Associate Professor, Lecturer or Assistant Professor in the Laboratory of Forest Policy

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 Forest Policy (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
Job content supplemental explanation:The final candidate is selected by evaluating achievements and academic ability. The rank of the successful candidate is given based on her/his achievements and career.

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, etc.: 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:Three 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, etc.: 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:Three months

* Established Researcher (R3)
Annual salary:6 million yen - 9 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, etc.: 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:Tenured
Contract period description:See Appendix 1
Probationary period:Probationary period present
Probationary period description:Three months

* Established Researcher (R3)
Annual salary:6 million yen - 8 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, etc.: 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:Tenured
Contract period description:See Appendix 1
Probationary period:Probationary period present
Probationary period description:Three 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]

[Supplementary explanation of compensation]

Additional comments

Hokkaido University is actively promoting both education and research activities under the concept of advancing diversity and inclusion. In addition, Hokkaido University is actively supporting to realize a well work-life-balance and is providing ideal environments for those people who would like to show their full potentials. The detail of the activity in Hokkaido University can be found in Hokkaido University Homepage.

Appendix
1. For Associate Professor and Lecturer, tenure is given. For Assistant Professor, 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.

2. The Laboratory of Forest Policy 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, Woody Plant Biology, Timber Engineering, Forest Bioresource Technology, and Wood Chemistry.

3. The successful applicant will partly or fully give the lectures listed below, for which the Laboratory of Forest Policy is responsible.
(1) Subjects in the Graduate School of Agriculture: Study on Agriculture Science I & II, Seminar on Agriculture Science I & II, Advanced Integrated Landscape Management, Advanced Field Research and Data Analysis on Forest-landscape Management I & II, Mitigation of Global Warming Effect, and others.
(2) Subjects in the School of Agriculture: Forest Planning, Exercise of Forest Planning, Forest Policy, Forest Sociology, Environmental and Resource economics, Data Analysis on Forest Science, Practical Field Work on Silviculture and Forest Conservation, Research and Thesis Writing Seminar on Forest Science, Field Work on Forest Science I & II, Seminar on Forest Science I & II, Graduation Thesis, and others.
(3) Subjects in the General Education: English Seminar “Introduction to Forest Science”, Freshman Seminar “Invitation to Forest Science”, and others.
(4) Subjects in other Graduate Schools: Forest Conservation Policy, Seminar on Tourism Field Surveys

4. The Laboratory of Forest Policy conducts social scientific research focusing on the formation of policy and the development of social/economic systems with the ultimate goal of sustainable forest managements. Special attention has also been paid to social/economic phenomena that emerge from the relationship between natural resources, notably forests, and human society.

On August 28, the original working conditions (Annual salary) were changed as follows
（Associate Professor）6 million yen　→　6 million yen～9 million yen
（Lecturer level）5 million yen　→　6 million yen～8 million yen
（Assistant Professor level）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=D123081160&ln_jor=1

STATUS: EXPIRED