Associate Professor or Assistant Professor

health sciences; Technology; Agricultural sciences; Biological sciences; Medical sciences; Chemistry; Pharmacological sciences Researcher Profile: Recognised Researcher (R2); Established Researcher (R3) Application Deadline: 15 Dec 2026 - 23:59 (UTC) Country: Japan 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 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 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. https://www.fsc.hokudai.ac.jp/ 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 Assigned department: Existing departments Work location Address: 053-0035 Hokkaido - Either of the following facilities 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 Number of hired Number of hired: 2 person(s) Hiring date: 2027-04-01 00:00:00 Starting date: 2027-04-01 00:00:00 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 Additional Information Benefits Compensation Recognised Researcher (R2) Annual salary: 4 million yen - 8 million yen Wages description: The salary is determined in accordance with the national university corporation Hokkaido University salary rules for faculty subject to annual salary system. Working hours: 08:30-17:00 Employment type: Regular employee Contract period: Nontenured-Tenure-track Contract period description: 5 years. Probationary period: Probationary period present Probationary period description: Three months Established Researcher (R3) Annual salary: 4 million yen - 8 million yen Wages description: The salary is determined in accordance with the national university corporation Hokkaido University salary rules for faculty subject to annual salary system. Working hours: 08:30-17:00 Employment type: Regular employee Contract period: Nontenured-Tenure-track Contract period description: 5 years. Probationary period: Probationary period present Probationary period description: Three months Established Researcher (R3) Annual salary: 7 million yen - 9 million yen Wages description: The salary is determined in accordance with the national university corporation Hokkaido University salary rules for faculty subject to annual salary system. Working hours: 08:30-17:00 Employment type: Regular employee Contract period: Tenured Probationary period: Probationary period present Probationary period description: Three months Various systems 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 HU is committed to actively promoting education and research activities involving individuals from diverse backgrounds. It also strives to support the balance between academic and personal life and to foster an environment in which all individuals can fully demonstrate their abilities and thrive. For further details on these initiatives, please refer to the following website. https://diversity.synfoster.hokudai.ac.jp/en/statement_en/ Notes (1) FSC, HU consists of the Experimental Forests, Livestock Farm, Experiment Farm, Botanic Garden, and Marine Stations. Faculty members are affiliated with one of the three stations—the Forest Research Station (the station for this recruitment), the Agro-ecosystem Research Station, or the Aquatic Research Station (in the case of the Research Division, with one of the four research groups: Forest Research (the research group for this recruitment), Agro-ecosystem Research, Aquatic Research, or Integrated Research) and have responsibility for managements of the facilities. Further information for FSC and Forest Research Station can be found at https://www.fsc.hokudai.ac.jp/ https://www.hokudaiforest.jp/ (2) The recruited position is in charge of education for Course in Forest Field Science, Division of Biosphere Science, Graduate School of Environmental Science, Hokkaido University. Further information about the graduate school can be found at https://www.ees.hokudai.ac.jp/ The recruited position is in charge of education for Department of Forest Science, School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University Further information of the Department of Forest Science can be found at https://www.agr.hokudai.ac.jp/s/forest-science (3) The Forest Research Station has been approved as a Joint Usage / Education Center by Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT). Further information can be found at https://www.hokudaiforest.jp/kyoten/ (4) Please download the format of the list of publications from the following URL: https://www.fsc.hokudai.ac.jp/recruit/ Other formats are also acceptable as long as they contain all the necessary information. Work Location(s) Number of offers available: 1 Company/Institute: Hokkaido University Country: Japan City: Hokkaido