July 4, 2016

Yoshihiro Yamada
Dean
Research Faculty of International Media and Communication
Hokkaido University

Announcement of Opening

To Whom It May Concern:

Hokkaido University is pleased to announce an opening for a non-tenured English language teaching
position.

1. Position
A full-time specially appointed, non-tenured associate professor or professor in the Research
Faculty of International Media and Communication, Hokkaido University.

2. Teaching Duties
Teaching English as a foreign language to undergraduate students along with other English language-
related subjects.

3. Qualifications
(i) Native speaker of English,
(ii) Master’s degree (PhD holder preferred),
(iii) Active research career in Linguistics/TESOL, Area Studies (American Studies, British Studies,
Asian/Japanese Studies, etc.) or Media Studies. Research and teaching experience in modern Japanese
Studies is particularly desirable.
(iv) Professional qualifications and/or work experience in TESOL.

4. Contract Period
Master’s degree holders will receive a three-year contract; PhD holders will receive a four-year
contract. Contract renewal is possible pending upon evaluation of work/academic achievements during
the contract period. Period of extension of contract will be three years for Master’s degree
holders and four years for PhD holders, based upon qualifications at time of renewal. Contract
renewals can only be undertaken one time.

5. Salary
Roughly 6.4 million yen per year for associate professor, and 7.4 million per year for professor.

6. Responsibilities
(i) Teaching a maximum of 9 courses (18 classroom hours) per week,
(ii) Conducting academic research and developing teaching materials,
(iii) Entrance examination preparations and grading.

7. Contract Commencement Date (Scheduled)
April 1, 2017

8. Application Materials (3 documents in total)
To be sent by e-mail attachment

1) An application form (one Word or pdf file) containing:
a) Cover letter (2 pages of A4 maximum) including your reasons for applying, teaching philosophy,
and any particular contributions you can make to the department,
b) Resume (include your date of birth),
c) List of publications. List separately those publications in refereed journals and those which are
unrefereed articles or conference presentations/proceedings,
d) Contact details (name, affiliation, title, email address, telephone number) of two referees. At
least one must be currently employed in higher education.

2) One sample of your research
A pdf file or scan of a published paper, a draft of a conference presentation, or an MA/PhD thesis
chapter.

3) A scanned version of the degree certificate of the highest degree obtained.

9. Application Deadline
August 31, 2016 (Japan Time: 5:00 PM)

10. Contact Information
Jeffry Gayman
Associate Professor
Hokkaido University
Email: jeffry.gayman@imc.hokudai.ac.jp
Tel: 011-706-5411

Faculty Website: http://www.imc.hokudai.ac.jp/rfmc/

Please write “TEFL position” in the subject line of the email message.