We are looking for a teacher who can join our team at one of our client schools in Saitama. The client is a private co-ed junior/senior high school in Saitama city, accessible from stations on the Keihin Tohoku and Musashino lines. Our client is looking for someone who can solo teach as well as be a confident T1 and a supportive T2 in a team-taught classroom. We are looking for someone who can work Mondays to Fridays as well as some half days on Saturdays.

The compensation package for this position includes a monthly pre-tax salary of ¥280,000 a month, regardless of the number of lessons taught per month and which is not reduced during summer, winter, and spring vacations, fully compensated transportation expenses, shakai hoken and pension package. and a Japanese school year based renewable contract.

Our ideal candidate: currently lives within a reasonable door-to-door commuting distance from the school campus; has a bachelor's degree from an accredited institution; a TESOL certificate from an accredited program or college is advantageous but not required; has at least one year experience teaching at a public or private secondary school in Japan; can both teach by themselves in a Japanese school classroom as well as work well with JTE co-teachers; can write lesson plans, create materials, and teach lessons with minimal supervision and instruction following guidelines provided while being flexible to any requests by other teachers and staff at our client-school; is willing and able to integrate technology into their lessons; is willing and able to teach/lead PE classes in English; can motivate students through their in-class teaching and interactions with students outside of class; wants to take the initiative in terms of lesson planning and classroom management but is also willing to share ideas and keep a positive attitude with the staff and teachers, Japanese and non-Japanese, at our client school as well as with our off-site office and executive team; possesses native English-level proficiency; can legally work in Japan.

If you would like to be considered for this opportunity, email your resume and cover letter to [email protected]. Due to the number of resumes we receive we are unable to contact all applicants, but we do keep resumes on file and if you do not hear from us for this position, we may contact you in the future if a more suitable position becomes available. We also regularly post open positions on gaijinpot.com. Feel free to email us your resume if you are not interested in this position but would like us to consider you for other positions, as well.