Associate Professor or Assistant Professor, (Applied microbiology: Molecular breeding of useful microorganisms and fermentation production of value-added products)

5 Jan 2024
Job Information

Organisation/Company

Hiroshima University

Research Field

Medical sciences
Technology
Anthropology
Chemistry
Pharmacological sciences
Agricultural sciences
Ethics in health sciences
Biological sciences
Environmental science
Neurosciences

Researcher Profile

Recognised Researcher (R2)
Established Researcher (R3)

Country

Japan

Application Deadline

16 Feb 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
Hiroshima University (HU) herewith makes an open international job offer and seeks to appoint Associate Professor/Assistant Professor on Tenure Track System in the research area of Applied Microbiology. 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.

The post above has been newly created at HU to enable the promotion of the applicant to the senior position of Associate Professor on the condition that he/she passes the tenure-track review before the tenure-track period expires. Such a system assumes that the recruited person will settle down in one place so that he/she can dedicate himself/herself to research and education in accordance with his/her proposed research.

Therefore, when processing an application for recruitment, we evaluate not only each applicant’s performance on research/education, but also the contents and the scope of his/her research plan. Thus, we assess whether or not the applicant’s research plan is mid-to-long term (i.e. about 10 years) in scope, exceeding the tenure-track period. At the time of the review for the tenured promotion, we comprehensively evaluate the applicant’s achievements during his/her term at HU and the future prospect of his/her research.

We are looking forward to welcoming those who are prepared to go along with the principles, long-term vision and medium-term target of HU (https://www.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/en/about ), and who are motivated and can play key roles by committing themselves to research and education at HU.

Mitsuo Ochi, President of Hiroshima University
https://www.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/en/employment/kyoinkobo/ilife

[Work content and job description]
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.
Faculty members may also be assigned to teaching and/or research activities in other organizations of Hiroshima University and university-wide projects.

Teaching responsibilities
(1)Undergraduate level (general education courses): Introductory Seminar for First-Year Students (Japanese), Industry and Technology (Japanese), Introduction to Applied Chemistry, Chemical Engineering,and Biotechnology (English), etc.
(2)Undergraduate level (discipline specific courses): Basic Experiments in Chemistry (Japanese), Introduction to Applied Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology (Japanese), Training of Biotechnology (Japanese), Biochemistry (Japanese), etc.
(3)Graduate level (master’s programs): Special Lectures in Integrated Sciences for Life (Japanese/English), Cell Function Science (Japanese/English), etc.
(4)Graduate level (doctoral programs): Research for Academic Degree Dissertation in Integrated Life Sciences (Japanese/English), etc.
(5)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

[Work location]
* Address
739-8530 Hiroshima Higashi-Hiroshima City 1-7-1 Kagamiyama

[Number of hired]
Number of hired:1 person(s)
Hiring date:2024-08-01 00:00:00
Starting date:2024-08-01 00:00:00
Job content supplemental explanation: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/Assistant Professor on Tenure Track System

Requirements
Additional Information
Benefits

[Compensation]
Annual salary:5 million yen
Wages description: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.
・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.
・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:08:30-17:00
Break time:12:00-12:45
Holidays :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.
Employment type:Regular employee
Contract period:Nontenured-Tenure-track
Contract period description:・7 years (in case that tenure-track Associate Professor gets promoted to tenured Associate Professor)
・5 years (in case that tenure-track Assistant Professor gets promoted to tenured Associate Professor)

(1)Tenure-track faculty members will undergo a tenure review at least six (6) months or more in advance of the expiration date of appointment, and those who have successfully passed the review process will be granted tenure along with promotion either to associate professor.
(2)Granting a candidate for tenure is subject to two reviewing process: an intermediate and final review. If a candidate is not granted tenure in final review, he/she will be dismissed from the university upon completion of the term of appointment.
(3)If a candidate has taken a leave because of some life events such as delivering a baby, child-raising and caregiving, he/she may extend the term of appointment up to certain period according to the length of such leave.
Probationary period:Probationary period present
Probationary period description:six (6) months

[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]

Additional comments

・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.
・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/

Work Location(s)

Number of offers available

1

Company/Institute

Hiroshima University

Country

Japan

City

Hiroshima

Geofield

Where to apply

Website

https://jrecin.jst.go.jp/seek/SeekJorDetail?fn=0&ln=1&id=D123122331&ln_jor=1

Contact

City

Hiroshima

STATUS: EXPIRED