Associate Professor or Assistant Professor (Organic Photochemistry, Physical Organic Chemistry)

9 May 2024
Job Information

Organisation/Company

Hiroshima University

Research Field

Technology
Chemistry
Engineering
Physics

Researcher Profile

Recognised Researcher (R2)
Established Researcher (R3)

Country

Japan

Application Deadline

28 Jun 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 with tenure; Associate Professor/Assistant Professor on Tenure Track System in the research area of Organic Photochemistry or Physical Organic Chemistry. 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.

HU provides startup support money for assistant professors. By assigning a mentor to each newly-recruited faculty member on tenure track, HU continues to develop an environment where such faculty member can engage himself/herself in research activities independently. In case the recruited member does not secure tenure, he/she will be able to extend his/her term of employment for up to one year as a specially appointed faculty member. The special appointment starts on the day following the end date of the existing employmen
https://www.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/en/employment/kyoinkobo/senshin

[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.

＜ Field of specialization＞
Organic Photochemistry, Physical Organic Chemistry

＜Teaching responsibilities＞
(1)Undergraduate level (general education courses): Modern Chemistry (English), Introduction Seminar for First-Year Students (Japanese), etc.
(2)Undergraduate level (discipline specific courses): Special Study for Graduation (English・Japanese), Chemical Experiments(Japanese), Analytical Organic Chemistry (Japanese), Advanced Chemistry (Japanese), Exercises in Organic Chemistry (Japanese), etc.
(3)Graduate level (master’s programs): Introduction to Organic Chemistry (English), Master's Thesis in Chemistry (English・Japanese)etc.
(4)Graduate level (doctoral programs): Exercies in Chemistry (English), Doctoral Thesis in Chemistry (English・Japanese) , 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
739-8526 Hiroshima 1-3-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima City

[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
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.
・Other details depend on the Hiroshima University regulations.
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)
Probationary period:Probationary period present
Probationary period description:Trial period 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]

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=D124042234&ln_jor=1

Contact

City

Hiroshima

STATUS: EXPIRED