Associate Professor, Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life (Food Microbiology and Hygiene)

Hiroshima University (HU) herewith makes an open international job offer and seeks to appoint Associate Professor with tenure; Associate Professor on Tenure Track System in the research area of Food Microbiology and Hygiene.
The academic rank of the faculty member to be employed through this recruitment will be determined, based on an evaluation of achievements at the time of appointment, as either Associate Professor with tenure or Tenure‑Track Associate Professor.
In the case of appointment as a Tenure‑Track Associate Professor, this will be a newly established position that enables the appointee to obtain tenure as an Associate Professor upon successfully passing the tenure review by the end of the tenure‑track period.
This position is based on the expectation that the appointee will settle into the position and devote himself/herself fully to education and research under a research plan proposal aimed at pioneering new academic fields.
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.
After being granted tenure, the successful candidate may be promoted to Full Professor if they achieve outstanding accomplishments in research and education as an Associate Professor and demonstrate a strong record of achievement.
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 , and who are motivated and can play key roles by committing themselves to research and education at HU.

Work content and job description
[ Planned Responsibilities]
(Immediately after hiring)
(1) Duties related to research in “Field of Expertise”(Please refer to “Work experience” under Section 5.).
(2) Duties related to teaching the scheduled courses and supervising graduate and undergraduate students under " Scheduled Courses".
(3) Duties related to the administration and management of the entire university, graduate schools, faculties, centers, etc. (participation in various meetings, activities as a member of various committees, etc.).
(4) Duties related to student admissions (exam supervision, question creation, grading, interviewers, etc.).
(5) Other duties as directed by the head of the educational and research organization.
(Scope of changes)
Tasks determined by the university.
[Scheduled Courses ]
The following courses are scheduled to be taught.:
(1)Undergraduate level (general education courses): Introductory Seminar for First-Year Students, Food safety and health science etc.
(2)Undergraduate level (discipline specific courses): Introduction to Microbiology，Food Microbiology，Food Hygiene，Public Health，Reading of Foreign Literature in Food Science，Research Front of Food and AgriLife Science，Modern Food Science，Laboratory Work in General Biology I，Laboratory Work in Food Hygiene, Graduation Thesis I, II, III etc.
(3)Graduate level (master’s programs): Microbiology for Food Safety II,Exercises in Food and AgriLife Science A/B,Research for Academic Degree Dissertation in Food and AgriLife Science etc.
(4)Graduate level (doctor’s programs) Research for Academic Degree Dissertation in Food and AgriLife Science etc.
Note: The subjects you are responsible for may be changed or added.

Work experience
[Field of Expertise]
Food Microbiology and Hygiene
・Required to have research achievements in food microbiology
・Desirable to have achievements of international collaborative research
[Qualifications]
Applicants must satisfy all of the following requirements:
・Hold a doctorate or an equivalent degree by the time the appointment begins
・Be able to supervise master and doctoral students in preparation of thesis/dissertation
・Be able to teach classes and supervise students in both Japanese and English

Description
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 on the webpage of the call for applications. Please refer to the “Minimum Standards for Hiring (Agriculture and Biotechnology)” provided on the page.

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

Supplementary explanation of compensation
・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.
・Hiroshima University conducts individual performance evaluations for all faculty members after their employment and numerically rate their performance. Salary and benefits are commensurate with the performance indicators.

Considerations for conducting interviews (e.g., those who live far away, such as overseas)
If candidates are unable to visit our university, interviews will be conducted online.

Application documents (specified forms)
【英語】Form1.xls
【英語】Form1(Guideline).docx
【英語】Form2-6.docx
【英語】Form7.xlsx

Attached documents
Application Form :
Online Submission
Please prepare your application using the attached document “Form 1: Curriculum Vitae.” The document consists of two sheets; please complete and submit both.

Application document submission method (physically mailed documents)
739-8528
Hiroshima
School of Applied Biological Science, Hiroshima University 1-4-4 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan
Program of Food and AgriLife Science, Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life, Hiroshima University

Selection
(1) Initial selection will be made based on all the application documents submitted.
(2) Interviews will be conducted as needed. Please note that travel expenses will be the responsibility of the applicants. Applicants who pass the initial document review will be informed of interview date, time and format. In principle, you will be asked to conduct a mock class in English.

Notification of result
All applicants will be notified of the selection results via email.