Open Position: Tenured Professor, Tenured Associate Professor, or Tenure-track Assistant Professor(Public Economics, Asian Economic Policy)
Hitotsubashi University Graduate School of Economics
Hitotsubashi University, Kunitachi Campus, 2-1 Naka, Kunitachi, Tokyo(About a 10-minute walk from the South Exit of JR Kunitachi Station)
Place of Work

【Access Map】https://www.hit-u.ac.jp/eng/about/direction/kunitachi.html【Campus Map】https://www.hit-u.ac.jp/eng/about/direction/campusmap/kunitachi.html(Scope of change) Place determined by the University

Job title# of Positions
SalaryTenure-track Professor, Tenure-track Assistant Professor, or Tenured Associate Professor
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The annual salary will be determined based on the university’s salary regulations and the evaluationof the applicant’s performance.
An example of annual salary:[Professor] JPY 7,000,000～[Associate Professor] JPY 6,000,000～[Assistant Professor] JPY 5,000,000～* The exact amount will be determined based on the University’s evaluation on applicant’sperformance.

Starting date

April 1, 2025 or later[Professor] Tenured - Non-tenure track[Associate Professor] Tenured - Non-tenure track

Employment[Assistant Professor] In the case of a tenure-track assistant professor, the initial contract is five

Termyears. This initial contract can be renewed once for two additional years, depending on academic
performance. The tenure decision will be made within those seven years. The initial appointment
can be as a tenured associate professor if the candidate already has strong academic records.

Probation

6 months

PeriodThe Graduate School of Economics at Hitotsubashi University invites applications for a tenure-trackprofessor, tenure-track assistant professor, or tenured associate professor position beginning in April
2025 or later. A successful candidate is expected to be in charge of the Asian Public Policy Program
Job
Descriptionof the Graduate School of International Public Policy.
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Teaching courses: A successful candidate will teach subjects such as Macroeconomics (4 credits),

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Administrative duties: A successful candidate will be required to share administrative duties,

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Candidates must have completed their Ph.D. or complete it within three months after the time

Taxation (2 credits), Regional Financial Arrangements (2 credits), seminars, etc.
including those related to entrance examinations.
Qualifications(requiredof appointment.

skills,2)

A successful candidate must give lectures in English.

experiences,3)

A successful candidate must have enough Japanese proficiency for administrative duties.

etc.)- Workhours are deemed as 7 hours and 45 minutes per weekday / 38 hours and 45 minutes per week,
Work Hoursin accordance with the Discretionary Work System for Professional Work.
- Work days are 5 days a week, Monday through Friday.

Days off

Leave
SocialSaturdays and Sundays, national holidays, year-end and New Year days off; Other days as
designated by the president of the university.
Annual paid leave of 20 days per calendar year (January 1 to December 31), but 15 days in 2025
(April 1 to December 31)
Other paid leave: childcare leave, nursing care leave, maternity leave, bereavement leave, etc.
Unpaid leave: sick leave, etc.

Enrollment in Employment Insurance, Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance, Employees’

Insurances

Pension and Health Insurance

Selection(1) First stage: Document screening.
(2) Second stage: Seminar presentation and interview, which may take place on-line. In case of thein-person presentation and interview, applicants’ travel expenses and hotel stay for interviews willnot be reimbursed.
Please send the application packet as a single pdf file to pubecon-rec2024[@]econ.hit-u.ac.jp withHow to

the subject line “Application for a position in economic statistics division.” The letters ofSubmit anrecommendation should be directly sent to pubecon-rec2024[@]econ.hit-u.ac.jp from referees.

Application*Please note that we will not return the applicant’s application documents. These documents will
be used only to select a qualified candidate.
(1) A cover letter indicating the rank of the position they apply for ([I] a tenure-track professor, [II] atenure-track assistant professor, or [III] a tenured associate professor)(2) Curriculum vitae and a list of academic works (please specify peer-reviewed publications)(3) At least two letters of recommendation (in English or Japanese) from referees familiar with theApplication
Documents

applicant’s academic skills or teaching experience. Before the candidate receives a Ph.D. degree, thesupervisor or someone equivalent should write in the letter about the status of the Ph.D. thesis andwhether the candidate will complete the Ph.D. within three months after the appointment.
(4) Certificate of Ph.D. degree (if received). Transcript in the doctoral course if the candidate did notreceive a Ph.D. degree.
(5) Research papers (at least one job market paper for applicants for an assistant professor, and at
least three papers for applicants for a professor and an associate professor)

Application

The application must arrive no later than 17:00 on Friday, August 30, 2024.

Deadline
Notification ofOnly qualified candidates will be contacted via e-mail or phone to arrange an interview by September

results30, 2024.

Interview

By September 2024 (The date is negotiable. )Date
Policy ofreturning theApplication documents will not be returned. After an application has been processed, all submitted
documents will be disposed of immediately in an appropriate manner.

documents
Point ofE-mail: pubecon-rec2024[@]econ.hit-u.ac.jp

contact

Please contact us only by e-mail. When sending e-amil, please use the headline “Inquiry: Position in(Postal

Economic Statistics division.”address)
・The English job titles “Assistant Professor” and “Associate Professor” correspond to the Japanese“Koshi” and “Junkyoju”, respectively.
・ Acting on the objectives of the Basic Act for Gender Equal Society, we welcome applications fromfemale scholars and students.
・ Personal information obtained from application documents is used solely for the purpose of
conducting statistical surveys and operations related to recruitment and post-employment
personnel / salary / welfare, health management, labor, hygiene, employment / retirement, oncampus system and facility usage management and will not be used nor provided to a third partyNotes

for any purpose other than these purposes. However, if it is necessary to achieve these purposes,
we may outsource the handling of the information to an external organization that has concluded
a confidentiality agreement with the university.
・Smoking is prohibited on the campus except for designated smoking areas.
・Applicants will be responsible for transportation costs to the interview site.
・Hitotsubashi University is an equal opportunity employer in the spirit of the Basic Act for GenderEqual Society.
・Although the University does not have staff housing, it may be possible to use staff housing atpartner universities.