Position Available for Lecturer ((Pediatric Dentistry ), Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences)※Extended

Job description

Background of the recruitment and description of the project

Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University invites applications for one Lecturer position(Pediatric Dentistry).

Work content and job description

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.

Faculty members may also be assigned to teaching and/or research activities in other organizations of Hiroshima University and university-wide projects.

The following courses are scheduled to be taught:

1. Undergraduate level (general education courses): General Education Seminar, etc.
2. Undergraduate level (discipline specific courses): Pediatric Dentistry I, Pediatric Dentistry II, Pediatrics, Basic Pediatric Dentistry Practice I, Comprehensive Clinical Dental Practice, Developmental Dentistry (Pediatric Dentistry), Basic Developmental Dentistry (Pediatric Dentistry) Practice, Developmental Dentistry (Pediatric Dentistry), Special Subjects, Clinical Observation Practice I, II, III, Dental Research Practice I, II, III, Clinical Practice (Pediatric Dentistry/Preventive Dentistry), Oral Health Clinical Practice, Oral Health Management Clinical Practice, etc.
3. Graduate level (doctoral programs): Special seminars and research in pediatric dentistry (in Japanese and English), etc.

Note: The subjects you are responsible for may be changed or added.

Assigned department

Existing departments

Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences

Job type

Lecturer level

Research field

Life Science - Developmental dentistry

Wages

Annual Salary : 5 million yen ~

The annual salary system (II) which was enforced in October 2021 will be applied to the successful candidates.

The approximate annual salary is based on a standard career history and may vary depending on education, degree, work experience, etc.

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.

Working hours

Working hours: 08:30-17:00

Break time: 12:00-12:45

Holidays: 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. If not, working hours are from 8:30 to 17:00 (from Monday to Friday) and break time is from 12:00 to 12:45.

Application requirements

Qualifications

Education and Degree Requirements

Ph.D. / Doctor

Description

Applicants must satisfy all of the following requirements:

1. Hold a doctorate or an equivalent degree by the time the appointment begins
2. Must be certified as a specialist in Pediatric Dentistry by the Japanese Dental Specialty Board
3. Be able to supervise doctoral students in preparation of doctoral dissertations
4. Have experience in supervising graduate students in a master’s and doctoral program(s) in preparation of thesis/dissertation
5. Be able to teach classes and supervise students in English

Employment Type

Regular employee

Contract period

Nontenured - Tenure-track

7 years (in case that tenure-track Lecturer gets promoted to tenured Associate Professor or Lecturer)

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 /Lecturer.
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

Trial Period 6 months

Work location

734-8553 Hiroshima 1-2-3, Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima

Kasumi Campus 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshimashi

Other places of work designated by the University.

Compensation

Various systems

Retirement age: available

Insurance

Employees' Health Insurance: The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Mutual Aid Association

Employees' Pension Insurance: The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Mutual Aid Association

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

Other details depend on the Hiroshima University regulations.

Application Considerations

Number of hired

1 person(s)

Job content supplemental explanation

Field of Specialization: Pediatric Dentistry

Starting date: The earliest possible date after August 1, 2027

Application period

2026/10/19~2026/11/20 Deadline for receipt

All application materials must reach us by 5:00 pm on Friday, November 20, 2026 (Japan time)

Application method

Application documents (specified forms)

Form.xls

Attached documents

Application Form: Online Submission

Achievements and Activities: Online Submission

Other online application forms

Applicants must submit all of the following materials in PDF files. Please also submit Excel files for (2) and (3).

1. Recommendation letter (Self-recommendation is allowed.) (Free format)
2. Resume (Form 1, Form2)
   If you have a history of being employed by Hiroshima University (as a TA, RA, researcher, etc.) in the past five years, be sure to state all positions you have held.
3. List of Achievements (Form 3)
4. Offprints and/or photocopies of 5 major publications with summaries (Free format)
   Write summaries of the 5 major publications in the last 10 years in either Japanese (approximately 200-400 characters for each publication) or English (approximately 100-200 words for each publication).
5. Aspirations and Medium- to Long-Term Plans for Research, Education, and Clinical Practice in either Japanese (approximately 1,500 characters in total) or English (approximately 750 words in total).

All of the above documents must be written in English or Japanese. The application form is available on the following web site.

https://www.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/en/employment/kyoinkobo/bhs

Please send an email to the following address to notify us of your intention to apply before the application deadline. When you send the email, the subject should be “Application (Pediatric Dentistry)” and your name should be clearly stated in the text. Please do not attach any application documents to the email.

Email: kasumi-jinji@office.hiroshima-u.ac.jp

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Within a week of sending your email, you will receive a reply email with instructions on how to submit online.

We recommend that you use your institution's e-mail address or your provider's e-mail address. Free e-mail addresses are not recommended.

Return of application documents

We will dispose of all application documents responsibly.

JREC-IN Portal web application

Not available

E-mail Application

Accept

kasumi-jinji(at)office.hiroshima-u.ac.jp

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Recruiting Institution's Web application system

Not available

URL of this job posting

https://www.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/en/employment/kyoinkobo/bhs

Selection / Notification of result

Selection

1. Selection will be made based on all application documents submitted.
2. Interviews will be conducted as needed. As a general rule, we will conduct simulated lessons in English. In such cases, please note that travel expenses will be the responsibility of the applicant. Applicants who pass the initial document review will be informed of interview date, time and format.
3. Hiroshima University promotes a gender-equal society in accordance with the legislative intent of the Basic Law for a Gender-Equal Society.

Notification of result

Mail or e-mail (tentative)

Contact details

Hiroshima University

Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences

OKADA Yoshiyuki

0822575753

okay@hiroshima-u.ac.jp

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Notes

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.

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.

The retirement age is 65 years old.

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/

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/

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.