Hiroshima University (HU) herewith makes an open international job offer and seeks toappoint Associate Professor with tenure; Associate Professor/Assistant Professor on Tenure
Track System in the research area of Education for Children with Intellectual Disability. Thisposition is based on the ‘Policy for recruiting/cultivating excellent faculty members’. The
university introduced this policy to create a secure environment in which junior-positioned
faculty members can concentrate on their research/education.
The post above has been newly created at HU to enable the 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. Incase 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 University

lease refer to the following URL for details about personnel system reform of Hiroshima
University.
https://www.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/en/employment/kyoinkobo

December 24, 2021
Faculty Open Position(s)1. Affiliation (Appointment)
Academy of Hiroshima University (Graduate School of Humanities and SocialSciences)
Educational Design for Teacher Educators Program
2. Position(s) and the number of opening(s)Associate Professor or Assistant Professor , one (1)(Depending on the result of the performance reviews of the applicant at the time of
employment, he/she may be decided on any of the following titles: Associate Professor
with tenure; Associate Professor/Assistant Professor on Tenure Track System)

3. Commencing date of employment
October 1st, 2022
4. Terms of employment
Tenure-track position(s) Period of employment


7 years (in case that tenure-track Associate Professor gets promoted to tenured
Associate Professor)

5 years (in case that tenure-track Assistant Professor gets promoted to tenured
Associate Professor)(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 either toassociate 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.

5. Field of specialization
Education for Children with Intellectual Disability6. Teaching responsibilities(1) Undergraduate level (general education courses): Introductory Seminar for First-YearStudents, Introduction to Hiroshima Peace Initiative Leader Program, Introduction
to accessibility for supporting the people with special needs, etc.
(2) Undergraduate level (discipline specific courses): Introduction of Special Needs
Education, Fundamentals of Education for Children with Intellectual Disabilities,
Instructional Methods for Children with Intellectual Disabilities II, Introduction ofTeaching Practice in Special Needs Schools, Observational Study on Teaching
Practice in Special Needs Schools, Methods of Research on Special Needs Education
I・Ⅱ, Teaching Practice in Special Needs Schools, Special Needs Education, Practical
Seminar for the Teaching Profession, Study in Graduation Thesis, etc.
(3) Special Course of Special Needs Education: Introduction of Special Needs Education,
Introduction of Curriculum for Children with Intellectual Disabilities, Introduction ofInstructional Methods for Children with Intellectual Disabilities, Seminar onResearch Methods of Children with Disabilities I・Ⅱ, Special Study on Graduation
Thesis, Teaching Practice in Special Support Schools, Methodology in Education forChildren with Intellectual Disabilities I, Special Study in Research of Special Needs
Education I・Ⅱ, Special Study in Special Needs Education, etc.
(4) Graduate level (master’s programs): Further Study in Learning and Curriculum
Development, Further Study in Instructional Methods for Children with IntellectualDisabilities, Advanced Study in Special Needs Education, Practical Study in Special
Needs Education, etc.
(5) Graduate level (doctoral programs): Special Study, etc.
(6) In addition to the courses listed above, he or she may be asked to teach general
education courses and/or other discipline specific courses in other department(s) andgraduate school(s).
7. Qualifications
Applicants must satisfy all of the following requirements:(1) Hold a doctorate degree by the time the appointment begins.
(2) Be able to supervise graduate students in a master’s and/or doctoral program(s) in
preparation of thesis/dissertation.
(3) Be able to teach classes and supervise students in English.
(4) Be able to implement/supervise educational practice for children with intellectual
and/or developmental disabilities and their parents.
(5) Have an enough number of research achievements in education for students withintellectual disability which fulfills the requirements by the Ministry of Education,Culture, Sports, Science and Technology to be able to teach “the courses on
curriculum theories and instructional strategies for students with disabilities”, and“the courses on basic theories of special needs education”.
8. Application materials required(1) Resume（Use the attached file，Photo pasting）
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 1,000-1,500 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.
9. Application deadline
All application materials must reach us by [17:00pm on Day of week, February 28, 2022

(Japan time)].
10. Please send all application documents to the following address
Professor WAKAMATSU, Akihiko

Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Hiroshima University
1-1-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-hiroshima, Hiroshima, 739-8524, JAPAN*Print in red “Application documents for faculty open position in the Graduate
School of Humanities and Social Sciences（Educational Design for TeacherEducators Program）” on the envelope containing the application documents andsend it by registered mail.

11. 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.
12. 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.
13. Salary, etc.
(1) The annual salary system (II) which enforced in October 2021 will be applied tothe 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.
14. Evaluation
We conduct individual performance evaluations for all Hiroshima University facultymembers after their employment, numerically rate their performance, and salary andbenefits are commensurate with performance indicators.
15. Employer
Hiroshima University
16. 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 returned 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 researchorganizations such as an individual undergraduate school, graduate school,
research center and institute.
(4) 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/(5) 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/(6) Hiroshima University aims to develop into a university with a world-class researchand education environment, and to secure and foster excellent research personnel.
In addition, in order to improve the age structure of the faculty, we plan torevitalize education and research by expanding opportunities for young faculty
members, female faculty members, and foreign faculty members in particular toplay active roles throughout the university.
17. Contact
WAKAMATSU, Akihiko
Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Hiroshima University
Tel: +81-82-424-7172
Fax: +81-82-424-7180
E-mail: awakama@hiroshima-u.ac.jp