Job description
Background of the recruitment and description of the project
The Laboratory of Advanced Veterinary Medicine currently has one Associate Professor affiliated with the Veterinary Teaching Hospital and concurrently appointed to the laboratory. We are seeking to appoint an Assistant Professor as the second faculty member of the laboratory.
Work content and job description
(Immediately after hiring)
- Education and research related to Veterinary clinical medicine at the Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine and School of Veterinary Medicine.
[Cooperative Veterinary Education Program between Hokkaido University and Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine]
- Clinical practice (particularly soft tissue surgery and oncology) and hospital management at the Veterinary Teaching Hospital.
- Graduate courses (partly shared): Research on Veterinary Science, Advanced Seminar on Veterinary Science, Advanced Lecture on the Application of the Veterinary Clinical Imaging, Advanced and Comprehensive Studies on Integrated Specialized Veterinary Clinical Medicine and others. (Lectures should be provided in English)
- Undergraduate courses (partly shared): Clinical Oncology, General Surgery, Soft Tissue Surgery, Practice in Preclinical Medicine, Practice in Companion Animal Medicine, Practice in Night Times and Emergency Medicine (I), Practice in Comprehensive Veterinary Medicine, Seminars in Particular Veterinary Medicine, Tutorial Research and others.
(Scope of Change) That determined by the University
Assigned department
Existing departments
Veterinary Teaching Hospital (Concurrent Appointment to the Laboratory of Advanced Veterinary Medicine)
Job type
Assistant Professor level
Research field
- Life Science - Veterinary medical science
- Others - Others
- Advanced Veterinary Medicine
Wages
Annual Salary : 4 million yen ~ 7 million yen
Working hours
Working hours :08:30-17:00
Break time :12:15-13:00
Overtime and other explanations : Discretionary labor system for professional work with agreement *, or fixed working hours system (*The working hours for a day is deemed as 7 hours and 45 minutes.)
Application requirements
Qualifications
Education and Degree Requirements
Ph.D. / Doctor
Official qualification in specific field, etc.
Applicant must hold the veterinary license certified by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Japan.
Description
- Applicants should have publications in the research fields of Veterinary clinical medicine. In addition, applicants should be highly motivated in the research and education of Veterinary clinical medicine.
- Applicants must have the ability to educate and supervise undergraduate and graduate students, as well as the motivation and insight necessary to contribute to the advancement of the relevant field and veterinary medicine.
- Applicants must be able to engage in clinical practice in soft tissue surgery and oncology at the Veterinary Teaching Hospital.
- Applicants who hold a specialist qualification related to veterinary clinical medicine, particularly in surgery, or who are expected to obtain such a qualification after appointment are preferred.
- Applicants who hold a doctoral degree or who are expected to obtain one after appointment are preferred.
- Applicants must hold the veterinary license certified by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Japan.
Employment Type
- Regular employee
- Full-time
Contract period
- Nontenured - Non-tenure track
- The period of this appointment will be five years. The initial contract can be renewed once for another 5 years by mutual consent and according to the evaluation of the candidate by the Faculty Committee.
- Probationary period present
- 3 months
Work location
060-0818 Hokkaido Kita 18, Nishi 9, Kita-ku, Sapporo
Compensation
Various systems
- Retirement allowances : available
- Transportation expenses : available
- Others : 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
Smoking is not permitted in university facilities. Smoking facilities are located outside.
Application Considerations
Number of hired
1 person(s)
Hiring date : 2027/04/01
Application period
2026/11/09~2027/01/08 Deadline for receipt
Application method
Application documents (specified forms)
Attached documents
Application Form : Mailing
Standard Curriculum Vitae with an attached photo taken within the last 3 months
(Applicant who has been employed by Hokkaido University from April 1, 2013 (any position, including Part-time Lecture, TA, TF, RA and Short-term Support Assistant, etc.) should provide full details of your employment history.)
Achievements and Activities : Mailing
List of publications including original articles, reviews, books and others, and a reprint or photocopy of major publications
Other Mailing Documents
- Standard Curriculum Vitae with an attached photo taken within the last 3 months
(Applicants who have been employed by Hokkaido University from April 1, 2013 (any position, including Part-time Lecture, TA, TF, RA and Short-term Support Assistant, etc.) should provide full details of your employment history.) - List of research achievements in chronological order
Please indicate the corresponding author with an asterisk (*).- (1) Original research articles
- (2) Review articles, books, patents, and other achievements
- One reprint or copy of one representative original research article
- Summary of major research conducted to date (approximately 2,000 Japanese characters)
- Statement of aspirations for education and research (approximately 2,000 Japanese characters)
- List of competitive research funds obtained during the past ten years
- Clinical experience: Years of clinical experience, main areas of clinical practice, and the number of cases treated in those areas during the past three years, etc.
- Copy of veterinary license
＊Applicants may be asked to give a presentation during the selection process. Travel expenses will not be reimbursed.
Return of application documents
We will dispose of all application documents responsibly.
Application document submission method (physically mailed documents)
060-0818 Hokkaido Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University Sapporo
Prof. Yoshihiro Sakoda, Dean, Chairperson, Selection Committee for Assistant Professor, Veterinary Teaching Hospital (Laboratory of Advanced Veterinary Medicine)
Precautions : Application materials must be sent to the above address by registered mail. The envelope should be clearly marked in red: “Application Materials for Assistant Professor, Veterinary Teaching Hospital (Laboratory of Advanced Veterinary Medicine)”. Submitted application materials will not be returned.
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Selection / Notification of result
Selection
Applicants would be interviewed, if necessary, by the committee members during the screening process in Sapporo.Travel cost for the interview is not covered by the university.
Notification of result
In writing or by e-mail
Contact details
Hokkaido University
Chairperson, Selection Committee for Assistant Professor, Veterinary Teaching Hospital (Laboratory of Advanced Veterinary Medicine), Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University
Prof. Yoshihiro Sakoda
0117065207
sakoda(at)vetmed.hokudai.ac.jp
- Please change (at) to @ and send it.
Notes
At Hokkaido University, we are actively promoting both education and research activities while relying on diverse human resources and gender equality. Therefore, we explicitly invite women qualified in research and education field. We are actively supporting a satisfying work-life balance and are thus creating ideal environments for people to reach their full potentials.
