The University of Electro-Communications Job Openings: Tenure Track Associate Professor （Optical and Quantum Science and Technology）

14 Mar 2024
Job Information

Organisation/Company

The University of Electro-Communications

Research Field

Technology
Physics
Chemistry
Engineering
Geosciences
Astronomy
Mathematics
Other
All

Researcher Profile

Established Researcher (R3)

Country

Japan

Application Deadline

31 May 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
UEC is accepting applications for tenure-track associate professors based on the UEC tenure track system to motivate outstanding young researchers.
Under this system, the employment period is five years from the date of hiring, with an interim evaluation in the third year and a final tenure review in the fifth year. Successful candidates will be granted tenure status as an associate professor.
If the interim evaluation or research result shows that the candidates have made outstanding achievements, the tenure track period may be shortened to grant early tenure status.

Note: Please refer to the following URL for general information on the UEC’s tenure-track system.
http://www.uec.ac.jp/eng/research/activity/uec_tenure_track/index.html

[Work content and job description]
This tenure-track associate professor must be highly motivated to educate. Teaching graduate/undergraduate classes and giving research guidance to students will also be evaluated factors in the tenure-qualification review.
Several basic and specialized subjects on optical engineering from Physics, Introductory Engineering Mathematics, Electromagnetism, Electric Circuit Theory and Practice, Optical Devices, Fundamentals of Solid State Physics, Physics Laboratory, Optical Engineering Experiments, etc.

* Assigned department
Existing departments

[Work location]
* Address
182-8585 Tokyo The University of Electro-Communications , 1-5-1Chofugaoka, Chofu,Tokyo

[Number of hired]
Number of hired:1 person(s)
Hiring date:2024-10-01 00:00:00
Starting date:2024-10-01 00:00:00
Job content supplemental explanation:October 1st, 2024 (or later at the earliest possible date.)

Requirements
Additional Information
Benefits

[Compensation]
Annual salary:6 million yen - 8 million yen
Working hours:08:30-17:15
Holidays :Saturday, Sunday, holidays prescribed by the National Holiday Act, New Year’s holiday, and the days designated by UEC.
However, if an employee teaches a night course of the Fundamental Programs for Advanced Engineering that is offered on Saturday, the day off should be taken on one of the weekdays instead. For securing the number of credit hours, an employee may need to work on public holidays.
Overtime and other explanations:Discretionary Labor System for Professional Work
Based on standard work hours of 7 hours and 45minutes during 8:30am-5:15pm, an individual employee may decide how his/her schedule will fit into work day.
Annual paid holidays, special leave, childcare leave, and nursing care leave
Employment type:Others
Employment type description:Full-time research and education employee
Contract period:Nontenured-Tenure-track
Contract period description:・The tenure-track period will last 5 years from the date of hiring. Once tenure is granted, a candidates’ title will be associate professor. If the interim evaluation or research result shows that the candidate has made outstanding achievements, the tenure track period may be shortened to grant early tenure status.
In case tenure is not granted at the 5th year, up to a maximum of 2 more years of non-tenure-track employment period can be added, which would serve as a preparatory period to look for outside opportunities.
・The tenure-track period can be extended if you take childcare, prenatal, postnatal, or nursing care leave. In this regard, the implementation of both the tenure interim evaluation and examination can be changed within the extended term. However, the total tenure-track period from the hiring date should be within a maximum of 10 years.
Probationary period:Probationary period absent

[Various systems]
Others:1).Salary：Annual salary based on the UEC Employee’s Salary Regulation
2).Research fund：The associate professor’s research expenses according to the university rule.

[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]

[Supplementary explanation of compensation]

Additional comments

・All faculty members of UEC belong to the Academic Institute where individual faculty members are assigned to specific departments or centers.
・Based on an aim to engage in the target value that is described in the Council for Science, Technology and Innovation (Cabinet office, Government of Japan), the government is acting to achieve a ten percent increase in the number of young researchers under 40 years of age, and hopes to increase this number by over thirty percent in the overall higher educations for the future. UEC is recruiting well-qualified young researchers in order to foster them and accelerate their dynamic research activities. For more information, please refer to the following URL:
https://www8.cao.go.jp/cstp/tougosenryaku/index.html
・To further promote gender equality and diversity measures, UEC endeavors to increase the number of female faculty members through an effort to ensure women-friendly working environment such as activities in consideration of work-life balance and supports for Research Career Advancement. For further information, please refer to the following link.
http://www.ge.uec.ac.jp/en/

Work Location(s)

Number of offers available

1

Company/Institute

The University of Electro-Communications

Country

Japan

City

Tokyo

Geofield

Where to apply

Website

https://jrecin.jst.go.jp/seek/SeekJorDetail?fn=0&ln=1&id=D124030604&ln_jor=1

Contact

City

Tokyo

STATUS: EXPIRED