SeoulTech’s Office of International Affairs is recruiting a non-tenure-track English professor for its language programs in Nowon-gu, Seoul.

Start: March 1, 2027. The initial contract covers two academic years and may be renewed by mutual agreement up to twice.

Apply by November 22, 2026, at 6 p.m. Seoul time.

Responsibilities

  • Teach at least 12 hours weekly across two 15-week semesters and hold three weekly office hours.
  • Contribute to curriculum, assessment, and materials development; attend departmental and committee meetings.
  • Teach practical communication, writing, and presentation skills. Assignments may include electives or major-specific English, including IELTS preparation.
  • Optional overtime includes evening and vacation courses and individual English clinics.

Requirements

  • Master’s degree or higher in TESOL, applied linguistics, or a related field, completed by the application deadline.
  • Four years of documented English-teaching experience. Graduate study, research, or teaching during a graduate program counts toward this total: for example, a two-year MA plus two further teaching years, or a one-year MA plus three teaching years.

Applications that do not meet these minimums will not be reviewed. Hiring priorities include teamwork and leadership, curriculum and assessment development, technology-assisted language learning, LMS and Zoom use, and teaching writing, conversation, and presentations.

Salary and Benefits

  • 3,000,000 KRW monthly, equivalent to 36,000,000 KRW annually.
  • Annual salary increase of 600,000 KRW for four years.
  • Overtime at 40,800–45,000 KRW per hour, depending on program.
  • Severance equivalent to one month’s salary for each successfully completed contract year.
  • Subsidized public pension and national health insurance; supplemental disability and hospitalization insurance.
  • An office shared with one other professor.
  • The benefits list says additional support may include up to 400,000 KRW monthly for housing and 200,000 KRW annually for Korean-language learning. The housing section states that the current allowance is 400,000 KRW monthly; teachers arrange their own accommodation and key money.

How to Apply

Email all documents together in one email to language@seoultech.ac.kr, with your full name in the subject. Do not ZIP the materials.

Submit these application forms as one document:

  • Form 1: application.
  • Form 2: cover letter/personal statement.
  • Form 3: sample lesson plan.
  • Forms 4 and 5: research achievements and research-project performance, if applicable.
  • Form 6: consent to collection and use of personal information.

Attach the following separately to the same email:

  • Reference letter with telephone and email contact details.
  • CV.
  • Original diplomas and academic transcripts for bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees, as applicable.
  • Employment certificates or employer letters verifying employment periods.
  • Relevant certificates or licenses, if applicable.

Successful candidates must provide apostilled overseas degree certificates, transcripts, and employment certificates by February 2027, and all original documents and a national criminal background check from their home country before employment is finalized.

Only interview candidates will be contacted. Interviews are tentatively scheduled for December 21–29; overseas candidates interview by Zoom, while applicants in Korea attend in person.

Application Documents and University Information