Detailed information

Ended
Date of update : 2025/03/05 End date of accepting applications : 2025/04/18
Ended
Date of update : 2025/03/05
End date of accepting applications : 2025/04/18

Work location : Tohoku district - Miyagi

Date of publication : 2025/02/28

Recruitment of Professor, Associate Professor, Lecturer or Assistant Professor (English and Literature Field)

D125021554

Private university

Tohoku Gakuin University

Research field : Humanities & Social Sciences - English literature and literature in the English language

Professor level : Regular employee - Tenured - Non-tenure track - Probationary period absent

Associate Professor : Regular employee - Tenured - Non-tenure track - Probationary period absent

Lecturer level : Regular employee - Tenured - Non-tenure track - Probationary period absent

Assistant Professor level : Regular employee - Tenured - Non-tenure track - Probationary period absent

Job description

  • Background of the recruitment and description of the project

    Filling Vacancies. Our university aims to contribute to the creation of world culture and the welfare of mankind on the basis of Christian character education, so we prefer Cristians of evangelical faith or those who understand the founding spirit of our university.

  • Work content and job description

    Undergraduate level:
    Integrated English, Academic Writing, Introduction to English Grammar, Learning English as a Second Language. Also seminar courses and intermediate-level courses in English language.
    Post-graduate level (if eligible):
    Courses in English and American Literature

    Please note that the subjects you are responsible for may change in line with future curriculum revisions. You will be required to carry out various tasks based on the philosophy and educational objectives of the faculty and the department.

  • Assigned department

    Existing departments

    Department of English

Job type

  • Professor level
  • Associate Professor
  • Lecturer level
  • Assistant Professor level

Research field

  • Humanities & Social Sciences - English literature and literature in the English language

Wages

  • Common to all Job Types

    Annual Salary : 6 million yen ~

    Salary and other benefits will be commensurate with the qualifications of the candidate, according to the regulations of Tohoku Gakuin University. Varies according to benefits.
    Assistant Professor / Lecturer: 6 million~10million, Associate Professor: 6.7 million~11million, Professor: 9 million~14million (Actual results for FY2023)
    Updated on wages on March 4th.

Working hours

  • Common to all Job Types

    Working hours :08:30-17:00

    Holidays : One day to be specified from Monday to Saturday, Sunday, public holidays, Christmas, New Years holiday (12/29~1/3)

    Overtime and other explanations : When applying the discretionary working system for specialized work, the applicable person is deemed to have worked 7 hours and 30minutes a day, and the means of carrying out the work and its time allocation are left to the discretion of the individual.

Application requirements

Qualifications

  • Education and Degree Requirements

    Ph.D. / Doctor

    Candidates must meet ALL of the following criteria:
    （１）Have an understanding of the Christian education and school philosophy of Tohoku Gakuin University
    （２）Have a Ph.D. or equivalent qualifications in the field of specialization
    （３）Have a native-like proficiency in English
    （４）Have sufficient Japanese ability to fulfill administrative responsibilities
    （５）Have an enthusiasm for teaching and researching within the Faculty of Letters, and a willingness to undertake administrative responsibilities including serving on various committees and contributing to the local community.

Employment Type

  • Common to all Job Types

    Regular employee

Contract period

  • Common to all Job Types

    Tenured - Non-tenure track

    Probationary period absent

Work location

  • 980-8511 Miyagi Tsuchitoi Campus (1-3-1 Tsuchitoi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan)

Compensation

  • Various systems

    Pay increase system : available

    Bonus : available

    Retirement allowances : available

    Transportation expenses : available

    Retirement age : 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

    Smoking is not permitted on all premises. Smoking areas outside (Tsuchitoi).

  • Supplementary explanation of compensation

    We plan to introduce the core faculty system starting in April 2025.
    Bonus: twice a year (June, December)
    Allowance: commuting allowance, housing allowance, service allowance, duty allowance, adjustment allowance
    Personal research expenses: 270 thousand a year (Actual results for FY2024)
    Research travel expenses: 3 domestic research travels, 1 abroad research travel, 1 research and data collection trip (within fiscal year) (Actual result for FY2024)

Application Considerations

Number of hired

    1 person(s)

    Starting date : 2026/04/01

Application period

  • 2025/02/28~2025/04/18 Deadline for receipt

Application method

  • Application documents (specified forms)

    • 1+Tohoku+Gakuin+CV.doc
    • 2+Tohoku+Gakuin+Education+and+Reserch+Achievements.doc

  • Attached documents

    Application Form : Online Submission
    (1) CV (Use form provided as an attachment)
    Achievements and Activities : Online Submission
    (2) List of research achievements (Use form provided as an attachment)

    Other online application forms
    (3) An overview of research and educational background (around 800 characters) (PDF)
    (4) Originals, offprints, or copies of three major publications. Provide abstracts in Japanese (around 800 characters) for each publication. (PDF)
    (5) An overview of the educational and research goals you plan to achieve while at our institution (no more than 2000 characters written in Japanese) (PDF)
    (6) A copy of highest diploma (PDF)
    *All the application documents, including to CV and List of research achievements, must be written in Japanese. You may also attach documents in English as a supplement to the documents in Japanese.

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Selection / Notification of result

  • Selection

    1. Document screening
    2. Interview (The details will be provided to selected candidates.)

  • Notification of result

    E-mail

Contact details

Tohoku Gakuin University

Department of English

Toyoshima Takashi

toyoshima(at)mail.tohoku-gakuin.ac.jp

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