Full-time Instructor in Japanese Language (three-year contract position, renewable)

1. Position/Number of openings

One (1) full-time instructor on a renewable three-year contract (April 1, 2025–March 31, 2028).

2. Duties

Teaching of intermediate and advanced Japanese, mostly to graduate students from North American universities who intend to become researchers or pursue other Japan-related work.

• Teaching Japanese language classes (including discipline-specific classes on law, religion, and/or courses on classical Japanese or kanbun).
• Developing new teaching materials.
• Other work related to the IUC’s Japanese language classes.

3. Qualifications

• Master’s degree required; PhD desirable.
• Ideally will have majored or minored in some other field in addition to Japanese/Japanese Language Pedagogy at university or graduate school
• Must have teaching experience in intermediate or advanced Japanese at a university or other institution of higher learning.
• Must be a native Japanese speaker or have equivalent Japanese language skills.
• IUC’s retirement age is 65.

4. Terms of Employment

• Working hours are 9:30–4:30 weekdays. Wednesday afternoons may be used for study or training outside the workplace.
• Days off: Saturday, Sunday, national holidays, and school holidays (New Year’s vacation, summer vacation, etc.).
• Teaching hours: Maximum of 13 classes a week (one class = 50 minutes).
• Pay: In accordance with IUC pay regulations.
• Benefits: Pension, health insurance, long-term care insurance (kaigo hoken; only those aged 40 or more are eligible), unemployment insurance, worker’s accident insurance (rōsai hoken).
• Commuting expenses: paid up to fixed maximum.

5. Period of Employment

• April 1, 2025–March 31, 2028 (with possibility of renewal).

6. Application Documents

• Curriculum vitae (with attached photograph)
• List of research achievements (including teaching materials).
• Chronology of Japanese language teaching experience (including type of students, dates, texts used, and school[s]).
• One major publication (photocopies permissible).
• Short essay (approximately 800 characters) on “my aspirations as a Japanese teacher.”
• One letter of recommendation.
  Notes:
  * All documents must be written in Japanese.
  * When sending physical documents, write “application for full-time instructor” on the
  envelope in red.
  * You may also submit your application by e-mail to <jobs@iucjapan.org>.
  * Application documents submitted will not be returned.
  * Shortlisted candidates invited to the IUC for a test and interview (see below) will be asked to bring along a video (approximately 15 minutes) of a class they have taught.
  * Please refrain from inquiring as to the status of your application.

7. Application Deadline

• All documents must arrive by February 15, 2025 Japan time.

8. Selection Process

• Initial screening will be on the basis of documents submitted. Applicants shortlisted following
  the initial screening will be asked to come to the IUC for a written test and interview.
  Notes:
  * Applicants may also be asked to give a demonstration class on the day of the test/interview.
  * Applicants are responsible for their own transportation to the IUC for the test/interview.
  * Other arrangements (e.g., Zoom interview) may be made for those applying from abroad.

9. Address for Submission of Documents/Location of Work

• Search Committee
  Inter-University Center for Japanese Language Studies
  Pacifico Yokohama, 5F
  1-1-1 Minato Mirai
  Nishi-ku, Yokohama
  Japan 220-0012
• E-mail: jobs@iucjapan.org.
• The IUC is located 5 minutes by foot from Minato Mirao Station on the Minato Mirai Line and 15 minutes by foot from Sakuragi-chō Station on the JR Negishi Line/Yokohama Municipal Subway Blue Line.