May 14, 2024
Application Guidelines for the Position at Iwate University, Faculty of Agriculture

Faculty Recruitment for Iwate University (Assistant Professor, tenure-track)

1. Position and Number of Positions: 1 (one) assistant professor (tenure-track)
2. Affiliation:
Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Food Production and Environmental Management,
Food Systems and Management Course
Due to the planned reorganization in Iwate University, the affiliation after April 2025 will be
Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Rural Environmental Sciences, Innovative Agriculture
Course3. Field of specialization: Agricultural Environmental Engineering and Agricultural
Information Engineering-related
4. Subjects to teachThis course conducts education and research on the advancement of technology and theinformatization related to agricultural-food production.
We are looking for a candidate who can be in charge of Liberal Arts Subjects, Exercises inInformation Processing (shared), Food Industry Systems Laboratory I, II (shared), etc. as wellas supervision of graduation research.
5. Qualifications(1) PhD degree holder.
(2) Person who has enthusiasm for education and research in Food Systems and ManagementCourse.
(3) Person who is willing to participate in the management of Iwate University.
(4) Person with enough language skills (Japanese and English) to perform the above duties.
6. Starting date: As soon as possible after December 1, 2024
7. Term of employment: 5 (five) years
A tenure review will be conducted by seven months prior to the expiration of the 5 year tenuretrack term. Tenure (Assistant Professor, permanent) will be granted if the applicant is deemedto achieve the target values required for granting tenure.
An interim evaluation will be conducted by three years from the start of employment. In casethat particularly outstanding achievement is observed in the interim evaluation, the eligibility
for granting tenure may be discussed at that time.
Please refer to the regulations regarding the tenure track system in Iwate University at the website below.
[Regulations on the Iwate University Tenure Track System] (in Japanese)
https://www.iwate-u.ac.jp/about/disclosure/files/regulations/60200040.pdf
8. Compensation:
Salary and Benefits: 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: Discretionary working system for professional work, 7 hours and 45 minutes
of de facto working per day
Insurance: Employment Insurance, Social Insurance, Workers' Accident Compensation
Insurance, Mutual Aid Association of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science andTechnology
Days off: Saturday, Sunday, public holidays, year-end and New Year holidays, etc.
9. Research support
The start-up support funds will be provided to tenure-track faculty members as researchexpenses (1 million yen x 2 years).
10. Application deadline: July 1st, 2024
11. Selection process
Applicants who pass the document screening will be invited for an interview. In thisinterview, applicants will be asked to introduce the research activities in English. Theinterview will be conducted in person, while the travel expenses for the interview are theresponsibility of the applicant. An online interview may be permitted under certain
circumstances.
12. Submission of application documents and inquiries
The following documents must be submitted at the application.
(1) A full curriculum vitae (with photograph, any format)(2) A list of research and teaching achievements.
Publications must be labeled as refereed or non-refereed (see attached)(3) Three reprints (or copies) of major publications(4) Past achievements in education and research, and ambitions for future education andresearch (about 2 sheets of A4 paper)(5) Names and contact information (affiliation, address, telephone, and e-mail) of two
references
Application is accepted through e-mails to the following address.
E-mail: iida@iwate-u.ac.jp
Iwate University, Faculty of Agriculture, Food Production and Environment Department, Food
Industry Systems Course Assistant Professor Selection Committee Chairman, Toshiaki Iida
* Please save (1) - (5) above as PDF files and send them as e-mail attachments to the address
above (iida@iwate-u.ac.jp).
* The subject of the e-mail should be “Application documents for assistant professor(applicant's name)”, specifying the applicant's name in the subject.
* If the total size of the attached files exceeds 20MB, please divide them into two or more emails.
*An acknowledgement of the application will be sent by e-mail to the applicant within 3 days
(excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays) after receipt of the application documents. If you
do not receive the acknowledgement, please contact us at the address below.
*Personal information included in the application documents will not be used for any purpose
other than the selection.
[Contact information]
Name: Prof. Toshiaki IIDA
Address: Department of Food Production and Environmental Management, Faculty ofAgriculture, Iwate University, 3-18-8 Ueda, Morioka, Iwate 020-8550, Japan
Tel & FAX: (+81)-19-621-6191
E-mail: iida@iwate-u.ac.jp