Job Information
Organisation/Company: Iwate University
Research Field: Management sciences; Anthropology; Language sciences; Educational sciences; Literature; Demography; Communication sciences; Criminology; Ethics in social sciences; Arts; History; Ethics in health sciences; Ethics in natural sciences; Juridical sciences; Geography; Ethics in physical sciences; Cultural studies; Economics; Political sciences; Philosophy; Sociology; Religious sciences; Psychological sciences
Researcher Profile: Established Researcher (R3)
Application Deadline: 2 Oct 2026 - 23:59 (UTC)
Country: Japan
Type of Contract: Permanent
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: To enhance education and research.
Work content and job description:
Research field: Modern Japanese Culture
Subjects to Teach: The appointee will teach classes in the following general and specialized areas.
General education: Basic Academic Knowledge, The World of Miyazawa Kenji, and others as needed.
Specialized education: Basic Seminar, Basic Synthetic Sciences (Human Culture) A and B, Synthetic Science, Introductory Japanese Writing (Academic Writing) or Introductory Japanese Reading (Critical Reading), Introduction to the Study of Japanese Culture, Modern Japanese Culture A - D, Topics in the Modern Japanese Culture A and B, Readings in the Modern Japanese Culture A and B, Seminar in the Modern Japanese Culture A - D, Advanced Research, and others. (These are divided into single-teacher led courses and omnibus courses conducted by a group.)
Graduate education: Advanced Regional Culture, Basic Comprehensive Cultural Studies, Understanding and Introducing Iwate Culture, Advanced Modern Japanese Culture I and II, Advanced Seminar on Modern Japanese Culture I and II, Advanced Research, and others. (These are divided into single-teacher led courses and omnibus courses conducted by a group.)
We might ask you to modify the courses you will be in charge of. Please take note of this possibility.
Assigned department: Existing departments
Work location: 020-8550 Iwate 3-18-34 Ueda Morioka Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Iwate University
Number of hired: 1 person(s)
Hiring date: 2027-04-01 00:00:00
Starting date: 2027-04-01 00:00:00
Job content supplemental explanation:
- Position and Number of Positions: 1 (One), Associate Professor (full-time position) or Lecturer (tenure track)
- Affiliation: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of Human Sciences and Cultural Studies; Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Division of Interdisciplinary Cultural Studies (Master's Program)
- Research field: Modern Japanese Culture
- Subjects to Teach: The appointee will teach classes in the following general and specialized areas.
- General education: Basic Academic Knowledge, The World of Miyazawa Kenji, and others as needed.
- Specialized education: Basic Seminar, Basic Synthetic Sciences (Human Culture) A and B, Synthetic Science, Introductory Japanese Writing (Academic Writing) or Introductory Japanese Reading (Critical Reading), Introduction to the Study of Japanese Culture, Modern Japanese Culture A - D, Topics in the Modern Japanese Culture A and B, Readings in the Modern Japanese Culture A and B, Seminar in the Modern Japanese Culture A - D, Advanced Research, and others. (These are divided into single-teacher led courses and omnibus courses conducted by a group.)
- Graduate education: Advanced Regional Culture, Basic Comprehensive Cultural Studies, Understanding and Introducing Iwate Culture, Advanced Modern Japanese Culture I and II, Advanced Seminar on Modern Japanese Culture I and II, Advanced Research, and others. (These are divided into single-teacher led courses and omnibus courses conducted by a group.)
We might ask you to modify the courses you will be in charge of. Please take note of this possibility.
In order to establish a university-wide implementation system for General Education Courses, etc., you will be required to be in charge of at least one of the "General Education Courses" or "Specialized Basic Courses" based on your field of employment. In addition, to meet the diversifying needs of learning and to promote diverse and advanced media utilization, faculty members who are in charge of basic academic knowledge courses* in General Education Courses are required to create on-demand content for remote classes and a video syllabus (overview introduction). * These are lecture courses in the applicant's research specialization held at a level of academic knowledge that can be understood by lower-year students from faculty other than the applicant's. On-demand content for remote classes consists of 1 credit (7 lessons of 100 minutes each) × 2 subjects (2 credits) or 2 credits (14 lessons of 100 minutes each) ×1 subject (2 credits) or more.
Additional Information
Benefits
Associate Professor (full-time position) - Established Researcher (R3)
- Annual salary: 7 million yen - 9 million yen
- Wages description: The salary will be determined based on background.
- Working hours: 08:30-17:15
- Employment type: Regular employee
- Contract period: Tenured
- Contract period description: None (however, the retirement age is the last day of the fiscal year in which the employee reaches 65 years of age.)
- Probationary period: Probationary period absent
Lecturer (tenure track) - Established Researcher (R3)
- Annual salary: 6 million yen - 8 million yen
- Wages description: The salary will be determined based on background.
- Working hours: 08:30-17:15
- Employment type: Regular employee
- Contract period: Nontenured-Tenure-track
- Contract period description: 5 (five) years. Please note that an interim evaluation will be conducted by the day at which three years have passed from the date of employment, and a tenure review will be conducted seven months prior to the expiration date of the tenure-track faculty member's term. Tenure (associate professor, without tenure) will be granted if target values required for granting tenure have been met during the term. In the case of a particularly outstanding evaluation in the interim evaluation, the eligibility for granting tenure may be discussed at that time.
- Probationary period: Probationary period absent
Various Systems
Insurance: Worker's accident insurance: available; Employment insurance: available; Others: available (MEXT Mutual Aid Association)
Measures for preventing passive smoking at the workplace: No smoking on campus
Supplementary explanation of compensation:
- The salary and working conditions after hiring will be in accordance with the regulations established by Iwate University.
- Holidays are weekends and holidays, year-end and New Year holidays, etc.
Additional Comments
Iwate University is promoting diversity and is taking the following measures to increase and retain diverse researchers.
- Up to 1,000,000 yen for start-up expenses (research expenses) will be provided. Tenure-track faculty members (Lecturers) will receive a research grant of 1,000,000 yen, the amount for 2 years starting from the date of hire.
- Priority will be given to women (when performance and qualification evaluations are deemed equal)
- Up to 1,000,000 yen of retention fund (research expenses) will be provided. Female Associate Professors appointed to the university will receive 500,000 yen per year for 2 years as research expenses. Female Lecturers appointed to the university will receive 200,000 yen, the amount for 2 years starting from the date of hire.
- Any maternity, childcare, or family care leave taken before or after childbirth will be taken into consideration during the selection process (regardless of gender, please specify the period of leave in your resume).
- Career support for female researchers: https://diversity.iwate-u.ac.jp/support/womenreserchers/
- Various support for Work-life balance support*: https://diversity.iwate-u.ac.jp/support/wlb/ Research supporters/assistants assignment system, dual residence allowance system, next generation development support (support for balancing childbirth and childcare) and family caregiver support, on-campus childcare space, etc. * Available regardless of gender.
Work Location(s)
Number of offers available: 1
Company/Institute: Iwate University
Country: Japan
City: Iwate
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