Detailed information

Ended
Date of update : 2025/01/10 End date of accepting applications : 2025/02/05
Ended
Date of update : 2025/01/10
End date of accepting applications : 2025/02/05

Work location : Kinki district - Shiga

Date of publication : 2025/01/10

Specially Appointed Faculty Member ( Fixed-term, non-tenure, Native English Speaker )

D125010393

National university

Shiga University

Research field : Humanities & Social Sciences - Foreign language education

Associate Professor : Contract employee - Nontenured - Non-tenure track - Probationary period absent

Lecturer level : Contract employee - Nontenured - Non-tenure track - Probationary period absent

Job description

  • Background of the recruitment and description of the project

    Shiga University consists of three faculties: Economics, Data Science, and Education, along with their respective graduate schools. The university’s fundamental philosophy is to contribute to the sustainable development of humanity and society by nurturing highly specialized professionals with rich humanity and a global perspective, and by challenging creative academic research. The Faculty of Economics, together with the Faculty of Data Science located on the same Hikone campus, is also engaged in new interdisciplinary research and education aimed at driving social transformation towards Society 5.0.

  • Work content and job description

    Working 2 or 3 days a week, primarily responsible for (1) below, but may also perform tasks related to (2), (3), and (4) as needed.
    (1) Responsible for teaching English courses in Hikone Campus (10 to 14 courses, each with 15 sessions, per academic year. The number of courses will be determined through consultation, taking into account the workdays, the characteristics of the courses and our requirements.).
    (2) Tasks related to the ‘Business Insight Program based on New Comprehensive Knowledge through Data, Arts, and International Collaboration,’ adopted by Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT).
    (3) Duties related to supporting students learning English.
    (4) Entrance examination duties and other responsibilities as a university faculty member.

  • Assigned department

    Existing departments

    Faculty of Economics

Job type

  • Associate Professor
  • Lecturer level

Research field

  • Humanities & Social Sciences - Foreign language education

Wages

  • Common to all Job Types

    Annual Salary : 2 million yen ~ 3 million yen

    [Salary Model]
    ・2 workdays
    　 Associate Professor level : 262,500yen/month
    　Lecture level : 240,000 yen/month
    ・3 workdays
    　Associate Professor level : 315,000yen/month
    　Lecture level : 288,000 yen/month

    ・Only commuting allowance and entrance examination allowance will be provided. Bonuses and retirement allowances will not be provided.

Working hours

  • Common to all Job Types

    Working hours :08:45-17:30

    Holidays : 2 days per week :Three weekdays, Saturdays and Sundays, national holidays, and the year-end/New Year holidays.
    3 days per week :Two weekdays, Saturdays and Sundays, national holidays, and the year-end/New Year holidays.

    Overtime and other explanations : ・2 days per week：a 15.5-hour workweek over 2 days, working hours 08:45-17:30
    　3 days per week ：a 23-hour and15-minute workweek over 3 days, working hours 08:45-17:30

    ・Leave: Annual paid leave and special leave

Application requirements

Qualifications

  • Education and Degree Requirements

    Ph.D. / Doctor / Master

    ・A master’s degree or higher is required, preferably in TESOL/TEFL.
    ・At least two years of experience teaching English courses (e.g. Academic Writing, Presentation) at a Japanese university is required.
    ・Ability to use online Learning Management Systems (LMS) such as M Reader and Moodle.
    ・Must have Japanese language ability to be engaged in office work.

Employment Type

  • Common to all Job Types

    Contract employee

Contract period

  • Common to all Job Types

    Nontenured - Non-tenure track

    ・Nontenured, renewable annually at the end of the academic year, with the final contract date being March 31, 2030, or the end of the academic year in which the employee reaches the age of 70, whichever comes first. If you have worked at Shiga University (including as a part-time lecturer or specially appointed faculty, but excluding full-time faculty) within six months before the start date of employment, the duration will be shortened accordingly

    Probationary period absent

Work location

  • 522-8522 Shiga Hikone Campus Banba 1-1-1 Hikone City,　Shiga JAPAN

Compensation

  • Various systems

    Transportation expenses : available

    Retirement age : available

    Others : entrance examination allowance will be provided

  • Insurance

    Employees' Health Insurance : Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Mutual Aid Association
    2 workdays ：not available
    3 workdays ：available

    Employees' Pension Insurance : 2 workdays ：not available
    3 workdays ：available

    Worker's accident insurance : 2 workdays ：available
    3 workdays ：available

    Employment insurance : 2 workdays ：not available
    3 workdays ：available

  • Measures for preventing passive smoking at the workplace

    The entire campus is a smoke-free area.

Application Considerations

Number of hired

    1 person(s)

  • Description

    Specially Appointed Assistant Professor or Specially Appointed Lecturer, 1 position

    • Starting date : 2025/10/01

  • Job content supplemental explanation

    October 1st, 2025, or as soon as possible before that date (negotiable).

Application period

  • 2025/01/10~2025/02/05 Deadline for receipt

    From January 9th, 2025 to February 5th, 2025, must arrive by 3:00 PM JST on the end date

Application method

  • Attached documents

    Application Form : Online Submission , Mailing
    ・JREC-IN format* or an equivalent format
    ・For degrees, list the most recently obtained ones (up to four).
    Achievements and Activities : Online Submission , Mailing
    JREC-IN format* or an equivalent format

    Other online application forms
    ・Overview of Teaching Experience (around 2,000 words)
    ・ Aspirations regarding English education (around 1,000 words)

    Documents must be written in English.
    Submit the above files as email attachments to the address below. The subject line should be ‘Application for Faculty Position (English) - Deadline: 2/5’.
    (After receiving your email, we will send a confirmation email. If you do not receive a confirmation email by the second business day after sending, please contact us.)
    Submission by postal mail is also acceptable. ‘Application for Faculty Position (English) - Deadline: 2/5’ must be written in red ink on the envelope, and documents must be delivered by registered mail.

  • Return of application documents

    We will dispose of all application documents responsibly.

  • Application document submission method (physically mailed documents)

    522-8522 Shiga Hikone Campus Banba 1-1-1 Hikone City,　Shiga JAPAN
    Faculty Recruitment General Affairs and Planning Section, Administrative Office for the Faculty of Economics and Faculty of Data Science, Shiga University

  • * Out of application period.

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Selection / Notification of result

  • Selection

    [Selection]
    After the document screening, you may be invited for an interview, which may include a teaching demonstration. Please prepare the syllabus for 'Academic Writing' (2 credits, 15 sessions, each session 1.5 hours) by the interview. A portion of the travel and accommodation fees necessary for interviews is to be covered by the applicant. For applicants residing overseas, the applicant may request online interviews.

  • Notification of result

    Results will be notified by email only to those who pass the document screening for an interview.

Contact details

Shiga University

Administrative Office for the Faculty of Economics and Faculty of Data Science,

General Affairs and Planning Section

0749271030

ksyomu@biwako.shiga-u.ac.jp

For inquiries, please contact us via email.

Notes

・If you have been subject to disciplinary action, including for sexual harassment or other forms of sexual violence against students, please ensure to detail the nature of the action and the specific reasons in the ‘Awards and Punishments’ section of your resume. Providing false information may result in the cancellation of your employment or further disciplinary action.
・The application documents will not be returned in principle. Additionally, personal information included in the application documents will be used exclusively for selection and employment purposes.
・Shiga University is committed to gender equality in faculty recruitment (as per the Education and Research Council on December 12, 2006, and the Board of Directors on July 19, 2022). We welcome applications from female researchers and, when evaluations of achievements and qualifications are equal, we will give preference to female candidates.

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