Job description

Background of the recruitment and description of the project

Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Tsukuba is seeking applications for an Assistant Professor in the field of Romance linguistics.

Work content and job description

Teaching Romance linguistics at Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Teaching Romance linguistics at College of Humanities
Teaching a Romance language as a foreign language
Administrative tasks for Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, College of Humanities, Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences, and university-wide duties
Other related tasks

Assigned department

Existing departments

Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences

Job type

Assistant Professor level

Research field

Humanities & Social Sciences - Linguistics

Wages

Annual Salary: 4 million yen ~ 7 million yen
Salary: Based on university regulations.
For further details, please check the following link:https://www.tsukuba.ac.jp/about/disclosure-ho-kisoku/s-02/

Working hours

Working hours: 08:30-17:15
Holidays: Sundays, Saturdays, National holidays, December 29 to January 3
Overtime and other explanations: Discretionary Labor System
Working hours: 7 hours 45 minutes per day (38 hours 45 minutes per week, 5 days a week)
Employees have the discretion to determine their own start/end times and break periods.
60 minutes break per day
Overtime work may be required.

Application requirements

Qualifications

Education and Degree Requirements

Ph.D. / Doctor
Applicants must have obtained the doctoral degree by the time of appointment.

Employment Type

Regular employee

Contract period

Nontenured - Non-tenure track
Up to five years (three years, plus two additional years based on a renewal assessment). This contract may be renewed to a tenure-track assistant professor position upon review. Please check the following URL:https://www.tsukuba.ac.jp/about/jobs-information/pdf/itf-assistantprofessor.pdf
Probationary period absent

Work location

305-8571 Ibaraki 1-1-1 Ten-nodai Tsukuba, Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences

Compensation

Application Considerations

Number of hired

1 person(s)

Hiring date: 2027/04/01
Starting date: 2027/04/01

Job content supplemental explanation

From April 1, 2027, or the earliest possible date thereafter

Application period

2026/08/17~2026/10/19 Deadline for receipt

Application method

Attached documents

Application Form: Online Submission
- Curriculum Vitae (Annex Form No. 3, downloadable)
Achievements and Activities: Online Submission
- Achievements and Activities (List of three major publications (books and/or papers) published within the last five years (Annex Form No. 4, downloadable))

Other online application forms

List of teaching experience (Annex Form No. 5, downloadable)
An essay on the plans for teaching and research at the University of Tsukuba (Annex Form No. 6, downloadable)
List of all publications and presentations. (If the applicant has received grants, awards, or other types of external research funding, please be sure to include the information).
Pdf files of the three major publications listed in the "List of three major publications" (Annex Form No. 4, downloadable)
Summaries of the three major publications listed in the "List of three major publications" (800 characters in Japanese or 400 words in English)
Consent to Processing and Extraterritorial Transfer of Personal Data under GDPR (EU General Data Protection Regulation)
- (Applicants located in the countries that make up the European Economic Area or in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland should submit the consent form).
Self-Declaration on Specific Categories
Information below (free format)
- E-mail address and phone number of the applicant
- Contact information of two references (name, affiliation, e-mail address, phone number, etc.)

All the standardized forms can be downloaded from the link below.

https://www.jinsha.tsukuba.ac.jp/jobs/application-documents

Please compile the relevant documents into not more than five pdf files for upload.

Applications are only accepted via the JREC-IN Portal web application. Please upload your application documents in PDF format via the JREC-IN Portal website. Please note that incomplete documents may not be included for review, so please be careful when preparing your application.

Return of application documents

We will dispose of all application documents responsibly.

JREC-IN Portal web application: Accept
E-mail Application: Not available
Recruiting Institution's Web application system: Not available

URL of this job posting

Selection / Notification of result

Selection

After document screening, qualified applicants will be invited to have an interview in Japanese and to make a model lesson on the Tsukuba Campus at the University of Tsukuba. Transportation expenses for the interview will not be reimbursed. There is also the possibility that interviews will be held online. (Interviews for applicants abroad will be held online.)

Notification of result

Final results will be sent via e-mail after the final decision has been made.

Contact details

University of Tsukuba