Professor or Associate Professor

Researcher Profile: Leading Researcher (R4), Established Researcher (R3)

Application Deadline: 15 Oct 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
We will hire one Professor or Associate Professor who is in charge of Japanese civil law.

Work content and job description

Job details (duties, subject responsible for, etc.)

Affiliation:

• Research body: Faculty of Law (in the Institute of Human and Social Sciences)
• Educational body: Graduate School of Law (Law School)

Field of specialization: Japanese civil law

*You will have to participate in (cooperative) research projects in the field of public law.

Subjects to Teach:

• General Education Division: lectures and seminars
• School of Law: Japanese civil law and other lectures and seminars
• Graduate School of Law (Law School): Japanese civil law, Seminar on Japanese civil law, and other lectures and seminars

Assigned department: Existing departments

Work location
Address: 920-1192 Ishikawa Kanazawa University, Kakuma-machi, Kanazawa

Number of hired
Number of hired: 1 person(s)
Hiring date: 2027-03-01 00:00:00
Starting date: 2027-03-01 00:00:00

Job content supplemental explanation

Available positions (Job title, number of positions, etc.): One Professor(tenured) or Associate Professor (tenured)

Starting date: Commencement of employment: March 1, 2027 (Or the earliest possible date thereafter)

Additional Information

Benefits

Compensation - Leading Researcher (R4)
Annual salary: 7 million yen - 9 million yen
Wages description: Annual salary system will be applied.
Working hours: 08:30-17:00
Break time: 12:00-12:45
Holidays: Saturdays, Sundays, and public holidays
Overtime and other explanations: Discretionary labors system is applied, and the employee is considered to have worked 7.75 hours a day.
Employment type: Regular employee
Contract period: Tenured
Probationary period: Present
Trial period: 6 months

Compensation - Established Researcher (R3)
Annual salary: 6 million yen - 8 million yen
Wages description: Annual salary system will be applied.
Working hours: 08:30-17:00
Break time: 12:00-12:45
Holidays: Saturdays, Sundays, and public holidays
Overtime and other explanations: Discretionary labors system is applied, and the employee is considered to have worked 7.75 hours a day.
Employment type: Regular employee
Contract period: Tenured
Probationary period: Present
Trial period: 6 months

Various systems
Pay increase system: available
Bonus: unavailable
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
There are designated smoking areas.

Supplementary explanation of compensation

Additional comments

• Kanazawa University promotes the development of diversity in the research and education environment.
• The School of Human and Social Studies at Kanazawa University welcome applications from female researchers in accordance with the purport of the Basic Act for Gender Equal Society. When evaluations of research achievements and qualifications of applicants are equal, we give priority to female researchers.
• The School of Human and Social Studies at Kanazawa University has established a support system for female researchers so that they can receive consultation about issues related to their career pursuit.
• While this announcement is made in both Japanese and English, the original Japanese version shall be relied upon in instances of possible discrepancy or divergent interpretation with that of the English version.

Work Location(s)

Number of offers available: 1

Company/Institute: Kanazawa University

Country: Japan

City: Ishikawa