Assistant Professor on Tenure Track System in Environmental Engineering in Civil Engineering

Architecture Researcher Profile: Recognised Researcher (R2); Established Researcher (R3) Application Deadline: 20 Dec 2026 - 23:59 (UTC) Country: Japan 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 a 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 Hiroshima University (HU) herewith makes an open international job offer and seeks to appoint Assistant Professor on Tenure Track System in the research area of Environmental Engineering in Civil Engineering. 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. https://www.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/en/employment/kyoinkobo Work content and job description (Immediately after hiring) Duties related to research in “Field of specialization”. Duties related to teaching the scheduled courses and supervising graduate and undergraduate students under "Teaching responsibilities ". Duties related to the administration and management of the entire university, graduate schools, faculties, centers, etc. (participation in various meetings, activities as a member of various committees, etc.). Duties related to student admissions (exam supervision, question creation, grading, interviewers, etc.). Other duties as directed by the head of the educational and research organization. (Scope of changes) Tasks determined by the university. Field of specialization Environmental Engineering in Civil Engineering (Water and Wastewater Engineering, Water Treatment Engineering) Teaching responsibilities Undergraduate level (general education courses): Introductory Seminar for First-Year Students, Toward Construction of Safe Social Environment, etc. Undergraduate level (discipline specific courses): Lifestyle and the City, Land Surveying and Exercise, Water and Wastewater Engineering and Exercise, Experiments in Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Seminar in Civil and Environmental Engineering. Graduate level (master’s programs): Special Exercises on Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Special Study on Civil and Environmental Engineering. Note: The subjects you are responsible for may be changed or added. * Assigned department Existing departments Work location * Address 739-8527 Hiroshima 1-4-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-hiroshima Other places of work designated by the University Number of hired Number of hired: 1 person(s) Hiring date: 2027-06-01 00:00:00 Starting date: 2027-06-01 00:00:00 Job content supplemental explanation: As soon as possible after June 1, 2027 Additional Information Benefits Compensation Recognised Researcher (R2) Annual salary: 5 million yen Wages description: (1) 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. (2) 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. ※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: Workdays are from Monday to Friday (excluding public holidays) in principle. 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. Overtime work is applicable. Employment type: Regular employee Contract period: Nontenured-Tenure-track Contract period description: 5 years (in case that tenure-track Assistant Professor gets promoted to tenured Associate Professor) Probationary period: Probationary period present Probationary period description: six (6) months Established Researcher (R3) Annual salary: 5 million yen Wages description: (1) 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. (2) 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. ※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: Workdays are from Monday to Friday (excluding public holidays) in principle. 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. Overtime work is applicable. Employment type: Regular employee Contract period: Nontenured-Tenure-track Contract period description: 5 years (in case that tenure-track Assistant Professor gets promoted to tenured Associate Professor) Probationary period: Probationary period present Probationary period description: six (6) months Various systems 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 since January 2020. Supplementary explanation of compensation Evaluation 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. Additional comments Probationary employment period: six (6) months 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 discarded in an appropriate manner, after the completion of relevant selection processes. The retirement age is 65 years old. 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. 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/ Hiroshima University has been entirely smoke-free from January 2020. Tenure-track position(s) Period of employment 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. 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. If a candidate who already holds an indefinite-term employment contract with Hiroshima University is appointed as a tenure-track faculty member through this recruitment, the existing indefinite-term employment contract will terminate upon commencement of the tenure-track appointment, and the candidate will thereafter be employed under the fixed-term employment contract applicable to this position. Applicants are advised to carefully review the employment conditions and terms of appointment, including the above arrangements, before applying. 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. Work Location(s) Number of offers available: 1 Company/Institute: Hiroshima University Country: Japan City: Hiroshima