Position Available for Associate Professor, Lecturer or Assistant Professor (Genome and Biomolecular Engineering for Drug Discovery)

6 Feb 2025
Job Information

Organisation/Company

Hiroshima University

Research Field

Chemistry
Agricultural sciences
Neurosciences
Ethics in health sciences
Biological sciences
Medical sciences
Environmental science
Technology
Anthropology
Pharmacological sciences

Researcher Profile

Recognised Researcher (R2)
Established Researcher (R3)

Country

Japan

Application Deadline

30 Apr 2025 - 23:59 (UTC)

Type of Contract

Temporary

Job Status

Not Applicable

Hours Per Week

See description

Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?

Not funded by a EU programme

Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?

No

Offer Description

[Background of the recruitment and description of the project]
* Background of the recruitment and description of the project
Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University invites applications for one Associate Professor, Lecturer or Assistant Professor position.
In education, we are seeking candidates who have a wide range of academic background in Pharmaceutical Core Curriculum and its cutting-edge trend, and be able to teach Genome and Biomolecular Engineering for Drug Discovery.
In research, we are seeking candidates who can take a core role in the Innovative Drug Discovery Project, and can positively collaborate with other domestic fields and overseas researchers to disseminate research results internationally.

[Work content and job description]
Faculty members may also be assigned to teaching and/or research activities in other organizations of Hiroshima University and university-wide projects.

Teaching responsibilities
(1)Undergraduate level (general education courses): Introductory Seminar for First-Year Students, etc.
(2)Undergraduate level (discipline specific courses):Biochemistry I，Biochemistry III, Biochemistry IV, Physiological Chemistry, Experiments of Biological Chemistry, Special laboratory Works in Pharmaceutical Sciences I, Special laboratory Works in Pharmaceutical Sciences II, Special laboratory Works in Clinical Pharmacy I, Special laboratory Works in Clinical Pharmacy II, Special laboratory Works in Clinical Pharmacy III, etc.
(3)Graduate level (master’s programs): Seminar on Mechanisms of Signal Transduction, Research on Mechanisms of Signal Transduction, etc.
(4)Graduate level (doctoral programs):Advanced Seminar on Physiological Chemistry, Advanced Research on Physiological Chemistry, etc.
Note: The subjects you are responsible for may be changed or added.

* Assigned department
Existing departments

[Work location]
* Address
734-8553 Hiroshima 1-2-3, Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima
Kasumi Campus 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshimashi
Other places of work designated by the University.

[Number of hired]
Number of hired:1 person(s)
Job content supplemental explanation:[Field of Specialization]
Pharmaceutical Sciences, Biomolecular Chemistry, Chemical Biology, Genome Editing

[Starting date]
The earliest possible date after November 1, 2025

Where to apply

Website

https://jrecin.jst.go.jp/seek/SeekJorDetail?fn=0&ln=1&id=D125020056&ln_jor=1

Requirements
Additional Information
Benefits

[Compensation]
Annual salary:5 million yen
Wages description:The annual salary system (II) which enforced in October 2021 will be applied to the successful candidates.
*The approximate annual salary is based on the standard career history and may vary depending on education, degree, work experience, etc.
Working hours:08:30-17:00
Break time:12:00-12:45
Holidays :Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays in principle
Overtime and other explanations:If you are agreeable to the application of the Discretionary Labor System for Professional 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 time is from 12:00 to 12:45.
Employment type:Regular employee
Employment type description:Full-time
Contract period:Nontenured-Tenure-track
Contract period description:Period of employment: ・7 years (in case that tenure-track Associate Professor gets promoted to tenured Associate Professor/Lecturer)
・5 years (in case that tenure-track Assistant Professor gets promoted to tenured Associate Professor/Lecturer)

For other information, please refer to the "Detail" on our website.
Probationary period:Probationary period present
Probationary period description:six (6) months

[Various systems]

[Insurance]
Employees' Health Insurance:The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Mutual Aid Association
Employees' Pension Insurance:The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Mutual Aid Association
Worker's accident insurance:available
Employment insurance:available

[Measures for preventing passive smoking at the workplace]
Hiroshima University has been entirely smoke-free from January 2020.

[Supplementary explanation of compensation]
Other details depend on the Hiroshima University regulations.

Additional comments

･We conduct individual performance evaluations for all Hiroshima University faculty members after their employment, numerically rate their performance, and salary and benefits are commensurate with performance indicators.
･Personal information obtained from application documents will not be used or provided to any third party for purposes other than the necessary procedures related to personnel affairs, salary, and welfare.
･The retirement age is 65 years old.
･All the faculty members of Hiroshima University belong to the "Academy", which is the single university-wide faculty organization, and each faculty as a member of the Academy of the University is appointed to educational and/or research organizations such as an individual undergraduate school, graduate school, research center and institute.
･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 who have cleared the minimum standards will qualify as the candidates for the post concerned. The minimum standards used for this international job offer can be viewed by clicking the following URL link.
https://www.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/en/employment/kyoinkobo/
･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/
･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 their post in accordance with the relevant regulations of Hiroshima University. For more information, please contact us.
･Hiroshima University has introduced a system whereby researchers' personnel expenses are paid out of direct expenses such as competitive research grants and joint research grants, and the obtained research financial resources can be used to improve the treatment of researchers themselves (additional Salary) and to improve the research environment.

Work Location(s)

Number of offers available

1

Company/Institute

Hiroshima University

Country

Japan

City

Hiroshima

Geofield

Contact

City

Hiroshima

STATUS: EXPIRED

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