Project Teaching staff (Project Professor/Project Associate Professor)

The Center for the Development of Global Leadership Education (GLP) at the University of Tokyo invites applications for a Project teaching faculty. The Center is responsible for the university’s innovative, transdisciplinary undergraduate Global Leadership Education Program (GLP) and the running of its senior division program (Year 3 and 4) called GEfIL (Global Education for Innovation and Leadership). A detailed description of the GLP-GEfIL can be found at http://www.glp.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/. 

Required Qualifications

Applicants are required to have:

1. PhD. or achievements recognized as equivalent to a Ph.D.
2. Extensive teaching and research experience in English, and communication skills.
3. Excellent command of Japanese (spoken for official meetings and written for official documents)
4. Experience in curriculum development and academic program management
5. Good understanding of trends in Higher Education around the world.
6. Strong network with international academics, universities, and research institutions 

Job Description

1. Development and execution of courses in global education
2. Planning, organizing, and coordinating the teaching of GLP-GEfIL courses
3. Organization of the GLP-GEfIL Abroad Programs and liaising with international partner institutions; investigating opportunities for joint abroad programs with top-level international universities
4. Advising students on choice of study abroad programs and/or internships, and supporting them
5. Review and research on international collaborative programs with overseas universities
6. Review and research on GLP-GEfIL learning outcomes
7. Any other work related to international education 

Salary and Allowances

The gross salary is JPY 7,200,000 –JPY 10,800,000 per year

Commuting allowance (basically up to JPY 55,000 /month) if you meet the requirements for the payment 

Application Materials

1. CV in either Japanese or English
2. List of publications, presentations, lectures, awards, grants, etc.
3. Digital paper or scan data of 3 selected publications in English
4. List of courses taught
5. Syllabus for “GEfIL Independent Research Project PHASE1 (7 workshops in total)” if you were to teach this course– a total of 2 A4 pages in English and Japanese respectively. For more detail of “GEfIL Independent Research Project PHASE1”, please refer to http://www.glp.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/gefil/research/
6. Description of achievements (in international education, research and experience in management of international education programs) [Both in English (1,000 words) and Japanese (2,000 characters)]
7. Statement of interest in GLP-GEfIL Program [Both in English (1,000 words) and Japanese (2,000 characters)]
8. List of the name and contact details (name, affiliation, telephone number, and e-mail address) of referees (minimum 2)
9. Certificate of final academic qualification and graduation certificates from bachelor degree level (undergraduate) 

Application Submission

Contact us by email and upload the application dossier via the notified link.

E-mail:  kyouiku-suishin.adm@gs.mail.u-tokyo.ac.jp

Subject: [URL Request] GLP Project Teaching Staff Position 

If documents cannot be sent electronically as PDF files, please mail them to the address below

Academic Affairs Group

Education and Student Support Department

The University of Tokyo

7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8654 Japan 

Application Deadline

Applications must be uploaded by 23:59 on April 11, 2023 (JST) 

Short-listed applicants will be invited for an interview and give trial lesson (in person or online), which will take place in April-May 2023.

* Travel expenses for the interview will not be reimbursed by the University of Tokyo.

* Applicants will be asked to teach a trial lesson in front of the interviewing committee during the interview. 

For more details of this application, please refer to the official job advertisement by clicking the 'Apply' button. 

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