June,2023

To all related organizations and bodies,
Recruitment of “Shokutaku” Full-time English Language Instructors
Language Education Center, Ritsumeikan University

Ryo Kirimura
Director, Language Education Center
Ritsumeikan University
We are now recruiting “Shokutaku” Full-time English Language Instructors (SFELI) at our institute.
We are looking for qualified individuals to fill these positions, and kindly ask that you help us makethe following information known to any and all eligible individuals. Your cooperation is greatly
appreciated and we thank you for your support.
＊SFELI are hired on contracts for one-year terms renewable up to four times subject to approval by
the screening committee.

Recruiting Position “Shokutaku” Full-time English Language Instructors
Job Description /Responsibilities
Number ofOpenings for theSFELI Position①Each SFELI will teach an average of ten credit-hours (koma)

per week per semester (one credit-hour is 90 minutes).

②SFELI will also be asked to perform various duties related toeducation at our institution.

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Ideal Faculty
Outlook

We invite applicants who understand the Ritsumeikan Charter, the foundingspirit, the core educational philosophy, and the educational and research
objectives at Language Education Center, the Institute for Language
Education and Research. Applicants should also be aware of their social
responsibilities as an individual engaged in higher education and research.
They are expected to respect fundamental human rights as well as legal
compliance while performing their duties sincerely and fairly. In addition,
they should be able to act in accordance with high ethical standards andsocial common sense.
(For the Ritsumeikan Charter and other information, see the websites ofRitsumeikan University.)

Starting date

April 1, 2024
①Candidates must be capable of teaching English as a foreign language.
②Candidates must have at least a master's degree at the time of

Qualification for
Employmentapplication, with a relevant research field in an area such as thefollowing: TESL/TEFL/TESOL, Applied Linguistics (including CALL andother language education technologies, testing, etc.), Linguistics,Intercultural Communication, and Area Studies.
③Candidates must have experience teaching non-native students ofEnglish.It may be desirable for candidates to have experience teaching
CALL, CLIL, remedial classes for learners with limited English languageproficiency, and/or TOEFL/TOEIC preparation courses.
＊Those who have a part-time or fixed term contract with theRitsumeikan Trust in the academic year 2023 are unable to apply.
However, those with an indefinite part-time contract are eligible.

April 1, 2024 to March 31,2025 (No trial term)
Term ofemployment

Place of Work

※Annual contract, renewable up to four times subject to approvalby the screening committee.
※A Shokutaku Instructor shall not be hired after the first March 31
following the day on which he or she turns a full 70 years of age.
Language Education Center
One or two of these campuses:
Ritsumeikan University’s Kinugasa Campus (KIC),
Biwako-Kusatsu Campus (BKC), or Osaka Ibaraki Campus (OIC).

Class hour

Each SFELI will teach an average of ten credit-hours (koma) per week
per semester (one credit-hour is 90 minutes)※We may offer you more than the credit-hours mentioned above.

Break time

It will be provided according to the Labor Standards Act.
Saturdays, Sundays, National Holidays, Summer holiday/ Year-End andHolidays

Compensation

New Year holiday, and other holidays Ritsumeikan prescribe.

Please note that there are some Saturdays/National holidays which may bedesignated as class days according to the class schedule.
①Monthly Salary: ￥350,500
Bonus: Summer:￥500,000, Year-end Bonus: ￥500,000
Total Remuneration:￥5,206,000②Allowance: Commuting Allowance, Over time working allowance etc.
Employment insurance, Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance, andSocial Insurance (medical insurance, pension)

Insurances*Medical Insurance: SFELIs are required to join the Mutual Aid Associationof Private School Personnel (Shigaku Kyosai) during the term of theiremployment at Ritsumeikan University.
Ritsumeikan Trust and the SFELI shall pay a prorated cost in accordancewith Japanese law. Please be advised that all SFELIs are required to join theShigaku Kyosai pension scheme as well, and that fees for both the pension
and health insurance plans will be deducted from the SFELI's salary eachmonth.

Recruiter

Ritsumeikan Trust

Other〇We welcome women candidates according to The Act on Promotion ofWomen’s Participation and Advancement in the Workplace.
〇We have various systems related to work-life balance.
<Research-Life Support Division for Promotion of Gender Equality>
http://www.ritsumei.ac.jp/research/rsupport/〇Smoking is prohibited throughout the entire premises of Ritsumeikan
University and no smoking spaces are provided.

Application
Deadline

23:59 Friday, August 18,2023 (JST)Application
Materials①Application Form (designated format)※Please access our employment information page(http://www.ritsumeikan-trust.jp/publicinfo/recruitment/) anddownload the application form.
②A photocopy of the original certificate of your highest academic degree
earned.
③A list of publications and conference presentations. (No particular format.)④Abstracts of up to three of your academic papers. (Please limit them to500 words in English or 400 characters in Japanese. No particularformat.)⑤A photocopy of your original TESL/TEFL/TESOL certificate if you havesuch a qualification.
※Please note that Application Materials will not be returned.
※ Please be sure to include all relevant information on our official
application forms and do not attach a separate CV or other personaldocuments.

※ Any personal information that we have obtained through yourapplication will be handled in accordance with the ‘Protection of
Personal Information Act’ and will be used strictly for identifying
candidates for the positions only.

Submission ofApplication toSelection
Process/Results

Please access our employment information page to fill out the application
form and upload the application materials①～⑤ mentioned above.
Please make sure to submit all of them by the Application Deadline throughthe online system.
※E-mailed applications will not be accepted.
Short-listed candidates will be interviewed on Saturday, September 16th or
Sunday 17th, 2023.
If you are invited to this interview, you will be informed of the result by theend of October by e-mail.
※ Inquiries about the selection process results cannot be answeredindividually.

Contact forInquiries

Office of Language Education Planning and Development(Gengo Kyoiku Kikaku-ka)

Ritsumeikan University Osaka Ibaraki Campus

Kamoto (Ms.) ,Greenleaf (Ms.)
TEL:(+81)072-665-2061 FAX:(+81)072-665-2059
Email: g-jinji@st.ritsumei.ac.jp