Job Information
Organisation/Company: Hiroshima University
Research Field: Ethics in physical sciences, Sociology, Management sciences, Philosophy, Literature, Political sciences, Ethics in social sciences, Ethics in natural sciences, Cultural studies, History, Anthropology, Language sciences, Arts, Psychological sciences, Juridical sciences, Economics, Criminology, Educational sciences, Geography, Ethics in health sciences, Communication sciences, Religious sciences, Demography
Researcher Profile: Recognised Researcher (R2), Established Researcher (R3)
Application Deadline: 30 Sep 2026 - 23:59 (UTC)
Country: Japan
Type of Contract: Temporary
Job Status: Not Applicable
Hours Per Week: See description
Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme
Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No
Offer Description
Background of the recruitment and description of the project
Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Hiroshima University, herewith makes an open international job offer and seeks to appoint Associate Professor with tenure; Associate Professor/Assistant Professor on Tenure Track System in the research area of Japanese Language Education (Second Language Acquisition / Second Language Learning).
Work content and job description
1. Planned Responsibilities
(Immediately after hiring)
(1) Duties related to research in “2. Field of Expertise”.
(2) Duties related to teaching the scheduled courses and supervising graduate and undergraduate students under “3. Teaching responsibilities”.
(3) Duties related to the administration and management of the entire university, graduate schools, faculties, centers, etc. (participation in various meetings, activities as a member of various committees, etc.).
(4) Duties related to student admissions (exam supervision, question creation, grading, interviewers, etc.).
(5) Other duties as directed by the head of the educational and research organization.
(Scope of changes) Tasks determined by the university.
2. Field of specialization
Japanese Language Education (Second Language Acquisition / Second Language Learning).
3. Teaching responsibilities
The following courses are scheduled to be taught.
(1) Undergraduate level (general education courses): Introductory Seminar for First-Year Student, etc.
(2) Undergraduate level (discipline specific courses): Acquisition and Teaching of Japanese as a Second Language, Psychology of Second Language Learning, Fundamentals of Teaching Japanese as a Second Language, etc.
(3) Graduate level (master’s programs): Advanced Studies on Psychology of Language Education, Seminar on Psychology of Language Education, Research Methodology in Teaching Japanese as a Second Language, Research Project on Teaching Japanese as a Second Language, etc.
(4) Graduate level (doctoral programs): Research in Special Topics, etc.
Note: The subjects you are responsible for may be changed or added.
Assigned department
Existing departments
Work location
Address: 739-8524 Hiroshima 1-1-1, Kagamiyama, Higashi-hiroshima
Other places of work designated by the University
Number of hired
Number of hired: 1 person(s)
(Depending on the result of the performance reviews of the applicant at the time of employment, he/she may be decided on any of the following titles: Associate Professor with tenure; Associate Professor/Assistant Professor on Tenure Track System)
Hiring date: 2027-04-01 00:00:00
Starting date: 2027-04-01 00:00:00
Additional Information
Benefits
Recognised Researcher (R2): Annual salary: 5 million yen
Established Researcher (R3): Annual salary: 5 million yen or 6 million yen depending on appointment.
Wages description: (1) The annual salary system (II) which was enforced in October 2021 will be applied to the successful candidates. The approximate annual salary is based on a standard career history and may vary depending on education, degree, work experience, etc.
(2) Successful candidates may be reimbursed for travel expenses incurred for the trip from their home or former place of work to the new place of work to assume their post in accordance with the relevant regulations of Hiroshima University. For more information, please contact us.
Hiroshima University has introduced a system whereby researchers' personnel expenses are paid out of direct expenses such as competitive research grants and joint research grants, and the obtained research financial resources can be used to improve the treatment of researchers themselves (additional Salary) and to improve the research environment.
Working hours: 08:30-17:00
Break time: 12:00-12:45
Holidays: Holidays are Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays in principle.
Overtime and other explanations: If you are agreeable to the application of the Discretionary Labor System for Professional Work, you are deemed to work for 7 hours and 45 minutes a day.
Employment type: Regular employee
Contract period: Nontenured-Tenure-track
Tenure-track positions Period of employment: 5 years (in case that tenure-track Assistant Professor gets promoted to tenured Associate Professor) or 7 years (in case that tenure-track Associate Professor gets promoted to tenured Associate Professor)
(1) Tenure-track faculty members will undergo a tenure review at least six (6) months or more in advance of the expiration date of appointment, and those who have successfully passed the review process will be granted tenure along with promotion either to associate professor.
(2) Granting a candidate for tenure is subject to two reviewing process: an intermediate and final review. If a candidate is not granted tenure in final review, he/she will be dismissed from the university upon completion of the term of appointment.
(3) If a candidate has taken a leave because of some life events such as delivering a baby, child-raising and caregiving, he/she may extend the term of appointment up to certain period according to the length of such leave.
Probationary period: present
Probationary employment period: six (6) months
Hiroshima University has been entirely smoke-free from January 2020.
Supplementary explanation of compensation
Evaluation: We conduct individual performance evaluations for all Hiroshima University faculty members after their employment, numerically rate their performance, and salary and benefits are commensurate with performance indicators.
Additional comments
(1) The retirement age is 65 years old.
(2) All the faculty members of Hiroshima University belong to the “Academy”, which is the single university-wide faculty organization, and each faculty as a member of the Academy of the University is appointed to educational and/or research organizations such as an individual undergraduate school, graduate school, research center and institute.
(3) Faculty members may also be assigned to teaching and/or research activities in other organizations of Hiroshima University and university-wide projects.
(4) For each specialized field of faculty, Hiroshima University has defined Minimum standards for hiring new faculty (“the minimum standards”). We use the minimum standards for the initial screening process of the applicants, and only those who have cleared the minimum standards will qualify as the candidates for the post concerned.
Work Location(s)
Number of offers available: 1
Company/Institute: Hiroshima University
Country: Japan
City: Hiroshima
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