POSITION: Direct hire full-time ALT to teach across ES & JHS
SALARY: 380,000yen gross per month, every month (Pension, Health & Employment Insurance deducted from gross salary)
MONTHLY TRAVEL ALLOWANCE: 5,000yen per month (fixed payment)
WHERE: Southern Osaka. 15mins from Abeno on the Kintetsu Minami-Osaka Line (specific details upon application)
WHEN: April 1st 2024\~
HOURS: Monday to Friday 8:15am\~4:30pm
Contract: 1 year renewable (no time limit)
Vacation: Approximately 20 paid days a year, plus all National Holidays
**B. PREFERENCES:**
PREFER:
Permanent Resident or Spouse visa holder, but not a must
Driver’s licence or scooter licence (easy to get)
ES, JHS, HS teaching experience.
MUST:
Native English-level proficiency
Live in Osaka area\* (see FYI#3 below)
A current visa (no student visa)
Ability to create lessons using Apple Keynote or MS PowerPoint
Your own laptop computer that you can bring to work
Basic Japanese or better
University degree or better
2+ years experience teaching English in Japan
Enjoy creating exciting, fun and interesting lesson content
Creative — Flexible — Easy going — Hard working
**C. DOCUMENTS REQUIRED:**
1. COVER LETTER: (**PDF only**. No MS Word)
Cover letters are dreary. They aren’t enjoyable to write and even less
enjoyable to read. So, instead, please submit the answers to the questions
below as your cover letter. \*Please don’t make the answers about
teaching!
***COVER LETTER START>*** (40 word limit for each answer.)
About you…
1. What’s the best thing about your hometown?
2. What is one of your favourite movies?
3. What’s your favourite holiday?
About Japan…
4. What prefecture would you love to visit and why?
5. What’s your favourite Japanese food? (snacks, meals, anything!)
6. What is your favourite thing about living in Japan?
***COVER LETTER END*****<**
2. INTRO VIDEO: Short smartphone video introduction of yourself. 20\~30 seconds. Answer the following:
a. Greeting and name
b. Where you live now
c. Interests
d. Current position
e. Anything you want to add
(Provide a Google Drive link or DropBox link for the download)
https://support.google.com/drive/answer/2494822?hl=En
3. ENGLISH RESUME: (**PDF only**. No MS Word)
Please include a photo. (No Japanese resume required at this stage)
**D. SUMMARY:**
This is NOT a typical ALT position. This is the perfect position for good teachers wanting to improve their teaching ability. We are looking for a fun, easy-going, hard working, creative teacher who enjoys making **original** lessons. Our teaching team is friendly and is looking forward to bringing a new teacher into the fold!
FYI#1: If we don’t reply to your application within 72 hours, you weren’t able to advance to the next stage. There is no need to apply twice. Our spam folder is checked daily.
FYI#2: We are sorry, no applications from overseas.
FYI#3: If you live outside the Osaka area you must have a plan to move. Final applicants will need to visit the BOE at least 2 times during the application/interview process.
Deadline for application: January 26th, Friday.
Send documents to: [direct.hire.ALT@protonmail.com](mailto:direct.hire.ALT@protonmail.com)
Thank you in advance for your understanding and have a great day,
The ALT Team.
