Job type

• Assistant Professor level

Research field

• Natural Science - Unspecified

Wages

• Annual Salary : 5 million yen ~ 7 million yen

  Salary and Benefits: Based on the salary regulations of Iwate University and subject to annual salary system (Retirement allowance is paid at the time of retirement)
  Working Hours: Discretionary working system for professional work, 7hours and 45 minutes of de facto working per day
  Insurance: Employment Insurance, Social Insurance, Workers' Accident Compensation Insurance, Mutual Aid Association of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
  Days off: Saturday, Sunday, public holidays, year-end and New Year holidays, etc.

Qualifications

• Education and Degree Requirements

  Ph.D. / Doctor

• Description

  Applicants must:
  (1)Be a woman (in accordance with Article 8 of the Equal Employment Opportunity Act for Men
  and Women. These positions are only available to women as a measure to proactively improve the current situation in which there is a rather low percentage of female faculty members at Iwate University.)
  (2) Have a doctoral degree
  (3) Have the ability to teach and supervise undergraduate and graduate students and promote advanced research work
  (4) Have the ability to properly engage in organizational operations as a member of a university
  (5) Applicants are expected to fully understand our mission as a regional university and contribute
  to the university management as well as education and research.
  (6) All nationality welcome. Have Japanese and English language proficiency at or above a
  teaching level.
  
  
  

Employment Type

• Regular employee

  Full-time

Contract period

• Nontenured - Tenure-track

  5 years
  Please note that an interim evaluation will be conducted by the day at which point three years will have passed from the date of employment, and a tenure review will be conducted by six months prior to the expiration date of the tenure-track faculty member's term. Tenure (assistant professor, without tenure) will be granted if target values required for granting tenure have been met during the term.
  In the case of a particularly outstanding evaluation in the interim evaluation, the eligibility for granting tenure may be discussed at that time.
  

  Probationary period absent

Work location

• 020-8551 Iwate 4-3-5 Ueda, Morioka, Iwate 020-8551, Japan

Compensation

• Supplementary explanation of compensation

  Salary and Benefits: Based on the salary regulations of Iwate University and subject to annual salary system (Retirement allowance is paid at the time of retirement.)
  Working Hours: Discretionary working system for professional work, 7 hours and 45 minutes of de facto working per day
  Insurance: Employment Insurance, Social Insurance, Workers' Accident Compensation Insurance, Mutual Aid Association of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
  Days off: Saturday, Sunday, public holidays, year-end and New Year holidays, etc.
  

Application Considerations

Number of hired

1 person(s)

Starting date : 2025/04/01

• Job content supplemental explanation

  [Description of the institution (year of establishment, capital amount, number of employees, etc.), details of the business, recruitment background information, project description, etc.]
  Iwate University
  
  [Job description (work / duties after recruitment, subject responsible for, etc.)]
  Experimental research on materials science in a broad sense from a physical perspective (condensed matter physics: magnetism, superconductor and strongly correlated systems).
  
  =Specialized subject=
  Specialized subject:
  Undergraduate – Physics Laboratory, Introduction to Soft Path Science and Engineering, Physics
  Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory 1, Basic Exercises in Physics, English
  Seminar for Science Technology, Graduation Research, etc.
  “Due to the reorganization on April 1st, 2025, some subjects to teach might be changed.”
  
  [Address of work location and other information]
  Ueda 4-3-5 Morioka, Iwate prefecture, Japan
  
  [Available positions (job title, number of positions, etc.)]
  1 (one) Assistant Professor (Female)
  
  [Starting date, employment date, etc.]
  April 1, 2025 or any early possible date afterwards.
  

Application period

• 2024/08/06~2024/10/02 Deadline for receipt

Application method

• Attached documents

  Application Form : Mailing
  Achievements and Activities : Mailing

  Other Mailing Documents
  [Application documents, application (submission) method (Mail, attachment to e-mail, details on using the web application, etc.), destination (address, e-mail address, web application URL, etc.)]
  (1) A Curriculum Vitae (attach an ID photo and include an email address and any affiliated academic societies)
  (2) A list of research achievements (list by category such as peer-reviewed original scientific papers, books, papers for international conferences, review/commentary papers, research reports). If the applicant is the first author or corresponding author, mark the name of the author of the paper with an asterisk (*).
  For scientific papers, include the impact factor of the journal in which the paper was published.
  (3) 5 copies of your actual scientific papers that represent your work in the last five years. (photocopies are accepted)
  (4) A list of external grants received (list by category such as the Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, joint research grants, donations for education and research, commissioned research, etc. Include a principal investigator and co-investigators.) Any other documents for reference (experiences in being an official or member of an academic society/association or national/prefectural/municipal government, taking a position or being a committee member at your current institution, study abroad, international conference management, invited presentations, awards received, etc.)
  (5) An outline of past research achievements and aspirations for research at Iwate University
  (two A4 pages)
  (6) An outline of teaching experience in the field of specialization (lectures taught and/or their
  evaluation, experiences in instructing graduation research, etc.) and aspirations for education
  at Iwate University (one A4 page)
  (7) Name, affiliation, and contact information of two professional references who are willing to be contacted about the applicant

• Return of application documents

  We will dispose of all application documents responsibly.

• Application document submission method (physically mailed documents)

  020-8551 Iwate 4-3-5 Ueda, Morioka, Iwate 020-8551 Japan
  Professor Yoshiki Nakanishi

• * Out of application period.

URL of this job posting

Selection / Notification of result

• Selection

  Candidates who passed the primary screening (documents screening) will undergo the secondary screening through interviews (including presentations). Please indicate on your resume if you have previously acquired leave or time off due to life events in the past (such as maternity leave before and after childbirth, childcare leave, or family care leave), as it will be taken into consideration in the selection process.

• Notification of result

  Results of the selection process will be sent to your E-mail address.

Contact details

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