Teacher of English (Young Learners) – Full time – 7937

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, learn English, get a high-quality education, and gain internationally recognized 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.

Role Purpose

• To maintain and enhance professional development and academic quality in the teaching centre, through the management of an 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 Council’s global English strategy by

• Delivering teaching to the highest standards of ELT to a range of Young Learners (ages and levels)
• Enhancing British Council’s 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 centre’s activities and British Council plans

Qualification

Essentials

• Undergraduate/University degree
• TEFL-I qualification (CELTA/Trinity)

Desirables

• Cambridge DELTA/Trinity Diploma
• PGCE in Primary/Secondary or equivalent
• CELTYL or TYLEC

Work Experience

Essential

• 2 years post-certificate i.e. CELTA/Trinity cert TESOL experience in two or more of the following age groups:
• Young learners aged 4 to 6 (400+ hours)
• Young learners aged 7 to 11 (800+ hours)
• Young learners aged 12 to 14 (400+ hours)
• Young learners aged 15 to 17 (400+ hours)

Desirable

• Experience of teaching Young Learners online

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 3,193,148 – KRW 3,823,233 (Depending on qualifications and experience, including housing allowance)
• Annual Leave: Annual paid leave is 35 days. In addition, there are 14 public holidays per year.
• Medical Allowances: All British Council teachers are registered with Allianz Partners, the designated British Council insurer, to receive medical cover for themselves and their dependents. The teacher is responsible for an annual deductible of £150 for everyone who makes a claim
• 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/spouse/ dependents. You will also receive up to two weeks’ hotel accommodation/quarantine and subsistence on your 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 airfares from London to Seoul at the start of the 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 airfare for spouse, partner, and/or children recognised via the Family Certificate and Partner Declaration Form.

Additional Information

• Contract Duration: 24 Months
• Tentative Start date: Feb / start of March 2024
• Renewable Period: 1 Year
• Contract Hours: 38 Per week
• Contract Teaching Hours: 24 +2 substition
• Work schedule: All branches are open 7 days a week. From Monday to Friday, the earliest weekday classes start at 1:00 pm and the last ones finish at 7:40 pm with weekend classes starting at 9:30 am and the last ones finishing at 6:45 pm. You will work five days per week, with two consecutive weekend days. At the moment, these are either Friday/Saturday or Sunday/Monday, but these may change in the future according to operational needs. During the two intensive periods in the summer and the start of the calendar year, classes currently run from 10.00 am until 5.00 pm from Monday to Friday, with a Sat/Sun weekend. This may also be subject to change in the future.
• 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 abovementioned English-speaking countries
• Obtain an apostilled/verified criminal record check from the country of nationality
• Provide requested documentation to obtain local police checks from previous countries of employment, reference checks, employment checks, and qualification checks over the past 10 years.
• Pass a medical check-up in Korea, including an HIV and drug test

Closing Date and Time –Sunday 17 December 2023 (23:59 India Standard Time )