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Number of employees
1 person
Recruitment theme
Theme: “Experimental study of phi meson mass inside nuclei with a proton beam at J-PARC”
Conduct a study entitled “A study of the meson mass generation mechanism in K-meson pair decays inside nuclei with polarizations and dispersion relations” (PI: Hiroyuki Sako), funded by Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (S) in Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. Specifically, the candidate will take a major role in developing and producing detectors, and carrying out the experiment to study phi meson decay into K-meson pair in proton-nucleus collisions at J-PARC (E88).
Research Division of the assignment
Research Group for Hadron Nuclear Physics,
Advanced Science Research Center, Nuclear Science Research Institute,
Japan Atomic Energy Agency
Place of employment
Nuclear Science Research Institute,
Japan Atomic Energy Agency,
Shirakata 2-4, Tokai-mura, Naka-gun, Ibaraki, Japan
Contract
from September 1, 2025, to March 31, 2026.
The contract period can be renewed, and the total contract period is a maximum of 3 years (the maximum up to August 31, 2028) depending upon the annual review of the research progress at the end of each fiscal year.
Terms of employment
(1) Salary: Approximately JY500,000 per month (including social insurance fee and tax)
* Note that the salary may be changed.
(2) Allowance: Commutation and housing allowances are paid according to the employees.
(3) Working Hours: 9:00 am - 5:30 pm. (Discretionary labor system is applicable.)
(4) Intermission: 12:00 pm-1:00 pm
(5) Holiday: Weekend (Saturday and Sunday), national holidays, year-end holidays, paid holidays.
(6) Social Insurance, etc.: Health insurance, welfare pension insurance, corporate pension fund, employment insurance, workers' accident compensation insurance.
(7) Welfare: Family resident and dormitory are available.
(8) A trial employment period (6 months) is considered.
Qualification requirements
(1) Having a PhD degree at the start date of the contract, but not exceeding 8 years after taking PhD. Candidates are expected to have the desire and ability to promote the nuclear reaction theory.
(2) Applicants are expected to have enough knowledge and experience in experimental nuclear or hadron physics and the development of particle detectors.
(3) Applicants are expected to have experiences for radiation works.
Necessary documents
(1) Application form（PDF、WORD）
(2) Transcripts (for bachelor)
(3) Photocopy of PhD diploma (for those who have a PhD) or Certification for expected completion of PhD course (for those who are in PhD course).
(4) One or two letters of recommendation (the format is free), signed by the evaluator. It is recommended that one of the evaluators be the candidate’s supervisor. JAEA staff cannot be evaluators.
(5) Consent for the treatment of personal data *(PDF, WORD)
*If you are a resident in any one of EEA member countries, namely a member of the EU, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, or the United Kingdom, please submit this form.
Deadline for submission of application
17:00 on May 30 (Fri), 2025 (JAPAN TIME)
Address of submission of application
Send all documents in the PDF format to the following email address. The title should be “Application documents for recruitment of a Special Topic Researcher (Applicant Name)”. A recommendation letter should be sent to the same email address, directly from the recommender.
E-Mail: jinji-saiyogenkaken11[at]jaea.go.jp (Replace [at] with @ )
Application screening
Applicants will be screened based on their submitted documents. The screening result will be notified to the applicants by e-mail. Note that application documents will not be returned.
Recruitment examination
(1) Presentation of research achievement (Oral presentation using PowerPoint or PDF and Q&A)
(2) Interview
Date of recruitment examination (planned)
From June to early July, 2025 (this can be changed according to the situation)
Place for Recruitment Examination (planned)
Nuclear Science Research Institute,
Japan Atomic Energy Agency,
2-4 Shirakata, Tokai-mura, Naka-gun, Ibaraki 319-1195, Japan
Or online using a web conference system designated by JAEA
Result of Recruitment Examination
The result of the recruitment examination will be notified as soon as possible after the recruitment examination.
Starting date of employment (tentative)
September 1, 2025
Travel Expenses
Travel expenses for the recruitment examination will be reimbursed by bank transfer in accordance with JAEA regulations. JAEA will only cover the actual travel expenses within Japan. Detailed information will be provided to the applicants.
Contact & inquiries
Murakami Makoto
Human Resources Development Department, Japan Atomic Energy Agency
2-4 Shirakata, Tokai-mura, Naka-gun, Ibaraki 319-1195, Japan
TEL:+81-29-282-5919 FAX:+82-29-282-5819
E-Mail: jinji-saiyogenkaken11[at]jaea.go.jp (Replace [at] with @ )
(Reference related to the recruitment field)
Dr. Sako Hiroyuki ,
Research Group for Hadron Nuclear Physics,
Advanced Science Research Center, Nuclear Science Research Institute,
Japan Atomic Energy Agency
TEL: +81-29-284-3828 FAX: +81-29-282-5927
E-Mail: jinji-saiyogenkaken11[at]jaea.go.jp (Replace [at] with @ )
Points to note
(1) The successful applicant will be required to submit a medical certificate in English taken within 6 months (including height, weight, eyesight, urinalysis, chest X-ray).
(2) The successful applicant, who is not a Japanese National, will be required to obtain the necessary visa status to work in Japan by the date of adoption.
Treatment of personal information
The personal information submitted will be used for recruitment purposes only. Employees’ personal information will be used for employment control. Other personal information will be destroyed 1 year after submission.
