Teacher of English Adults – Full Time

We support peace and prosperity by building connections, understanding and trust between people in the UK and countries worldwide.

We work directly with individuals to help them gain the skills, confidence and connections to transform their lives and shape a better world in partnership with the UK. We support them to build networks and explore creative ideas, to learn English, to get a high-quality education and to gain internationally recognised qualifications.

Working with people in over 200 countries and territories, we are on the ground in more than 100 countries. In 202122 we reached 650 million people.

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

British Council Korea is recruiting an experienced, enthusiastic, dedicated Young Learner teacher to join our teaching team. We are keen to appoint staff who can demonstrate good professional skills, are willing and able to learn and develop, and are good members of a team. The ideal candidate will be comfortable teaching multiple age groups from 4 years old to 17 years old and a wide range of levels from beginner to proficient. Experience teaching phonics and literacy is also desirable.

Accountabilities

Support British Councils global English strategy by

• Delivering teaching to the highest standards of ELT to a range of Young Learners (ages and levels)
• Enhancing British Councils reputation as a world authority in ELT
• Continuing professional development and sharing of best practices.
• Ensuring teaching is engaging, relevant and appropriately challenging, and meets learner needs and expectations
• Using a variety of resources and technologies to meet learner needs and ensuring teaching meets Teaching Quality standards and organisational expectations
• Complying with and implementing British Council policy and practice (Safeguarding,Equality Diversity & Inclusion, Data Protection)
• Supporting the teaching centres activities and British Council plans

Qualification

Minimum/essential

• Cambridge CELTA/Trinity CertTESOL or equivalent
• Undergraduate/University degree

Desirable

• CELTA Pass A/B
• Cambridge DELTA/Trinity Diploma or equivalent

Work Experience

Essential

• 2 years full-time post certificate i.e. CELTA/Trinity cert TESOL with experience gained from teaching General/ Business English to Adults.
• Note a minimum of 1200+ hours of experience should have been gained from teaching Adult learners

Language Requirement

• High proficiency in English i.e. full mastery of English across all 4 skills equivalent to user (CEFR C2) IELTS. Band 9 in each of 4 sections of the academic module

Salary & Benefits

• Package: KRW 2,843,618 – KRW 3,453,376 (depending on qualifications, experience and visa type, housing allowance is included)
• Annual Leave:Teachers are allowed 49 days of leave (made up of 35 days annual leave and 14 daysPublic Holiday in Lieu) over a twelve-month period with some days being fixed. Fixed leave is taken over the December festive period and the two major Korean holidays of Seolnal and Chuseok. Annual leave is planned and allocated before the start of each calendar year.
• Medical Allowances: British Council teachers in Korea have the choice of either registering under the Korean National Health Insurance scheme or for private health insurance with our global provider
• Settling-in allowance🙁if you are recruited from outside Korea) Teachers are given a settling-in allowance of two weeks’ salary for a single teacher and three weeks’ for a teacher with a partner/ a spouse/ dependents. You will also receive up to two weeks’ hotel accommodation/quarantine and subsistence on first arrival.
• Baggage allowance :(if you are recruited from outside Korea) Teachers are eligible for an accountable baggage allowance of 1,200 for single teachers; 2,000 for staff with accompanying partner and/or children.
• Travel Allowance:(if you are recruited from outside Korea)- The British Council will pay economy class air fares from London to Seoul at the start of contract (for staff recruited from the UK) and Seoul to London at the end of the successful completion of the contract. The British Council will also pay for the same incoming and outgoing air fare for spouse, partner, and/or children recognised via the Family Certificate and Partner Declaration Form.

Additional Information

• Contract Duration :24 Months
• Renewable Period :1 Year
• Contract Hours :33hpours Per week
• Contract Teaching Hours :21 hours per week
• Work schedule :All branches are open 7 days a week. From Monday to Friday, the earliest weekday classes start at 10:45am and the last ones finish at 9:45pm with weekend classes starting at 10:00am and the last ones finishing at 5:30pm. You will work five days per week, with two consecutive weekend days.
• Local restrictions on employment :

  • For immigration and registration purposes, new teachers must:

  • Hold a passport from an English-speaking country as defined by Korean immigration services: UK, Ireland, US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa.

  • Candidates with an F-visa, of any nationality, can apply for this post if they have a university degree from one of the above-mentioned countries.

  • Provide an original undergraduate degree/MA certificate from one of the above-mentioned English-speaking countries

  • Obtain an apostilled/verified criminal record check from the country of nationality

• Passport requirements/ Right to work in the country
  • Valid passport (You will need to provide copies of photo page and back of your passport for getting a visa)
  • To obtain a teaching visa, teachers nationalities and university degrees must be from an English-natives peaking country defined by the government of South Korea.
  • Visas are not obtained for partners unless they are married. –
  • The British Council Korea will provide full assistance throughout the visa application process.

Closing Date and Time Friday 27 October 2023 (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 iscommitted 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 Councils Safeguarding policies for Adults and Children.

If you have any problems with your application please email [email protected]

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