Assistant Professor in the Laboratory of Timber Engineering

31 Aug 2023
Job Information

Organisation/Company

Hokkaido University

Department

Research Faculty of Agriculture

Research Field

Other
All

Researcher Profile

Recognised Researcher (R2)
Established Researcher (R3)

Country

Japan

Application Deadline

2 Oct 2023 - 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
Due to vacancy
https://www.agr.hokudai.ac.jp/

[Work content and job description]
Lectures, seminars, experimental works, practical training, and exercise courses related to Timber Engineering (see Appendix 3).

* Assigned department
Existing departments

[Work location]
* Address
060-8589 Hokkaido Kita 9 Nishi 9, Kita-ku, Sapporo

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

Requirements
Additional Information
Benefits

[Compensation]
* Recognised Researcher (R2)
Annual salary:4 million yen - 7 million yen
Working hours:08:30-17:00
Break time:12:15-13:00
Holidays :Saturdays, Sundays, holidays stipulated in the Law Concerning National Holidays, December 29-January 3, and other days designated by the university
Overtime and other explanations:Working hours: Monday to Friday･Discretionary work system *The working hour for a day is deemed as 7 hours and 45 minutes.
Employment type:Regular employee
Contract period:Nontenured-Tenure-track
Contract period description:See Appendix 1
Probationary period:Probationary period present
Probationary period description:3 months

* Established Researcher (R3)
Annual salary:4 million yen - 7 million yen
Working hours:08:30-17:00
Break time:12:15-13:00
Holidays :Saturdays, Sundays, holidays stipulated in the Law Concerning National Holidays, December 29-January 3, and other days designated by the university
Overtime and other explanations:Working hours: Monday to Friday･Discretionary work system *The working hour for a day is deemed as 7 hours and 45 minutes.
Employment type:Regular employee
Contract period:Nontenured-Tenure-track
Contract period description:See Appendix 1
Probationary period:Probationary period present
Probationary period description:3 months

[Various systems]
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]
Smoking in designated areas only

[Supplementary explanation of compensation]

Additional comments

Appendix
1. Initial term of employment is 5 years, and an additional term of employment is limited to an additional 5 years. To qualify for a tenure position, the candidate’s performance during employment will be evaluated by the end of the contract term.

2. The Laboratory of Timber Engineering constitutes the Research Group of Forest Science, together with seven other laboratories, namely, Silviculture and Forest Ecology, Ecosystem Management, Earth Surface Processes and Land Management, Forest Policy, Woody Plant Biology, Forest Bioresource Technology, and Wood Chemistry.

3. The successful applicant will partly or fully give the lectures listed below, for which the Laboratory of Timber Engineering is responsible.
(1) Subjects in the Graduate School of Agriculture: Study on Agriculture Science Ⅰ & Ⅱ, Seminar on Agriculture Science Ⅰ & Ⅱ, Advanced Timber Engineering, Advanced Forest Resources Science and Advanced Forest Products Science Ⅱ.
(2) Subjects in the School of Agriculture: Structural Mechanics Ⅰ & Ⅱ, Exercise on Structural Mechanics Ⅰ & Ⅱ, Anatomy and Physics of Wood Materials Ⅰ & Ⅱ, Wood Based Materials, Introduction to Polymer Science, Introduction to Physics, Laboratory Work on Timber Engineering, Laboratory Work on Anatomy and Physics of Wood Materials, Practical Field Work on Conversion and Engineering of Forest Products, Field Work on Forest Science I & II, International Practical Field Work on Forest Science and Graduation Thesis.
(3) Subjects in the General Education: English Seminar “Introduction to Forest Science”, Freshman Seminar “Introduction of Forest Science” and Laboratory Exercise in Natural Sciences.

4. The Laboratory of Timber Engineering is working on quantitative evaluation of mechanical properties of wood and wood-based materials for architectural structures and furniture, based on wood physics and structural mechanics. The laboratory also conducts education and research on the wood processing technology, design methods for timber structures and the evaluation of the resistance of standing trees to strong wind.

On August 28, the original working conditions (Annual salary) were changed as follows
5 million yen　→　4 million yen～7 million yen

Work Location(s)

Number of offers available

1

Company/Institute

Hokkaido University

Country

Japan

City

Hokkaido

Where to apply

Website

https://jrecin.jst.go.jp/seek/SeekJorDetail?fn=0&ln=1&id=D123081163&ln_jor=1

STATUS: EXPIRED