Lecturer/Assistant/Associate Professor/Professor of EAP

About the Institute 

The Jinan University – University of Birmingham Joint Institute (J-BJI) was established in 2016 through a strategic partnership between Jinan University (China) and the University of Birmingham (UK). Approved by the Ministry of Education of China, J-BJI delivers English-medium programmes and promotes international collaboration in teaching and research. 

The Institute currently enrolls over 1,000 undergraduate students and will soon launch new postgraduate programmes in Statistical Data Science, Bioinformatics, and Healthcare Data Science in collaboration with the University of Birmingham. 

Candidates should

• For the Professor and Associate Professor posts, hold a PhD degree in English language teaching or applied linguistics, with extensive experience at undergraduate and postgraduate levels in English language and/or linguistics and/or education.

• For the Assistant Professor, hold a PhD degree in English language teaching or applied linguistics, with some experience at least at undergraduate in English language and/or linguistics and/or education.

• For the Lecturer position, hold a Master degree in a Applied Linguistics or TESOL-related area.

• Have proven record of teaching excellence, and relevant experience in teaching IELTS, EAP, ESP and content-based courses at tertiary level.

• Have excellent communication, negotiation and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

(Lecturer-Professor, depending on level of appointment) include:

• Teaching English for Academic Purposes courses (including IELTS)

• Teaching language-related content courses

• Designing language learning materials (curriculum development)

• Hosting workshops and seminars on specific topics in English

• Reviewing and revising administrative documents and publications

• Tutoring and consultation

• Administrative assignments

• Completing other related work assigned by J-BJI.

Salary and Fringe Benefits 

Competitive salary and benefits corresponding to the position will be provided based on the applicant's academic and teaching level. 

Application Procedure

• Please send your full curriculum vitae together with copies of your highest academic degree/diploma certificate, Employment/work experience verification letter issued by your most recent employer, recent teaching-related information such as teaching evaluations, and at least 3 references by email to orecruitment_jbji@jnu.edu.cn with subject "Lecturer/Assistant/Associate Professor/Professor of EAP - Jobs.ac.cn". At least one of your references should be from your current/last place of work.

• This recruitment is valid for a long period of time and interviews will be held from October 2026 on.