Faculty Recruitment for Iwate University (Assistant Professor)　Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Food Production and Environmental Management, Food Systems and Management Course

23 May 2024
Job Information

Organisation/Company

Iwate University

Research Field

Environmental science
Technology
Agricultural sciences

Researcher Profile

Recognised Researcher (R2)
Established Researcher (R3)

Country

Japan

Application Deadline

1 Jul 2024 - 23:59 (UTC)

Type of Contract

Temporary

Job Status

Not Applicable

Hours Per Week

See description

Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?

Not funded by an EU programme

Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?

No

Offer Description

[Background of the recruitment and description of the project]
* Background of the recruitment and description of the project
This course conducts education and research on the advancement of technology and the informatization related to agricultural-food production.
We are looking for a candidate who can be in charge of Liberal Arts Subjects, Exercises in Information Processing (shared), Food Industry Systems Laboratory I, II (shared), etc. as well as supervision of graduation research.

[Work content and job description]
Field of specialization: Agricultural Environmental Engineering and Agricultural Information Engineering-related

* Assigned department
Existing departments
Precautions:Due to the planned reorganization in Iwate University, the affiliation after April 2025 will be Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Rural Environmental Sciences, Innovative Agriculture Course

[Work location]
* Address
020-8550 Iwate Department of Food Production and Environmental Management, Faculty of Agriculture, Iwate University, 3-18-8 Ueda, Morioka

[Number of hired]
Number of hired:1 person(s)
Hiring date:2024-12-01 00:00:00
Starting date:2024-12-01 00:00:00

Requirements
Additional Information
Benefits

[Compensation]
Annual salary:5 million yen - 7 million yen
Working hours:08:30-17:15
Break time:12:00-13:00
Holidays :Saturday, Sunday, public holidays, year-end and New Year holidays, etc.
Overtime and other explanations:
Employment type:Regular employee
Contract period:Nontenured-Tenure-track
Contract period description:Term of employment: 5 (five) years
A tenure review will be conducted by seven months prior to the expiration of the 5 year tenure-track term. Tenure (assistant professor, permanent) will be granted if the applicant is deemed to achieve the target values required for granting tenure.
An interim evaluation will be conducted by three years from the start of employment. In case that particularly outstanding achievement is observed in the interim evaluation, the eligibility for granting tenure may be discussed at that time.
Please refer to the regulations regarding the tenure track system in Iwate University at the web site below.
[Regulations on the Iwate University Tenure Track System] (in Japanese)
https://www.iwate-u.ac.jp/about/disclosure/files/regulations/60200040.p…
Probationary period:Probationary period absent

[Various systems]

[Insurance]

[Measures for preventing passive smoking at the workplace]

[Supplementary explanation of compensation]
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.

Research support
The start-up support funds will be provided to tenure-track faculty members as research expenses (1 million yen x 2 years).

Work Location(s)

Number of offers available

1

Company/Institute

Iwate University

Country

Japan

City

Iwate

Geofield

Where to apply

Website

https://jrecin.jst.go.jp/seek/SeekJorDetail?fn=0&ln=1&id=D124050805&ln_jor=1

STATUS: EXPIRED