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New Now recruiting
Date of update : 2025/05/26 End date of accepting applications : 2025/07/31
New Now recruiting
Date of update : 2025/05/26
End date of accepting applications : 2025/07/31

Work location : Kanto district - Tokyo

Date of publication : 2025/05/26

Recruitment Guidelines for Project Researcher (Fixed-Term Employee) Center for Social Data Structuring, Joint Support-Center for Data Science Research, Research Organization of Information and Systems (ROIS)

D125051741

National research institute / Independent administrative institute

Research Organization of Information and Systems, Joint Support-Center for Data Science Research

Research field : Informatics - Software | Informatics - Information security | Informatics - Database

Associate Professor : Others - Nontenured - Non-tenure track - Probationary period absent

Assistant Professor level : Others - Nontenured - Non-tenure track - Probationary period absent

Researcher/Postdoc level : Others - Nontenured - Non-tenure track - Probationary period absent

Job description

  • Background of the recruitment and description of the project

    Center for Social Data Structuring developes methodologies for organizing social survey data, officila micro-data and social big data to promote empirical study to solve various social problems by providing it for a wide range of uses. The goal is to develop a research foundation for realizing policy-making based on emprical data.

    https://ds.rois.ac.jp/en_center3/

  • Work content and job description

    Under the “K Program” of the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) for Economic Security Critical Technology, we are recruiting a Project Researcher for the following work related to the research project "Systematization and Efficient Implementation of SDC Technologies Based on Functional Cryptography for Integration of Large-Scale Distributed Data" (Principal Investigator: Kazuhiro Minami):
    (1) Theoretical and empirical research on privacy protection techniques in the field of Statistical Disclosure Control (SDC)
    (2) Development of new techniques for anonymization and statistical disclosure control

  • Assigned department

    Existing departments

    Center for Social Data Structuring Joint Support-Center for Data Science Research Research Organization of Information and Systems

Job type

  • Associate Professor
  • Assistant Professor level
  • Researcher/Postdoc level

Research field

  • Informatics - Software
  • Informatics - Information security
  • Informatics - Database

Wages

  • Common to all Job Types

    Annual Salary : 5 million yen ~ 8 million yen

Working hours

  • Common to all Job Types

    Working hours :09:00-17:30

    Break time :12:15-13:00

    Holidays : Saturdays, Sundays, national holidays in accordance with the Act on National Holidays, and December 29 to January 3 are non-working days.
    Summer break: Two consecutive days (excluding Saturdays and Sundays) between August 12 and 18, designated by each workplace.

    Overtime and other explanations : Discretionary labor system, based on 7 hours 45 minutes/day (e.g., 9:00–17:30 with a 45-minute break)

Application requirements

Qualifications

  • Education and Degree Requirements

    Ph.D. / Doctor / Master

    (1) Ph.D. holder or equivalent experience
    (2) Experience in academic research at a university or private company (typically 5+ years after bachelor’s or 3+ years after master’s)
    (3) Preferably with multiple publications and conference presentations

Employment Type

  • Common to all Job Types

    Others

    Full-time position

Contract period

  • Common to all Job Types

    Nontenured - Non-tenure track

    As early as possible after June 1, 2025 – March 31, 2026 (No probation period)
    The contract may be renewed annually based on performance, availability of funding, and research progress, for a maximum of March 31, 2030. However, the total period of employment at ROIS, including previous contracts since April 1, 2013, must not exceed 10 years.

    Probationary period absent

Work location

  • 190-0014 Tokyo 10-3 Midori-cho, Tachikawa Center for Social Data Structuring Joint Support-Center for Data Science Research Research Organization of Information and Systems (Located within The Institute of Statistical Mathematics)

Compensation

  • Various systems

    Transportation expenses : Commuting allowance reimbursed if requirements are met

  • Insurance

    Employees' Health Insurance : Enrollment in MEXT Mutual Aid Association, employment insurance, and workers' compensation insurance

    Employees' Pension Insurance : Enrollment in MEXT Mutual Aid Association, employment insurance, and workers' compensation insurance

    Worker's accident insurance : Enrollment in MEXT Mutual Aid Association, employment insurance, and workers' compensation insurance

    Employment insurance : Enrollment in MEXT Mutual Aid Association, employment insurance, and workers' compensation insurance

  • Measures for preventing passive smoking at the workplace

    Smoking is prohibited on premises except in designated areas

  • Supplementary explanation of compensation

    Leave: Annual paid leave and other types of leave per ROIS regulations

Application Considerations

Number of hired

    1 person(s)

    Hiring date : 2025/06/01

    Starting date : 2025/06/01

  • Job content supplemental explanation

    Position Title:
    ・Project Researcher (Fixed-Term Employee)
    　Depending on the applicant’s background and achievements, titles such as Project Assistant Professor or Project Associate Professor may be granted after review.

    ・Start date negotiable. (As soon as possible after June 1, 2025)

Application period

  • 2025/05/26~2025/07/31 Deadline for receipt

    applications accepted on a rolling basis until positions are filled

Application method

  • Application documents (specified forms)

  • Attached documents

    Application Form : Online Submission
    CV with educational and employment history, academic degrees, awards, contact email, and photo
    Achievements and Activities : Online Submission
    List of research achievements categorized as:
     ① Dissertation, ② Peer-reviewed papers, ③ Other papers/presentations, ④ Books/reviews, ⑤ Patents/software, ⑥ Grants
     Mark up to three major papers with ◎

    Other online application forms
    ・Summary of past research and future plans (max. 2 pages; include diagrams if needed).Experience with software development should be included.
    ・Contact information for at least one reference who can comment on the applicant’s abilities

  • Return of application documents

    We will dispose of all application documents responsibly.

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Selection / Notification of result

  • Selection

    After document screening, interviews (online) will be arranged if necessary. Applicants may be asked to submit copies of key papers

  • Notification of result

    Notification will be sent promptly to the applicant by email after the selection process.

Contact details

Research Organization of Information and Systems, Joint Support-Center for Data Science Research

Data Science

Takuya Yamada

0425129254

ds_suishin@rois.ac.jp

Notes

•For further employment conditions not specified here, refer to:
ROIS Fixed-Term Staff Regulations
(https://www.rois.ac.jp/pdf/tokuteiyuki1.pdf)
•ROIS promotes gender equality and respects diversity in accordance with relevant Japanese laws including the Basic Act for Persons with Disabilities and the Act on Promotion of the Elimination of Discrimination on the Basis of Disability

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