Work location : Chugoku district - Hiroshima
Date of publication : 2025/01/31
D125011826
Hiroshima University
Research field : Social Infrastructure - Civil engineering material, execution and construction management
Assistant Professor level : Regular employee - Nontenured - Tenure-track - Probationary period present
Job description
Background of the recruitment and description of the project
Hiroshima University (HU) herewith makes an open international job offer and seeks to appoint Assistant Professor on Tenure Track System in the research area of Concrete Engineering. This position is based on the ‘Policy for recruiting/cultivating excellent faculty members’. The university introduced this policy to create a secure environment in which junior-positioned faculty members can concentrate on their research/education.
https://www.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/en/employment/kyoinkobo
Work content and job description
Field of specialization
Concrete Engineering, Construction Materials, and Infrastructure Maintenance
Teaching responsibilities
(1)Undergraduate level (general education courses): Introductory Seminar for First-Year Students, Toward Construction of Safe Social Environment.
(2)Undergraduate level (discipline-specific courses): Lifestyle and the City, Land Surveying and Exercise, Concrete Engineering, Experiments in Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Seminar in Civil and Environmental Engineering.
(3)Graduate level (master’s programs): Special Exercises on Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Special Study on Civil and Environmental Engineering.
(4)In addition to the courses listed above, he or she may be asked to teach other general education courses and/or discipline specific courses in other department(s) and graduate school(s).
Assigned department
Existing departments
Civil and Environmental Engineering Program, Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering
Job type
Research field
Wages
Annual Salary : 5 million yen ~
(1)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.
(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.
※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.
Working hours
Working hours :08:30-17:00
Break time :12:00-12:45
Holidays :
Workdays are from Monday to Friday (excluding public holidays) in principle.
Holidays are Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays in principle.
Overtime and other explanations : If you are agreeable to the application of the Discretionary Labor System for Professional Work, you are deemed to work for 7 hours and 45 minutes a day.
Application requirements
Qualifications
Education and Degree Requirements
Ph.D. / Doctor
(1)Hold a doctorate or an equivalent degree by the time the appointment begins
Work experience
(2)Be able to supervise bachelor’s and master’s students in preparation of thesis
(3)Be able to teach classes and supervise students in English
Employment Type
Regular employee
Contract period
Nontenured - Tenure-track
5 years
Probationary period present
six (6) months
Work location
Compensation
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 since January 2020.
Supplementary explanation of compensation
[Evaluation]
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)
Hiring date : 2025/10/01
Starting date : 2025/10/01
Application period
2025/01/31~2025/02/28 Deadline for receipt
All application materials must reach us by [17:00 on February, 28, 2025 (Japan time)].
Application method
Application documents (specified forms)
Attached documents
Other online application forms
(3)Five major publications or presentations (Reprints, photocopies, or books)
(4)Major educational activities and teaching experience
(5)Major social contributions
(6)Major activities in university/institutional management and administration
(7)List of acquired external funding over the last ten years
(8)Statement of intent (Please describe your interests in teaching and research as well as your mid- to long-term research plan in approximately 1,000-2,000 words, should you take this position.)
(9)Your Researcher ID or ORCID information
N.B. The ID above or ORCID information can be confirmed from Clarivate Analytics or ORCID website.
Please upload all the files to the following Hiroshima University Nextcloud. Then, let us know that you have submitted application documents by email. Write “Application documents for Concrete Engineering” in the subject line of your email and confirm the reply.
Hiroshima University Nextcloud:
https://fshare.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/nextcloud/index.php/s/KpjqmZdng8Wcgki
Email address:
nakarai@hiroshima-u.ac.jp (Professor Kenichiro NAKARAI)
Return of application documents
We will dispose of all application documents responsibly.
* 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 request the applicant to conduct a mock lesson in English. In such cases, please note that travel expenses will be the responsibility of the applicant. For applicants living outside of Japan, online interviews may be possible. Applicants who pass the initial document review will be informed of the 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.
Notification of result
Notification will be sent to the e-mail address provided in your resume.
Contact details
Hiroshima University
Civil and Environmental Engineering Program, Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering
Kenichiro Nakarai
0824247531
nakarai@hiroshima-u.ac.jp
Notes
(1)Probationary employment period: six (6) months
(2)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 documents of applicants whom we have decided not to employ will be discarded in an appropriate manner, after the completion of relevant selection processes.
(3)All the faculty members of Hiroshima University belong to the "Academy", which is the single university-wide faculty organization, and each faculty as a member of the Academy of the University is appointed to educational and/or research organizations such as an individual undergraduate school, graduate school, research center and institute.
(4)Faculty members may also be assigned to teaching and/or research activities in other organizations of Hiroshima University and university-wide projects.
(5)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/
(6)HU provides other employment information (research job, desk job and etc.).
If your spouse wishes to work for HU, please refer to the following URL link.
employment information: https://www.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/en/employment/
(7)Hiroshima University has been entirely smoke-free from January 2020.