Job type

• Professor level
• Associate Professor
• Lecturer level

Research field

• Humanities & Social Sciences - Foreign language education
• Others - Others

  These should be disciplines such as intercultural communication, translation studies and related fields.

Wages

• Professor level

  Annual Salary : 6 million yen ~ 6 million yen

  Annual salary: 6 million (paid in 12 monthly instalments)

• Associate Professor

  Annual Salary : 5 million yen ~ 5 million yen

  Annual salary: 5 million (paid in 12 monthly instalments)

• Lecturer level

  Annual Salary : 4 million yen ~ 5 million yen

  Annual salary: 4.5 million (paid in 12 monthly instalments)

Qualifications

• Education and Degree Requirements

  Ph.D. / Doctor / Master

  An MA in hand in one of the above fields or in related fields.

• Description

  (1) an MA in hand in one of the above fields or in related fields;
  (2) experience working in an organisation with an international reach or an international company is desirable;
  (3) experience in teaching Japanese students in university classes (particularly related to giving presentations in English and supervising graduation theses);
  (4) the ability to conduct English-related duties: and
  (5) a sufficient level of Japanese to conduct administrative duties in Japanese

Employment Type

• Professor level

  Contract employee

  Position type: Contract (Fixed-term, full-time)

• Associate Professor

  Contract employee

  Position type: Contract (Fixed-term, full-time)

• Lecturer level

  Contract employee

  Position type: Contract (Fixed-term, full-time)

Contract period

• Professor level

  Nontenured - Non-tenure track

  Term of office: 1 April 2025 - 31 March 2028
  The term of appointment and reappointment will be in accordance with Article 9 of the University's "Regulations for Specially Appointed Educational Personnel.”
  Article 9: "The term of appointment for specially appointed faculty members who qualify under Article 4, Item 2 (Note: specially appointed faculty members in this recruitment) shall be 3 years." If the need arises for a contract renewal, and an agreement is reached between Tokyo Woman’s Christian University and the position
  holder at least three months prior to the expiration of the term, the contract may be renewed for 1 year after the first 2 years. For this position, however, there will be no contract renewal after the initial 3-year period.

  Probationary period absent

• Associate Professor

  Nontenured - Non-tenure track

  Term of office: 1 April 2025 - 31 March 2028
  The term of appointment and reappointment will be in accordance with Article 9 of the University's "Regulations for Specially Appointed Educational Personnel.”
  Article 9: "The term of appointment for specially appointed faculty members who qualify under Article 4, Item 2 (Note: specially appointed faculty members in this recruitment) shall be 3 years." If the need arises for a contract renewal, and an agreement is reached between Tokyo Woman’s Christian University and the position
  holder at least three months prior to the expiration of the term, the contract may be renewed for 1 year after the first 2 years. For this position, however, there will be no contract renewal after the initial 3-year period.

  Probationary period absent

• Lecturer level

  Nontenured - Non-tenure track

  Term of office: 1 April 2025 - 31 March 2028
  The term of appointment and reappointment will be in accordance with Article 9 of the University's "Regulations for Specially Appointed Educational Personnel.”
  Article 9: "The term of appointment for specially appointed faculty members who qualify under Article 4, Item 2 (Note: specially appointed faculty members in this recruitment) shall be 3 years." If the need arises for a contract renewal, and an agreement is reached between Tokyo Woman’s Christian University and the position
  holder at least three months prior to the expiration of the term, the contract may be renewed for 1 year after the first 2 years. For this position, however, there will be no contract renewal after the initial 3-year period.

  Probationary period absent

Work location

• 167-8585 Tokyo Zempukuji, Suginami-ku,Tokyo 167-8585, Japan Tokyo Woman’s Christian University

Compensation

• Various systems

  Transportation expenses : available

  Retirement age : The position can be held until the end of the fiscal year in which the Tokunin Contract Teacher position holder reaches the age of 70.

• Insurance

  Employees' Health Insurance : Private school mutual aid (health insurance)

  Employees' Pension Insurance : Private school mutual aid (pension)

  Worker's accident insurance : available

  Employment insurance : available

• Supplementary explanation of compensation

  ・Entrance examination compensation: If entrance examination committee duties are carried out, financial compensation will be awarded.

Application Considerations

Number of hired

1 person(s)

Hiring date : 2025/04/01

Starting date : 2025/04/01

Application period

• 2024/07/17~2024/08/31 Deadline for receipt

Application method

• Attached documents

  Application Form : Online Submission

  CV in Japanese or English (the initial application requires no special CV form, but during the process of screening, applicants may be asked to submit the CV in our university form)
  Achievements and Activities : Online Submission

  a list of publications and presentations

  Other online application forms
  ・a one-page cover letter written in English;
  ・five academic publications which demonstrate academic achievement,
  preferably ones that have been published in the past five years (please mark the submitted items in the list of publications and presentations);
  ・contact details of two referees: names and contact information.

• Return of application documents

  Others

  ・In principle, application documents will not be returned.
  ・All personal information provided by the applicants will be handled with utmost care in accordance with university privacy regulations and will not be used for any purpose other than screening candidates for the position.

• * Out of application period.

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Selection / Notification of result

• Selection

  Screening:
  The first screening will consist of a documentary examination. The second screening is an interview. Applicants who pass the first screening will be notified about the interview. Interviewees may be asked to present a short demonstration lesson on the subject we assign.
  Interviewees will be responsible for travel and accommodation expenses for the interview.
  
  Applicants who reach the final stage of screening will be asked to submit opinions about the educational policies of our university.
  
  After the initial screening stage, you may be asked to submit original copies of documentation such as academic certificates, but you do not need to send these until you are contacted about doing so.

• Notification of result

  Applicants will be notified of the results at the end of the screening process.

Contact details

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Recruitment Results