Institute for Liberal Arts of Tokyo Institute of Technology
is seeking to hire one Associate Professor

or Associate Professor (Lecturer)

 

1.     Affiliation:  Institute for Liberal Arts, Tokyo Institute of Technology

 

2.     Fields of specialty: Teaching Japanese as a second language

 

3.     Positions:  One Associate Professor or Associate Professor (Lecturer)

 

4.     Job Responsibilities:

(1)     Teaching Japanese as a second language for international students;

(2)     Coordination of Japanese language program;

(3)     Consultations for international students, international exchanges, and education relating to liberal arts;

(4)     Education and supervision for graduate students at Department of Social and Human Sciences in School of Environment and Society;

(5)     Relevant administrative and management works relating to the above.

 

5.     Qualifications:

 The applicant should satisfy the following conditions:

(1)     Master degree holders; Ph.D. or doctoral degree holders are favorable.

(2)     Experience over 3 years of teaching Japanese as a second language, which excludes that of personal/private teachings; that of course coordinate of Japanese is favorable;

(3)     Ability of good command and performance of English. In addition to that experience of study abroad or teaching Japanese oversea is favorable.

 

6.      Employment Date: As soon as possible after April 1, 2018

 

7.      Term: Full-time@position, up-to-five-year contract (with a possible up-to-five-year@reappointment). Tenure can be obtained through evaluation. The retirement age is 65.

 

8.     Salary:  Annual salary system (Annual salary will be paid according to National University Corporation Tokyo Institute of Technology Regulations on Wage and Salary for Staff on the Annual Salary System.)

 

9.     Required documents for application:

 Applicants should send the application packet containing all the printouts of the items from (1) to (8) below by registered postal mail or courier service, and write "Application for Associate Professor Position (Teaching Japanese as a Second Language) in Institute for Liberal Arts" in red letters on the cover of the envelope.

(1) Print out of summary sheet: applicants must input question items at the following site: https://cuckoo.js.ila.titech.ac.jp/~yamagen/jinji/index.html. In case of having some technical troubles, please inquire by email contact.

(2) Curriculum vitae with an attached photo taken within 3 months, email and postal addresses, education and professional career, activity in academic societies, and prizes or awards; with applicantsf signature.

(3) Summary of past research and teaching activities, which must clearly indicate types of students, types of school, country names, teaching duration at each school, names of Japanese textbook used;

(4) List of publications (peer-reviewed papers, books, original teaching material, reviews, business report, etc.)@Specify refereed (peer-reviewed) or non-refereed papers, and single author or co-author books. Record/description of qualifications and work experience should be included;

(5) Explanation of achievements of Japanese language education (approximately one A4/letter size paper in Japanese; including the estimated date when an applicant will be able to start to work);

(6) Future plan of research and education if employed at Tokyo Institute of Technology (approximately one A4/letter size paper in Japanese);

(7) Prints or copies of no more than two significant articles and books and their summary notes;

(8) Contact information of two distinguished reference persons (name, affiliation, phone number, e-mail address).

 

10 Application Deadline:  December 7, 2017

 

11 Postal mailing address for application packet

 

Attn: Application for Associate Professor Position

(Teaching Japanese as a Second Language)

in Institute for Liberal Arts

 

Institute for Liberal Arts Group

O-okayama 2nd Administration Office

Tokyo Institute of Technology

W9-119, 2-12-1, O-okayama, Meguro, Tokyo 152-8550, JAPAN

 

12 Inquiry and for further information by email contact

Prof. Hilofumi Yamamoto

Japanese Section of Institute for Liberal Arts

Email: yamagen@ila.titech.ac.jp

 

13 Other information

(1)    Application documents and the digital media will not be returned to the applicant. We never use personal data for other purposes.

(2)    In the selection process, a lecture/interview for a few applicants might be required. The applicant is required to pay the traveling cost for the lecture/interview.

(3)    Tokyo Institute of Technology will ensure equal opportunities for participation of women and foreigners (Non-Japanese).

(4)    Tokyo Institute of Technology provides start-up funding through an internal support system, and selected applicants have chance to use this system.