Job
Project Researcher positions at ICEPP, UTokyo are open for application.
The details are described in the followings.
| Job Title and Number of Job Positions | A few Project Assistant Professors |
|---|---|
| Term of employment | Starting as soon as the position is filled and ending on March 31, 2026. |
| Renewal of Contract | Your employment contract may be renewed annually up to March 2029. Renewal of an employment contract will be determined by the following factors: budget status, assigned work progress, end-of-period work volume, all relevant factors such as performance, work records, attitudes, and/or your medical condition. |
| Probation period | 14 days from the date of employment. |
| Place of work | International Center for Elementary Particle Physics (ICEPP), The University of Tokyo (7-3-1 Hongo Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan) (Scope of Change) The faculty member will be assigned to the place designated by the University (In principle, the faculty member will not be reassigned or transferred against his/her will. (For details, please refer to Article 4 of the Regulations Concerning the Employment of University of Tokyo Faculty Members.) |
| Affiliation | International Center for Elementary Particle Physics (ICEPP), The University of Tokyo |
| Contents of work duties | The appointed person will carry out research to realize the PIONEER experiment. She/he is also expected to work in the MEG II experiment for synergetic research. (Scope of Change) May order reassignment, dual assignment, or secondment. (In principle, the faculty member will not be reassigned or transferred against his/her will. (For details, please refer to Article 4 of the Regulations Concerning the Employment of University of Tokyo Faculty Members.) |
| Working hours | Discretionary work system for professional work applies and working hours will be deemed as 7 hours and 45 minutes per day. |
| Days off and Leave | Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays, and the year-end and New Year holidays (December 29 to January 3) Annual Paid Leave, Special Leave, etc. |
| Wages, etc. | Appointee’s salary will be determined according to the UTokyo rules on application of the annual salary system. ・Annual salary system is adopted, and appointee will be paid about 400K-470K JPY per month including performance-based bonus (depending on the appointee’s ability, performance and experience). ・Appointee may be able to have commuting allowance (up to 55K JPY per month) if the payment conditions are satisfied. |
| Insurance | You will be enrolled in the insurance from the Mutual Aid Association of MEXT (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology) and Employment Insurance by being provided for in the law. |
| Eligibility | Persons with Ph. D or equivalent degree are considered to be eligible. Those who are expected to obtain Ph. D by the time of appointment are also considered. |
| Application Documents | 1. Curriculum Vitae with the standard CV format of the UTokyo https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/about/jobs.html 2. Summary of research achievements to date 3. Publication list (indicate up to 3 most significant publications and specify their URL or DOI information accessible over the Internet). 4. Research plan if you are appointed to the position 5. Two or more recommendation or reference letters |
| Application Submission | Applicants should send the above application documents as E-mail attachments to hisho@icepp.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp with the E-mail subject of “PIONEER Project Assistant Professor”. The recommendation or reference letters should be sent directly by those who write the letters to the same E-mail address. Applicants should inquire if she/he does not have any acknowledgement of the receipt within a few days after the submission. |
| Application deadline | December 20 (Friday), 2024. |
| Selection | Interviews will be conducted for successful applicants after screening of documents. Only those candidates scheduled for interviews will be contacted regarding the interview process. Include your e-mail address in your CV. |
| Inquiries | Prof. Toshinori Mori, ICEPP, The University of Tokyo Telephone: +81-3-3815-8384 E-mail: mori@icepp.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp |
| Name of Recruiter | The University of Tokyo |
| State of working measures to avoid passive smoking | Smoking is prohibited inside the grounds of our university. We have smoking areas outdoors. |
| Others | ・During the period of employment, sharing controlled technology to you may be prohibited by FEFTA and it may become difficult to achieve your job as a faculty or a staff member of the University if you are under the control of a foreign government, corporation or university by contract, or under the control of a foreign government by economic interests. In such a case, you need to keep the contract or interests within the range that does not incur such restrictions. ・Personal information received through this application process will not be used for any other purposes. ・Applications from women are encouraged as per “Declaration of Gender Equality Acceleration” of the University of Tokyo. |