specified forms)

  • 1_Form1　Resume(Include 2 sheets)(202306～)英語.xlsx
  • 2_Form2-6　List of achievements and Instruction for filling out.docx
  • 14_Form7　Performance Summary2025FY.xlsx

• Attached documents

  Application Form : Online Submission

  Form 1
  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.
  At least one of the Your Researcher ID or ORCID information is necessary.
  N.B. The ID above or ORCID information can be confirmed from Clarivate Analytics or ORCID website.

  Other online application forms
  ・List of Achievements (Form 2)
  ・States of acquisition of external funds in the last ten years as a Representative (Form3)
  　Indicate the amount of direct expenses and whether you represent or share the project's cost.
  ・Outline of the past teaching and research activities (one page of A4) (Form4)
  ・Research Plans after taking office (one page of A4) (Form5)
  ・Aspirations for education after taking office (one page of A4) (Form6)
  ・Performance Summary (Form7)
  ・Five (5) major papers (PDF)
  
  Please prepare the required documents in English or Japanese and send them by e-mail to the address below. Please send the documents arranged in the following order as a single PDF file (file name: "Name_Application2025 (Functional Genomics)").
  Performance Summary (Form7) should be sent as an Excel file with the same file name as the PDF file above.
  

• Return of application documents

  All application documents will be returned by mail.

URL of this job posting

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 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.
  (4) 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/
  

• Notification of result

  Contact by mail or e-mail

Contact details

Notes