Tenure-Track Faculty Position in School Management

Researcher Profile: Recognised Researcher (R2); Established Researcher (R3)

Application Deadline: 7 Sep 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

1. Research Reasons: To further enhance research related to School Management in the Division of Education.
2. Educational Reasons: To strengthen research supervision for the students in the Master's and Doctoral Programs of Education and to enhance course offerings for the College of Education (Undergraduate Programs in Education).

Work content and job description

1. Research in specialized fields at the Institute of Human Sciences
2. Teaching and academic supervision in the following educational organizations (only the names of courses primarily taught by the successful candidate are listed)
   • Master's Program of Education at the Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences: Advanced Lecture on School Management, School Leadership, Research on Education I -Ⅲ, Research on Education for Next Generation I -Ⅲ, International Education Graduate Seminar I -Ⅲ
   • College of Education at the School of Human Sciences: School Management, Seminar on School Administration and Management, Practical Seminar in Education
   • Pre-service Teacher Training Program: Introduction to School Management
3. Management and administration in the organizations above

Assigned department: Existing departments

Work location

Address: 305-8572 Ibaraki Ibaraki 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Univeristy of Tsukuba

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

Where to apply

Website: https://jrecin.jst.go.jp/seek/SeekJorDetail?fn=0&ln=1&id=D126080015&ln_jor=1

Additional Information

Benefits

Compensation

Annual salary: 3 million yen - 7 million yen
Wages description: Salary and other working conditions are in accordance with the University's regulations.
For details, see "Employment rules for employees of the University of Tsukuba" (in Japanese).

Working hours: 08:30-17:15
Break time: 12:15-13:15
Holidays: Saturdays, Sundays, national holidays, and the year-end & new-year period (December 29 through January 3)

Overtime and other explanations: The discretionary working-hour system for professional work applies.

Deemed working hours: 7 hours and 45 minutes/day, 38 hours and 45 minutes/week, working five days a week.

The flexible adjustment of starting and finishing work times and break periods is left to the discretion of the employees concerned.

Employment type: Regular employee

Contract period: Nontenured-Tenure-track

Contract period description: The tenure is set for five years; however, an interim evaluation will be conducted two years before the end of the tenure-track period. Additionally, a tenure acquisition evaluation will take place six months before the expiration of the tenure-track period. If the tenure acquisition evaluation is successful, the appointment will be extended to an indefinite period.

Probationary period: Probationary period present

Probationary period description: There shall be a probationary period of six months from the date of hire.

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

Work Location(s)

Number of offers available: 1

Company/Institute: University of Tsukuba

Country: Japan

City: Ibaraki