Announcement of a tenure-track assistant professor position（Department ofFrontier Science and Interdisciplinary Research, Faculty of Medicine, Kanazawa
University, Japan）
Position
Tenure-Track Assistant Professor(Five year fixed-term contract)

Affiliation
Department of Frontier Science and Interdisciplinary Research, Faculty of Medicine,
Kanazawa University, Japan.
Job description
 Research in the fields of Cell biology, Organelle biology and Cellular/Biologicalimaging, or related fields
 Education responsibilities include lectures, practical training, and researchsupervision in the following schools-Bachelor courses of School of Medicine, School of Medical and PharmaceuticalSciences, and School of Humanities-Master and Doctoral courses of Graduate School of Medical Sciences andGraduate School of Advanced Preventive Medical Sciences

Eligibility Requirements
 The applicant should hold a doctorate degree in a field of science related to thisposting.
 The applicant should have strong enthusiasm for education and research.
 The applicant should have outstanding research achievements in a field of science
related to Cell biology, Organelle biology and Cellular/Biological imaging.
 The applicant should have excellent communication skills in English and Japanese.
Start of employment
As early as possible after January 1st, 2025.
The start date is negotiable.

Employment status
A full-time assistant professor, tenure-track (five year fixed-term contract). 【If you are
currently working at our university and work continuously, the total term of office, fromthe current term to the next term, cannot exceed 10 years.】*The decision on whether or not to grant tenure will be based on the merits of thecandidate's achievements in the tenure track period.
An interim review will be conducted, and the research and teaching achievements will beevaluated by the university at a designated time before the end of the term.
In the case of tenure, promotion to a higher position will also be reviewed.
For details about the regulations of our university's tenure track system, please see theURL below. （in Japanese）
https://www.kanazawa-u.ac.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/tenure.pdf* After being granted tenure, he/she shall be subject to“Regulations Concerning theTerm of Office of National University Corporation Kanazawa University Teachers.”
Basedon the internal assessment results on his/her academic and educationalachievements,
reappointment is possible after the expiration of this term.
Outline for the standard in making decision on the approval of academic tenure forthe assistant professor and/or associate professor
1) Research accomplishments (number of books and articles, number of publications inhigh-impact journals, number of citations, etc.)
2) Educational achievements (number of classes taught, class evaluations by students,
number of graduate students and researchers in charge and accepted, etc.)
3) Acquisition of external funds (status of acquisition of Grants-in-Aid for ScientificResearch, competitive funds, donations, etc., results of collaborative research andsponsored research, etc.)
4) Activities in scientific societies (roles in scientific societies, presentations in scientificsocieties, etc.)
5) Others (status of fulfilling the research plan, results of industry-academic cooperation,
results of contributing to society, contributing to the department, etc.).
6) Other matters deemed necessary by the review committee in addition to those listed in
the previous items.
Deadline of application
Documents must arrive by 5:00 p.m. (JST) on September 30, 2024.

Working condition and treatment
Please see the URL below for the detailed work regulations, etc. （in Japanese）
http://www.kanazawa-u.ac.jp/university/administration/regulation/rules.
*Salary will be calculated on an annual salary basis.
Required Documents
1.

Letter of recommendation
Not necessarily required. If the applicant does not submit recommendation letters,
please attach a note with the names, affiliations, addresses, telephone numbers, andemail addresses of two people who can be contacted.

2.

Curriculum vitae (Form 1)

3.

List of publications and activities (Form 2)

4.

Major papers: 35.

Description of the applicant's main achievements and aspirations for research andeducation (free style, within 2 pages of A4 paper).

*The above documents will not be returned even after the selection process.
Where to submit documents (submitted by mail or email)[By postal mail]13-1 Takaramachi, Kanazawa City, 920-8640
To the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Kanazawa University
Document should be confidential and sent by registered mail and write in red on the coversheet "Application for an assistant professor position at Department of Frontier Scienceand Interdisciplinary Research."[If sending by email]
Convert all required documents into PDF files and send them together in a single ZIP fileto the administrative address listed below with the subject "Application for an assistantprofessor position at Department of Frontier Science and Interdisciplinary Research."
If the email size exceeds 10MB, please submit it using a file transfer service. After
receiving the email, the administrative staff will contact you to confirm receipt. If you do
not receive a reply within two business days, please contact the administrative staff.

Contact persons for inquiries
For administrative matters
c/o Misono Ikeda, Section Chief
Human Resources Section, General Affairs Division, Medical, Pharmaceutical andHealth Administration Department, Kanazawa University
TEL +81-76-265-2112, FAX +81-76-234-4202
e-mail: t-jinji@adm.kanazawa-u.ac.jp
For job description
c/o Prof. Atsushi Saito
e-mail: saitoa@staff.kanazawa-u.ac.jp

Additional statement
1.

Kanazawa University is working to improve faculty members’ teaching skills in
English and strengthen English education on the premise of increasing the number ofsubjects offered in English.

2.

Kanazawa University promotes the development of diversity in the research andeducation environment.
https://cdl.w3.kanazawa-u.ac.jp/en/

3.

The Faculty of Medicine welcomes applications from female researchers inaccordance with the purport of the Basic Act for Gender Equal Society

4.

During the selection process, we may ask the applicant to come to our university andask for a lecture (Travel expenses are not provided).

Form 1Curriculum vitae
PicturePresent address:
TEL:
E-mail:Name:Nationality
Date of birth (YYYY/MM/DD):
Current job title and affiliation:
License:Academic degree:
Degree name:
University name:Date of acquisition (YYYY/MM/DD):
Educational history (after entering high school):

1. 36-40 mm long
24-30 mm wide
2. the applicant only,
from the chest up.

Job history:
Member of academic societies (period, the name of the academic society, job title)
Educational achievements (the last 5 years, subjects in charge, the number ofstudents supervised in graduate schools, etc.)
Other special notes (educational workshops, student support, management andadministration, concurrent works, social contribution, patent, etc.)
Awards and punishments
Scientific research grants(Recipient names, grant names, total amounts, periods)

Form 2

List of publications and achievements
I. Books

II. Review articles

III. Research papers (should be categorized by research fields, and the titles should be
prefixed with A, B, C ...)

IV. Conference presentations (In case of an international conference, it is limited to thepresenting speaker. In case of domestic academic conferences, limited to special
lectures, educational lectures, symposiums, workshops, etc.)

Notes
1. For section I, II and III, you can write in any format if author names, paper titles,
journal name/book titles, volumes, pages (the first page to the last page), publishernames, and years of publication are included. Please attach a copy of the publication
certificate if the paper is in press.
2. Use A4/letter size paper.
3. Books, review articles, research papers and conference presentation should be listed
in chronological order and put numbers from the latest. The name of the applicant
should be underlined. In the case that the applicant was the corresponding author,
please write this information.
4. As for 3 most important papers, whose copies would be included in the applicationdocuments, draw circles at the corresponding papers in the publication list.
5. For your dissertation paper, please indicate so in the list.