Part-time Teacher of English

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 2021–22 we reached 650 million people.

• What’s it like to work at the British Council as a Teacher?

Role Purpose:

• To promote and ensure quality teaching and effective learning of English.
• To support the wider aims of British Council and its cultural relations mission.
• To engage in continued professional development in order to keep up-to-date with developments in the field and to facilitate consistent provision of high quality teaching

Main Accountabilities But Not Limited To The Following:

• Planning, preparing and delivering high quality English language teaching that meets the needs of different customer groups taking into account individual learning styles.
• Monitoring progress and provide regular feedback to help manage students’ performance throughout the course, and actively promote learner autonomy.
• Contributing to the development, evaluation, and improvement of English language courses, materials and related services.
• Ensuring teaching meets the standards expected in Teaching and Learning Reviews, the annual Academic Quality Plans and organisational expectations.
• Using technology during lessons when required.
• Supporting local marketing and promotional strategy and assist the teaching centre team in delivering excellent customer service.
• Ensuring safeguarding and other guidelines are applied and upheld in line with standards and policy for the following areas:
  • Child protection
  • Equality, diversity and inclusion
  • Health and safety

Qualification

Essentials

• • Cambridge CELTA or Trinity Certificate TESOL
  • Bachelor’s degree (in any discipline)

Desirables

• • Cambridge DELTA or Trinity Diploma and or equivalent
  • Postgraduate Certificate in Education or Bachelor of Education (PGCE) or Bachelor of Education (B.Ed). in primary or secondary.
  • Teaching Young Learners Extension Certificate (TYLEC) or Certificate in English Language Teaching to Young Learners (CELTYL)
  • MA (TESOL or another related subject)

Essentials

Work Experience

• • A minimum of 2 years post-certificate i.e. CELTA/Trinity certificate TESOL experience gained from teaching a variety of age groups and levels from young learners through to adults.
  • For internal applicants, they should successfully completed the Teacher Support Program (TSP)
  • Applicants should have experience in teaching two or more of the following age groups:
    • Young learners aged 6 to 12 (600+ hours)
    • Young learners aged 13 to 17 (600+hours)
    • Adults aged 18+ 1800+ hours)

Salary & Benefits:

• • Salary: 2287.5 TND/month Gross
  • Annual Leave allowances: You will be entitled to leave at the rate of 35 working days per annum earned based on a 5-day week, for each 12 months served at the British Council in Tunisia
  • Medical allowance: You will be registered on the local health insurance scheme (COMAR), where you will be expected to make a contribution of 2.25% with the British Council contributing 6.75%.
  • Inbound Flight (if recruited outside of Tunisia)- Economy flight for self, spouse, and dependents of 21 years or younger
  • Settling-In allowance (if recruited outside of Tunisia)
    • 7% annual base salary for single
    • 10% annual base salary for accompanied
    • Capped at GBP8,000
    • One-off payment with the first month’s salary
  • Settling-In Leave (if recruited outside of Tunisia) – Settling-in leave for 3 days
  • Temporary Accommodation (if recruited outside of Tunisia) – 2 weeks of temporary accommodation

Additional Information:

• Contract Length: 24 Months
• Renewable Period: 12 Months
• Location – Tunis, Tunisia
• Teaching Hours – 18 fixed Hours/Week
• Work Schedule – Monday- Friday / Tuesday- Saturday / Wednesday- Sunday (depending on the teaching requirement)
• Right to Work/Passport Requirement: Candidates are expected to have researched whether they have the right to live and work in the country in which the role is based. Given that our offices have different legal statuses depending on the work we do in those countries, we recommend that you contact HR in the country for additional information on the likelihood of securing a visa. Only at its discretion will the British Council provide support so please check first whether visa support is offered.
• Visa Support – Immigration and visa support given to employees with married dependents and their children for up to 5 years. Unmarried men/women with an accompanying partner will get visa support
• We are unable to employ teachers who are 58 years old or older due to the Tunisian retirement age.

Closing date & time: Tuesday, 1 October 2024 (23:59 Indian Standard Time)

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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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