Job type

• Associate Professor
• Assistant Professor level

Research field

• Natural Science - Unspecified

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.
  (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.

• 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.
  (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.

Qualifications

• Education and Degree Requirements

  Ph.D. / Doctor

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

• Work experience

  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 (except assistant professors)
  (3) Be able to teach classes and supervise students in English
  (4) Women
  (In accordance with the provisions of Article 8, “Special Provisions of Measures Pertaining to Women Workers,” of the Equal Employment Opportunity Law for Men and Women, an open recruitment limited to female researchers is conducted as one measure to actively increase the current low ratio of female faculty members in the field of physical science.)

Employment Type

• Associate Professor

  Regular employee

• Assistant Professor level

  Regular employee

Contract period

• Associate Professor

  Nontenured - Tenure-track

  7 years (in case that tenure-track Associate Professor gets promoted to tenured Associate Professor)

  Probationary period present

  Probationary employment period: six (6) months.

• Assistant Professor level

  Nontenured - Tenure-track

  5 years (in case that tenure-track Assistant Professor gets promoted to tenured Associate Professor)

  Probationary period present

  Probationary employment period: six (6) months.

Work location

• 739-8521 Hiroshima 1-7-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering

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.

• Supplementary explanation of compensation

  ※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.
  ※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 : 2025/04/01

Starting date : 2025/04/01

Application period

• 2024/07/29~2024/09/30 Deadline for receipt

  All application materials must reach us by [5:00 pm on Monday, September 30, 2024 (Japan time)].

Application method

• Application documents (specified forms)

  • Resume(Include 2 sheets)(202306～)英語.xls

• Attached documents

  Application Form : Online Submission

  Please 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

  Number each publication/presentation, and underline the numbers of refereed articles. Affix an asterisk (*) to the numbers of your five major publications or presentations.

  Other online application forms
  Please save the files in cloud system etc. Then, send an email indicating the link in the body of the document.
  *Please send an email titled “Application documents for faculty open position in the Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering”.

  Other Mailing Documents
  (1) Five major publications or presentations (Reprints, photocopies, or books)
  (2) Major educational activities and teaching experience
  (3) Major social contributions
  (4) Major activities in university/institutional management and administration
  (5) List of acquired external funding over the last five years
  (6) 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.)
  (7) 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.

• Return of application documents

  We will dispose of all application documents responsibly.

  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 document submission method (physically mailed documents)

  739-8521 Hiroshima 1-7-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima
  Prof. Seiji Higashitani, Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Hiroshima University

• * Out of application period.

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.

• Notification of result

  Selection results will be notified by E-Mail.

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