Hiroshima University (HU) herewith makes an open international job offer and seeks toappoint Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in the research area of Synthetic Organic Chemistryor Organometallic Chemistry. This position is based on the ‘Policy for recruiting/cultivating
excellent faculty members’. The university introduced this policy to create a secureenvironment in which junior-positioned faculty members can concentrate on theirresearch/education.
The post above has been newly created at HU to enable a promotion of the applicant to thesenior position of Associate Professor on the condition that he/she passes the tenure-trackreview before the tenure-track period expires. Such a system assumes that the recruited
person will settle down in one place so that he/she can dedicate himself/herself to research andeducation in accordance with his/her proposed research.
Therefore, when processing an application for recruitment, we evaluate not only eachapplicant’s performance on research/education, but also the contents and the scope of his/herresearch plan. Thus, we assess whether or not the applicant’s research plan is mid-to-long term
(i.e. about 10 years) in scope, exceeding the tenure-track period. At the time of the review for
the tenured promotion, we comprehensively evaluate the applicant’s achievements duringhis/her term at HU and the future prospect of his/her research.
HU provides startup support money for assistant professors. By assigning a mentor to each
newly-recruited faculty member on tenure track, HU continues to develop an environment
where such faculty member can engage himself/herself in research activities independently. In
case the recruited member does not secure tenure, he/she will be able to extend his/her termof employment for up to one year as a specially appointed faculty member. The special
appointment starts on the day following the end date of the existing employment contract for
the tenure-track position.
We are looking forward to welcoming those who are prepared to go along with the principles,
long-term vision and medium-term target of HU (https://www.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/en/about), and
who are motivated and can play key roles by committing themselves to research and education
at HU.
Mitsuo Ochi, President of Hiroshima UniversityPlease refer to the following URL for details about personnel system reform ofHiroshima University.
https://www.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/en/employment/kyoinkobo

Date: August 23, 2024
Faculty Open Position(s)1. Affiliation (Appointment)
Academy of Hiroshima University (Graduate School of Advanced Science andEngineering)
2. Work location
Higashi-Hiroshima Campus

1-3-1 Higashi-Hiroshimashi Kagamiyama

Other places of work designated by the University.
3. Position(s) and the number of opening(s)Assistant Professor, one (1)4. Commencing date of employmentApril 1, 2025 (or as soon as possible after this date)
5. Terms of employment
Period of employment: Five (5) years(1) Tenure-track faculty members will undergo a tenure review at least six (6) months ormore in advance of the expiration date of appointment, and those who have successfully
passed the review process will be granted tenure along with promotion to associate
professor.
(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 bedismissed 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.

6. Field of specialization
Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Organometallic Chemistry
7. Teaching responsibilities(1) Undergraduate level (general education courses): Introduction Seminar for FirstYear Students (Japanese), Modern Chemistry (English), etc.
(2) Undergraduate level (discipline specific courses): Exercises in Organic Chemistry(Japanese), Analytical Organic Chemistry (Japanese), Synthetic OrganicChemistry (Japanese), English Seminar on Chemistry (English), ChemicalExperiments (Japanese), Special Study for Graduation (English/Japanese), etc.
(3) Graduate level (master’s programs): Introduction to Organic Chemistry (English),
Synthetic Organic Chemistry (English), Master’s Thesis in Chemistry(English/Japanese), Exercises in Chemistry A (English/Japanese), etc.
(4) Graduate level (doctoral programs): Doctoral Thesis in Chemistry(English/Japanese), Exercises in Chemistry B (English/Japanese), etc.
(5) In addition to the courses listed above, he or she may be asked to teach othergeneral education courses and/or discipline specific courses in other department(s)and graduate school(s).
8. Qualifications
Applicants must satisfy all of the following requirements:(1) Hold a doctorate or an equivalent degree by the time the appointment begins(2) Be able to supervise doctoral students in preparation of doctoral dissertations(3) Have experience in supervising graduate students in a master’s and/or doctoral
program(s) in preparation of thesis/dissertation(4) Be able to teach classes and supervise students in English
9. Application materials required(1) Resume (use the specified forms as shown on the website / Please remember toattach your photo on the CV)
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.
(2) List of publications and oral presentations (Number each publication/presentation,and underline the numbers of refereed articles. Affix an asterisk (*) to the numbersof your five major publications or presentations.)(3) Five major publications or presentations (Reprints, photocopies, or books)(4) Major educational activities and teaching experience(5) Major social contributions(6) Major activities in university/institutional management and administration(7) List of acquired external funding over the last five years(8) Statement of intent (Please describe your interests in teaching and research as well as
your mid- to long-term research plan in approximately 1,000-2,000 words, should you
take this position.)(9) Your Researcher ID or ORCID information (in any format)
N.B. The ID above or ORCID information can be confirmed from Clarivate Analytics
or ORCID website.

10. Application deadline
All application materials must reach us by 5:00 pm on Thursday, October 31, 2024 (Japantime).
11. Please send all application documents to the following address
E-mail: kohguchi@hiroshima-u.ac.jp
Prof. Hiroshi Kohguchi, Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Hiroshima
University
Please save the files in cloud system etc. Then, send an email indicating the link in thebody of the document.
* Please send an e-mail titled “Application documents for faculty open position in theGraduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering”.
* If you do not receive a receipt mail in one week, please contact to Prof. Hiroshi Kohguchi.

12. Selection procedure(1) Selection will be made based on all application documents submitted.
(2) Interviews will be conducted as needed. As a general rule, we will conductsimulated lessons in English. In such cases, please note that travel expenses willbe 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 thelegislative intent of the Basic Law for a Gender-Equal Society.
13. Employment status(1) If you are agreeable to the application of the Discretionary Labor System forProfessional 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 timeis from 12:00 to 12:45.
(2) Workdays are from Monday to Friday (excluding public holidays) in principle.
(3) Holidays are Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays in principle.
14. Salary, etc.
(1) The annual salary system (II) which was enforced in October 2021 will be applied
to the successful candidates.
(2) 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 theirpost 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 andjoint research grants, and the obtained research financial resources can be used toimprove the treatment of researchers themselves (additional Salary) and to improve
the research environment.
15. Evaluation
We conduct individual performance evaluations for all Hiroshima University faculty
members after their employment, numerically rate their performance, and salary andbenefits are commensurate with performance indicators.
16. Employer
Hiroshima University
17. Miscellaneous(1) Probationary employment period: six (6) months(2) Personal information obtained from application documents will not be used orprovided to any third party for purposes other than the necessary procedures
related to personnel affairs, salary, and welfare. Application documents ofapplicants whom we have decided not to employ will be disposed to those
applicants in an appropriate manner, after the completion of relevant selection
processes.
(3) All the faculty members of Hiroshima University belong to the "Academy", whichis the single university-wide faculty organization, and each faculty as a member ofthe Academy of the University is appointed to educational and/or researchorganizations such as an individual undergraduate school, graduate school,
research center and institute.
(4) Faculty members may also be assigned to teaching and/or research activities inother organizations of Hiroshima University and university-wide projects.
(5) 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 whohave cleared the minimum standards will qualify as the candidates for the postconcerned. The minimum standards used for this international job offer can beviewed by clicking the following URL link.
https://www.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/en/employment/kyoinkobo/(6) 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/（7）Hiroshima University has been entirely smoke-free from January 2020.
18. Contact
Prof. Hiroshi Kohguchi
Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering
Hiroshima University
Tel: +81-82-424-7406
Fax: +81-82-424-7406
E-mail: kohguchi@hiroshima-u.ac.jp