Tenure-track Assistant Professor(Agricultural Meteorology)

28 Mar 2024
Job Information

Organisation/Company

Yamaguchi University

Research Field

Technology
Agricultural sciences
Environmental science
Biological sciences
Medical sciences
Pharmacological sciences
Chemistry
Ethics in health sciences
Neurosciences
Anthropology
Engineering
Architecture

Researcher Profile

Recognised Researcher (R2)
Leading Researcher (R4)
First Stage Researcher (R1)
Established Researcher (R3)

Country

Japan

Application Deadline

31 May 2024 - 23:59 (UTC)

Type of Contract

Temporary

Job Status

Not Applicable

Hours Per Week

See description

Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?

Not funded by an EU programme

Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?

No

Offer Description

[Background of the recruitment and description of the project]
* Background of the recruitment and description of the project
Department of Biomedical and Environmental Sciences, Graduate School of Sciences and Technology for Innovation at the Yamaguchi University aims to provide advanced education for the preservation of the ecological environment, the development of bioresources, and the efficient production of safe foods that support the existence of humanity, to contribute to the growth of community and society through cutting-edge research, and to cultivate human resources that can be active in the international arena.
https://www.yamaguchi-u.ac.jp/agr-en/

[Work content and job description]
Job details
1)Giving lectures and research supervision to undergraduate and graduate students in their researches
2)Actively conducting research activities
3)Producing research outputs (e.g., publication in peer-reviewed journals and/or patents)
4)Disseminating research outputs to society, including presenting results at academic conferences
5)Actively acquiring research grants and external funds
6)Being involved in other duties as considered necessary by the department
Educational activities
Undergraduate education; Agricultural Meteorology (Shared), Digital Framing (Shared), Fundamental Experiments of Biological and Environmental Sciences (Shared), Graduation Thesis Guidance
Graduate education; Exercise I for Innovative Science and Technology (Shared), Master Thesis Guidance

* Assigned department
Existing departments

[Work location]
* Address
753-8515 Yamaguchi 1677-1, Yoshida

[Number of hired]
Number of hired:1 person(s)
Hiring date:2024-10-01 00:00:00
Starting date:2024-10-01 00:00:00

Requirements
Additional Information
Benefits

[Compensation]
Annual salary:5 million yen - 7 million yen
Wages description:Salary will be provided in accordance with Yamaguchi University regulations. The annual salary system will be applied.
Working hours:08:30-17:15
Break time:12:00-13:00
Holidays :Saturdays, Sundays, national holidays, year-end and New Year holidays (December 29-January 3)
Overtime and other explanations:Discretionary labor system for professional work (deemed working hours per day: 7 hours and 45 minutes)
Employment type:Regular employee
Contract period:Nontenured-Tenure-track
Contract period description:Five years
Intermediate evaluation will be made in the 3rd year and final evaluation by 6 months prior to the end of the appointment, respectively based on research and teaching performance. The associate professor who passes her/his tenure reviews with Yamaguchi University will receive a tenured position (associate professor), which is on a permanent basis with a mandatory retirement age.
Probationary period:Probationary period present
Probationary period description:Trial period 6 month

[Various systems]
Pay increase system:available
Bonus:available
Retirement allowances:available
Transportation expenses:available
Retirement age:available

[Insurance]
Employees' Health Insurance:available
Employees' Pension Insurance:available
Worker's accident insurance:available
Employment insurance:available

[Measures for preventing passive smoking at the workplace]
No smoking on the premises

[Supplementary explanation of compensation]
Salary, allowances and benefits will be provided in accordance with Yamaguchi University regulations

Additional comments

I. Gender Equality
Yamaguchi University promotes gender equality.
In accordance with the provisions of Article 8 of the Equal Employment Opportunity Act, we proactively employ female academic staff/researchers as a measure to improve the ratio of female researchers.
Yamaguchi University actively supports achieving a balance between work and life events (such as child care or nursing care needs). For example, we run a day-care service on Yoshida Campus during the long vacation and offer financial assistance in the event of using day-care services for sick children. In other ways, we provide support including a research assistant program, a mentor system, a support system for returning to research activities, and a nursing care support system.
II. Yamaguchi University Tenure-Track (TT) System
1) Mentors are assigned to support research and education activities.
2) Up to 5 million yen (total) from the first year to the fifth year
3) Various shared research equipments are also available in the Research Facility Management Center (https://www.yamaguchi-u.ac.jp/facility/ , in Japanese).
4) Electronic journals are available from the library of Yamaguchi University:
(Journal list: http://sfx2.usaco.co.jp/yamaguchi/az , in Japanese)
5) Technical supports for research fund acquisition is provided from University
Research Administrator (URA).

Work Location(s)

Number of offers available

1

Company/Institute

Yamaguchi University

Country

Japan

City

Yamaguchi

Geofield

Where to apply

Website

https://jrecin.jst.go.jp/seek/SeekJorDetail?fn=0&ln=1&id=D124031058&ln_jor=1

STATUS: EXPIRED