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Job Posting
Professor or Associate Professor
(Female Candidates Only)

Tokyo Tech will create a new professor or associate professor position exclusively for female candidates at each of its eight Schools and Institutes. This measure has been adopted to promote improvement in the significantly low ratio of female faculty members as part of our commitment to “positive action” under Article 8 of the Act on Securing, Etc. of Equal Opportunity and Treatment between Men and Women in Employment (Equal Employment Opportunity Act).
Reference:
●Tokyo Tech News: Tokyo Tech creates new faculty positions for women at eight Schools and Institutes
https://www.titech.ac.jp/english/news/2024/069397

Affiliation：
School of Life Science and Technology

Position title：
Professor or Associate Professor

Number of Openings：
1

Area of Specialization：
Life Science and Technology (including Biophysics, Life-related chemistry, Molecular biology, Biochemistry, Basic biology, and Data Science for Life Science)

Job Description：
●The successful applicant will be required to carry out lectures / practices /practical training of the above specialized fields taught in Japanese for undergraduate students and those taught in English for graduate students.
●The successful applicant will be required to engage, instruct, and supervise undergraduate and graduate student research.
●The successful applicant will proceed the above specialized research as PI.
●The successful applicant will work on operations necessary for the management of institute, school, department, etc.

Qualifications*：
●Exclusively open to female candidates
●The successful applicant should have a PhD or a doctoral degree.
●The successful applicant should have world-class research achievements in the area of specialization.
●The successful applicant should have the ability and willingness to lead the above-mentioned specialized fields, take leadership in Japan and overseas, and develop original research.
●The successful applicant should have educational / mentoring experience in the above specialized fields and can actively promote education at the School of Life Science and Technology.
●The successful applicant should be highly motivated, willing to participate in the organization management of the School of Life Science and Technology.

Location：
Suzukakedai Campus (Nearest station: Suzukakedai)
or Ookayama Campus (Nearest station: Ookayama)

Working Hours：
De facto working hours* under the discretionary labor system for professional work:
7 hours 45 minutes per day (38 hours 45 minutes per week)
*Hours considered as working hours

Term：
Permanent position
The Institute has mandatory retirement, requiring employees to retire at age 65.

Probationary Period：
6 months

Salary：
The successful candidate will be paid under the “Annual Salary System with Lump-Sum Retirement Allowance” pursuant to the Institute’s Regulations on Wage and Salary for Staff under Annual Salary System with Lump-Sum Retirement Allowance. In accordance with the regulations, the amount of annual salary will be determined based on the standard level for the first fiscal year of employment, and will be based on performance evaluations in subsequent years. A retirement allowance will be paid separately at the time of retirement.

●Annual salary examples (The amounts listed below are only examples based on the regulations and do not directly refer to this specific position.)

・Professor who has 15 years of work experience after completing a doctoral degree
Standard: JPY 9,400,000
Minimum*: JPY 8,600,000
Maximum*: JPY 10,700,000
*The minimum and maximum amounts will vary depending on performance.

・Associate Professor who has 5 years of work experience after completing a doctoral degree
Standard: JPY 7,500,000
Minimum*: JPY 7,000,000
Maximum*: JPY 8,600,000
*The minimum and maximum amounts will vary depending on performance.

Social insurance and other benefits：
Employees’ pension, Mutual Aid Association short-term benefits (health insurance), employment insurance, worker’s compensation Insurance.

Employer：
President of National University Corporation Institute of Science Tokyo

Proposed Start Date：
April 1, 2025 or the earliest possible date thereafter

Closing Date for Application：
Applications must be received by August 31, 2024.

Selection Process：
Selection will be based on a comprehensive review of applications and interviews. Selected applicants may be asked to have an on-campus interview and/or give a presentation.
Please note that travel expenses for attending in-person interviews will not be reimbursed.

Required Documents*：
List of required documents
1.  Curriculum vitae* including professional and educational history from high school onward, honors and awards, criminal history and disciplinary actions, and email address
*Please use the Tokyo Tech format.
2.  A list of research publications categorized into the following (i) original papers (peer-reviewed articles only), (ii) review papers (peer-reviewed articles only), (iii)other review papers, commentaries, and books, (iv) patents, etc. The number of citations of original papers (peer-reviewed articles only) and review papers (peer-reviewed articles only) should be provided in the list. (The number of citations should be based on the latest version of Web of Science [Journal Citation Report]) All lists should be numbered chronologically from the latest. Outline of research achievements containing the number of citations of original papers (peer-reviewed articles only) and review papers (peer-reviewed articles only), patents, acquired research funds and h-index of the applicant with Web of Science database used.
3.  The following Excel file for the information of achievements should be filled out and submitted it as an Excel file with other document files.
http://www.bio.titech.ac.jp/outline/disclosure/koubo/data.xlsx
4.  PDF files of three to five significant articles (original papers and/or review articles).
5.  Acquired research grants and external funds. Include names of the funds, project titles, amounts, periods of research, and allocated amounts (if not the principal researcher)
6.  Brief statement of the applicant’s research interests, including their appealing points (free form, ~two pages in A4-size sheet) and perspectives for future researches (free form, one page in A4-size sheet).
7.  Teaching statement that provides a summary of accomplishments and discusses ideas for teaching and learning (free form, one page in A4-size sheet)
8.  Social activities such as those as a member of international and academic committees
9.  Possible referees with names, affiliations, and contact details (2 referees for the position of associate professor, 4 for professor)
10.  List of Applications Submitted for Female-Only Postings and Consent Form
Please complete the form below and submit it together with other application documents.
https://www.jinjika.jim.titech.ac.jp/jin.kik/joseigenteikoubo/checklistdouisyo.pdf
https://www.jinjika.jim.titech.ac.jp/jin.kik/joseigenteikoubo/checklistdouisyo.docx

Note: If you have also submitted applications for other female-only postings which are currently being advertised at Tokyo Tech, we may share your application documents with other Schools or Institutes. In addition, please be informed that you may be asked to rank the list of applications in order of preference.

How to Submit an Application：
The required documents (the document 1,2, 4-10 are submitted as PDF files and the document 3 as a Excel file) are zipped as one file and must be submitted through JREC-IN portal Web. We do not accept submissions by e-mail or other digital formats.
https://jrecin.jst.go.jp/seek/SeekJorDetail?id=D122071627&ln_jor=1
The release date of JREC-IN link above will be after — —th. If you cannot access the link after the release date, please try again later.

Contacts：
Dr. Susumu KAJIWARA
Dean and Professor
School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology Email: kajiwara.s.aa@m.titech.ac.jp

Other：
1.  Application documents will not be returned. The personal information provided in the submitted documents will be used solely for recruitment and not for any other purpose, pursuant to the Institute’s applicable rules and regulations.
2.  Smoking is prohibited on campus (excluding designated outdoor smoking areas).
3.  Questions regarding the applicability of the “Specific Categories” under the Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act may be asked during the selection process.
4.  Due to the integration with Tokyo Medical and Dental University on October 1, 2024, work conditions may change at the new Institute (Institute of Science Tokyo).
5.  Reference
Tokyo Tech’s initiative to promote diversity and inclusion
Diversity and Inclusion Section: Work-Life Balance Support
https://www.gec.jim.titech.ac.jp/support/

For job posting information, please refer to the following link.
https://www.jinji2.jim.titech.ac.jp/koubo/en/