Recruitment of Associate Professor in Institute of GIGAKU, Japanese Studies Group, Department of General Education

Specialized Fields: Japanese Language Education, Japanese Language Education for Engineering and International Collaborative Education

Work content and job description
Japanese language instruction for international students in engineering programs, and the development of Japanese language teaching materials. Primary responsibilities include international collaboration—particularly tasks related to the planning, development, and implementation of Japanese language programs within international educational partnerships, such as the twinning programs promoted by the university—as well as domestic and international admissions procedures. Additionally, duties include those of a full-time faculty member at the university and the advancement of research related to the aforementioned specialized fields.
(Scope of change) Duties as determined by the University.

Description
Applicants must hold a master’s degree or higher in a field related to Japanese language education and be passionate about teaching and research in the above-mentioned areas. Applicants must have teaching experience in classroom-based courses at universities or similar institutions in Japan or abroad. Applicants must have experience in international collaboration, including the planning, development, and implementation of Japanese language education programs at universities in Japan and abroad. Applicants must have experience developing teaching materials for Japanese language education in engineering fields. Applicants must be native speakers of Japanese or possess equivalent proficiency.

Insurance
Employees' Health Insurance :
available Joining the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Mutual Aid Association.

Measures for preventing passive smoking at the workplace
No smoking on the premises (designated outdoor smoking areas provided)

Supplementary explanation of compensation
【Salary Regulations for Employees】
https://public2.legalcrud.com/nagaokaut/act/110000145.html
【Regulations for Staff Subject to the New Annual Salary System】
https://public2.legalcrud.com/nagaokaut/act/110000147.html
【Staff Employment Regulations】
https://public2.legalcrud.com/nagaokaut/act/110000140.html

Attached documents
Other online application forms
[1] Curriculum vitae (including profile photo, activities of academic society, reward and punishment, e-mail address,
etc.)
(Please use the prescribed form.)(https://www.nagaokaut.ac.jp/outline/recruit/teaching-staff/index.html)
[2] List of educational and research achievements: List the following categories.
(1) Peer-reviewed papers,
(2) Internaional conference papers (indicate whether peer-reviewed),
(3) Keynote addresses and invited lectures,
(4) Patents (including the application number and registration number),
(5) Books, reviews, and commentaries,
(6) Achievement of acquisition of external funding (classified into representatives and others),
(7) Domestic and international education/research history,
(8) Academic society activities (including overseas), and
(9) Other notable achievements such as awards.
[3] Reprints of major papers (about 5, photocopies acceptable),
[4] Research plan and statement(about 2,000 characters on A4 paper)
[5] Future education and research plan (about 2,000 characters on A4 paper)
Please create each of the submitting documents (1) to (5) in PDF file, and compile them into one ZIP file. Please name the ZIP file as "Teacher in charge of Japanese Language Education (Associate Professor)_YourName.ZIP", and attach it to the following e-mail address.
Department Head of General Education, Prof. Ariyuki KATO arikato@vos.nagaokaut.ac.jp
※Please use the subject line "Application for Teacher in charge of Japanese Language Education (Associate Professor) (YourName)".
※The zip file size should be less than 10MB.
※Personal information contained in application documents will be managed appropriately and will not be used for any purpose other than selection and hiring.

Selection
First Selection: Document Screening
Second Selection:Interview and Presentation
*Applicants are responsible for their own travel and accommodation expenses for the selection process.