Waseda University, Waseda Center for a Carbon Neautral Society

Position ID:
Waseda University-Waseda Center for a Carbon Neautral Society-TTAP3 [#30337]
Position Title: 
Assistant Professor (tenure-track) or Associate Professor(tenure-track)
Position Type:
Tenured/Tenure-track faculty
Position Location:
Totsukacho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 169-8050, Japan
Subject Areas: 
Organic electronics / organic functional materials, nano micro systems, physical organic chemistry, polymeric materials, structural organic chemistry
Appl Deadline:
2025/10/05 11:59PMhelp popup (posted 2025/08/05, listed until 2025/10/05)
Position Description:
   

Position Description

1Content of job information

Number of positions

1


Form of employment

Assistant Professor (tenure-track) or Associate Professor(tenure-track)


 Start date of employment

1st April 2026


Term of employment

From 1st April 2026 to 31th April 2029 (3 years)

ž   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 “Tenure-track Position" below.

ž   Please note that if you reach at age of 70 during the term of contract, your contract will end in the academic year in which you reach age of 70.

ž   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 2015 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

ž   A tenure track faculty member is a faculty member who has limited employment period. A couple of assessments are carried out to candidates and those who pass the assessments are entitled to acquire tenure position whereas those who do not  have their employ period ended when the term of employment is expired.

ž   Assessment criteria necessary for being employed as a tenure faculty member will be informed when your position is offered.

ž   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.

ž   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.

https://www.takahata.biz/

(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

Primarily Waseda University Waseda campuses or Nishiwaseda campus

2. Research field
Engineering – Organic electronics such as organic functional materials, structural organic chemistry, physical organic chemistry, nano micro systems and polymeric materials

3Job type
Associate Professor/Assistant Professor level

4Employment status
Full-timeTenure-track

5 Work location
Kanto district - Tokyo

Qualifications
(1)Hold a doctoral degree (Ph. D), those who can lead new research toward achieving carbon neutrality  and 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)High proficiency at English and Japanese for work are required

7Compensation

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 relevant laws 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 full-time 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 6th August 2025 to 5th October 2025 (Application must be submitted by 12pm in Japan time)

. Application/selection/notification of result/contact details

Application must be submitted via JREC-IN portal site below.

https://jrecin.jst.go.jp/seek/SeekJorDetail?&;id=D125080165&ln=1


Inquiries

Waseda Center for a Carbon Neutral Society

TEL:+81-3-6205-6775

E-mailwcans-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.

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).

 10Additional 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.


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Contact: Shoma Yoshikawa, +81-3-6205-6775
Email: email address
Postal Mail:
1-1-7 Nishiwaseda, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 169-0051, Japan
Web Page: https://www.waseda.jp/inst/wcans/en