Job type

• Professor level
• Associate Professor
• Lecturer level

Research field

• Humanities & Social Sciences - Linguistics

Wages

• Common to all Job Types

  Annual Salary : 9 million yen ~

  This is an example of an Associate Professor's annual salary (40s, with dependent family members).
  Salary may vary as details will be determined in accordance with the institute's salary regulations and will take into account academic, teaching, and professional background.

Qualifications

• Education and Degree Requirements

  Ph.D. / Doctor / Others

  Master’s degree or higher, or equivalent level of education/experience in relevant fields

• Work experience

  At least 5 years of E-into-J / J-into-E interpreting experience with advanced interpreting skills
  Previous teaching experience (preferred)
  The ability to teach in English and communicate in Japanese for administrative
  duties
  

• Description

  Christian or a person with understanding of the Christian educational principles on which Kobe College is founded

Employment Type

• Common to all Job Types

  Regular employee

Contract period

• Common to all Job Types

  Tenured - Non-tenure track

  Probationary period absent

Work location

• 662-8505 Hyogo Nishinomiyashi Okadayama 4-1

Compensation

• Various systems

  Pay increase system : available

  Bonus : available

  Retirement allowances : available

  Transportation expenses : available

  Retirement age : 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 prohibited on campus.

Application Considerations

Number of hired

1 person(s)

Hiring date : 2026/04/01

Starting date : 2026/04/01

Application period

• 2025/03/04~2025/06/27 Deadline for receipt

Application method

• Application documents (specified forms)

  • 神戸女学院大学公募要項2026 Dept. of English ITP （英）.pdf

• Attached documents

  Application Form : Online Submission

  Complete resume with photograph and contact information
  Please use the prescribed form of Kobe College.
  Achievements and Activities : Online Submission

  Please use the prescribed form of Kobe College.

  Other online application forms
  *Description of teaching and research interests at Kobe College (2 A-4 pages)
  *Three representative publications (originals, offprints or copies). All publications should be accompanied by an abstract in English.
  *Two references (including names, affiliations, phone-numbers, e-mail addresses).
  *A sample syllabus for one semester (15 sessions) of “Interpreting I,” a course for second-year students, will be requested from the candidates who are invited for an interview.
  

  Other Mailing Documents
  Applicants should send electronic copies of all documents as PDF files to the Department of English Office at e-office@mail.kobe-c.ac.jp. The subject line of the mail shall be “Application for Interpretation Position.” If any of the three representative publications cannot be sent as electronic copies, they should be delivered to the postal address below and noted in the e-mail. Note that candidates who are successful in the initial screening will be requested to submit hard copies of all the documents before the interview and class demonstration.

• Return of application documents

  We will dispose of all application documents responsibly.

  Submitted materials will not be returned unless requested upon application.
  If you wish to have your application materials returned, please enclose a prepaid mailer.

• Application document submission method (physically mailed documents)

  662-8505 Hyogo Nishinomiyashi Okadayama 4-1
  Kobe College School of International Studies Office

URL of this job posting

Selection / Notification of result

• Selection

  Candidates who are successful in the first screening of applications will be invited to be interviewed and to carry out a 20-minute class demonstration in English based on the proposed syllabus. If necessary, the interview and the class demonstration will be carried out online. Documentation to verify academic and professional credentials will be required as part of the hiring process.

• Notification of result

  It will be announced during the interview and the class demonstration.

Contact details

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