Job Information
- Organisation/Company: Hiroshima University
- Research Field: Geography; Anthropology; Arts; Ethics in natural sciences; Demography; Cultural studies; Ethics in physical sciences; Ethics in health sciences; Criminology; Ethics in social sciences; Economics; Educational sciences; Communication sciences; Sociology; Literature; Management sciences; Juridical sciences; Language sciences; Psychological sciences; History; Religious sciences; Philosophy; Political sciences; Other
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 Associate Professor with tenure; Associate Professor/Assistant Professor on Tenure Track System in the research area of International Politics (Peace and Conflict Studies). 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.
We are looking forward to welcoming those who are prepared to go along with the principles, long-term vision and medium-term target of HU, and who are motivated and can play key roles by committing themselves to research and education at HU.
Mitsuo Ochi, President of Hiroshima University
https://www.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/en/employment/kyoinkobo
Work content and job description
Teaching and/or research activities.
Assigned department: Existing departments
Work location: 739-8529 Hiroshima 1-5-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-hiroshima, Hiroshima University
Number of hired: 1 person(s)
Depending on the result of the performance reviews of the applicant at the time of employment, he/she may be decided on any of the following titles: Associate Professor with tenure; Associate Professor/Assistant Professor on Tenure Track System.
Hiring date: 2027-04-01
Starting date: 2027-04-01
Commencing date of employment: April 1, 2027
Field of specialization: International Politics (Peace and Conflict Studies)
Teaching responsibilities
The following courses are scheduled to be taught:
- Undergraduate level (general education courses): Conflict and Peace in the World (Japanese), etc.
- Undergraduate level (discipline specific courses): Peace and Conflict Research I (English), Peace and Conflict Research II (English), etc.
- Graduate level (master’s programs): Peace and Conflict Research I (English), Peace and Conflict Research II (English), Special Study (Master's Course) (English), etc.
- Graduate level (doctoral programs): Special Study (Doctoral Course) (English), etc.
Note: The subjects you are responsible for may be changed or added.
Additional Information
Benefits
[Compensation]
Recognised Researcher (R2)
Annual salary: 5 million yen
Wages description: The estimated annual income assumes a standard career, so it will vary depending on educational background, degree, work history, etc.
(1) The annual salary system (II) which was enforced in October 2021 will be applied to the successful candidates.
(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: 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: 5 years (in case that tenure-track Assistant Professor gets promoted to tenured Associate Professor)
(1) 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.
(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 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.
Probationary period: Present
Probationary period description: Trial period 6 months
Established Researcher (R3)
Annual salary: 5 million yen
Wages description: The estimated annual income assumes a standard career, so it will vary depending on educational background, degree, work history, etc.
(1) The annual salary system (II) which was enforced in October 2021 will be applied to the successful candidates.
(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: 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: 5 years (in case that tenure-track Assistant Professor gets promoted to tenured Associate Professor)
(1) 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.
(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 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.
Probationary period: Present
Probationary period description: Trial period 6 months
Established Researcher (R3)
Annual salary: 6 million yen
Wages description: The estimated annual income assumes a standard career, so it will vary depending on educational background, degree, work history, etc.
(1) The annual salary system (II) which was enforced in October 2021 will be applied to the successful candidates.
(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: 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
Employment type description: Full-time
Contract period: Nontenured-Tenure-track
Contract period description: 7 years (in case that tenure-track Associate Professor gets promoted to tenured Associate Professor)
(1) 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.
(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 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.
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
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
Miscellaneous
(1) Probationary employment period: six (6) months
(2) 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.
(3) The retirement age is 65 years old.
(4) 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.
(5) Faculty members may also be assigned to teaching and/or research activities in other organizations of Hiroshima University and university-wide projects.
(6) 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/
(7) 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/
(8) Hiroshima University has been entirely smoke-free from January 2020.
Work Location(s)
Number of offers available: 1
Company/Institute: Hiroshima University
Country: Japan
City: Hiroshima
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