University or Organization: Kyushu University
Department: English Department, Faculty of Humanities
Job Location: Fukuoka-ken, Japan
Job Title: Visiting Lecturer
Job Rank: Lecturer, Associate Professor

Specialty Areas: General Linguistics; Pragmatics; Semantics; Sociolinguistics; Syntax

Required Language(s): English (eng)

Description:

The Faculty of Humanities, Kyushu University, Japan, announces an opening for a Visiting Lecturer, term limited, from October 1st, 2024.

The applicant should:
(1) be a native speaker of English and be able to serve as a consultant of English data
for academic research.
(2) have a professional interest in teaching English linguistics and other courses (including English conversation, composition, academic writing and cultural studies).
(3) have a Ph.D. or equivalent qualification (although applicants holding a Master’s degree or equivalent qualification will also be considered).
(4) be able to teach English linguistics and academic writing as a graduate course.

The official status will be term-limited visiting lectureship with the teaching load of approximately five to seven 90-minute classes per week. It is necessary to cooperate in marking of the Kyushu University Entrance Examinations and other office duties.

Term of Employment: one year, renewable

Remuneration will be approximately 4.5 to 6 million yen per annum before tax depending on age, qualifications and experience, which will be decided in accordance with the relevant regulations stipulated by Kyushu University. Travel expenses from the selected applicant’s present address to Fukuoka will be refunded by the university.

Applicants are requested to send the following documents to the address below:
(1) Curriculum Vitae (including the date of birth and the academic record since elementary school).
(2) Recent photograph.
(3) List of publications.

*We also accept applications by e-mail to [email protected]
*Applications must be received by June 30th, 2024.
*The starting date for this position is October 1st, 2024.

The final decision will be made following a personal interview, which may be conducted online via Microsoft Teams.

Application materials will not be returned. (If you wish them to be returned, state it explicitly and enclose an envelope with your address on it.)

Others:
- In compliance with the Personal Information Protection Law in Japan, the personal information that we obtain will be used only for the selection of this Fixed-Term position.
- Kyushu University particularly welcomes applications from female researchers and makes an effort to provide a comfortable work environment for them. Kyushu University will also select a candidate following the principles of the Basic Act for Gender-Equal Society (Act No.78 of 1999). For more details, please refer to the website of Office for Promotion of Gender Equality, Kyushu University: http://danjyo.kyushu-u.ac.jp/en/index.php.
- Kyushu University will select a candidate following the principles of the Basic Act for Persons with Disabilities (Act No.84 of May 21, 1970), the Act on Employment Promotion etc. of Persons with Disabilities (Act No.123 of 1960) and the Act for Eliminating Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities (Act No.65 of June 26, 2013).
- Working hours: Based on Discretionary Labor System for professional work, Kyushu University allows the employee to engage in his/her work while leaving it to his/her discretion to decide the means and the allotment of time for performing the work and regarding them as having worked for the prescribed number of working hours (7 hours and 45 minutes), irrespective of how much time he/she has actually spent on his/her work.
- Days off：Every Saturday and Sunday, national holidays, and other specified days.
- Social Insurance: The health insurance, pension insurance, mutual retirement pension programs of Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Mutual Society, and employment insurance of Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare.
- Secondhand smoking measures：Smoking is prohibited at Kyushu University.

For further information on this post, please mail to [email protected]

Application Deadline: 30-Jun-2024
Mailing Address for Applications:
Job Application Nobuaki Nishioka
Department of English Language and Literature
Faculty of Humanities, Kyushu University
744 Motooka, Nishi-ku
Fukuoka-shi, Fukuoka-ken 819-0395
Email Address for Applications: [email protected]
Contact Information:
Professor Nobuaki Nishioka
Email: [email protected]
Phone: +81928025048