Offer Description
Background of the recruitment and description of the project
Niigata University is implementing the "Niigata University Young Faculty Swing-by Program," a program for the collective recruitment and training of young faculty members, targeting outstanding young researchers who are active in a variety of fields in Japan and overseas. This program is designed to foster researchers who are willing to conduct cross-disciplinary research at the university while deepening their research in their respective fields of specialization.
In the Young Faculty Swing-by Program, we will recruit young faculty members from across disciplines. Recruits will be selected through a first round of selection based on their expertise in their respective fields, followed by a second round of selection based on comprehensive perspectives by the executive officers. The selected faculty members will be affiliated with the academic departments, etc., according to their fields of expertise, and will concurrently serve in the Institute for Research Administration, which is in charge of promoting research at Niigata University, and will be engaged in activities to bring forth the seeds of new interdisciplinary research that can become the new flagship of Niigata University.
Research Field for Recruitment
Science communication, Medical-Criminal Law, Informational Sociology of Disaster, Food-Tech Science, Structure engineering and earthquake engineering-related (Applied mechanics, Computational mechanics), Inorganic chemistry, Nonsmooth Optimization, Life science (Department of Neurophysiology, Virology, Div of Eating Behavior–Health Interface, Tissue Regenerative Science, Clinical nursing science),
Interdisciplinary Research on Brain Pathology
Number of Positions
Around 10 persons expected
As a part of this recruitment, we are recruiting faculty members in charge of the Food-Tech Science and related fields.
https://www.niigata-u.ac.jp/en/university/employment/
Work content and job description
［Affiliation］Faculty of Agriculture/Graduate School of Integrated Arts and Sciences/Graduate School of Science and Technology
［Job Description］
- Research
Based on your expertise in Food-Tech Science and related fields, you will collaborate with food researchers from diverse areas within the university to conduct research on materials and processing processes for agricultural products, processed foods, and fermented foods, utilizing cutting-edge biotechnology, processing technologies, and AI. - Education
You will be responsible for the Department of Agriculture (Food Science Program) in the Faculty of Agriculture, the Program of Science and Technology (Life, Environment and Food Science Program) in the Graduate School of Integrated Arts and Sciences, and the Division of Life and Food Science (Applied Life and Food Science Course) in Graduate School of Science and Technology working in cooperation with other faculty members to provide education based on food science. You will be involved in training human resources who will support food science from a food-tech perspective.
*As a general rule, the candidate will participate in the ‘Swing-by’ Program as an adjunct faculty member of the Research Management Organization for three years.
Research Field
Food Science (Food-Tech Science, Food Materials Science, Food Processing Science, Applied Biochemistry and Bioprocess Engineering, etc.)
Remarks Column for Assistant Professor
The candidate will work as a member of the research group and may be asked to work as a PI at an early stage of the project.
* Assigned department
Existing departments
Precautions:Selected candidate is required to carry out teaching and research in the Faculty of Agriculture, Institute of Science and Technology, and, will be also appointed to work concurrently at the Institute for Research Administration. As a general rule, you will be working as a faculty member employed in the Swing-by Program concurrently with the Institute for Research Administration for three years from the time of hiring.
Work location
* Address
950-2181 Niigata 8050 Ikarashi 2-no-cho, Nishi-ku, Niigata, Niigata, Japan
Number of hired
Number of hired:1 person(s)
Hiring date:2027-04-01 00:00:00
Starting date:2027-04-01 00:00:00
Additional Information
Benefits
[Compensation]
Annual salary:4 million yen - 6 million yen
Wages description:Annual salary system based on “Regulations for New Annual Salary System for Faculties of Niigata University”.
Working hours:08:30-17:15
Break time:12:00-13:00
Holidays :Saturdays, Sundays, national holidays, holidays around the end of the year and the beginning of the year, etc.
Overtime and other explanations:Basically, discretionary labor system for specialized work .
If the professional business-type recruiting labor system is not applied, a fixed working hour system will be applied, with a weekly working hours of 38 hours and 45 minutes and a daily working hours of 8:30 am to 5:15 pm (break time: 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm). Whether a discretionary work system or a fixed working hour system is applied will be determined at the time of hiring.
Employment type:Regular employee
Employment type description:Full-time, the discretionary labor system for specialized work
Contract period:Tenured
Probationary period:Probationary period present
Probationary period description:Trial period 6 month
Various systems
Pay increase system:unavailable
Bonus:unavailable
Retirement allowances:available
(based on “Retirement Allowance Regulations for Stuffs of Niigata University”.)
Transportation expenses:available
(based on “Niigata University Detailed Regulations for Employee Salaries (allowance)”.)
Retirement age:available (65 years old)
Others:Allowances are based on “Regulations for New Annual Salary System for Faculties of Niigata University”.
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
No smoking allowed on campus.
Supplementary explanation of compensation
Other working conditions are based on “Niigata University Work Regulations for Employees”.
Additional comments
*Niigata University has set up the “Center for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion” in our campus, and is firmly committed to gender balance and supporting physically handicapped researchers (https://diversity.nu.niigata-u.ac.jp/).
*Niigata University is promoting hiring of faculty members who have a flexible attitude in today’s global society and to realize the globalization of our campus. We welcome applications from foreigners who can communicate with researchers and students in English. Japanese communication skill will be an added advantage, but not an essential condition for the application.
*From the perspective of promoting diversity and inclusion in Niigata University, preference will be given to female and non-Japanese researchers when they are deemed equal in the evaluation of their achievements (including educational achievements, research achievements, social contributions, and personal characteristics).
Support for Nurturing Young Researchers
In order to take advantage of the Swing-by Program, which is a collective recruitment system that transcends fields, we ask that you concurrently serve at the Institute for Research Administration for the first three years after your appointment and engage in the following activities
・To proactively develop networks across departments and disciplines.
・To conduct interdisciplinary exchange activities utilizing the established network and disseminate the results widely inside and outside the university.
In order to realize the above, the following activities and others are included.
・Planning and management of employer synchronization meetings and interdisciplinary exchange meetings
・At least once a year, exchange of opinions with the president and board members
・Training on teaching methods at universities
In addition, the University has the following research support systems, which we expect you to make active use of.
・Niigata University equipment sharing system
・Support for obtaining external funds such as ‘Kakenhi’
・Regular interdisciplinary exchange meetings
・Allocation of start-up research funds from the Swing-by Program
・Other training for education and research activities
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