University English Instructor

Posted by: POSTECH (Pohang University of Science and Technology)
Contact: [email protected]

POSTECH (Pohang University of Science and Technology) English Instructor Position Opening

POSTECH, a renowned university of science and technology in Pohang, seeks a qualified and highly motivated full-time English lecturer in the Division of Humanities and Social Sciences. POSTECH admits a small but very select number of high school graduates and supports them by providing an environment ideally suited to learning with a low student/faculty ratio.

(1) Requirements and qualifications

• • Native speaker of English who currently lives in Korea
• • Master’s degree is required
• • Experience in teaching scientific writing is preferred
• • Minimum one year of teaching experience at the university level is required

(2) Main duties and responsibilities

• • Teaching 22 hours per week during each regular semester. Classes are split between freshman classes, elective classes for upperclassmen, and classes for graduate students.
• • During intensive five-week summer and winter semesters, teaching two credit classes (two hours a day per class, five days a week) as well as four short clinic sessions.
• • Cooperating with the faculty members of POSTECH.

(3) Salary and benefits

• • A three-bedroom unfurnished apartment will be provided. The instructor is responsible for utility bills and paying the equivalent rent.
• • An office shared with another instructor, a phone, a computer will be provided.
• • Social insurances (national pension, national health insurance, employment insurance, long-term care) will be provided.
• • Annual contract renewal, beginning in February and ending in January.
• • The annual salary will be 69,000,000 won.

(4) Required Documents

(Incomplete documents will NOT be accepted)

• 1. Cover letter
• 2. Current resume
• 3. Copy of undergraduate and graduate diploma (photocopy is acceptable)
• 4. Copy of undergraduate and graduate transcripts (photocopy is acceptable)
• 5. Copy of personal data page from your passport and current visa
• 6. Two recent (within one year) letters of reference

(5) Documentation submission via Email

Soo-Ok Kweon, Ph.D., Professor
Head, Division of Humanities and Social Sciences
Pohang Univ. of Science and Technology (POSTECH)
Tel)+82-54-279-2728(O)

E-mail： [email protected]