Postdoc Details
Postdoc Details
Postdoc Details
appoint Professor with tenure; Associate Professor on Tenure Track System in the
research area of animal life science, molecular genetics of poultry, domestic animals and their
related wild species for livestock industry and conservation. This position 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 a promotion of the applicant to the
position of Associate Professor with tenure or of Professor on the condition that he/she passes
the tenure-track review before the tenure-track period expires. Such system assumes that the
recruited person will settle down in one place so that he/she can dedicate himself/herself to
research and education, in accordance with his/her proposed research.
Therefore, when processing an application for recruitment, we evaluate not only each
applicant’s performance on research/education, but also the contents and the scope of
his/her research 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 during his/her term at HU and the future prospect of his/her research.
By providing startup support money and assigning a mentor to each newly-recruited faculty
member on tenure track, HU continues to develop an environment where such faculty
members can engage himself/herself in research activities independently. In case the
recruited member does not secure tenure, he/she will be able to extend his/her term of
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 UniversityDate: Augst 1, 2019
Faculty Open Position(s)
2. Position and the number of opening: Professor, or Associate 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: Professor with tenure;
Associate Professor on Tenure Track System)
4. Terms of employment
・No fixed term (in case of Professor)
・Tenure-track position (in case of Associate Professor)
Period of employment: 7 years
Tenure-track faculty members will undergo a tenure review within six (6) months prior to
completion of the term of appointment, and those who have successfully passed the review
process will be granted tenure along with promotion either to professor of associate
professor.
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 be dismissed from
the university upon completion of the term of appointment.
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.
*If you would like to know more about the standards for tenure review, please contact the
office shown below for any enquiries.
5. Field of specialization: animal life science, molecular genetics of poultry, domestic animals
and their related wild species for livestock industry and conservation
6. Teaching responsibilities
Undergraduate level (general education courses): Introductory Seminar for
First-Year Students, Life, food, and environmental sciences, food culture, etc.
Undergraduate level (discipline specific courses): Introduction to Applied Biological
Sciences, Research Front of Applied Biological Science, Laboratory Work in General
Biology, Statistics in Biology, Teaching Practice, etc.
Graduate level (master’s programs): Animal Life Science I, II, Exercises in Food and
AgriLife Science A, B , etc.
Graduate level (doctoral programs): Research for Academic Degree Dissertation in
Integrated Life Sciences , etc.
* In addition to the courses listed above, he or she may be asked to teach other general
education courses and/or discipline specific courses in other department(s) and graduate
school(s).
7. Qualifications
Applicants must satisfy all of the following requirements:
(1) Hold a doctorate or an equivalent degree by the time the appointment begins
(2) Be able to supervise doctoral students in preparation of doctoral dissertations
(3) Have experience in supervising graduate students in a master’s and/or doctoral
program(s) in preparation of thesis/dissertation
(4) Be able to teach classes and supervise students in English
(5) Have experiences of research reader in international joint research projects
(6) Achievements of working on the development of next-generation researcher
*Currently, we are considering a new annual salary system, and if the new system is
introduced at date of adoption, it will apply.
(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 their post
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 faculty
members after their employment, numerically rate their performance, and salary and
benefits are commensurate with performance indicators.
16. Miscellaneous
(1) Probationary employment period: six (6) months
(2) 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. Application documents of
applicants whom we have decided not to employ will be treated in an appropriate
manner but will not be returned to applicants.
(3) 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.
(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 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/ilife
(5) HU provides 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/
17. Contact
Masayuki Shimada
Professor,Program of Food and AgriLife Science, Graduate School of Integrated Sciences
for Life, Hiroshima University
Tel: 082-424-7899
E-mail: [email protected]