Hourly Paid Teacher for Corporate Courses at The British Council in Ukraine
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Додати вподобанняThe British Council in Ukraine, a leading international cultural organization, is recruiting a Hourly Paid Teacher of English for Corporate Courses
The purpose of this role: To promote and ensure quality and effective teaching and learning of English to corporate customers, as well as to support the wider aims of British Council and its cultural relations mission.
You will support the British Council’s global English strategy by:
- delivering teaching to the highest standards of ELT
- teach a variety of courses – in-house and off-site
- ensuring teaching meets learner needs and expectations
- ensuring teaching meets Teaching Quality standards and organisational expectations
- maintaining good relationships with customers and colleagues
- supporting the teaching centre’s activities and British Council plans
- enhancing British Council’s reputation as a world authority in ELT
- continuing professional development and sharing of best practices
Main opportunities/challenges for this role: Hourly paid Teacher of English, Corporate Courses, will focus their work on delivering classes to corporate customers (on-site and off-site), as well as developing and tailoring ESP courses for corporate project work, as needed. Though your primary responsibility lies with corporate work, you may be offered other types of classes.
Main Accountabilities:
- Plan, prepare and deliver high quality English language teaching that meets the needs of different customer groups taking into account individual learning styles
- Monitor progress and provide regular feedback to help manage students’ performance throughout the course, and actively promote learner autonomy
- Contribute to the development, evaluation, and improvement of English language courses, materials and related services, in order to meet students’ needs by actively working as a member of the teaching team
- Complete teaching related administrative tasks to specified standards (registers, lessons records, mid-course and end-of-course reports, feedback forms, evaluations)
- Actively engage in professional development and performance management to ensure quality and high standards in teaching and learning, and maintain British Council’s position at the forefront of best ELT practices
- Contribute to the development of lasting, mutually beneficial relationships by enhancing students’ understanding of contemporary UK
- Support local marketing and promotional strategy, and assist the teaching centre team in delivering excellent customer service
- Assist in covering classes for colleagues
- Ensure safeguarding and guidelines are applied and upheld in line with standards and policy for the following areas:
- Child protection
- Equal Opportunity and Diversity
- Health and safety
Skills, experience and qualifications for the advertised vacancy:
High proficiency in English i.e. full mastery of English across all 4 skills equivalent to user (CEFR C2) IELTS Band 8/9 in each of 4 sections of the academic module
Cambridge CELTA/Trinity cert TESOL (global minimum standard) or equivalent
Undergraduate degree or equivalent
Minimum/essential
Up to 2 years post-certificate, i.e. CELTA/Trinity cert TESOL, experience
Experience in teaching relevant age groups specific to the Corporate Courses sector in at least one of the following:
- Adults General English (800-1600 hours)
- Business English (200-400 hours)
- Legal English courses (100-200 hours)
- ESP courses (200-400 hours)
- Experience in teaching one-to-ones and sponsored closed groups (100-200 hours)
Desirable
Recognised diploma in EFL i.e. DELTA
And/or
MA in TESOL or Applied Linguistics
More than 2 years post-certificate, i.e. CELTA/Trinity cert TESOL, experience
Experience in teaching relevant age groups specific to the Corporate Courses sector in two or more of the following:
- Adults General English (1600+ hours)
- Business English (400+ hours)
- Legal English courses (200+ hours)
- ESP courses (400+ hours)
- Experience in teaching one-to-ones and sponsored closed groups (200+ hours)
Experience in developing ESP course materials
IELTS and/or Cambridge exam preparation experience (200+ hours)
Role Specific Skills
- Demonstrate subject knowledge (Core)
- Engage and motivate learners (Core)
- Create a positive and inclusive learning environment (Core)
- Plan and deliver coherent lessons (Core)
- Make use of assessment and feedback (Core)
- Manage teaching and learning resources (Core)
- Uphold professional responsibilities and values (Core)
The British Council is committed to a policy of equal opportunity and welcomes applicants from all sections of the community. We work to ensure that people are not unjustifiably discriminated against on the basis of age, disability, ethnicity, gender, religion or belief, sexual orientation or any other irrelevant grounds. We guarantee an interview to disabled candidates who meet the essential criteria
The British Council believes that all children have potential and that every child matters – everywhere in the world. The British Council affirms the position that all children have the right to be protected from all forms of abuse as set out in article 19, UNCRC 1989
