理工学部教員公募要領【英語版】（様式：教授、准教授用）

Employment Information for the Position at Iwate University Faculty of Science and Engineering
1. Position and Number of Positions: 1 (one) professor or associate professor (for woman)
2. Affiliation: Faculty of Science and Engineering, Department of Science and Engineering, Chemistry(Undergraduate Program)
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Division of Science and Engineering, Chemistry(Master's Program)
Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Division of Fundamental and AppliedSciences, Chemistry Area (Doctoral Program)
3. Field of Specialization: Bio-related Chemistry; Chemical Biology (Organic Chemistry Approach);Nano Bioscience (Biomolecular Devices and Molecular Imaging); Inorganic and Coordination
Chemistry (Bioinorganic Chemistry)
4. Subjects to Teach
Specialized subject: Undergraduate - Introduction to Science and Engineering, Introduction toChemistry, Introduction to Soft Path Science and Engineering, Practice ofSoft Path Science and Engineering, Biological Chemistry I, Biological
Chemistry II, Chemical Biology, Seminar in Chemistry, Chemical Scienceand Engineering Information I, Chemical Science and Engineering
Information II, Chemical Science and Engineering Experiment II,Graduation Research
Graduate (Master's Program) - Advanced Chemistry, Advanced Study inChemistry, Special Research in Chemistry
Graduate (Doctoral Program) - Advanced Chemistry and Science ofMolecular Function, Advanced Seminar in Chemistry I, Advanced Seminarin Chemistry II, Special Research in Chemistry I, Special Research in
Chemistry II, Special Research in Chemistry III
General Education Subject: In order to establish a university-wide implementation system for
General Education Courses, etc., you will be required to be in charge of at least one of the "General
Education Courses" or "Specialized Basic Courses" based on your field of employment.
In addition, to meet the diversifying needs of learning and to promote diverse and advancedmedia utilization, faculty members who are in charge of basic academic knowledge courses* in
General Education Courses are required to create on-demand content for remote classes and avideo syllabus (overview introduction).
*These are lecture courses in the applicant's research specialization held at a level of academic
knowledge that can be understood by lower-year students from faculty other than the applicant's.
On-demand content for remote classes consists of 1 credit (7 lessons of 100 minutes each) × 2
subjects (2 credits) or 2 credits (14 lessons of 100 minutes each) ×1 subject (2 credits) or more.
5. Qualifications
Applicants must:(1) Be a woman (in accordance with Article 8 of the Equal Employment Opportunity Act for Menand Women. These positions are only available to women as a measure to proactively improvethe current situation in which there is a rather low percentage of female faculty members atIwate University.)(2) Have a doctoral degree(3) Have the ability to teach and supervise undergraduate and graduate students and promoteadvanced research work(4) Have Japanese and English language proficiency at or above a teaching level(5) Have the ability to properly engage in organizational operations as a member of a university(6) Able to teach courses of biological chemistry based on chemistry and chemical structures.
6. Starting Date: April 1, 2025 onwards
7. Term of Employment: None
8. Compensation
Salary and Benefits: Based on the salary regulations of Iwate University and subject to annualsalary system (Retirement allowance is paid at the time of retirement.)
Working Hours: Discretionary working system for professional work, 7 hours and 45 minutes ofde facto working per day
Insurance: Employment Insurance, Social Insurance, Workers' Accident Compensation Insurance,
Mutual Aid Association of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
Days off: Saturday, Sunday, public holidays, year-end and New Year holidays, etc.
9. Application Documents(1) A Curriculum Vitae (attach an ID photo and include an email address and any affiliatedacademic societies)(2) An outline of teaching experience in the field of specialization (lectures taught and/or theirevaluation, experiences in instructing graduation research, etc.) (one A4 page)(3) A list of research achievements (list by category such as peer-reviewed original scientific papers,books, papers for international conferences, review/commentary papers, research reports, ororal presentations). If the applicant is the corresponding author, mark the name of the author of
the paper with an asterisk (*).
For scientific papers, include the impact factor (the value in 2023) of the journal in which thepaper was published.
(4) Up to 5 copies of your actual scientific papers that represent your work (photocopies areaccepted)(5) An outline of past research achievements (two A4 pages)(6) A list of external grants received (list by category such as the Grants-in-Aid for Scientific
Research, joint research grants, donations for education and research, commissioned research,etc. Include a principal investigator and co-investigators.)(7) Aspirations for research and education at Iwate University (two A4 pages)(8) Name, affiliation, and contact information of two professional references who are willing to becontacted about the applicant(9) Any other documents for reference (experiences in being an official or member of an academic
society/association or national/prefectural/municipal government, taking a position or being acommittee member at your current institution, study abroad, international conference
management, etc.)(10) The above set of documents in a PDF file which is saved on a CD-R or other media
10. Application Period: From August 23, 2024 to no later than November 22, 2024
11. Selection Process
The selection process will be conducted in two stages.
Primary screening: documents screening
Secondary screening: interviews
Applicants will be notified of the results immediately after the screening (details for thesecondary screening will be provided to any applicants who passed the primary screening) byemail.
Iwate University is promoting diversity. As part of this effort, Iwate University is implementingthe following measures in relation to this open recruitment.
＜Efforts to Promote the Recruitment of Female Faculty Members＞- Up to 1,000,000 yen of retention fund (research expenses) will be provided.
Female Professors/Associate Professors assigned to the university will receive
500,000 yen per year for 2 years as research expenses.
- Any maternity, childcare, or family care leave taken before or after childbirth will be taken intoconsideration during the selection process (regardless of gender, please specify the period of leavein your resume).
- Various support for work-life balance: https://diversity.iwate-u.ac.jp/support/wlb/
Dual residence allowance system, next generation development support (support for balancing
childbirth and childcare) and family caregiver support, on-campus childcare center, on-campus
childcare space, etc.
- Career support for female researchers:
https://diversity.iwate-u.ac.jp/support/womenreserchers/
Research supporters/assistants assignment system, buyout system dedicated for female researchers,
overseas dispatch program for female researchers global career development, etc.
*Support will be provided as needed through the initiative project for realizing diversity in theresearch environment (female leader development type) subsidized by the MEXT
funds:https://iwatewomensleadership.iwate-u.ac.jp/
12. Sending Address and Contact Information
4-3-5 Ueda, Morioka, Iwate 020-8551 JAPAN
Iwate University Faculty of Science and Engineering, Chemistry Course Director, Masayuki
ShiraiPhone: +81-(0)19-621-6336; E-mail: mshirai@iwate-u.ac.jp
Please send the application documents as “Express Registered Mail” and write “Enclosed:Application Documents for the position of professor/associate professor in biologicalchemistry” on the envelope in red. The application documents will not be returned.
13. Other
Personal information in the application documents will only be used for the purpose ofscreening and hiring procedures and will not be used for any other purposes.