Job description
- Background of the recruitment and description of the projectField of Recruitment (Recruitment Details): Environmental Science (Atmospheric and Hydrological Sciences)
The School of Transdisciplinary Science and Design (Malaysia Campus) was launched in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in September 2024 as the first overseas campus of the Japanese university. It promotes education centered on Problem Based Learning (PBL) focusing on global issues, develops water environment-related education that contributes to solving global issues, and further advances the internationalization of education at the university. - Work content and job descriptionWe are seeing candidates who could perform transdisciplinary education and research under the collaboration with the faculty members with a variety of academic backgrounds in Malaysia campus. Also, the candidates are expected to perform collaboration research with the faculty members of Doctoral Program in Environmental Studies on the topics, such as the water resources, water disasters, and water contamination issues occurring in south-east Asia including Malaysia. These issued should be solved to implement the sustainable water use and conservation with the perspective in which the surface water and the groundwater are dealt as a continuous hydrological cycle under the variety of the site specific conditions of climate, geology and geomorphology. In addition, the importance of groundwater as an alternative water resource is increasing during disasters such as large-scale earthquakes, and there is a need for researchers who can study the groundwater and surface water cycle processes at the regional and watershed scales globally.
- Assigned departmentExisting departmentsDepartment of Geoscience, Institute of Life and Environmental SciencesPrecautions : Undergraduate Programs: School of Transdisciplinary Science and Design (Malaysia Campus); College of Geoscience, School of Life and Environmental Sciences
Graduate Programs: Master’s Program in Environmental Sciences and Doctoral Program in Environmental Studies, Degree Programs in Life and Earth Sciences, Graduate School of Science and Technology
Job type
- Associate Professor
- Assistant Professor level
Research field
- Environmental science – Environmental dynamic analysis
- Natural Science – Atmospheric and hydrospheric sciences
Wages
- Associate ProfessorAnnual Salary : 7 million yen ~ 11 million yenSalary and other terms and conditions of employment are subject to the University’s regulations.
Model Salary
Associate Professor, tenured (age 42)
529,914 yen per month, 8,994,000 yen per year - Assistant Professor levelAnnual Salary : 6 million yen ~ 10 million yenSalary and other terms and conditions of employment are subject to the University’s regulations.
Model Salary
Tenure-track Assistant Professor (27 years old, starting salary after completion of doctoral course)
385,885 yen per month, 6,462,000 yen per year
Assistant Professor, tenured (age 35)
468,699 yen/month, 7,955,000 yen/year
Working hours
- Associate ProfessorWorking hours :08:30-17:15Break time :12:15-13:15Holidays : Sundays, Saturdays, National Holidays, December 29 – January 3Overtime and other explanations : Overtime and other explanations : Based on consent, either a discretionary work system for specialized work (7 hours and 45 minutes per day of deemed work) or a fixed working hour system (including a variable working hour system) will be applied.
Please note that working hours may vary depending on the affiliation, for example, Institute of Business Sciences and a part of Institute of Human Sciences (in charge of Graduate School for Working Adult - Assistant Professor levelWorking hours :08:30-17:15Break time :12:15-13:15Holidays : Sundays, Saturdays, National Holidays, December 29 – January 3Overtime and other explanations : Overtime and other explanations : Based on consent, either a discretionary work system for specialized work (7 hours and 45 minutes per day of deemed work) or a fixed working hour system (including a variable working hour system) will be applied.
Please note that working hours may vary depending on the affiliation, for example, Institute of Business Sciences and a part of Institute of Human Sciences (in charge of Graduate School for Working Adult
Application requirements
Qualifications
- Education and Degree RequirementsPh.D. / Doctor
Employment Type
- Associate ProfessorRegular employeeAssistant Professor
- Assistant Professor levelRegular employeeAssistant Professor
Contract period
- Associate ProfessorTenured – Non-tenure trackreview within 5 yearsProbationary period absent
- Assistant Professor levelNontenured – Tenure-trackIn 5 years, the review will be in 5 years.Probationary period absent
Work location
- 305-8572 Ibaraki Tennoudai 1-1-1, TsukubaUniversity of Tsukuba, Malaysia (UTMy)
Wisma R&D, Universiti Malaya, Jalan Pantai, Baharu, 59100
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Compensation
- Various systemsOthers : Determined in accordance with the university’s relevant regulations
- InsuranceOthers : Determined in accordance with the university’s relevant regulations
Application Considerations
- Considerations for conducting interviews (e.g., those who live far away, such as overseas)We will provide an opportunity for an online interview.
Number of hired
Application period
- 2025/06/18~2025/07/20 Deadline for receipt
Application method
- Application documents (specified forms)
- 1. Curriculum Vitae(Annex Form 3).doc
- 2. Research Achievement Record(Annex Form 4).doc
- 3. Achievement Record in the Areas of Education, TechnicalSkills, and Practical Work (Annex Form 5).doc
- 4. Education and Research Plan and Future Prospects (Annex Form 6).doc
- 5. Complete Research Achievement Record.doc
- 6. Self-Declaration on Specific Categories.docx
- 7. Consent to Processing and Extraterritorial Transfer of Personal Data under GDPR.docx
- Leaflet_En_202205_Specific-categories.pdf
- GDPR Based Privacy Policy.pdf
Attached documents
Application Form : Online Submission
1.Curriculum vitae (designated format; [Annex Form 3], Please sign in your own handwriting and submit as a PDF file.)
Achievements and Activities : Online Submission
2. Research Achievement Record (designated format; [Annex Form 4])
3. Complete Research Achievement Record (Form optional, reference forms available; [Complete Research Achievement Record])
Other online application forms
4. Achievement Record in the Areas of Education, Technical Skills, and Practical Work (designated format; [Annex Form 5])
5. Education and Research Plan and Future Prospects (designated format; [Annex Form 6])
6. Self-Declaration on Specific Categories (designated format; [Self-Declaration-on-Specific-Categories]. Please enter your name and date, check the appropriate box on page 1, sign your name in your own handwriting, and submit as a PDF file.)
7. Consent to Processing and Extraterritorial Transfer of Personal Data under GDPR (EU General Data Protection Regulation) (designated format; [Consent-to-Processing-and-Extraterritorial-Transfer-of-Personal-Data-under-GDPR] Please date, sign in your own handwriting, and submit as a PDF file.) *To be submitted by European Economic Area or in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland residents only
8. PDF files of images of the major papers or works listed in ”2.Research Achievement Record” above
Application documents should be compressed into a single file in ZIP format and the file name should be “(Name)-CV.zip”. (Example: TsukubaTaro-CV.zip)
If the size of the application exceeds 30 MB, please submit the data in 8. above as a separate file.
Please attach the document(s) to an email with the subject line “Application for Faculty Position at the University of Tsukuba’s Institute of Life and Environmental Sciences,” and send it to the following address. Please contact us if you have any questions. Please note that the documents will only be used for this selection process.
