理工学部/理工学科 社会基盤・環境工学コース/土木材料、施工および建設マネジメント関連(英語版)

理工学部教員公募要領【英語版】（様式：テニュア・トラック教員用）

Employment Information for the Position at Iwate University Faculty of Science and Engineering

1. Position and Number of Positions: 1 (one) assistant professor (tenure-track, for woman)

2. Affiliation: Faculty of Science and Engineering, Department of Science and Engineering,

Studies in Civil and Environmental Engineering (Undergraduate Program)

Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Regional Innovation and Management,

Regional and Community Design (Master's Program)

Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Division of Systems Innovation

Engineering, Social Infrastructure and Environmental Engineering Area (Doctoral

Program)

3. Field of Specialization: Civil engineering material, execution and construction management

4. Subjects to Teach

Specialized subject: Undergraduate - Civil and Environmental Engineering Laboratory, Surveying

Practicum 1・2, Exercises in Civil and Environmental Engineering Programming, Design and

Drawing, Graduation research

General Education Subject: In order to establish a university-wide implementation system

for General Education Courses, etc., you will be required to be in charge of at least

one of the "General Education Courses" or "Specialized Basic Courses" based on your

field of employment.

In addition, to meet the diversifying needs of learning and to promote diverse and

advanced media utilization, faculty members who are in charge of basic academic

knowledge courses* in General Education Courses are required to create on-demand

content for remote classes and a video syllabus (overview introduction).

• These are lecture courses in the applicant's research specialization held at a level of

academic knowledge that can be understood by lower-year students from faculty other

than the applicant's.

On-demand content for remote classes consists of 1 credit (7 lessons of 100 minutes

each) × 2 subjects (2 credits) or 2 credits (14 lessons of 100 minutes each) ×1 subject

(2 credits) or more.

5. Qualifications

Applicants must:

(1) Be a woman (in accordance with Article 8 of the Equal Employment Opportunity Act for

Men and Women. These positions are only available to women as a measure to proactively

improve the current situation in which there is a rather low percentage of female faculty

members at Iwate University.)

(2) Have a doctoral degree (or be expected to receive a doctoral degree)

(3) Have the ability to teach and supervise undergraduate and graduate students and promote

advanced research work

(4) Have Japanese and English language proficiency at or above a level required for supervising

research work

(5) Have the ability to properly engage in organizational operations as a member of a university

6. Starting Date: April 1, 2027（We are open to discussion regarding the schedule.）

7. Term of Employment: 5 (five) years

Please note that an interim evaluation will be conducted by the day at which point three years

will have passed from the date of employment, and a tenure review will be conducted by six

months prior to the expiration date of the tenure-track faculty member's term. Tenure (assistant

professor, without tenure) will be granted if target values required for granting tenure have been

met during the term.

In the case of a particularly outstanding evaluation in the interim evaluation, the eligibility for

granting tenure may be discussed at that time.

Please read the regulations regarding the university’s tenure track system below:

[Regulations on the Iwate University Tenure Track System] (Japanese)

https://www.iwate-u.ac.jp/about/disclosure/files/regulations/60200040.pdf

8. Compensation

Salary and Benefits: Based on the salary regulations of Iwate University and subject to annual

salary system (Retirement allowance is paid at the time of retirement.)

Working Hours: Discretionary working system for professional work, 7 hours and 45 minutes of

de facto working per day

Insurance: Employment Insurance, Social Insurance, Workers' Accident Compensation Insurance,

Mutual Aid Association of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology

Days off: Saturday, Sunday, public holidays, year-end and New Year holidays, etc.

9. Research Support

Start-up grants will be provided in the first and second year of employment.

10. Application Documents

(1) A Curriculum Vitae (attach an ID photo and include an email address and any affiliated

academic societies)

(2) An outline of teaching experience in the field of specialization (lectures taught and/or their

evaluation, experiences in instructing graduation research, etc.) (one A4 page)

(3) A list of research achievements (list by category such as peer-reviewed original scientific papers,

books, papers for international conferences, review/commentary papers, research reports, or

oral presentations). If the applicant is the first author or corresponding author, mark the name

of the author of the paper with an asterisk (*).

For scientific papers, include the impact factor of the journal in which the paper was published.

(4) Within 3 copies of your actual scientific papers that represent your work (photocopies are

accepted)

(5) An outline of past research achievements (Within two A4 pages)

(6) Aspirations for education and research at Iwate University (Within two A4 pages)

(7) Name, affiliation, and contact information of two professional references who are willing to be

contacted about the applicant

(8) Any other documents for reference (external grants received, study abroad, etc.)

11. Application Period: From October 1, 2026 to no later than November 30, 2026

12. Selection Process

The selection process will be conducted in two stages.

Primary screening: documents screening

Secondary screening: interviews

Applicants will be notified of the results immediately after the screening (details for the

secondary screening will be provided to any applicants who passed the primary screening) by

[email, phone or any other means].

Iwate University is promoting diversity. As part of this effort, Iwate University is implementing

the following measures in relation to this open recruitment.

<**Efforts to Promote Employment of Young Faculty Members**>

• Up to 2,000,000 yen for start-up expenses (research expenses) will be provided.

Tenure-track faculty members (Lecturers and Assistant Professors) will receive a research grant

of 2,000,000 yen, the amount for 2 years starting from the date of hire.

• Priority will be given to women (when performance and qualification evaluations are deemed

equal)

• Up to 200,000 yen of retention fund (research expenses) will be provided.

Female Lecturers and Assistant Professors appointed to the university will receive 200,000 yen

the amount for 2 years starting from the date of hire.

• Any maternity, childcare, or family care leave taken before or after childbirth will be taken into

consideration during the selection process (regardless of gender, please specify the period of leave

in your resume).

• Career support for female researchers: https://diversity.iwate-u.ac.jp/support/womenreserchers/

• Various support for work-life balance support*: https://diversity.iwate-u.ac.jp/support/wlb/

Research supporters/assistants assignment system, dual residence allowance system, next

generation development support (support for balancing childbirth and childcare) and family

caregiver support, on-campus childcare space, etc.

• Available regardless of gender.

13. Sending Address and Contact Information

4-3-5 Ueda, Morioka, Iwate 020-8551 JAPAN

Iwate University Faculty of Science and Engineering, Systems Innovation Engineering,

Studies in Civil and Environmental Engineering

Course Director Masafumi OKAWARA

Phone: +81-(0)19-621-6444 E-mail: [email protected]

Please send the application documents as “Express Registered Mail” and write “Enclosed:

Application Documents for the position of assistant professor in [field of specialization] on the

envelope in red. The application documents will not be returned.

14. Other

Personal information in the application documents will only be used for the purpose of

screening and hiring procedures and will not be used for any other purposes.