Teacher of English- Part Time

Teacher of English
- Part Time

**Date**:9 Oct 2024

**Location**: Bilbao, European Union, ES

**Company**:British Council

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?**

**Teacher's Success Story**

**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.

**About British Council -**

British Council has been delivering English courses to adults and young learners for 20 years in Deusto, Bilbao. The Basque region is a dynamic and vibrant context with strong demand for English. Our teaching center delivers courses to young learners aged 4-17 as well as adults during the academic year as well as in the summer.

ELT activity is managed by a Teaching Operations Manager, one Senior Teacher, and two coordinators and supported by a customer services team, as well as financial and administrative management and support roles. There are currently over 25 teachers in the teaching team delivering around 15,000 hours of classes each year.

**Main Duties-**
- Plan, prepare, and deliver high-quality English language teaching that meets the needs of different customer groups taking into account individual learning styles. Ensure that lesson materials are tailored appropriately to the needs of particular groups and individuals and that British Council materials are used to maximum effect to meet learners’ needs.
- Monitor and assess progress and provide regular feedback - both written and face to face - to help manage students’ performance throughout the course, and actively promote learner autonomy, using the setting and correction of homework for that purpose. Meet individually with parents and students as part of the student’s learning process.
- Actively engage in CPD to ensure quality and high standards in teaching and learning and maintain the British Council’s position at the forefront of best ELT practices.
- Ensure safeguarding and guidelines are applied and upheld in line with standards and policy for the following areas:

- Safeguarding. Ensure all YL students are safe, secure, and looked after while they are in our care.
- Equality, Diversity and Inclusion.
- Health and Safety

**Requirement of the role-**
- **Most teaching takes place on weekday lunchtimes, evenings, and on Saturdays. Some adult classes involve early morning starts.**:

- Experience in teaching young learners is essential ( primary and secondary)
- Increasingly our young learner teaching takes place in schools, so travel is often required.
- Teachers may be expected to work in more than one location, e.g. British Council center and a partner institution.

**Qualification**

**Essentials**
- Undergraduate or University degree
- Cambridge CELTA or Trinity Certificate TESOL

**Desirables**
- Diploma in TESOL or equivalent
- Extension qualifications:

- Norwich Institute for Language Education Teaching English in Pre-Primary Education
- TYLEC - Trinity Young Learners Extension Certificate

**Work Experience**

**Essentials**
- 1- 2 year post-certificate i.e. CELTA or Trinity Certificate TESOL experience
- Experience in teaching relevant age groups specific to the center
- Early Years aged 2 to 5 (400+hours)
- Primary aged 6 to 10 (400+ hours)
- Lower Secondary aged 11 to 14 (800+ hours)
- Upper Secondary aged 15 to 17 (400+ hours)
- University/Vocational students aged 18 to 25 (400+hours)
- Adults General English 18+ (800+ hours)

**Salary**
- **Salary** -** Euro 22,979-33,179** annual gross** pro-rata for part-time **(depending on the education, experience and working hours offered)

**Additional Information**
- **Contract type: Temporary**:

- **Contract Hours: 3-4 **hours per week
- **Nationality requirements**: Applicants must be EU nationals or have the right to work in Spain
- **Start Date**: October

**Closing Date and Time **- 23 October 2024 (23:59 PM 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 particul