Job opening
Title
Specially Appointed Assistant Professor (Full time)
Institution

National Institute of Technology, Matsue CollegeURL

https://www.matsue-ct.jp/

Department

Department of Humanities[Explanation of institution]
National Institute of Technology, Matsue College is one of the 51 National Institutes of Technology in Japan,
which are categorized into a higher education institution of science and technology in the Japanese educationalsystem. This institution offers a 5-year course, leading to the equivalent of an associate degree and a 2-year
advanced course, leading to the equivalent of a bachelor’s degree.

[Job details]
A new course curriculum for English classes aimed at cultivating global engineers is in development. For thispurpose, new classes place a high priority on practical communication skills. The successful candidate will becharged with helping to implement this new curriculum, using a communicative, active-learning based approach.

Classes: Subjects related to our Global Engineer Project such as Practical English Communication, PracticalContentsofjob

English for Engineering (in an active-learning style based on Problem-Based Learning, Content and Language
Integrated Learning, etc.)
information
Other responsibilities: management of Global Commons (aimed at supporting student development outside ofthe classroom), development of international exchange programs, student support, etc.

[Address of work location]
14-4 Nishi Ikuma-cho, Matsue-shi, Shimane-ken, Japan 690-8518[Number of positions]
1 position[Starting date]
As soon as possible after October 1, 2024

1

Broad category

Engineering

Small category

mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, control engineering, computer science,

Research field

civil engineering, etc.

(Field 1 and 2)
Broad category

Humanities

Small category

Any field related to English education

2
Job type

Specially Appointed Assistant Professor (Full time)

Employment

Full-time (with fixed term)

status*This is employment as a full-time faculty member as stipulated in the employment regulations for fixed term
faculty and staff.

As early as possible after October 1, 2024, to March 31, 2029
* Employment is not guaranteed until March31, 2029. Candidates are assessed annually based on the school
Employment

standards, and their contracts are renewed according to their work performance and the budget allocated by theperiod

National Institute of Technology for the Global Engineer Project.
* A successful candidate may be hired as an indefinite-term teacher from April 1, 2029, depending on their workperformance.
Ideally, applicants should satisfy the following requirements:(1) Should be able to collaborate with the Japanese teachers and mentor students.
(2) Must have a master’s degree or a bachelor’s degree with teaching experience of at least two years.
(3) Must have native speaker proficiency of English with foreign nationality or former foreign nationality.
(Japanese nationals who have completed a doctoral course at a foreign university are treated as foreign

Qualifications

nationals.)(4) Can closely communicate with students and dedicate oneself to nurturing prospective global engineers.
(5) Can support students studying abroad and making presentations at international conferences.
(6) Can contact overseas higher education institutions and develop new international exchange programs for thisinstitution.
(7) Must be able to work in Japanese.

DeadlineforMust arrive no later than July 31, 2024

application[Documents to be submitted](1) CV (since graduation from high school) with a recent photo, phone number, postal and e-mail addresses, namesof all the academic degrees with dates awarded, outline of professional career, educational and social activities,prizes/awards. Please download the MS Word file for CV from the following website:
https://www.matsue-ct.jp/information/faculty-and-staff-recruitment/(2) List of educational outcomes and/or published research articles (books, peer-reviewed papers, oral/poster
presentations, etc.)(3) Short essay about your goals on teaching English and guiding our students at this school (within 1 page on A4
Application
size sheet)/selection(4) Outline of your teaching experience (within 1 page on A4 size sheet)/notification(5) Letter of recommendation or the contact information of a recommender (with their name, occupation, postalof the results
and e-mail addresses, and phone number)/contact(6) Return envelope without stamps (in size no. 3 long-type, with the applicant’s name, postal address, and zip
details
code written)[Mailing address for application]
Personnel and Labor Subsection, General Affairs Section,
National Institute of Technology, Matsue College
14-4 Nishi Ikuma-cho, Matsue-shi, Shimane-ken, Japan 690-8518*Applicants must write “Application documents for the English teacher position for the Global EngineerProject” in red on the front page of the envelope. The documents must be sent by registered mail.

[Processes of selection]
First, document screening will be done and then an interview with a trial lesson will be arranged for thecandidates who passed the first screening. (The date of an interview will be announced after the first selection.)*Application documents will not be returned*The applicant must bear responsibility for travel expenses for the interview.

[Contact details]
Prof. Mayumi HATTORI (Manager of the Global Engineer Project)
Department of Humanities,
National Institute of Technology, Matsue College
Tel: +81-852-36-5161
E-mail: hattori@matsue-ct.ac.jp(1) In addition to teaching English, teacher’s responsibilities involve student guidance (e.g. to support our students
studying abroad and making presentations in English at conferences).
(2) If the candidate is employed as a tenured teacher after the contract year, they will then be required to participate
in school management activities such as being a homeroom teacher, arranging club activities, day/night dutyof the students’ dormitory, and contributing to the development of the local community.
(3) We promote diversity and strive to recruit a diverse workforce. We particularly welcome female researchers
Notesand give preference to female candidates when their qualifications (including education, researchachievements, social contributions, and character) are equivalent to those of male candidates.
(4) The private information of applicants is used selection purposes only and will never be opened to any third
party or the public.
(5) Compensation such as salary is based on the regulations of fixed term employees of the Institute of National
Colleges of Technology, Japan.