Job type

• Associate Professor
• Lecturer level

Research field

• Humanities & Social Sciences - Linguistics
• Humanities & Social Sciences - English linguistics

Wages

• Associate Professor

  Annual Salary : 5 million yen ~

  The minimum annual salary for an associate professor is 5.6 million yen. Kindai University determines salaries by taking into consideration factors such as career background and work history. (Please note that the displayed amount does not include various allowances, commuting expenses, etc. These will be provided on Kindai University’s regulations.)

• Lecturer level

  Annual Salary : 4 million yen ~

  The minimum annual salary for an assistant professor is 4.4 million yen. Kindai University determines salaries by taking into consideration factors such as career background and work history. (Please note that the displayed amount does not include various allowances, commuting expenses, etc. These will be provided on Kindai University’s regulations.)

Qualifications

• Education and Degree Requirements

  Ph.D. / Doctor / Master / Others

  MA holders, Ph.D. holders, doctoral degree holders, or those expecting to obtain such degrees.

• Description

  (1) MA holders, Ph.D. holders, doctoral degree holders, or those expecting to obtain such degrees.
  (2) Native English speakers, or those with equivalent proficiency in English
  (3)For native English speakers, a certain level of Japanese proficiency is desirable for internal university tasks.
  (4) Residing within commuting distance of Kindai University after employment is expected.
  (5) Applicants should be willing to cooperate in various committee work, faculty management, entrance examination-related tasks, and actively participate in internal and external projects.

Employment Type

• Associate Professor

  Regular employee

• Lecturer level

  Regular employee

  Assistant Professor

Contract period

• Associate Professor

  Tenured - Non-tenure track

  Probationary period absent

• Lecturer level

  Tenured - Non-tenure track

  Probationary period absent

  He/she may be hired as a specially appointed assistant professor with a fixed term. In this case, he/she may be reappointed as a full-time assistant professor with no fixed term upon review in the second year of his/her appointment.

Work location

• 577-8502 Osaka 3-4-1 Kowakae, Higashi-Osaka Kindai University

  (On Hiring) As stated above
  (Scope of changes) Work location designated by Kindai University corporation

Compensation

• Various systems

  Pay increase system : Annual wage increase: April (for those who have worked 12 consecutive months)

  Bonus : Bonus system: Based on Kindai University's salary regulations, bonuses are generally paid twice a year, in June and December. However, bonus payments may be suspended or delayed due to deteriorating business conditions or other circumstances.

  Retirement allowances : To be paid in accordance with the University's Retirement Allowance Payment
  Regulations.

  Transportation expenses : Available

  Retirement age : 66 （End of fiscal year (March 31) in which one reaches age 66)

  Others : Relo Club membership

• Insurance

  Employees' Health Insurance : Promotion and Mutual Aid Corporation for Private Schools of Japan

  Employees' Pension Insurance : Promotion and Mutual Aid Corporation for Private Schools of Japan

  Worker's accident insurance : Available

  Employment insurance : Available

• Measures for preventing passive smoking at the workplace

  Non-smoking policy except in designated areas

Application Considerations

• Considerations for conducting interviews (e.g., those who live far away, such as overseas)

  For those advancing to the second round of selection, travel expenses from the nearest station of the current residence to Kindai University will be covered according to Kindai University's travel expense regulations. Transportation expenses from the airport where you arrive in Japan to Kindai University will be covered for those living overseas.

Number of hired

1 person(s)

Hiring date : 2025/04/01

Starting date : 2025/04/01

Application period

• 2024/04/11~2024/07/01 Deadline for receipt

Application method

• Application documents (specified forms)

  • 履歴書.xlsx
  • 教育研究業績書.xls
  • 提出書類記載要領.pdf

• Attached documents

  Other online application forms
  (1) Résumé (format optional, or as per Kindai University's standard format). Please ensure to include your e-mail address.
  (2) Educational and research achievement record （教育研究業績書）
  NB: The document should be created in accordance with Kindai University's standard format;
  however, the list of publications can be created using researchmap.
  (3) List of teaching and research performance document
  NB: Application is acceptable via the JREC-IN Portal web application.
  (4) Three copies of the main research publication
  (5) Summaries of the above three main research publications (approximately 300 words each in English; format optional)
  (6) Letter of recommendation (self-recommendation is not acceptable; format optional)
  (7) Two references (names, affiliations, contact details of researches who can provide opinions about the applicant).
  NB: It is permissible for the recommender and a reference to be the same person.
  
  NB: If you submitted document (1) in a format other than the one prescribed by Kindai University, please bring the document prepared in Kindai University’s prescribed format at the time of the second selection.
  NB: The number of files that can be attached via "Web application" on JREC-IN Portal is limited to one. Please attach the above documents in a single file in zip format.
  

• Return of application documents

  We will dispose of all application documents responsibly.

  Please note that documents are generally not returned, but if you wish to have them returned, please
  indicate so and include a self-addressed, stamped envelop or a prepaid shipping label from Yamato
  Transport or Yu-Pack.

• Application document submission method (physically mailed documents)

  577-8502 Osaka 3-4-1 Kowakae, Higashi-Osaka Kindai University
  Professor AMI Nobuya, Dean of Faculty of Literature, Arts and Cultural Studies

  Precautions : For documents (4) that cannot be submitted via the JREC-IN Portal web application, please mail them in an envelope marked "Faculty Application Documents (Department of English Language and English and American Literature) " by a trackable method (Letter Pack, registered mail, etc.) to the address below by 1 JULY, 2024.

• * Out of application period.

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Selection / Notification of result

• Selection

  First Round: Document screening
  Second Round: Interview and model lesson (scheduled for )

• Notification of result

  [Notification Method for Results]
  The results of the first round of selection will be notified by mail to the applicants around early-August.
  The results of the second round of selection will be notified by mail to the applicants after late-September.

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