[Women Only] Open Position for Tenure-Track Assistant Professor (Iwate University, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Biofunctional Chemistry-related)

Job 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

  
  

  Chemistry Course, Department of Science and Engineering, Faculty of Science and Engineering

Job type

• Assistant Professor level

Research field

• Nanotechnology/Materials - Chemistry and chemical methodology of biomolecules
• Nanotechnology/Materials - Chemical biology
• Nanotechnology/Materials - Nanobioscience
• Nanotechnology/Materials - Functional solid state chemistry
• Nanotechnology/Materials - Fundamental physical chemistry

Wages

• Annual Salary : 5 million yen ~ 7 million yen

  
  

  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

• 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

Application requirements

Qualifications

• Education and Degree Requirements

  
  

  Ph.D. / Doctor

  
  

  Applicants must have a Ph.D. or be expected to obtain one.

• Work experience

  
  

  (1) Be a woman (in accordance with Article 8 of the Equal Employment Opportunity Act for Men and Women. These positions are only available to women as a measure to proactively improve the current situation in which there is a rather low percentage of female faculty members at Iwate University.)
  
  (2) Have a doctoral degree (or be expected to receive a doctoral degree)
  
  (3) Have the ability to teach and supervise undergraduate and graduate students and promote advanced research work
  
  (4) Have Japanese and English language proficiency at or above a level required for supervising research work
  
  (5) Have the ability to properly engage in organizational operations as a member of a university
  
  (6) Able to promote advanced research related to biomolecules, in collaboration with faculty member in the Laboratory of Biofunctional Chemistry. (Prior experience handling biomaterials is not necessarily required.)

Employment Type

• Regular employee

Contract period

• Nontenured - Tenure-track

  
  

  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:
  
  [Regulations on the Iwate University Tenure Track System] (Japanese)
  
  https://www.iwate-u.ac.jp/about/disclosure/files/regulations/tenuretrack.pdf

  
  

  Probationary period absent

Work location

• 020-8551 Iwate 4-3-5 Ueda, Morioka Iwate University, Faculty of Science and Engineering

Compensation

• Insurance

  
  

  Others : Employment Insurance, Social Insurance, Workers' Accident Compensation Insurance, Mutual Aid Association of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology

Application Considerations

Number of hired

1 person(s)

Starting date : 2027/04/01

• Job content supplemental explanation

  
  

  As soon as possible after April 1, 2027

Application period

• 2026/06/23~2026/10/31 Postmark deadline

Application method

• Attached documents

  
  

  Other Mailing Documents
  
  (1) A Curriculum Vitae (attach an ID photo and include an email address and any affiliated academic societies)
  
  (2) An outline of teaching experience in the field of specialization (lectures taught and/or their evaluation, experiences in instructing graduation research, etc.) (one A4 page)
  
  (3) A list of research achievements (list by category such as peer-reviewed original scientific papers, books, papers for international conferences, review/commentary papers, research reports, or oral presentations). If the applicant is corresponding author, mark the name of the author of the paper with an asterisk (*).
  
  For scientific papers, include the impact factor (the value in 2024) of the journal in which the paper was published.
  
  (4) Up to 3 copies of your actual scientific papers that represent your work (photocopies are accepted)
  
  (5) An outline of past research achievements (ca. 1,000 words)
  
  (6) Aspirations for education and research at Iwate University (ca. 1,000 words)
  
  (7) Name, affiliation, and contact information of two professional references who are willing to be contacted about the applicant
  
  (8) Any other documents for reference (external grants received, study abroad, etc.)

• Return of application documents

  
  

  We will dispose of all application documents responsibly.

  
  

  Personal information in the application documents will only be used for the purpose of screening and hiring procedures and will not be used for any other purposes.

• Application document submission method (physically mailed documents)

  
  

  020-8551 Iwate Ueda 4-3-5, Morioka Iwate University, Faculty of Science and Engineering,
  
  Chemistry Course Director, Prof. Atsuo Nakazaki

  
  

  Precautions : Please send the application documents as “Express Registered Mail” and write “Enclosed: Application Documents for the position of assistant professor in Biofunctional chemistry-related on the envelope in red.

URL of this job posting

• https://www.iwate-u.ac.jp/target/faculty-recruitment.html

Selection / Notification of result

• Selection

  
  

  The selection process will be conducted in two stages.
  
  Primary screening: documents screening
  
  Secondary screening: interviews

• Notification of result

  
  

  Applicants will be notified of the results immediately after the screening (details for the secondary screening will be provided to any applicants who passed the primary screening) by E-mail.

Contact details

Iwate University

Department of Science and Engineering, Faculty of Science and Engineering

Chemistry Course Director, Prof. Atsuo Nakazaki

nakazaki(at)iwate-u.ac.jp

* Please change (at) to @ and send it.

Notes

Iwate University is promoting diversity. As part of this effort, Iwate University is implementing the following measures in relation to this open recruitment.