Detailed information
Work location : Chugoku district - Okayama
Date of publication : 2025/06/05
Call for Professor (Division of Atmospheric Sciences)
D125060340
Okayama University
Research field : Natural Science - Atmospheric and hydrospheric sciences | Environmental science - Environmental dynamic analysis
Professor level : Regular employee - Tenured - Non-tenure track - Probationary period present
Job description
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Background of the recruitment and description of the project
Department of Earth Science, Faculty of Environmental, Life, Natural Science and Technology is seeking to appoint a suitable candidate to the position of Professor of atmospheric sciences. Please refer to the following URL about the Department of Earth Science.
https://www.okayama-u.ac.jp/user/earth/index_e.html -
Work content and job description
Educations of basic and specialized subjects relating to Earth Sciences for undergraduate and graduate students, and researches in the field of atmospheric sciences.
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Assigned department
Existing departments
Department of Earth Science, Faculty of Environmental, Life, Natural Science and Technology
Job type
- Professor level
Research field
- Natural Science - Atmospheric and hydrospheric sciences
- Environmental science - Environmental dynamic analysis
Wages
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Annual Salary : 8 million yen ~
Basic annual salary and Performance-based annual salary: Professor 8,102,000-9,650,000 yen
An annual salary system is applied. The amount of annual salary is determined in consideration of the person’s educational background, work experience, etc. according to the Okayama University annual salary Regulations.
The percentage of annual performance pay depends on the length of service within six months prior to the base date (June 1 and December 1), and the performance rate varies depending on the results of the evaluation.
As allowances, commuting allowance, support allowance, housing allowance, adjustment allowance, etc. will be paid separately to the applicable employees.
Salary rules: https://www.okayama-u.ac.jp/tp/society/boshyu-kyoiku.html
Working hours
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Working hours :08:30-17:30
Holidays : Saturdays and Sundays, national holidays, and December 29 to January 3 (Article 42, paragraph 2 of the Personnel Work Rules)
Overtime and other explanations : If the employee agrees to the application of the discretionary work system for specialized work, working hours will be deemed as 7 hours and 45 minutes per day. Overtime work is not required in principle. Day-off work may be required. (Articles 41 and 42 of the Personnel Work Rules)
Application requirements
Qualifications
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Education and Degree Requirements
Ph.D. / Doctor
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Description
(1) Applicants must have a doctoral degree or PhD in a related field.
(2) Applicants must have substantial research achievements and future promising possibilities in the field of atmospheric sciences.
(3) Applicants must have ability to promote research and education in collaboration with other members of the department.
(Preferred)
(4) The applicant with sufficient Japanese language skill is preferred.
Employment Type
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Regular employee
Contract period
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Tenured - Non-tenure track
Probationary period present
Trial period 6 month
Work location
- 700-8530 Okayama 3-1-1 Tsushimanaka, Kita-ku, Okayama City
Compensation
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Various systems
Retirement allowances : available
Transportation expenses : available
Retirement age : available
Others : Salary increase: Not available （However, the grade may be revised according to the separately determined standard）
Performance-based annual salary: Available (under separately established criteria) -
Insurance
Employees' Health Insurance : available
Employees' Pension Insurance : available
Worker's accident insurance : available
Employment insurance : available
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Measures for preventing passive smoking at the workplace
Smoking is prohibited on campus.
Application Considerations
Number of hired
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Job content supplemental explanation
【Post commencement date】
As soon as possible after April 2026
1 person(s)
Hiring date : 2026/04/01
Starting date : 2026/04/01
Application period
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2025/06/05~2025/08/18 Deadline for receipt
Upload to the JREC-IN Portal site must be completed by 23:59 (JST) on Monday, August 18, 2025.
Application method
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Application documents (specified forms)
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Attached documents
Application Form : Online Submission(1) CV (Form 1)Other online application forms
(2) Activities in academic societies and society (Form 2)
(3) Curriculum vitae on education (Form 3)
(If you have experience supervising graduate students, please state whether you have master's or doctoral degrees.)
(4) Research achievement summary (Form 4)
(5) List of research achievements (Form 5)
(6) Contact information of two reference persons (Form 6)
(7) Books, reprints, etc. (up to 5 representative publications)
(8) Essay on applicant's policy on the research and education (free format)
(For each of the research and education, less than one page of A4 paper, including figures and tables.)
Forms 1-6, please use these attached documents.
Forms 1-6 and application documents (8) should be combined into one PDF file. Each reprint in (7) should be a separate PDF file.
Compress (Zip) all the PDF files above mentioned, and submit them electronically through the JREC-IN Portal site. Name of the compressed (Zip) file should be "Applicant's full name.zip". -
Return of application documents
We will dispose of all application documents responsibly.
URL of this job posting
Selection / Notification of result
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Selection
After reviewing the documents, interviews will be carried out as needed.
The interview schedule will be announced later.
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Notification of result
The selection result will be notified to all applicants.
Contact details
Okayama University
Department of Earth Science, Faculty of Environmental, Life, Natural Science and Technology
TERASAKI HIDENORI
desc-prof@okayama-u.ac.jp
Notes
Okayama University promotes gender equality and supports female teachers. We welcome active participation of women in the application process.
