Language Assistant in Japanese

Fixed Term - Full-time, 35 hours/week
January 2022 – January 2023

We are looking for a Japanese Language Assistant for a fixed-term, 12 month contract at UE06 to cover a temporary absence. The successful candidate will be required to teach within the framework of the School’s courses in Japanese, including the MA Japanese programmes and Open Languages provision.

The Opportunity:

The successful candidate will be required to teach within the framework of the School’s courses in Japanese at all undergraduate levels, and to fulfil other tasks, such as setting and marking assignments.

The successful candidate will have relevant experience in teaching and/or tutoring within the higher education sector.

Your skills and attributes for success:

• a relevant first degree (at least 2.1 or equivalent), evidence of fluency or near-fluency in Japanese, and fluency in English
• experience in teaching Japanese as a foreign language, and demonstrable success in delivering effective university teaching
• ability to apply relevant knowledge, skills and techniques in teaching
• a proven record of ability to manage time, to work to strict deadlines and to work effectively as a member of a teaching team
• excellent interpersonal skills

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As a valued member of our team you can expect:

An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work.

We give you support, nurture your talent and reward success. You will benefit from a competitive reward package and a wide range of staff benefits, which includes a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits pension scheme , staff discounts, family friendly initiatives , flexible working and much more. Access our staff benefits page  for further information and use our reward calculator  to find out the total value of pay and benefits provided.

The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.

Interviews will be held approximately two weeks after closing date.

If invited for interview you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK.  Further information is available on our right to work  webpages

The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336. Is e buidheann carthannais a th’ ann an Oilthigh Dhùn Èideann, clàraichte an Alba, àireamh clàraidh SC005336.