Job type

• Lecturer level

Research field

• Humanities & Social Sciences - Linguistics

Wages

• Annual Salary : 5 million yen ~ 9 million yen

Qualifications

• Education and Degree Requirements

  Ph.D. / Doctor / Master

  A Master’s degree or above.

• Work experience

  Applicants should meet one or more of the below qualifications:
  ・More than three years of teaching experience in higher education
  ・Teaching experience as an Assistant Professor (jokyo) or a Lecturer (koshi).
  ・Expert knowledge or outstanding experience in their field.

• Description

  Expectations for Candidates: Those who satisfy conditions (1) ~ (6) below.
  (1) Candidates must agree with the fundamental principles and goals of APU, and be passionate about teaching at APU.
  (2) Candidates must agree with our policy of developing of learners who have not only “Japanese language proficiency” but also “intercultural competence” and “autonomous learning skills” and be enthusiastic about teaching them. Candidates with experience teaching such skills are preferred.
  (3) Candidates are preferred who have experience teaching Japanese classes at various levels, from Foundation to Advanced.
  (4) Candidates must be able to coordinate Japanese language courses.
  (5) Candidates must have the language skills in English and Japanese necessary to carry out their duties.
  (6) Candidates must be able to work collaboratively with faculty and staff and carry out their duties as a member of the Center for Language Education.

Employment Type

• Regular employee

  Tenured Senior Lecturer
  *There is no promotion system for this position.

Contract period

• Tenured - Non-tenure track

  Probationary period absent

Work location

• 874-8577 Oita 1-1 Jumonjibaru, Beppu, Oita 874-8577 Japan

Compensation

• Various systems

  Pay increase system : available (Once per year, salary increase in April)

  Bonus : available(Twice per year, paid in June and December)

  Retirement allowances : available

  Transportation expenses : available (Fixed amount of \22,500 per month)

  Retirement age : available (The mandatory day of retirement (age 60) is the end of the academic year for the year in which age 60 was reached (March 31)

• Insurance

  Employees' Health Insurance : available

  Employees' Pension Insurance : available

  Worker's accident insurance : available

  Employment insurance : available

  Others : Nursing insurance provided

• Supplementary explanation of compensation

  ・Moving allowance provided (\500,000 for relocation from overseas, \300,000 (*) for relocation from within Japan)
  (*) Only for cases in which the nearest public transportation of the address prior to relocation to the nearest publication of the address of relocation is over 80 km
  ・When the hours taught exceed the required teaching hours stipulated in the required hours regulations, an overtime allowance will be provided.

Application Considerations

• Others

  * If applications cannot be made from the JREC-IN Portal, the data capacity has possibly been exceeded (maximum of 30 MB) or characters not permitted for use are possibly being used in the compressed folder title. Please submit the documents upon confirming that the data capacity is below 30 MB and half-width alphanumeric symbols are being used in the compressed folder title.

Number of hired

1 person(s)

Hiring date : 2025/10/01

Starting date : 2025/10/01

Application period

• 2025/01/16~2025/03/18 Deadline for receipt

  Application Deadline: Tuesday, 18 March, 2025 by 23:59 (JST)

Application method

• Application documents (specified forms)

  • 1.【Please enter your name here】Form1-EN.docx
  • 1.【ここに氏名を記載してください】Form1-JA.docx
  • 2.【Please enter your name here】Form3_JE.xlsx
  • 3.【Please enter your name here】Form5-EN.docx
  • 3.【ここに氏名を記載してください】Form5-JA.docx
  • 6.【Please enter your name here】Form7-CLE_JE.xlsx

• Attached documents

  Other online application forms
  Please see the attached document for details.
  (1) Curriculum Vitae/Education, Employment, and Research Experience [Form 1] (Microsoft Word)
  (2) Language Proficiency Report (Microsoft Excel) [Form 3]
  (3) Statement of Intent for Application (reason for applying to APU, etc.) [Form 5] (Microsoft Word)
  (4) Proof of highest level of education (PDF) (Copy of diploma is acceptable).
  (5) Names, positions, and contact information of two professional references [Any format]
  (6) Checklist for Document Submission (Microsoft Excel) [Form 7]
  
  [Notes and Warnings]
  * Please download the prescribed forms from APU public call page on JREC-IN.
  *We strongly prefer that applicants submit the above documents in both English and Japanese.
  *When writing your teaching and research experience, if there are any periods of inactivity in your research history, please include explanations for those periods (ex: birth of a child, childcare, caring for an elderly family member, etc.).
  *All submitted files should have the document number and [Your Name] at the beginning of the file name.
  *We may ask you to provide additional details about your educational and research achievements as part of the screening process.
  *If you are offered a position at APU, you will be requested to complete a health check and submit the results.
  
  [Submission]
  ① Please include the document number and your [full name] in the file name.
  (Ex.) 1. 【SATO Hanako】Form1-EN.docx
  ② Please add all application documents above to a single compressed folder.
  [Compression: Zip format / data capacity: 30 MB max]
  ③ Please make the compressed folder title your name in roman characters (half-width
  alphanumeric characters).
  

• Return of application documents

  Others

  Please note that we will be unable to return any submitted documents. Any personal information provided as part of the application process will be handled with the utmost care and in accordance with university regulations. The information will not be used for any purposes other than screening candidates for employment.

• * Out of application period.

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Selection / Notification of result

• Selection

  Applicants who pass the document screening will be asked to give a mock lecture to the interviewing committee at the time of the interview.
  Interviews will be held from Saturday, May 31, 2025 onwards.

• Notification of result

  Results will be sent by email in early August, 2025.

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