Associate Professor or Assistant Professor in Forest Research

We invite applications for the positions of Associate Professor or Assistant Professor for Forest Research Station, Field Science Center for Northern Biosphere (FSC), Hokkaido University (HU) as follows.

Work content and job description

(Immediately after employment) Forest Research Station, FSC, HU
Section of Research and Education: Section of Forest Research (Any of the fields of biodiversity, ecosystem functioning or local resource management)
Graduate School: Course in Forest Field Science, Division of Biosphere Science, Graduate School of Environmental Science, HU (Joint appointment with other courses may be required.)
Undergraduate School: Department of Forest Science, School of Agriculture, HU
(Extent of change) That determined by the university

Associate Professor
Annual Salary :

7 million yen
~
9 million yen

Assistant Professor level
Annual Salary :

4 million yen
~
8 million yen

Associate Professor
Tenured

-

Non-tenure track

Assistant Professor level
Nontenured

-

Tenure-track

Job content supplemental explanation
［Available position］
Associate Professor or Assistant Professor (up to two positions, in any combination of ranks)
［Employment status］
Tenure for Associate Professor. For Assistant Professor, the term is five years. Reappointment screening will be conducted, and a successful employee can be reappointed once. In the case of the reappointment, the additional term is five years, and the Assistant Professor can be promoted to Associate Professor if approved by the promotion screening within the first five years.
［Department and division (see Note (1)-(3)),Responsibilities］
(Immediately after employment) Forest Research Station, FSC, HU
Section of Research and Education: Section of Forest Research (Any of the fields of biodiversity, ecosystem functioning or local resource management)
Graduate School: Course in Forest Field Science, Division of Biosphere Science, Graduate School of Environmental Science, HU (Joint appointment with other courses may be required.)
Undergraduate School: Department of Forest Science, School of Agriculture, HU
(Extent of change) Department, division, and responsibilities as determined by the University
［Work place］
Either of the following work place in Forest Research Station, FSC, HU
Nayoro Research Office | 250 Tokuda, Nayoro 096-0071
Sapporo Research Office | N9 W9, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0809
Teshio experimental forest | 131 Aza-Toikanbetsu, Horonobe, Teshio 098-2943
Nakagawa experimental forest | 483 Aza-Otoineppu, Otoineppu, Nakagawa 098-2501
Uryu experimental forest | Aza-Moshiri, Horokanai, Uryu 074-0741
Tomakomai experimental forest | Aza-Takaoka, Tomakomai 053-0035
Wakayama experimental forest | 559 Hirai, Kozagawa, Higashimuro, 649-4563
［Desired start date］
1 April 2027 or the earliest date after it
［Probation period］
Three months

Application documents (specified forms)
Recruitment_of_Associate_Professor_or_Assistant_Professor_Two_Positions_in_the_Field_Science_Center_.pdf

Attached documents

Application Form :
Online Submission
,
Mailing
(1)One copy of Curriculum Vitae (with photo within six months)
*Applicants who have been employed by Hokkaido University from April 1, 2013 (any position, including Lecture, TA, TF, RA and Short-term Support Assistant, etc.) should provide full details of employment history
(2)One copy of Publication lists (see Note (4).)
List the publications classified by Articles in peer-reviewed journals, PhD thesis, Books, Review papers and other publications (non-peer-reviewed materials) and the other achievements classified by Academic activities, Symposiums organized, Professional committees and service, invited speeches, Awards, Grants awarded and Experience of education in Japanese and English languages. If a DOI is available, it must also be included.
(3)One copy of Summary of past activities for research, education, organizational administration and public outreach (< about 1,000 words)
(4)One copy of Motivation statements for application (< about 1,000 words)
Statements of research and education and management commitments for FSC especially Forest Research Station, upon appointment
(5)A list of two reference persons and contact information (i.e., names, affiliations, positions and e-mail addresses)
(6)Copies of up to 5 publications

Application document submission method (physically mailed documents)
060-0811
Hokkaido
Kita 11 Nishi 10, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, 060-0811, Japan
HR Department, Field Science Center for Northern Biosphere, Hokkaido University,

Selection

Screening of application materials. Applicants may be asked to visit HU for an interview and presentation by the selection committee. In the event that an interview is required, the applicants are responsible for any travel expenditure. Interview might be applied in a certain case.