Job Information
- Organisation/Company: Iwate University
- Research Field: Chemistry, Technology, Physics, Engineering
- Researcher Profile: Recognised Researcher (R2); Established Researcher (R3)
- Application Deadline: 31 Oct 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
Offer Description
Background of the recruitment and description of the project
Iwate University Faculty of Science and Engineering invites applications for a full-time Tenure-Track Assistant Professor position for Woman. This call for applications seeks candidates capable of promoting advanced research in the following chemistry-based fields: bio-related chemistry, chemical biology, nanobioscience, biomaterials science, and fundamental physical chemistry dealing with bio-related substances. This call is also seeking candidates who can teach and supervise undergraduate and graduate students and contribute to organizational operations in cooperation with other Chemistry Course members. After being hired, the successful candidate will engage in education and research related to biomolecules in collaboration with a faculty member in the Laboratory of Biofunctional Chemistry.
Work content and job description
1) Research on bio-related molecules in the Laboratory of Biofunctional Chemistry, and teach and supervision graduate and undergraduate students (see below for the Subjects to Teach)
2) Operations related to the organization, graduate and undergraduate programs
Subjects to Teach: Specialized subject: Undergraduate - Introduction to Programming Language, Practice of Soft Path Science and Engineering, Introduction to Chemistry, Seminar in Chemistry, Chemical Science and Engineering Information I, Chemical Science and Engineering Information II, Chemical Science and Engineering Experiment II, Chemistry Workshop, Graduation Research
Assigned department: Existing departments
Work location
Address: 020-8551 Iwate 4-3-5 Ueda, Morioka, Iwate University, Faculty of Science and Engineering
Number of hired
Number of hired: 1 person(s); Starting date: 2027-04-01 00:00:00; Job content supplemental explanation: As soon as possible after April 1, 2027
Where to apply
Website: https://jrecin.jst.go.jp/seek/SeekJorDetail?fn=0&ln=1&id=D126061783&ln_jor=1
Additional Information
Benefits
- Compensation: Annual salary: 5 million yen - 7 million yen
- Wages description: Based on the salary regulations of Iwate University and subject to annual salary system (Retirement allowance is paid at the time of retirement.)
- Working hours: 08:30-17:15
- Break time: 12:00-13:00
- Holidays: Saturday, Sunday, public holidays, year-end and New Year holidays, etc.
- Overtime and other explanations: Discretionary working system for professional work, 7 hours and 45 minutes of de facto working per day
- Employment type: Regular employee
- Contract period: Nontenured-Tenure-track
- Contract period description: 5 years. Please note that an interim evaluation will be conducted by the day at which point three years will have passed from the date of employment, and a tenure review will be conducted by six months prior to the expiration date of the tenure-track faculty member's term. Tenure (assistant professor, 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. Please read the regulations regarding the university's tenure track system below: https://www.iwate-u.ac.jp/about/disclosure/files/regulations/tenuretrack.pdf
- Probationary period: Probationary period absent
Insurance: Employment Insurance, Social Insurance, Workers' Accident Compensation Insurance, Mutual Aid Association of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
Additional comments
Iwate University is promoting diversity. As part of this effort, Iwate University is implementing the following measures in relation to this open recruitment.
- Up to 2,000,000 yen for start-up expenses (research expenses) will be provided. Tenure-track faculty members (Lecturers and Assistant Professors) will receive a research grant of 2,000,000 yen the amount for 2 years starting from the date of hire.
- Priority will be given to women (in cases where performance and qualification evaluations are deemed equal).
- Up to 200,000 yen of retention fund (research expenses) will be provided. Female Lecturers and Assistant Professors assigned 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).
- 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.
- Career support for female researchers: https://diversity.iwate-u.ac.jp/support/womenreserchers/
Work Location(s)
Number of offers available: 1
Company/Institute: Iwate University
Country: Japan
City: Iwate