Job type

• Assistant Professor level
• Others

  Tenure-track Assistant Professor

Research field

• Environmental science - Agricultural environmental engineering and agricultural information engineering
• Environmental science - Environmental dynamic analysis
• Environmental science - Environmental agriculture
• Life Science - Forest science
• Social Infrastructure - Disaster prevention engineering

Wages

• Common to all Job Types

  Annual Salary : 5 million yen ~ 7 million yen

  Salary will be provided in accordance with Yamaguchi University regulations. The annual salary system will be applied.

Qualifications

• Education and Degree Requirements

  Ph.D. / Doctor

  Applicants should hold a Ph.D. that was acquired around 10 years as of April 1, 2025 (*1) or be expected to be acquired by the time of hiring.
  *1 Applicants who took maternity, childcare, and/or nursing care leaves after they acquired their Ph.D. degrees, are exempt from such time constraints.

• Description

  ・Applicants must have more than two books or scientific papers, and more than two as the first author out of these publications.
  ・Applicants are required enthusiasm for educational and research instruction to the students in undergraduate and Ph.D. courses.
  ・Applicant must start her/his work on the scheduled hiring date (October 1, 2024).
  ・Applicant should participate in the education and research activities of the Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences. Applicant is also expected to engage in research on either "ICT in agriculture", "environmental control in open fields or greenhouses", "mitigation and adaptation strategies for climate change", "remote sensing", "environmental monitoring and assessment", or "disaster prevention".
  ・Applicants should be able to communicate in Japanese or English.
  If the hired applicant is unable to communicate in Japanese, by the end of the appointment, he/she has to improve his/her Japanese skill enable to lecture and provide research supervision to undergraduate and graduate students.
  ・The hired applicant should apply for the "HIRAKU-Global Program Selected Teachers" recruited by the consortium of “World-Class Researcher Development Through Regional Collaboration” (hereinafter referred to as "HIRAKU-Global") and receive a selection. If you are selected for this program, HIRAKU-Global's own startup research funding and many supports can be provided additionally.
  HIRAKU-Global program overview：https://www.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/hiraku-g

Employment Type

• Common to all Job Types

  Regular employee

Contract period

• Common to all Job Types

  Nontenured - Tenure-track

  Five years
  Intermediate evaluation will be made in the 3rd year and final evaluation by 6 months prior to the end of the appointment, respectively based on research and teaching performance. The associate professor who passes her/his tenure reviews with Yamaguchi University will receive a tenured position (associate professor), which is on a permanent basis with a mandatory retirement age.

  Probationary period present

  Trial period 6 month

Work location

• 753-8515 Yamaguchi 1677-1, Yoshida

Compensation

• Various systems

  Pay increase system : available

  Bonus : available

  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

  No smoking on the premises

• Supplementary explanation of compensation

  Salary, allowances and benefits will be provided in accordance with Yamaguchi University regulations
  
  

Application Considerations

Number of hired

1 person(s)

Hiring date : 2024/10/01

Starting date : 2024/10/01

Application period

• 2024/03/15~2024/07/01 Deadline for receipt

  5 p.m. on July 1, 2024 Deadline for receipt（Japan Standard Time）

Application method

• Application documents (specified forms)

  • Application Guidelines（Extension of public application period）.pdf

• Attached documents

  Application Form : Online Submission

  A CV (including current address, telephone number, e-mail address and photograph, especially academic history appear from senior high school).
  In addition to awards and criminal penalties, in the Rewards and Punishments column, if you have received disciplinary or restraint measures due to sexual violence, including sexual harassment against students, be sure to include the details of the punishment and the specific reasons. False statements may result in cancellation of employment or disciplinary action.
  Achievements and Activities : Online Submission

  A list of applicant's research activities and accomplishments in reverse chronological order according to the following categories:
  (a) Books
  (b) Journal publications
  (c) Conference publications
  (d) Others (such as patents and research grants)

  Other online application forms
  ・Major papers (up to five papers) including two first author papers.
  ・A summary of main research activities to date (up to 1,000 words).
  ・Plans of research activities during the term of contract (up to 1,000 words).
  ・A list of contributions to and activities in academic societies such as editorship of international journals, membership of conference program committees, educational activities, and awards received.
  ・A recommendation letter (not mandatory).

• Return of application documents

  We will dispose of all application documents responsibly.

• Application document submission method (physically mailed documents)

  Precautions : All documents should be submitted in PDF format to the e-mail address of submission destination. The total file size must not exceed 10 MB. Larger documents may be submitted in separate files numbered as follows: 1_3, 2_3, 3_3, etc. A confirmation of receipt will be sent to the applicant. It is strongly advisable to make sure this confirmation message arrives after submitting the application.

• * Out of application period.

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Selection / Notification of result

• Selection

  The search committee will evaluate the candidates' expertise and research activities. Candidates who pass the documentary examination will be asked to attend an interview, in which the search committee will ask her/him to present her/him research activities together with a five-year research plan in Japanese or English. The candidate selected through the selection process will be asked to give a seminar at the University. Yamaguchi University will not pay travel expense for the candidates. The search committee may contact referees to ask for detailed information about the candidates. The evaluation procedure will be strictly impartial, but the evaluation of each applicant will not be released after the appointment is made.

• Notification of result

  Notification by email

Contact details

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