Work location : Hokkaido district - Hokkaido
Date of publication : 2024/10/03
D124100269
Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine
Research field : Life Science - Animal life science
Assistant Professor level : Regular employee - Nontenured - Non-tenure track - Probationary period absent
Job description
Background of the recruitment and description of the project
Those who have extensive knowledge and skills in all aspects of Veterinary Pathology, and highly motivated in education and research in these fields. Applicants can establish an advanced education system aiming for international standards together with the current faculty members.
Work content and job description
1)Education and research related to veterinary pathology, as well as university administrative operation.
2)Teaching courses (Courses may change depending on circumstances)
Undergraduate:
Practice in General Pathology (shared)
Practice in Particular Pathology (shared)
Practice in Protozoan and Parasitic Diseases (shared)
Practice in Farm Animal Medicine I (shared)
Practice in Comprehensive Veterinary Medicine (shared)
Practice in Hood Hygiene (shared)
Seminar in Particular Veterinary Medicine I, II (shared)
Seminar in Agriculture and Farm Animal Science (shared, once every few years)
Tutorial Research
Advanced Seminar (shared)
Graduate *:
Thesis Research on Veterinary Life Science I, II
Veterinary Science II
Special Practice on Veterinary Life Science (shared)
Pathobiology, Etiology and Control of Animal Disease I (shared)
Applied Veterinary Science (shared)
Special Practice in Applied Veterinary Science I, II (shared)
Special Exercises in Animal Medical Center (shared)
*The candidate’s qualifications will need to be examined by Graduate School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences and Agriculture.
Assigned department
Existing departments
Division of Veterinary Sciences, Department of Veterinary Medicine
Job type
Research field
Wages
Annual Salary : 4 million yen ~ 8 million yen
Salary: application of the annual salary rules
Hokkaido Higher Education and Research System Staff salary regulations apply mutatis mutandis.
(Regional allowance, wide-area transfer allowance,and single employee allowance not provided)
Retirement allowance provided
Working hours
Working hours :08:30-17:15
Break time :12:00-13:00
Holidays : Holidays:Saturday,Sunday,holidays,December29th to January 3rd
Overtime and other explanations : Working arrangements: a flex-time system
Application requirements
Qualifications
Education and Degree Requirements
Ph.D. / Doctor
Description
[Details of required special expertise, qualification of the specific fields or degrees, etc.]
1)Those who have extensive knowledge and skills in all aspects of Veterinary Pathology, and highly motivated in education and research in these fields. Applicants can establish an advanced education system aiming for international standards together with the current faculty members.
2)Ph. D. degree.
3)Japanese veterinary license.
4)Board certified Veterinary Pathologist by Japanese College of Veterinary Pathology (JCVP) or equivalent bodies or willing to get those certifications.
5)Proficiency in both Japanese and English.
6)This is an open call with priority given to female candidates.
Employment Type
Regular employee
Full-time
Contract period
Nontenured - Non-tenure track
3-year term (may be renewed once for next 3 years)
There is a possibility of permanent employment (e.g. Assistant Professor or Associate Professor) after screening
Probationary period absent
Work location
Compensation
Insurance
Employees' Health Insurance : available
Employees' Pension Insurance : available
Worker's accident insurance : available
Employment insurance : available
Supplementary explanation of compensation
Insurance system:MEXT Mutual Aid Association
Application Considerations
Number of hired
1 person(s)
Description
1 person
Hiring date : 2025/04/01
Starting date : 2025/04/01
Job content supplemental explanation
[Starting date]
As soon as possible after April 1, 2025
Application period
2024/10/03~2024/11/15 Deadline for receipt
Application method
Attached documents
Other Mailing Documents
[Application method ]
1)Copies of curriculum vitae (One copy printed in the format indicated on our website and one electronic format saved on a CD, USB, and so on).
2)Record of achievements (An electronic copy of an Excel file in the format indicated on our website. No printed materials are required. Copies or reprints of each original paper included in the record of achievements and supporting documents for other achievements (see “2” under “remarks”) should be organized in a binder in the order they are listed and submitted).
3)Statement of current research activities and a concise summary of the candidate’s perspective on education and research in the related fields. The statement and summary shall be around 2,000 characters each (one printed copy of each).
4)One letter of reference (one printed copy).
5)In addition to the person who wrote the letter of reference, indicate two or more references available on request (Name, Affiliation, Position / Title, Address, E-mail, Phone number).
6)In relation to 5) above, the reference persons will be notified that the applicant is applying for a faculty position at our university. Therefore, please submit the "Consent Form for Provision of Personal Information" (format prescribed by our university).
*For 1), 2), and 6), you can download the forms from our website (URL https://www.obihiro.ac.jp/careers).
*In principle, we do not return your application documents. If you wish to have them returned, please include a freight collect slip.
Return of application documents
We will dispose of all application documents responsibly.
Application document submission method (physically mailed documents)
080-8555
Hokkaido Inada-cho, Nishi 2-11, Obihiro-shi
Personnel Manager, General Affairs Section, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine
Precautions : *The envelope should be labeled in red as “Application Materials for Division of Veterinary Sciences (Veterinary Pathology)” and sent by simple registered mail.
* Out of application period.
URL of this job posting
Selection / Notification of result
Selection
In general, faculty appointments will be made through a document screening process followed by interviews, mock lectures (in Japanese), and research introductions (in English) for those who pass the document screening process. The applicant will bear travel expenses.
Notification of result
Email or mail
Contact details
Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine
General Affairs Section
Personnel Manager
0155495220
saiyo(at)obihiro.ac.jp
* Please change (at) to @ and send it.
Notes
1)If a candidate is a government or local public employee hired by our university, the retirement payments cannot be combined.
2)Concerning the Record of Achievements
・If the applicant belongs (or has belonged) to a university, evaluation points will be given for academic achievements (all), and for any educational, social, and school administrative positions held in the past 3 years from April 1, 2021 to March 31, 2024 (Examples: teaching syllabuses, a printed program of an open lecture, a letter of appointment as a member of a council, etc.).
・If the applicant is currently affiliated with an organization other than a university, evaluation points will be given for academic achievements, which will be confirmed with supporting documents (Examples: a written invitation to give a lecture, a written notice of research funds awarded, etc.)
3)We strive to promote gender equality and educational and research activi-ties by diverse staff. Furthermore, in accordance with the Basic Act for Gender Equal Society, in this open recruitment process, priority will be giv-en to female if they are deemed to be of equal quality in terms of education-al/research achievements and character evaluation.
Our university has a research support system and a mentor system to help balance education/research with family life. Although we do not have an on-campus childcare facility, we have partnered with a non-licensed child-care facility in the city, where spaces are saved for children of new faculty staff so these children can be admitted immediately.
Details on diversity promotion policies and support systems at Obihiro Uni-versity of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine can be found at https://univ.obihiro.ac.jp/~diversity/ (University website → University Intro-duction → Diversity).