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Now recruiting
Date of update : 2025/01/23 End date of accepting applications : 2025/03/28
Now recruiting
Date of update : 2025/01/23
End date of accepting applications : 2025/03/28

Work location : Hokkaido district - Hokkaido

Date of publication : 2025/01/24

A full-time specially appointed, non-tenured Professor or Associate Professor (English Language Education)

D125011420

National university

Hokkaido University

Research field : Humanities & Social Sciences - Linguistics | Humanities & Social Sciences - Area studies | Others - Others - Media studies | Humanities & Social Sciences - Foreign language education

Professor level : Contract employee - Nontenured - Non-tenure track - Probationary period present

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

Job description

  • Background of the recruitment and description of the project

    HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY

    https://www.global.hokudai.ac.jp/

  • Work content and job description

    [Position]
    A full-time specially appointed, non-tenured associate professor or professor in the Research Faculty of Media and Communication, Hokkaido University.

    [Teaching Duties]
    -Immediately after hiring: Teaching English as a foreign language to undergraduate students along with other English language-related subjects.
    -Scope of Change: Duties as determined by the University

    [Responsibilities]
    (i) Teaching a maximum of 9 courses (18 classroom hours) per week,
    (ii) Conducting academic research and developing teaching materials,
    (iii) Entrance examination preparations and grading

  • Assigned department

    Existing departments

    -Immediately after hiring: Research Faculty of International Media and Communication

    Precautions : -Scope of Change: Location as determined by the University

Job type

  • Professor level
  • Associate Professor

Research field

  • Humanities & Social Sciences - Linguistics
  • Humanities & Social Sciences - Area studies
  • Others - Others

    Media studies

  • Humanities & Social Sciences - Foreign language education

Wages

  • Common to all Job Types

    Annual Salary : 6 million yen ~ 8 million yen

    Salary:
    Roughly 6.4 million yen per year for associate professor, and 7.4 million yen per year for professor.

Working hours

  • Common to all Job Types

    Working hours :08:30-17:00

    Break time :12:15-13:00

    Holidays : Saturdays, Sundays, national holidays of Japan, from December 29 to January 3, and the days the University specifies.

    Overtime and other explanations : - Discretionary Labor System for Professional Work or Fixed Working Hour System based on agreement
    - Determined in accordance with the Hokkaido University Working Hours, Break Times, Holidays and Leave Rules
    - [For Discretionary Labor System for Professional Work]
    The work hours per day are deemed as 7 hours and 45 minutes
    - [For Fixed Working Hour System]
    Work hours: 8:30 to 17:00
    Break time: 12:15 to 13:00
    Overtime work: Applicable

Application requirements

Qualifications

  • Education and Degree Requirements

    Ph.D. / Doctor / Master

  • Description

    (i) Native speaker of English,
    (ii) Master’s degree (PhD holder preferred),
    (iii) Active research career in Linguistics/TESOL, Area Studies (American Studies, British Studies, Asian/Japanese Studies, etc.) or Media Studies.
    (iv) Professional qualifications and/or work experience in TESOL.

Employment Type

  • Common to all Job Types

    Contract employee

    Full-time (Non-tenured) : Please note that the employment of this post is "part-time" even though it is full-time working hours Monday to Friday.

Contract period

  • Common to all Job Types

    Nontenured - Non-tenure track

    The contract period is four years. Contract renewal is possible depending upon evaluation of work/academic achievements during the contract period. The period of the renewed contract is four years for a total of 8 years maximum.

    Probationary period present

    Trial Period 1 months

Work location

  • 060-0817 Hokkaido Kita 17, Nishi 8, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan Research Faculty of Media and Communication, Hokkaido University

Compensation

  • Various systems

    Transportation expenses : 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

    Hokkaido University is a non-smoking environment, except in designated outdoor smoking areas.

Application Considerations

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

    Interviews will be conducted online. Details will be provided to eligible applicants.

Number of hired

    1 person(s)

    Hiring date : 2025/10/01

    Starting date : 2025/10/01

Application period

  • 2025/01/24~2025/03/28 Deadline for receipt

    Application Deadline: March 28th, 2025 (Japan Time: 5:00 PM)

Application method

  • Attached documents

    Application Form : Online Submission
    include your date of birth
    Achievements and Activities : Online Submission
    List of publications. List separately those publications in refereed journals and those which are unrefereed articles or conference presentations/proceedings

    Other online application forms
    To be sent via the JREC-in application site.

    1) An application form (one Word or pdf file) containing:
    a) Cover letter (2 pages of A4 maximum) including your reasons for applying, teaching philosophy, and any particular contributions you can make to the department,
    b) Resume (include your date of birth),
    c) List of publications. List separately those publications in refereed journals and those which are unrefereed articles or conference presentations/proceedings,
    d) Contact details (name, affiliation, title, email address, telephone number) of two referees. At least one must be currently employed in higher education.

    2) One sample of your research
    A pdf file or scan of a published paper, a draft of a conference presentation, or an MA/PhD thesis chapter.

    3) A scanned version of the degree certificate of the highest degree obtained.

    Please submit the application documents by making a single ZIP file and uploading via the JREC-IN portal.
    The ZIP file should contain PDF files of (1) (a)~(d), (2) and (3), and be titled with your first and last names as follows: “Firstname_Familyname.zip”.

  • Return of application documents

    We will dispose of all application documents responsibly.

    *Personal information will be used for screening purposes only.

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  • Selection

    Applicants who pass the document-based screening will be selected for an interview.

  • Notification of result

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Contact details

Hokkaido University

Research Faculty of Media and Communication, Hokkaido University

Prof. TSUCHIDA EIKO

tsuchida@imc.hokudai.ac.jp

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