Application Guidelines for Lecturer Position (Female Only)
Department of Global Agricultural Sciences（Laboratory of Global Plant Material Science）
Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo

1Position

Lecturer2

Number of Positions

One

3Starting Date

June 1, 2024 or later4

Term of Employment

3 years (and a potential for 2 year additional term depending upon a result of a contract renewal evaluation

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Work location

1-1-1, Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo（The University of Tokyo Yayoi Campus）

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Affiliation

Department of Global Agricultural Sciences, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The
University of Tokyo
1) Research fields : Global Plant Material Science (wood/ligno-cellulose science related)
2) Teaching responsibilities:

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Job Details (ResearchFields and TeachingResponsibilities)(Graduate School) Systematic Utilization of Regional Resources, Global Plant Material Science, Seminar in
Global Plant Material Science, Research in Global Plant Production Sciences, Advanced Global Agricultural
Science, On-site Practical Research in Global Agricultural Sciences, Advanced Seminar in Global Plant
Material Science, Advanced Research in Global Plant Production Science, and other courses relevannt to plantmaterial sciences.
(Undergraduate School) International Agricultural Development Studies, Seminar in International
Agricultural Development, Global Plant Material Science, Experiments and Practice of Global AgriculturalDevelopment , and other courses relevannt to plant material sciences. In addition, the lecturer will be requested
to teach additional courses of Colledge of Arts and Sciences.

8Working Hours

Discretionary labor system: Working hours is deemed as 7 hours and 45 minutes per day

9Days Off

Saturdays, Sundays, national holidays, and year-end through New Year holidays (from December 29 toJanuary 3 of the following year).

10 Salary

Basic Salary will be decided taking your academic background, professional background, etc. into account.
Wage Raise System: Yes
Examples: Doctor / from JPY 340,000
Various Allowances:Bonus (twice a year), Commuting Allowance (basically up to JPY 55,000), and otherallowances decided by the University

11 Insurance

Appointees will be enrolled in the Mutual Aid Association of Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science,and Technology as well as employment insurance.
1) Doctrate in Agricultural Sciences or related research area
2) Female (additional explanations are given at 19 "Additional Information" below)
3) Excellent record of researches in the area of the plant material science or wood/lignocellulose science.

12 Required Qualifications

4) Ability to initiate, promote, and contribute to research and educational activities at the University. Ability tocollaborate with foregin institutes and to conduct research and educational activities in Japan and nonJapanese contries/areas.
5) Ability to teach the above subjects (shown in section 7 above) in Japanese and in English.
6) Ability to communicate with faculty and other members of the Univerity using Japanese language.
1) Curriculum vitae (Please use The University of Tokyo Standard Resume Form, downloadablefrom the following link: https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/about/jobs.html)
2) List of academic publications (thesis, books, peer-reviewed research papers, review paper.)3) List of teaching experiences (names and years of the courses previously taught）
4) List of academic services (activities in academic societies, committee member, journal editor.)5) List of international reseach/educational activities (period, country, activities. )13 Application documents

6) Reprints or photocopies of up to three major research publications.
7) Summary of applicant's previous research and educational activities (around 1000 words in English)8) Applicant's future research plans（around 1000 words in English)9) Applicant's future education plan for students (around 500 words in English)10) Name and contact information (affiliation, occupation, postal address, email address, and phone number)of two academic referees. We would contact your referees as necessary.

14 Application Deadline

15 Application method

April 5, 2024 (Friday) (The application documents must be received by the University no later than this date.)
After the screening process of the application materials, short-listed candidates will be interviewed. The cost ofthe trip to attend the interview in Tokyo shall be covered by the applicant. Video interview may be conducted
alternatively.
Application documents shall be submitted to the University by email (email address is provided below). All
documents shall be combined as a single pdf file. The documents shall be protected by a password. The
password shall be sent to the same email address below using a separate email transmission from theapplicant.
Email address: yagi[at]g.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp (replace [at] with @ when sending actual emal)
Professor Nobuyuki YagiDepartment of Global Agricultural Scienses

16 Contact Information

Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo
1-1-1, Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8657 JAPANTEL: +81(0)3-5841-5599

17 Probation Period

There will be a six-month probationary period at the beginning of the appointment.

18 Employer

The University of Tokyo
1) The application documents will not be returned to the applicants.
2) Personal information received through this application process will be only used for the purpose of selecting
candidates (not be used for any other purposes).
3) Smoking is strictly prohibited on the University premise except for a limited number of designated smoking
plots located outside of buildings.

19 Additional Information4) At the time of employment, any persons who are under contract with any foreign government or foreigninstitutions, or any persons who are receiving money or any other benefits from any foreign government orforeign institutions, can be subject to the restrictions provided by Japanese laws including Foreign Exchange
and Foreign Trade Act that regulates sharing of certain technologies with foregin entities. As a result, such
persons may have difficulty in fulfilling University job duties that involves research activities relating tocertain technologies. If this case happens, such contracts and benefits shall be modified to the extent that they
do not interfere with the University job duties.
5) The University of Tokyo is committed to enhancing the diversity and equality of its employees. Currently,
the proportion of female faculty members is significantly lower in this University. Under these circumstances,
this specific job announcement is only open for female applicants in accordance with the provisions of Article
8 of the Act on Equal Opportunity and Treatment between Men and Women in Employment (SpecialProvisions Concerning Measures for Female Workers).
6) The Japanese version this position announcement shall be regarded as the original document. This English
translation was created as a reference purpose to assist non-Japanese applicants to better understand thecontents of the original document written in Japanese.