AIMEC Researcher / AIMEC Postdoctoral Researcher

Researcher Profile: Recognised Researcher (R2), Established Researcher (R3)

Application Deadline: 6 Sep 2026 - 23:59 (UTC)

Country: Japan

Type of Contract: Permanent

Job Status: Not Applicable

Hours Per Week: See description

Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a 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

Advanced Institute for Marine Ecosystem Change (WPI-AIMEC), an alliance-type WPI research center jointly established by Tohoku University and JAMSTEC, aims to elucidate the response and adaptation mechanisms of marine ecosystems to environmental changes, and to realize their predictions through interdisciplinary and international collaborative research.

Through these efforts, WPI-AIMEC contributes to planetary stewardship aimed at regenerating and restoring oceans and ecosystems toward the realization of a sustainable global environment and human society.

In the first year of appointment, AIMEC Researchers will receive 3 million yen and AIMEC Postdoctoral Researchers will receive 2 million yen as research startup funds.
(No additional funds will be provided in subsequent years.)
https://wpi-aimec.jp/en/research/

Work content and job description

WPI-AIMEC has formulated five Grand Challenges (GCs) as an overarching research agenda to realize the elucidation and prediction of marine ecosystem changes.

• GC1:Elucidating adaptability and vulnerability of marine ecosystems to physiochemical divers
• GC2:Decoding climate-ocean-ecosystem connectivity and spatiotemporal variability
• GC3:Coupling of surface and twilight zone ecosystems and the impact on biogeochemical cycles
• GC4:Resolving complexities in coastal marine ecosystems and the impact of human activities
• GC5:Promoting planetary stewardship through projection of marine ecosystem change

For details of these GCs, please refer below.
https://eartharxiv.org/repository/view/9810/

WPI-AIMEC has established three research clusters to promote cross-disciplinary and international collaborative research aimed at addressing AIMEC's five Grand Challenges (GCs).
These clusters are not fixed organizational structures but flexible and cross-cutting research platforms that foster open participation, interaction, collaboration, and integration among researchers from diverse fields.

Assigned department
Existing departments

Work location
Address
980-8578 Miyagi 6-3, Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai
Aobayama Campus, Tohoku University

Number of hired
Number of hired:7 person(s)
Number of hired description:Seeking 6–7 AIMEC Researchers or AIMEC Postdoctoral Researchers

Where to apply

Website
https://jrecin.jst.go.jp/seek/SeekJorDetail?fn=0&ln=1&id=D126070810&ln_jor=1

Additional Information

Benefits

Compensation

• Annual salary:6 million yen - 14 million yen
• Wages description:Annual salary (paid in 1/12 equal monthly payments)
• *Salary will be competitive, based on the academic qualifications and demonstrated research skills of the successful candidate.
• *Bonus and retirement allowance are included in the annual salary.
• *There is no raise.
• AIMEC Researcher:
  e.g., JPY 7,000,000-14,000,000
• AIMEC Postdoctoral Researcher:
  e.g., JPY 6,600,000-7,200,000
• Working hours:09:00-17:30
• Break time:12:15-13:00
• Holidays :Holidays and vacations: Saturdays, Sundays, public holidays, year-end, and New Year's holidays. Annual vacations with pay, special vacations, leave of absence to care for a family member, and maternity leave are provided.
• Overtime and other explanations:Deemed working hours: 8 hours 15 minutes a day
  *Separately determined, if the successful candidate's work place is at Tohoku University.
• Employment type:Regular employee
• Employment type description:Discretionary labor system for specialized work
• Contract period:Nontenured
• Contract period description:
  -AIMEC Researcher:
  The total period will be terminated on October 31, 2031 after 5 contract renewals.
  The term of this position is 5 full years in the calendar year.
  
  -AIMEC Postdoctoral Researcher:
  The total period will be terminated on October 31, 2029 after 3 contract renewals.
  The term of this position is 3 full years in the calendar year.
• Probationary period:Probationary period absent

Various systems

• Bonus:Bonuses are included in the annual salary.
• Retirement allowances:Retirement allowances are included in the annual salary.
• Transportation expenses:Allowance for commuting expenses will be provided.

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

*Tohoku University: Measures to prevent passive smoking: No smoking on the premises, no work in areas where smoking allowed. *Yokohama Institute for Earth Science, JAMSTEC: Measures to prevent passive smoking: No smoking on the premises (smoking areas are available outside), no work in areas where smoking allowed.

Supplementary explanation of compensation

1. Upon appointment, the successful candidate will receive relocation allowances.
2. Allowance for commuting expenses will be provided.
3. Both of Tohoku University and JAMSTEC are fully covered by various insurances (health insurance, employee pension insurance, unemployment insurance, workers' accident compensation insurance, etc.) to promote welfare and benefits.
   *At Tohoku University, there is the Mutual Aid Association of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, and at JAMSTEC, there are the Corporate Pension Fund and Mutual Aid Association System, etc.
4. Both AIMEC Researchers and AIMEC Postdoctoral Researchers assigned to Tohoku University have the right to move into the Lodging House.
   At JAMSTEC, AIMEC Researchers are eligible for the company housing lease service, although there are criteria based on income etc., and AIMEC Postdoctoral Researchers are not eligible.
5. Holidays and vacations: Saturdays, Sundays, public holidays, year-end, and New Year's holidays. Annual vacations with pay, special vacations, leave of absence to care for a family member, and maternity leave are provided.
6. Tohoku University has the largest on-site childcare environment of any national university in Japan, including the Kawauchi Keyaki Nursery School (22 children) and the Aobayama Midori Nursery School (116 children), which are available to all staff. There is also a nursery for children with minor illnesses and children after illnesses on the premises of the University Hospital, which is available for use by all university staff.

Additional comments

1. Submitted documents will be managed safely according to strict rules. Personal information received during the recruiting process will be used only for recruitment screening and appointment procedures and not for any other purposes.
2. Successful candidate should submit a certificate documenting their health upon appointment.
3. Please kindly inform us in case of withdrawal of your application by Email.
4. Above conditions may be changed at the discretion of the WPI-AIMEC.
5. For non-Japanese speakers, the interview and daily work will be conducted in English.
   *July 16: Added a letter of recommendation as an application document.

Work Location(s)

Number of offers available:1

Company/Institute: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology

Country: Japan

City: Miyagi,Kanagawa

Contact

City: Kanagawa