Call for applications for Professor of Satoyama division in the Sado Island Center for Ecological Sustainability, Niigata University

25 Jan 2025
Job Information

Organisation/Company

Niigata University

Research Field

Other
All

Researcher Profile

Leading Researcher (R4)

Country

Japan

Application Deadline

10 Mar 2025 - 23:59 (UTC)

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]
* Background of the recruitment and description of the project
Sado Island has rich resources for education and research, which include forests, “satoyama” (socio-ecological production landscapes), and marine ecosystems. The “satoyama” ecosystem is a mosaic landscape of forest managed for firewood and charcoal, arable fields and rice paddies, inhabited by the “Toki” (crested ibis). The Sado Island Center for Ecological Sustainability of Niigata University was established in April 2019 after the integration of 3 facilities, formerly the University Forest of Faculty of Agriculture, the Center for Toki & Ecological Restoration and the Marine Biological Station of the Faculty of Science. The three divisions of forest, satoyama, marine along with the office for community design, will collaborate on a variety of research projects. These aim to understand the mechanisms within the ecosystem of Sado Island, and establish ecological and communal sustainability by developing citizen science with local stakeholders.
Please see in detail at the following sites for Sado Island Center for Ecological Sustainability (https://www.sices.niigata-u.ac.jp/ ) and for Niigata University (https://www.niigata-u.ac.jp/ )

Affiliations:
•Satoyama division/Research Station for Toki and Ecological Restoration, Sado Island Center for Ecological Sustainability.
•Faculty/Graduate School: The Program of Field Research in the Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science or Agriculture/the Course of Environmental Science and Technology, Graduate School of Science and Technology.

Research Field: Conservation Biology, Restoration Ecology or Community Ecology

Job Type: Professor and head of satoyama division (full-time position)

[Work content and job description]
Job Description and Conditions:
(1)Engage in ecological study to achieve satoyama restoration on Sado Island, and promote collaborative studies of cross-ecosystem interactions and biogeochemical cycles with the members of forest and marine divisions and the office for community design to establish ecological and communal sustainability.
(2)Teach undergraduate/graduate courses, seminars, and fieldwork in the field of conservation biology, restoration ecology and community ecology.
(3)Collaborate with the members of forest and marine divisions and the office for community design to manage the Sado Island Center for Ecological Sustainability.
(4)Collaborate with faculty members to manage Graduate School of Science and Technology and Faculties of Science or Agriculture.
(5)Promote industry-academia collaboration and regional/international cooperation.

* Assigned department
Existing departments

[Work location]
* Address
952-0103 Niigata 1101-1 Niibo-Katagami, Sado City, Niigata, Japan

[Number of hired]
Number of hired:1 person(s)
Hiring date:2025-06-01 00:00:00
Starting date:2025-06-01 00:00:00
Job content supplemental explanation:June 1, 2025 (or as soon as possible thereafter)

Where to apply

Website

https://jrecin.jst.go.jp/seek/SeekJorDetail?fn=0&ln=1&id=D124121525&ln_jor=1

Requirements
Additional Information
Benefits

[Compensation]
Annual salary:7 million yen - 9 million yen
Wages description:Annual salary system based on “Regulations for New Annual Salary System for Faculties of Niigata University”.
Working hours:08:30-17:15
Break time:12:00-13:00
Holidays :Saturdays, Sundays, national holidays, holidays around the end of the year and the beginning of the year, etc.
Overtime and other explanations:Basically, discretionary labor system for specialized work. If the professional business-type recruiting labor system is not applied, a fixed working hour system will be applied, with a weekly working hours of 38 hours and 45 minutes and a daily working hours of 8:30 am to 5:15 pm (break time: 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm), Whether a discretionary work system or a fixed working hour system is applied will be determined at the time of hiring.
Employment type:Regular employee
Employment type description:Full-time position, Discretionary labor system
Contract period:Nontenured
Contract period description:Fixed-term (5 years) but extendable after evaluation.
Probationary period:Probationary period present
Probationary period description:Trial period 6 month

[Various systems]
Pay increase system:unavailable
Bonus:unavailable
Retirement allowances:available
(Retirement allowances are based on “Retirement Allowance Regulations for Stuffs of Niigata University”.)
Transportation expenses:available
(Transportation expenses are based on “Niigata University Detailed Regulations for Employee Salaries (allowance)”.)
Retirement age:available (65 years old)
Others:Allowances are based on “Regulations for New Annual Salary System for Faculties of Niigata University”.

[Insurance]
Employees' Health Insurance:The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Mutual Aid Association
Employees' Pension Insurance:The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Mutual Aid Association
Worker's accident insurance:available
Employment insurance:available

[Measures for preventing passive smoking at the workplace]
No smoking inside the facility

[Supplementary explanation of compensation]
Other working conditions are based on “Niigata University Work Regulations for Employees”.

Additional comments

•Niigata University has set up the “Center for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion” in our campus, and is firmly committed to gender balance and supporting physically handicapped researchers (https://diversity.nu.niigata-u.ac.jp/ ).
•Niigata University is promoting hiring of faculty members who have a flexible attitude in today’s global society and to realize the globalization of our campus. We welcome applications from foreigners who can communicate with researchers and students in English. Japanese communication skill will be an added advantage, but not an essential condition for the application.

Work Location(s)

Number of offers available

1

Company/Institute

Niigata University

Country

Japan

City

Niigata

Geofield

Contact

City

Niigata

STATUS: EXPIRED

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