Employment of a Visiting Lecturer, Term Limited
The Faculty of Humanities, Kyushu University, Japan, announces an opening for aVisiting Lecturer, term limited, from October 1st, 2024.
1. The applicant should:(1) be a native speaker of English and be able to serve as a consultant of English datafor academic research.
(2) have a professional interest in teaching English linguistics and other courses(including English conversation, composition, academic writing and culturalstudies).
(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.
2. The official status will be term-limited visiting lectureship with the teaching load ofapproximately 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.
3. Term of Employment: one year, renewable
4. 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 accordancewith the relevant regulations stipulated by Kyushu University. Travel expenses fromthe selected applicant’s present address to Fukuoka will be refunded by the university.
5. Applicants are requested to send the following documents toNobuaki Nishioka,
the Department of English Language and Literature, the Faculty of Humanities,
Kyushu University,744, Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka, 819-0395, Japan.
(1) Curriculum Vitae (including the date of birth and the academic record since theelementary school).
(2) Recent photograph.
(3) List of publications.

*We also accept applications by e-mail to nishioka@lit.kyushu-u.ac.jp
Applications must be received by June 30th, 2024.
6. The final decision will be made following a personal interview, which may be
conducted online via Microsoft Teams.
7. 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.)
8. Others:(i) In compliance with the Personal Information Protection Law in Japan, thepersonal information that we obtain will be used only for the selection of thisFixed-Term position.
(ii) Kyushu University particularly welcomes applications from female researchersand makes an effort to provide a comfortable work environment for them.
Kyushu University will also select a candidate following the principles of theBasic 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.
(iii) 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 (ActNo.65 of June 26, 2013).
(iv) 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 muchtime he/she has actually spent on his/her work.
(v) Days off：Every Saturday and Sunday, national holidays, and other specifieddays.
(vi) Social Insurance: The health insurance, pension insurance, mutual retirement
pension programs of Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science andTechnology Mutual Society, and employment insurance of Ministry of Health,Labor and Welfare.
(vii) Secondhand smoking measures：Smoking is prohibited at Kyushu University.
For further information on this post, please mail to nishioka@lit.kyushu-u.ac.jp