Senior Teacher (Young Learners)

Senior Teacher (Young Learners)

Date: ‎10-Feb-‎2023
Location: Riyadh ‎11594, Middle East and North Africa, SA
Company: British Council
The British Council builds connections, understanding and trust between people
in the UK and other countries through arts and culture, education and the
English language. We work in two ways - directly with individuals to transform
their lives, and with governments and partners to make a bigger difference for
the longer term, creating benefit for millions of people all over the world.
We help young people to gain the skills, confidence and connections they are
looking for to realise their potential and to participate in strong and
inclusive communities. We support them to learn English, to get a high-quality
education and to gain internationally recognised qualifications. Our work in
arts and culture stimulates creative expression and exchange and nurtures
creative enterprise. We connect the best of the UK with the world and the best
of the world with the UK. These connections lead to an understanding of each
other's strengths and of the challenges and values that we share. This builds
trust between people in the UK and other nations which endures even when
official relations may be strained. We work on the ground in more than ‎100
countries. In ‎2019-‎20 we connected with ‎80 million people directly and with
‎791 million overall, including online and through our broadcasts and
publications.
Why British Council, Saudi Arabia?

The British Council has a strong history throughout the Gulf and Saudi Arabia
is our priority country for growth and expansion in the coming years.
We currently teach in Riyadh and Dammam with plans for expansion across the
country as part of our corporate English solutions package. Our ambitious
project to expand our presence will respond to market demand for both YL and
adult learners and support the Kingdom's Vision ‎2030 programme of social and
economic transformation.

The new Senior Teacher will join an a high-performing team in the Gulf with a
strong focus on professional development including access to a range of
internal and external courses, opportunities to present at regional and global
conferences, and innovation in YL and adult courses, supported by a diverse
range of academic and operations colleagues in country and at cluster level.

Role Purpose
* To maintain and enhance professional development and academic quality in the teaching centre, through the management of in-house teacher development programmes 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

Main Accountabilities:
Teacher Support
* Provide effective line management and support for staff including observations as per performance management guidelines, policies and procedures.
* Ensure that all teaching is delivered to standards set out in teachers Role Profiles, the Global Statement of Approach and British Council Global Teaching Standards.
* Proactively monitor the well-being of all line managees and provide an appropriate level of personal support.
* Act as duty officer where appropriate to provide support for teachers, parents, students.
* Assist in the recruitment, induction and onboarding of new teachers.
* Provide or set up mentoring programmes for new teachers/teachers teaching new life stages etc where appropriate

Teaching Excellence
* Contribute to the design and implementation of an annual CPD programme which aligns with Regional Teaching Excellence Action Plan.
* Actively identify appropriate opportunities for staff learning and development.
* Act as a role model for good classroom practice by encouraging teachers to observe you or others teaching, doing demonstration lessons, leading teacher development sessions and conducting observations.
* Share thought leadership. Routinely monitor developments in ELT theory and practice and bring these to the attention of your teaching team through presentations, practical sessions, recommended reading.
* Represent the British Council at local ELT conferences, where appropriate
* Proactively look for opportunities to highlight examples of best practice within the centre and externally.

Product and service delivery and development
* Ensure frameworks to support teaching and learning (Statements of Approach, IP, Teaching Standards Framework, Product guidelines, TEAP) are understood and implemented by academic colleagues in their day to day work.
* Ensure other relevant colleagues (e.g. TOps, CS, TAs) are aware of frameworks to support teaching and learning.
* Ensure teachers communicate relevant policies to learners (e.g. statement of approach, behaviour policy, product information, EDI etc) during the course and support and advise other teams with communications (e.g CS and Marketing).
* Work with the Teaching Operations and Customer Services teams to deal with academic enquiries or complaints ensuring teachers are fully briefed and consulted where appropriate.
* Contribute as appropriate to cluster / regional product team.
* Contribute to the regional monitoring and evaluation of global products and related services to meet students' needs.
* Organise the piloting of new courses and materials where relevant.
* Introduce new products to teaching staff and provide training and support for teachers

Safeguarding, EDI and SEND
* Embed Safeguarding culture in teaching and learning through contributing to country safeguarding risk assessment and plan and implementing assigned actions.
* act as Deputy / Safeguarding Focal point as appropriate to size of country operation and risk profile.
* embed EDI through delivery of regional EDI objectives and workplans through local teaching teams (e.g. through Teaching Exellence Action Plan - TEAP).
* act as or support country SEND champion / Country SENCO and work with Teaching Operations, CS and other colleagues as appropriate to ensure teaching centre inclusion policy is effectively embeded in the centre.

About You (essential requirements for the role):
* ‎2 years post-diploma i.e. DELTA/Trinity Diploma TESOL experience.
* Extensive knowledge and experience of management and delivery of teacher training.
* Experience of line managing/ coordinating teaching teams.
* Experience in teaching relevant age groups
* Early Years aged ‎2 to ‎5 (‎200+hours).
* Primary aged ‎6 to ‎10 (‎800+ hours).
* Lower Secondary aged ‎11 to ‎14 (‎800 hours).
* Upper Secondary aged ‎15 to ‎17 (‎800+ hours).
* University/Vocational students aged ‎18 to ‎25 (‎400+hours).
* Adults General English ‎18+ (‎400+ hours).
* Full Mastery of English across ‎4 skills, equivalent to CEFR C2 (IELTS Academic Paper Band ‎8/‎9 in each of the ‎4 sections).
* Undergraduate Degree.
* Cambridge CELTA/Trinity Certificate TESOL.
* Cambridge DELTA/Trinity Diploma TESOL or equivalent as recognised by the British Council.
* YL teaching certificate i.e. CELTYL or TYLEC

Desirable requirements:
* Spoken Arabic equivalent to CEFR B1
* Relevant masters/post graduate qualification

Further Information
* Number of positions: ‎1
* Location: KSA / Riyadh
* Job Grade: ST
* Deadline to receive applications: February ‎24, ‎2023
* Other requirements: This role is open to candidates who have the right to work in the job location.

Please note that all applications should be submitted in English only.
It is advisable to apply in advance to avoid any technical issues at the
last moment

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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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