Associate Professor(tenure-track) or Lecturer(tenure-track) 【Research field: Organic electronics】

1. Content of job information

【Number of positions】
1

【Position of employment】
Associate Professor(tenure-track) or Lecturer(tenure-track)

【Start date of employment】
April 1st 2025

【Term of employment】
From April 1st 2025 to March 31th 2028 (3 years)

 After the expiration of the term, reappointment may be made for a period not exceeding two years. However, the total period of continuous employment as a tenure-track faculty member may not exceed seven years. For details, please refer to “Tenuretrack Position" below.
 The individual will be subject to an upper limit on their period of continuous employment if the following two conditions apply: 1) regardless of employment status, the individual has had an employment contract with the university subsequent to April 2014 and 2) has not ceased employment with the university for a period of six months or longer prior to the hiring date for this position. Therefore, in some cases, the statements above may not apply with regard to the contract period and the availability and duration of reappointment. In addition, depending on the continuous duration of an individual's employment contract, there may be cases in which the individual will not be considered eligible for selection for the tenure-track position).

【Status】
The position expected to be entitled will be indicated during the interview, according to comprehensive assessment of research and educational achievements. You will be given the title “TAKAHATA PRECISION Endowed Chair”

【Tenure-track Position】
 A tenure track faculty member is a faculty member who has limited employment period. A couple of assessments are carried out to Applicants and those who pass the assessments areentitled to acquire tenure position whereas those who do not
have their employ period ended when the term of employment is expired.
 Assessment criteria necessary for being employed as a tenure faculty member will be informed when your position is offered.
 As a general rule, the interim review shall be carried out in the second semester of their third year. If a tenure-track faculty member passes the interim review, their first
reappointment period of two years as well as right proceed to the final review shall be entitled before the end of the initial appointment. If not, reappointment period of two years only will be entitled in the case they desire.
 The final review shall be carried out in the second semester of their forth year. If a tenure-track faculty member passes the final review, the faculty member will become a tenured
faculty member after the reappointment period (the fifth year) is expired. If not, further reappointment period of two years may be granted to the tenure-track faculty member in the case they desire.

【Main responsibilities (expected)】

（１）Research and educational activities at the Center in general
（２）Lectures on carbon neutral subjects provided by the Center
（３）Operations associated with the operation of the Waseda Center for a Carbon Neutral Society
 (４) Research and educational activities lead to academia-industry collaboration with donor TAKAHATA PRECISION Co., LTD.
（５）Research guidance for graduate students at the department of applied chemistry
（６）Other duties necessary for the centre
Although students will not be belonged at the centre, research and education will be conducted in cooperation with department of applied chemistry.

【Place of work】
Mainly Waseda campuses or Nishiwaseda campus

2. Research field
Organic electronics including various research fields below;
Organic functional materials, Structural organic chemistry and physical organic chemistry, Nano/micro-systems, Polymer materials

*Calling for talent who promote research in cooperation with faculty staff in department of applied chemistry

3．Job type
Associate Professor/Lecturer (full-time) 

4．Employment status
Full-time（Tenure-track）

5． Work location

Kanto district - Tokyo

6．Qualifications 
（１）Hold a doctoral degree (Ph. D), and Those who have excellent achievements in the fields related to carbon neutrality and organic electronics.
（２）Hold a strong motivation for research and education which lead to academia-industry collaboration
（３）Those who have no tenure-track teaching experience at Waseda university
（４）Enough Japanese skill for work

7．Compensation

【Working conditions】

(1) Working hours
Regular working days and working hours (starting and ending times, rest periods) shall be in accordance with Waseda University regulations. The discretionary labor system for professional work (8 hours of deemed work per day) will apply, and decisions on the means of performing work duties and time
allocation for research will, due to the nature of research work, be left to the discretion of the individual.

(2) Salary, allowances, and commuting expenses
As prescribed in the Waseda University regulations.

(3) Holidays
These are Saturdays, Sundays, year-end and New Year holidays, national holidays, compensatory holidays when classes are held on some national holidays, and the Anniversary of the University
Founding. However, this excludes days on which the university has determined in advance that classes will be held.

(4) Leave
Leave as stipulated by the Labor Standards Act and other relevantlaws and regulations, and days specifically designated by the university.

(5) Social insurance
Employees will take out Employees' Pension Insurance, Health Insurance, Workers' Compensation Insurance, and Employment Insurance.

(6) Severance / retirement benefits
Not paid. However, if the individual is hired as a tenured faculty member subsequently, the retirement allowance for fulltime faculty members is available and is calculated from their date of appointment as a tenure-track faculty member.

【The measures against second-hand smoking in your workplace.】
Smoking is not permitted on the Waseda University campus except in designated outdoor smoking areas.

8. Application period
From August 6th 2024 to November 6th 2024 (Application must be submitted by 12pm in Japan time)

９. Application/selection/notification of result/contact details

Application will not be accepted in the case of submission with wrong form.(1)Resume and (2)List of educational and research achievement must be submitted with designated form by WASEDA.

Combine all application documents (1) to (7) into a single file and send it to email address below or apply via JRECIN portal site (https://jrecin.jst.go.jp/seek/SeekJorDetail?id=D124080272).

wcans-staff@list.waseda.jp

（１） Curriculum Vitae (The format linked below must be used)

https://waseda.box.com/s/zltk57jcwdxz1frd62xd8qkaexore5x0

（２） Education and Research Achievements (The format linked below must be used)

https://waseda.box.com/s/jg03fxdyruivtv90njrqc18fm6tcnfxk

https://waseda.box.com/s/4lk9u8e5xcws6tgpi37og5m5lk944g4d

（３） List of the three major academic works.

（４） Proof of the award of the last degree (copy of a diploma or a certificate of degree conferral)

（５） Overview of research to date and future research plans

（６） Aspirations for research and educational activities at the Center

（７） Reference letter(Names and contact information (address, phone number, email address) of two people who can contact applicants)

※For (1) and (2), please use the prescribed format, and for the others, please prepare the application documents in any format and submit them as an electronic file.

【Inquiries】
Waseda Center for a Carbon Neutral Society
TEL： 03-6205-6775
E-mail： wcans-staff@list.waseda.jp
*Please make the subject line of your e-mail inquiry “Inquiry regarding the recruitment of full-time or tenure-track faculty members."
*Please understand that we are unable to respond to any inquiries regarding selection results.

【Selection procedure and notification of results】
Applicants who pass the preliminary screening based on the application documents submitted will be selected for an interview.
Applicants who are selected for an interview will be notified of the date, time, and location of the interview around the end of November 2024 by e-mail.

【Other】
(1) Applications will be kept strictly confidential (however, applicants are assumed to have given their consent to be contacted by unencrypted email, including notification of acceptance or rejection).
(2) Transportation and accommodation expenses for the interview will not be provided.

10．Additional information

(1) The Endowed chair program is a program in which a fund is established using donations received from outside the university, with proceeds from operating the fund used as a source of funding to employ Full-time Faculty or Faculty (without tenure). This program, established in November 2022 as the first of its kind at a Japanese University, allows for permanent employment up until retirement. The introduction of this program is part of Waseda University’s innovative efforts to become an outstanding research university.

(2) Waseda University is working to promote diversity and inclusion.We have established a policy not to discriminate in any way on the basis of gender, disability, sexual orientation and gender identity, nationality, ethnicity, creed, or age in the hiring or promotion of faculty members.