Announcement of Position Opening: Lecturer in German with fields of expertise in social sciences and/or humanities
Chuo University, comprised of six colleges, is one of the oldest private universities based in Tokyo, Japan. It has established an outstanding record of academic excellence since it was founded in 1885.
The Faculty of Policy Studies offers a multidisciplinary liberal arts education. The Faculty is currently seeking highly qualified candidates at the rank of Lecturer, who are capable of teaching not only German as a foreign language but also academic courses from the lecturer’s fields of expertise in social sciences and/or humanities (including business, law, and journalism).
Qualifications: Native or near-native German competency; Native or near-Native English competency; PhD from a university outside Japan; a proven record of academic achievement, including research publication; teaching experience at the university level; more than two fields of expertise from social sciences and/or humanities (including business, law, and journalism). Candidates currently residing in Japan are not eligible to apply for the position.
Responsibilities:
(1) Teaching six classes of German (as a foreign language) per semester, at beginner, intermediate, and/or advanced levels.
(2) Teaching two academic courses per semester in English from the lecturer’s fields of expertise in social sciences and/or humanities (including business, law, and journalism), for the total of four courses per annum, as part of the English-mediated multidisciplinary program of the Faculty. The exact composition of German and academic classes, for the total of eight per semester, depends on student enrollment.
(3) Performing such other duties as may be deemed necessary by the Faculty.
Each class meets once a week and fifteen times per semester. One session lasts 90 minutes.
Contract: The contract is initially for one year, but is renewable every year up to three years provided that the duties are performed well.
Starting Date: April 1, 2012.
Compensation: Annual salary, ?5,070,000 (approximately, ?44,000 at the exchange rate of ?115/?, US$61,800 at the exchange rate of ?82/$); airfare to Tokyo (reimbursed upon arrival); subsidized furnished accommodation (at the cost of ?42,200 per month to the Lecturer); health insurance; return airfare upon termination of the contract.
Application Procedure: Submit letter of application, detailed CV (written in English, with email address), three letters of reference, and four main published works of single authorship (two in each language)
either by e-mail to:
Hiroaki Hayakawa, Faculty of Policy Studies, Chuo University at: hayakawa@fps.chuo-u.ac.jp,
or by airmail to:
Recruiting Committee, Faculty of Policy Studies, Chuo University
742-1 Higashinakano, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0393, Japan
Application Deadline: September 30, 2011.
For information about the University and the Faculty, please access our online website at:
http://www2.chuo-u.ac.jp/global/
For information about the multidisciplinary program (the Challengers’ Program) of the Faculty, please
access its website at:
http://www.fps.chuo-u.ac.jp/e/ChallePro/2011_the_Compendium_of_Syllabi.pdf
For general inquiries, contact: hayakawa@fps.chuo-u.ac.jp