Position Lecturer or Assistant Professor(Research area of Physiology and Biophysics, The Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences)

15 Feb 2024
Job Information

Organisation/Company

Hiroshima University

Research Field

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

Researcher Profile

Recognised Researcher (R2)
Established Researcher (R3)

Country

Japan

Application Deadline

8 Mar 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
The Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University seeks applications for a Lecturer or Assistant Professor in the research area of Physiology and Biophysics

[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.

(1) Undergraduate level (general education courses): Introductory Seminar for First-Year Students, Cell Science, etc.
(2) Undergraduate level (discipline specific courses): Introduction for medical research, Practice for medical research, Physiology and Biochemistry, Practice of Physiology and Biochemistry, etc.
(3) Graduate level (master’s programs): Seminar, Research, Methods in Biomedical Sciences A, Physiology and Biological Chemistry, etc.
(4) Graduate level (doctoral programs- Division of Integrated Health Sciences): Advanced Seminar, Advanced Research, etc.
(5) Graduate level (doctoral programs- Division of Biomedical Sciences): Advanced Seminar on Physiology and Biophysics, Advanced Research on Physiology and Biophysics, Methods in Biomedical Sciences B, etc.
(6) In addition to the courses listed above, he or she may be asked to teach MD-PhD course, other general education courses and/or discipline specific courses in other department(s) and graduate school(s).

* Assigned department
Existing departments

[Work location]
* Address
734-8553 Hiroshima 1-2-3, Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima-shi

[Number of hired]
Number of hired:1 person(s)

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.
Working hours:08:30-17:00
Break time:12:00-12:45
Holidays :Saturdays, Sundays, National holidays, 12/29 to 1/3
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 and 38 hours and 45 minutes a week.
Employment type:Regular employee
Employment type description:Full-time
Contract period:Nontenured-Tenure-track
Contract period description:Tenure-track position(s) Period of employment
・7 years (in case that tenure-track Lecturer gets promoted to tenured Associate Professor/Lecturer)
・5 years (in case that tenure-track Assistant Professor gets promoted to tenured Associate Professor/Lecturer)
(1) Tenure-track faculty members will undergo a tenure review at least 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 Lecturer/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, 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:Trial period 6 months

[Various systems]

[Insurance]
Employees’ Health Insurance:The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Mutual Aid Association
Employees’ Pension Insurance:The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Mutual Aid Association
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]
Other detail depend on the Hiroshima University regulations.

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. Application documents of applicants whom we have decided not to employ will be returned to those applicants in an appropriate manner, after the completion of relevant selection processes.
・For each specialized field of faculty, Hiroshima University has defined Minimum standards for hiring new faculty (“the minimum standards”). We use the minimum standards for the initial screening process of the applicants, and only those who have cleared the minimum standards will qualify as the candidates for the post concerned. The minimum standards used for this international job offer can be viewed by clicking the following URL link.
https://www.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/en/employment/kyoinkobo/
・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/
・Successful candidates may be reimbursed for travel expenses incurred for the trip from their home or former place of work to the new place of work to assume their post in accordance with the relevant regulations of Hiroshima University. For more information, please contact us.

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=D124020242&ln_jor=1

Contact

City

Hiroshima

STATUS: EXPIRED