Recruitment Details

1. Position:
Associate Professor

2.  Job description:
Experimental researches on design, synthesis, and characterization of coordination complexes toward development of their novel chemical properties and/or innovative functions.
Participation in managements of IMS as an inter-university research institute*. Teaching and supervising graduate students as an associate professor of SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies).
*https://www.ims.ac.jp/en/about/joint-approach.html

3. Conditions of employment:
Full-time, permanent. Promotion inside IMS is not allowed, in principle.
For details see this links [https://www.ims.ac.jp/en/recruit/policy.html].

4. Expected start date:
On or at the earliest possible date after December 1st, 2018 (JST)

5. Research resources:

5-1: The successful candidate will be supported with lab space and start-up budget
funded by the director general of IMS.

5-2: The successful candidate is expected to serve as a principal investigator of a research group, which consists of one associate professor (this recruit), one assistant professor (to be recruited), and one secretary (shared).

5-3: Further information is available via e-mail (ims-recruit2018@ims.ac.jp).

6. Deadline for application: July 10th, 2018 (JST)

7. Documents for application:

1) Curriculum Vitae (Please download the format from the URL below.)

2) Summary of research achievements (less than 2 pages in total on A4 size paper).

3) Future research plans (less than 2 pages in total on A4 size paper).

4) List of publications* and invited talks (About description method, refer to the URL below)
* Underline the title of the three most important publications.

5) Reprints or preprints of maximum ten selected publications.

6) Recommendation letter(s) (optional).

For details (format, description method, etc.), see the following URL. https://www.ims.ac.jp/en/recruit/teisyutu.html
Please note that documents will not be returned to applicants.

8. Selection process:
Candidates will be selected under the advice of a personnel committee of the IMS.
IMS may withhold selection if there is no suitable person for the position.

9. Compensation:
In accordance with the NINS employee compensation regulation.

10. Submission:
Please send the application by postal mail to the address below;

Personnel section, Okazaki Administration Center, NINS
Nishigonaka 38, Myodaiji, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8585, JAPAN
(Indicate "Application documents enclosed" on the envelope in red.)

Application from outside Japan may be submitted by email to the Personnel section (r7113@orion.ac.jp). The subject of the email should be ‘Application for associate professorship at IMS’, and the main text should contain your name and ‘Position: Associate Professor in the Department of Life and Coordination-Complex Molecular Science’ at the beginning. Documents should be formatted in PDF. If the data exceeds 20 MB, divide into multiple PDF files and send by separate emails. Notification of receipt will be sent within four working days. In case you do not receive a notification, please contact the Personnel section.

11. For further information (Including salary and other benefits):
Personnel section, Okazaki Administration Center, NINS
Nishigonaka 38, Myodaiji, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8585, JAPAN
E-mail: r7113@orion.ac.jp
https://www.ims.ac.jp/en/

12. Others:
IMS complies with Equal Employment Opportunities Law of Japan and is committed to promoting gender equality.
(https://www.ims.ac.jp/en/recruit/sankaku.html)
Our support measures for researchers, regardless of gender, who have childcare and family care responsibilities are found from here.
(https://www.ims.ac.jp/en/about/bunshi_sankaku.html)