Job Posting（for Associate Professor）
Affiliation

School of Environment and Society

Position title

Associate Professor

Number of Openings

1

Area of Specialization

Building Materials, Construction and Structure
The successful candidate will be required to carry out research on Building
Materials, Construction and Structure.

Job Description
The successful candidate will be required to engage in research, teach, andsupervise undergraduate and graduate students.
Applicants must hold a PhD, be near to completion of a PhD, or have equivalentexperience in a relevant subject and have appropriate laboratory research
Qualifications

experience.
Candidates must be highly motivated, willing to learn, and demonstrate initiative inassigned tasks.

Location

Ookayama Campus
Nearest station: Ookayama
De facto working hours* under the discretionary labor system for professional work:

Working Hours

7 hours 45 minutes per day (38 hours 45 minutes per week)*Hours considered as working hours

Term
Probationary Period

Permanent Position
The Institute has mandatory retirement, requiring employees to retire at age 65.
6 months
The successful candidate will be paid under the “Annual Salary System with LumpSum Retirement Allowance” pursuant to the Institute’s Regulations on Wage andSalary for Staff under Annual Salary System with Lump-Sum Retirement
Allowance. In accordance with the regulations, the amount of annual salary will be

Salarydetermined based on the standard level for the first fiscal year of employment, andwill be based on performance evaluations in subsequent years. A retirement
allowance will be paid separately at the time of retirement.
● Annual salary examples (The amounts listed below are only examples provided
in the regulations and do not relate to this position.)

・Associate Professor who has 5 years of work experience after completing adoctoral degree.
Standard: JPY 7,500,000
Minimum*: JPY 7,000,000
Maximum*: JPY 8,600,000*The minimum and maximum amounts will vary depending on performance.
Social insurance andother benefits
Employer

Employee’s pension, Mutual Aid Association short-term benefits (healthinsurance), employment insurance, worker’s compensation Insurance.
President of National University Corporation Tokyo Institute of Technology

Proposed Start Date

April 1, 2022 or the earliest possible date thereafter

Closing Date forApplications must be received by September 22, 2021

Application
Selection will be based on a comprehensive review of applications and interviews.
Selected applicants may be asked to have an on-campus interview and/or give a
Selection Process

presentation.
Please note that travel expenses for attending in-person interviews will not be
reimbursed.
1.

Curriculum vitae including professional and educational history (from highschool onward), degrees, awards, and email address.

2.

Accomplishment statement, including:a. Refereed journal papers
b. Refereed

conference

proceedings

andnon-refereed

conference

proceedingsc. Commentaries
d. Books
Required Documents

e. Patents, etc.
Please include details for each category. For lectures, state if it was a keynote orinvited lecture.
For items a. and b., include the number of citations, h-index, and name ofdatabase* used.
*Google Scholar Citations, Scopus, or Web of Science3.

Selected original papers (maximum three)4.

Acquired research grants and external funds. Include names of the funds,
project titles, amounts, periods of research, and allocated amounts (if not theprincipal researcher)5.

Research statement with a summary of research accomplishments anddetails of the future direction and plan for the applicant’s work (free form, twoA4 pages)

6.

Teaching statement that provides a summary of accomplishments anddiscusses ideas for teaching and learning (free form, two A4 pages)

7.

Social activities such as those as a member of international and academic
committees

8.

Two references with names, affiliations, and contact details

The required documents must be submitted in hard copy and in digital media (CD,USB, etc.)
How to Submit anApplication

Please write “Application for Associate Professor” in red ink on the front of theenvelope. Applications must be sent by registered postal mail.
We do not accept submissions by email or other digital formats.
Please send your application to:
Yutaka Yokoyama, Department of Architecture and Building Engineering, School ofWhere to Submit

Environment and Society
Tokyo Institute of Technology
Ookayama 2-12-1 M1-28
Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8550 JAPAN
Yutaka YOKOYAMA
Professor

Contacts

School of Environment and Society, Department of Architecture and BuildingEngineering
Email: yokoyama@arch.titech.ac.jp
1.

Application documents will not be returned. The personal information
provided in the submitted documents will be used solely for recruitment andnot for any other purpose, pursuant to the Institute’s applicable rules andregulations.

Other

2.

Tokyo Institute of Technology, in order to ensure a diverse workforce,guarantees equal opportunities for all individuals regardless of nationality orgender.

3.

Smoking is prohibited on campus (excluding designated outdoor smokingareas).

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For more information, please refer to the following link.
http://www.hyoka.koho.titech.ac.jp/eprd/recently/koubo/koubo.php?lang=en