Confucius Institute Tutor

4 weeks ago

Cardiff, United Kingdom Cardiff University Full time

**Advert**

**School of Modern Languages**

**Confucius Institute Tutor**

Design, prepare, co-ordinate and deliver Chinese teaching courses other learning activities for local primary and/or secondary schools as well as for university students, including preparing and supervising different modes of assessment. Carry out teaching-related administrative duties. The support of a mentor is available. May be covering staff absence.
- The post is available from 1 August 2023 until 31 July 2024 on a variable hours basis, to support Chinese teaching in schools for the Cardiff Confucius Institute.**Salary**: £29,762 - £34,314 per annum (Grade 5).-
**Date advert posted~: Wednesday, 10 May 2023**

**Closing date: Wednesday, 24 May 2023**

**Cardiff University is committed to supporting and promoting equality and diversity and to creating an inclusive working environment. We believe this can be achieved through attracting, developing, and retaining a diverse range of staff from many different backgrounds who have the ambition to create a University which seeks to fulfil our social, cultural and economic obligation to Cardiff, Wales, and the world. In supporting our employees to achieve a balance between their work and their personal lives, we will also consider proposals for flexible working or job share arrangements.**
- The post holder will:
**MAIN ACTIVITIES/RESPONSIBILITIES**:

- Design Chinese courses and other learning activities for students in local primary and/or secondary schools as well as for university students. This includes identifying learning objectives and selecting appropriate curricula; selecting teaching methods, resources and reading; determining, designing and producing study material; planning course delivery and planning for contingencies such as slower/faster progress than anticipated.
- Carry out teaching related administrative duties as required.
- Take part in team teaching, including liaison with other academics, to ensure the course complements other courses taken by students; collaborate with colleagues on course development and curriculum changes.
- Carry out assessment for courses. This includes designing assessment instruments and criteria; marking assessments, ensuring adequate moderation; providing written/oral feedback; judging whether student circumstances should be taken into consideration in the assessment; and collating and providing final assessments of students.
- Carry out course evaluation, including facilitating student feedback; reflecting on own teaching design and delivery; and implementing ideas for improving own performance.

**PLANNING AND ORGANISING**:

- Teaching-related and administrative work is allocated by the Confucius Institute and various Committees.
- Plan and prioritise own daily work, and forward plan for some teaching.
- Deal with reactive requests daily such as those relating to teaching and administrative tasks.

**Person Specification**

**It is the School's policy to use the person specification as a key tool for short-listing. Using the same order/numbering in which the criteria appear, please submit a supporting statement providing written evidence/demonstration of how you fulfil each of the essential criteria in the person specification, along with any evidence of any of the desirable criteria you also meet.**

**Essential Criteria**
- Good first degree or equivalent experience.
- Possess near-native command of both Mandarin Chinese and English.
- Up-to-date knowledge of social, cultural and language developments in the Chinese-speaking world.
- Experience using or developing online or computer-aided language learning, particularly Blackboard.
- Proven teaching ability, ideally via a teaching qualification.
- Ability to take full responsibility for the design, delivery and co-ordination of teaching programme(s).
- Effective interpersonal skills to liaise with students and staff.

**Desirable Criteria**

1. UK driving licence

**Salary Range Min.**
- 29,762

**Salary Range Max.**
- 34,314

**Job Category**
- Academic - Teaching & Scholarship

**Grade**
- Grade 5 Hourly

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