Teacher of English - Full Time

Date: ‎29-Nov-‎2022
Location: Riyadh ‎11594, Middle East and North Africa, SA
Company: British Council

English and Exams is a dynamic and global community within the British
Council, the UK's international organization for cultural relations. Be part
of a unique global teaching team striving to help English language learners
achieve their linguistic, study, work, and life goals.

Joining the British Council as a teacher offers flexible opportunities to
teach English to young people and adults around the world. Our professional
and innovative teaching practices demonstrate and support our values of being
open and committed, expert and inclusive, optimistic, and bold. We are
committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and provide a nurturing and
supportive environment for students, including strong support for special
educational needs and disabilities (SEND). Our teaching centres and online
courses build cultural links between the UK and ‎38 countries around the world,
as well as supporting the cultural relations programmes in arts and sciences
delivered by the British Council.

Role Purpose:

• To maintain and enhance professional development and academic quality in the teaching centre, through the management of in-house teacher development programme and support


• To promote and ensure quality teaching and effective learning of English


• To provide learners with a rewarding and stimulating English language learning experience


• To support the wider aims of British Council and its cultural relations mission

Job Overview

The British Council Teaching Centres in Saudi Arabia provide English language
training in Riyadh, Jeddah and Al Khobar to thousands of young Saudi men and
women each year in our own premises and off-site at companies and in partner
training institutes. All centres have public English courses in their teaching
centres and deliver off-site training to corporate clients, which vary from
government ministries to private companies. Our classes are equipped with
IWBs, digital courseware and internet connectivity. Around ‎1,000 young
learners and adult students attend courses each term, studying General English
and IELTS Preparation. There's a growing off-site corporate programme. Riyadh
TC management team is committed to a culture of professional development and
motivating teachers to strive to be the best they can be. There are regular
INSETT sessions, projects for teachers to become involved in, and a variety of
development opportunities.

Main accountabilities but not limited to the following:

• Ensuring teaching meets learner needs and expectations


• Ensuring teaching meets Teaching Quality standards and organisational expectations


• Continuing professional development and sharing of best practices


• Maintaining good relationships with customers and colleagues


• Supporting the teaching centre's activities and British Council plans

Qualification

Essential

• Cambridge CELTA/Trinity cert TESOL.

Desirables

• PGCE/BEd in ESOL or other subject


• MA in ELT or other relevant subject


• DELTA or Trinity Diploma in TESOL

Work Experience

Essentials

• ‎2 years post-certificate i.e. CELTA/Trinity cert TESOL experience


• Experience in teaching:
  
  
  • Lower Secondary aged ‎11 to ‎14
  
  
  • Upper Secondary aged ‎15 to ‎17
  
  
  • Primary aged ‎6 to ‎10
  
  
  • Adults General English ‎18+
  
  
  
  

Desirables

• English for the Workplace


• Experience teaching Arabic-speaking learners.

Language requirements -

• Full proficiency in English across all ‎4 skills, equivalent to CEFR C2/IELTS Band ‎8/‎9 in each of ‎4 sections of the academic module.

Salary & Benefits:

• Salary : ‎11,788 SAR to ‎14,555 SAR/ month (Depends on qualification & experience)


• Housing Allowance : ‎1400 SAR/ Month


• Transport Allowance : ‎700 SAR/Month


• Annual Leave : ‎30 days / Annual


• Medical Insurance : Provide for self and accompanied dependants


• Annual Airfare Allowance : For Self Only

Additional Information:

• Contract Type : ‎12 month (Renewable)


• Work Schedule : The centre is usually open six days a week but sometimes external teacher training sessions are held on Fridays. The busy centres run classes from ‎8:00 AM through to ‎10:45 PM daily. All teachers are required to work evenings as this is our busiest time. Weekends are either Thursday/Friday or Friday/Saturday with this alternating throughout the academic year. The majority of young learner classes are on Saturdays. Teachers are also required to attend regular compulsory INSETT session as well as staff meetings


• Tentative Start Date : 1st November ‎2022 (Depends on Business requirement)


• Right to Work/Passport Requirement : The post holder should have the right to live and work in Saudi Arabia.

Closing Date & Time : Tuesday, ‎13 Dec ‎2022 (‎23:59 IST)

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Equality , Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Statement

The British Council is committed to policies and practices of equality,
diversity and inclusion across everything we do. We support all staff to make
sure their behaviour is consistent with this commitment. We want to address
under representation and encourage applicants from under-represented groups,
in particular, but not exclusively, on grounds of ethnicity and disability.
All disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria are guaranteed an
interview and we have Disability Confident Employer Status. We welcome
discussions about specific requirements or adjustments to enable participation
and engagement in our work and activities.

The British Council is committed to safeguarding children, young people and
adults who we work with.

We believe that all children and adults everywhere in the world deserve to
live in safe environments and have the right to be protected from all forms of
abuse, maltreatment and exploitation as set out in article ‎19, UNCRC (United
Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child) ‎1989.

Appointment to positions where there is direct involvement with vulnerable
groups will be dependent on thorough checks being completed; these will
include qualification checks, reference checks, identity & criminal record
checks in line with legal requirements and with the British Council's
Safeguarding policies for Adults and Children.

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