CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: TENURE-TRACK POSITION in TESOL

Job Rank: Associate Professor (entry-level position)

Specialty Areas: TESOL, Applied Linguistics, Second Language Acquisition, Technical Communication

Department: Center for Language Research (CLR), the University of Aizu

Website: /labs/clr/

Location: Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima-ken, Japan - (about 200 km north of Tokyo)

Tenure-Track Probationary Period: 3 years (with tenure review taking place approximately 2.5 years after commencing the position)

Mandatory Retirement Age: 65

Application Deadline: 5:00 p.m. (JST), July 31, 2025

Starting Date: April 1, 2026, or on or about December 1, 2025 (candidate's choice)

Qualifications:

  1. Doctorate in hand (or proof of imminent completion)
  2. Native or near-native speaker of English
  3. Experience in teaching EFL; experience specifically in EFL for computer science, engineering, or science students is not necessary but will be viewed favorably
  4. Primary consideration will be the selection of a candidate with strength in English language teaching; knowledge/experience in the use of AI tools for language teaching/learning will be viewed favorably
  5. Scholarly publications and professional experience
  6. International experience (preferable for candidate to have lived, studied, or worked outside their native country; experience in Japan will be viewed favorably)

Duties: Teach an average of 2 courses per quarter over 4 quarters (= 8 courses per year, usually 5 unique courses plus 3 repeated sections; each course meets for 14 100-minute classes); courses include EFL courses and a Thesis Writing course; serve on committees; conduct and publish research; assist with entrance-exam related tasks

Salary: Commensurate with qualifications/experience by University of Aizu regulations

Annual salary including bonuses (*1, *2):

  • Associate Professor（准教授）: approx. 5,500,000 - 7,500,000 yen

(*1) Other allowances are paid in addition to the base salary

(*2) Social security premiums, taxes, etc. will be deducted from the salary

Holidays: Weekends, national holidays, and year-end and New Year holidays (Dec. 29-Jan. 3); 20 paid holidays per year

Benefits:

　- Insurance: Japan Mutual Aid Association of Public School Teachers

　- Pension and severance payment systems are in place

　- Subsidized furnished/unfurnished housing in faculty apartments (2.5 km from campus)

　- Very large, well-equipped private office (approx. 27 m2)

　- New-employee allowance for computer and research equipment

　- Well-equipped, high-tech classrooms

　- Annual budget for research, business travel, academic memberships, etc.

　- Opportunities to apply for more internal and other external funding

　- Consulting and other business activities permitted

　- Subsidy on overseas moving cost to Aizuwakamatsu (according to regulations)

Online Submission Package: Please include the following documents