Practical English Full-time Instructors
Job Information
Title:

Practical English Instructor

Outline:

The Practical English Center oversees English
education at Yokohama City University. All students
must achieve 500 on the ITP-TOEFL before beginningtheir third year classes. To help the students achieve
this goal YCU is hiring highly qualified TESOL
professionals.
Duties: Teach ten 90 minute classes per week in two
15 week semesters. Counsel students outside of class.
Participate in center meetings. Assist in creation ofcourse materials. Administer the ITP-TOEFL six orseven times per year on Saturdays. The language ofinstruction in all Practical English classes is English.
Instructors are expected to be on campus during classbreak periods and are required to teach extra classes
during these periods including some classes for theExtension Center.
Benefits: Small classes of 20-25 students. Clear
objectives. Paid holidays. Four day work week.

Institution:

Yokohama City University

Department:

Practical English Center

Type of institution:

Public University Holding Company

Location:

Kanazawa-Hakkei Campus:
22-2 Seto, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama-shi
Fukuura Campus:
3-9 Fukuura, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama-shi

District:

Kanto Koshinetsu district

Job title:

InstructorRank:

Full-Time (Temporary)

Number of positions:

2Research field:

Human science－linguistics

Qualifications:

1. A master’s degree in TESOL, English education ora highly related field, or equivalent knowledge orexperience.
2. Native speaker of English or near native speaker
ability.
・For non-native speakers of English preference
will be given to those who are able to presents us
with an iBT-TOEFL score report of 80 or its

equivalent which is no more than two years old.
3. Experience teaching at the college level preferred.
4. Conversational Japanese ability preferred for
non-Japanese applicants.
5. Preference will be given to applicants withrelevant experience.
Deadline for applications:

September 2, 2024
The application period may be extended depending on
the status of applications.

Starting date:

April 1, 2025

Application materials:

1. Resume including a list of publication with recent
photograph (Please download the YCU English
resume and publication forms. Only resumes inthis official format will be reviewed. No
handwritten resumes accepted.)
2. A short essay describing your teaching experiences(no more than 500 words)
3. Two letters of recommendation
4. Non-native speakers should include a test score
report indicating their current English ability.

To apply:

resumeWordpublication

Word

Application documents are to be submitted byuploading data.
1. Please fill in the required fields in Forms andsubmit your entry.
https://forms.office.com/r/dHZJjTZqkc** Entry Deadline: August 26, 2024, 12:00（noon）※Japan time
2. We will contact you shortly with the address foruploading your application materials.
** Upload Deadline: September 2, 2024, 12:00（noon） ※Japan time
3. Once uploaded, please send an email to theaddress below with the subject line "Call for
Faculty Positions (Practical English Instructor)"
for confirmation.
E-mail: cy_jinji@yokohama-cu.ac.jp** Submitted documents will not be returned. We
will responsibly discard the materials after theselection process is completed.

Selection process:Applications

will

bescreened

andshort-listed

candidates will be contacted for interviews. Interviews
will be held around mid-September 2024.
Candidates who are invited to interviews will not be
reimbursed for travel expenses.
Notification of decision:

Final decisions will be made in late October 2024 andcandidates will be notified of the results shortly after
this date.

Contact address:

22-2
Seto,
Kanazawa-ku,
Kanagawa-ken, 236-0027

Position of contact person:

Director of Practical English

E-mail:pecenter@yokohama-cu.ac.jp

Yokohama-shi,

TEL:
FAX:
URL/Attached files:

http://www.yokohama-cu.ac.jp/en/about/careers/pe/

Additional information:

This is a one year contract position. The contract will
be renewable twice for a maximum of three years.
*After three years the employee can reapply to thisposition. If the employee passes a tenure evaluation
after five years of continuous employment, he/she will
receive tenure. If the applicant fails the examination,
the employment will be terminated upon expiration of
the contract period. An annual salary of
approximately 4,800,000 yen will be paid (before taxes
and other standard deductions).