Job Announcement: School of Creative System Engineering (Electrical and Information Engineering)

Job Announcement for a Full-Time Position (Tenured), Power Engineering: School of Creative

System Engineering, Akita College (KOSEN)

Department of Electrical and Information Engineering, School of Creative System Engineering

Associate Professor,Lecturer or Assistant Professor (Tenured)

Subjects conducted in the regular course (high-school to college level) and the advanced

course (Bachelor level) related to Electrical and Electronic Engineering (electric machinery,

power engineering, laboratories, fundamental research, graduation research, special research

etc.)

1-1, Iijima-Bunkyo-cho, Akita, 011-8511, Japan

April 1, 2023

Area: Engineering
Disciplines: Electrical and electronic engineering
Field: Power engineering, Power conversion, Electric machinery

Full-time (Tenured)

(1) Having the degree of Doctor (Ph.D.), or expected to have the degree of Doctor (Ph.D.)

within 1 year after the starting date.

(2) Having sufficient ability of Japanese language to lecture on all of the above educational

subjects to Japanese students and to conduct tasks associated with the operation of the

college.

(3) Having interests in education and research at the college of National Institute of

Technology (KOSEN). Having understanding and enthusiasm for students’ daily life guidance

at the college, especially for class management, club and students’ dormitory.

 Basic (monthly) salary is paid based on the rule of the National Institute of Technology,

determined mainly by age and job experience. Various allowances are paid if some

requirements are met. There are bonus-system and pay raise system.

 From 8:30 to 17:00.

 (Basically) Saturday, Sunday and national holiday

 Depending on the college events, several holidays change to working days, based on the

labor agreement with the college. The system for paid holidays is based on the

rule of the National Institute of Technology.

Insurance:

Insurance of “Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Mutual Aid

Association, Japan” and Labor insurance.

(1) Resume, curriculum vitae: Containing the following items,
Name, date of birth, age, sex, current address, phone number, e-mail address, and profile

photo. In addition, educational background (history of education), academic and professional

practice experience (work history), membership on professional organizations, degrees and

awards.

(2) List of achievements: Categorized into the following four items,
Theses, projects, patents and publications. Peer-reviewed papers should be specified.

(3) Copy of five main publications (five peer-reviewed papers).

(4) Summary of current research work within one page of A4-size paper.

(5) An essay on aspirations for education and research activity at the college, if employed,

within one page of A4-size paper.

(6)A letter of recommendation.
Otherwise, a document with name, affiliation, title and contact information of a person

(resident in Japan, if possible) to whom we can ask reference opinions about the applicant.

January 31, 2023.
Application documents must be accepted not later than 17:00, Tuesday, January 31, 2023(JST)

Y.Komatsu,

Office of Human Resources,

Akita College, National Institute of Technology,

1-1, Iijima-Bunkyo-cho, Akita, 011-8511,

Japan

(1) Mark the envelope as “Application Materials (Power Engineering) Enclosed” in red

and send as a registered package.
(2) Application documents will not be returned.
(3) The personal information described in the application documents will not be used for

any purpose other than this screening.
(4) The applicant residing outside Japan can submit documents by e-mail. In this case,

please contact us in advance.

First screening: Document review

Second screening: Interview

Applicants those who have passed the first screening will be contacted via e-mail.

No travel expenses for the interview are paid. The selection result will be notified by e-mail.

ITOH, Keiichi

Professor, Head of Dept.,

Department of Electrical and Information Engineering,

National Institute of Technology, Akita Collage, Japan

E-mail：

Our college is promoting gender equality. The woman will be preferentially employed,

if evaluations of applicants’ achievements (including educational achievements,

research achievements, and social contributions) are recognized as equivalent.

After being hired, your work location will be the location of our school (1-1, Iijimabunkyocho,

Akita City Akita Prefecture). However, if you wish, you may transfer to another college

between national colleges of technology.