1. Position:

Assistant Professor / Research Assistant Professor : several positions available

2. Job Description:

Research and development of the quantum control of atoms / molecules and its applications to quantum technologies, in collaboration with Professor Kenji Ohmori, under the generous supports with priority by large-scale national programs for quantum  technologies of the government of Japan: the “Cabinet Office /JST Moonshot program” and “MEXT Q-LEAP”. Experience in quantum control or quantum technologies is not required.

If employed as an assistant professor, participation in managements of IMS which is an inter-university research institute*. Teaching and supervising graduate students as an assistant professor of SOKENDAI(The Graduate University for Advanced Studies).
Reference：
(1) Cabinet Office / JST Moonshot program: https://www.jst.go.jp/moonshot/en/index.html
(2) MEXT Q-LEAP: https://www.jst.go.jp/stpp/q-leap/en/index.html
(3) Recent major achievement by Ohmori group: https://www.ims.ac.jp/en/news/2022/08/0809.html

* https://www.ims.ac.jp/en/about/joint-approach.html

3.Group Web site:

OHMORI Group: https://groups.ims.ac.jp/organization/ohmori_g/index-e.html

4. Conditions of employment:

(1)Assistant Professor
Full-time, permanent. Promotion inside IMS is not allowed. A successful candidate is encouraged to transfer to a position outside the institute after approximately six years. For details see these links
[https://www.ims.ac.jp/en/recruit/policy.html & https://www.ims.ac.jp/en/recruit/kenkyukikan.html].

(2)Research Assistant Professor
Full-time, nontenured. Period of employment is 3 years with one-year contract renewable every year. The contract could be renewable up to 5 years if positively evaluated.

5. Required qualifications for the candidate:

Applicants should possess a M.Sc. degree, Ph.D. degree or an equivalent scientific career.

6. Expected start date:

On or at the earliest possible date after June 1st, 2023

7. Deadline for application:

January 31st, 2023 (JST)

8. Documents for application:

The following documents (1) to (5) should be prepared in PDF format and then the documents (1) to (4)should be merged into one single PDF document. The merged PDF should be submitted as the attachmentof email and the document (5) recommendation letter(s) should be submitted separately by recommender(s).

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

(2) Summary of research achievements (future research plans may also be included; not more than 3 pages in total on A4 size paper.)

(3) List of publications and invited talks (For details, refer to the URL below.)

(4) Reprints or preprints of maximum five selected publications

(5) Recommendation letter(s) (optional)

For details (format, description method, etc.), see the following URL.
https://www.ims.ac.jp/en/recruit/teisyutu.html

9. Selection process:

Candidates will be selected under the advice of a personnel committee of the IMS. IMS may withholdselection if there is no suitable person for the position.

10. Compensation:

In accordance with the NINS employee compensation regulation.

11. Submission:

Application should be submitted by email to the Personnel section (ims-asstprof2022@orion.ac.jp). The subject of the email should be ‘Application for assistant professorship or research assistant professorship to Prof. Kenji Ohmori’, and the main text should contain your name and ‘Position: Assistant Professor in the Division of Photo-Molecular Science Ⅱ’ at the beginning. The above documents (1) to (5) should be prepared in PDF format and then the documents (1) to (4) should be merged into one single PDF document. The merged PDF should be submitted as the attachment of email and the documents (5) recommendation letter(s) should be submitted separately by recommender(s) 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.

12. 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/

13. Others:

(1) Gender equality
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)
(2) Handling of personal data
All the private data in application for selection and employment is handled in strict confidentiality in accordance with Personal Information Protection Law of Japan and the NINS Personal Information Protection Rules, and such data is not utilized for any other purpose. Applications should be submitted after agreeing above handling.