Eap Tutor

**Job Title: EAP Tutor**

**Department: Academic**

**Reports to: Director of Studies**

**Contract Type: Full time, part time, fixed term, permanent**

**Location: London, Chancery Lane**

**Salary: £27-30,000 per annum**

**PURPOSE OF ROLE**:
The primary purpose of the role is to teach on our International Foundation Year programme and support the curriculum development of the EAP component of IFY.

**DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES**:

- Deliver English for Academic Purposes (EAP)
- Provide academic support for students, as appropriate
- Set and mark formative assessments
- Attending team meetings, as appropriate
- Carry out administrative and record-keeping tasks associated with teaching and assessment (e.g. accurate attendance records, progress reports, schemes of work)
- Act as a positive ambassador for British Study Centres
- Adhere to both NCUK and BSC codes of conduct for staff

This job description summarises the purpose of the job and lists its key tasks. It is not a definitive list of all the tasks to be undertaken as those can be varied from time to time at our discretion.

**EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED**:
Bachelor’s degree (Essential)
- A relevant academic qualification at UK postgraduate level e.g. a Cambridge DELTA, Trinity DipTESOL or MA TESOL (Essential)
- Relevant teaching experience normally a minimum of two years. This experience should relate to the delivery of a Western-style syllabus using Western conventions and methodologies (Essential)
- An understanding of UK/western higher education and the needs and requirements of international students (Essential)
- Significant teaching experience at a reputable university (Desirable)
- Specific experience of education in the UK (Desirable)
- Knowledge of Language Cert exam (Desirable)

**KEY SKILLS & COMPETENCIES**:
**Teaching**:

- A record of achievement in teaching.
- Excellent interpersonal, communication and presentation skills including native speaker fluency in English. Numerate and articulate.
- Competence in the effective use of Information and Communications Technologies (ICT).
- Proven planning and organisational skills and an ability to take initiative within curriculum and policy objectives.
- The ability to contribute to study programme development.
- The ability to set, review and mark formative and summative assessments in line with a published syllabus.
- A record of attention to detail, thoroughness and fairness.
- The ability to prioritise, meet deadlines, work under pressure and, when necessary, with mínimal resources.

**Flexibility**:

- Ability to respond to last minute changes
- Willingness to take on new challenges, possibly outside own ‘comfort zone’
- Able to ‘think on own feet’ and manage the unexpected
- Understands that the needs of the school may require flexible, mutually understood approaches to work

**Student Focussed**:

- Responds to students requests promptly
- Treats all students with respect
- Does not assume the needs of students

**Self Awareness**:

- Understands own strengths and weaknesses
- Is able to recognise how own feelings and emotions may impact on others
- Accepts feedback as constructive and is not defensive
- Understands expectations of others

**Analytical & Problem Solving**
- Is disciplined and organised
- Able to deal with large amounts of data and make sense of it
- Has a measured and organised approach to solving problems
- Breaks down large amounts of work into smaller, manageable parts
- Is quick and effective at processing information

**Cultural Understanding**
- Is open to new ideas and differences and shows willingness in understanding of own and other cultures
- Recognises the need for flexibility and sensitivity in dealing with cross-cultural issues.
- Adapts behaviour to context and culture of people communicating with
- Uses experience to improve self-awareness and increase own cultural knowledge
- Judges situation based on a good knowledge of a range of cultures

**Good Communication**
- Is friendly and optimistic with people s/he meets
- Understands what needs communicating and how, when and to who
- Knows how to communicate with confidence and appropriateness to a situation
- Is open about discussing their own role and work
- Understands the importance of everyday courtesy

**Working with Others**
- Understands and works on team success for the whole team
- Understands own role and expectations of their role in their own team and the wider school team
- Has a strong awareness of how team dynamics work
- Treats the concerns of other departments as important
- Co-operates to meet team goals even at expense of personal preferences

**Job Types**: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent, Temporary contract, Fixed term contract, Temp to perm

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Monday to Friday

Application question(s):

- Do you hold a Postgraduate Degree with relevant professional qualifications e.g. DELTA or equivalent
- Do you have experience in an English for Academic Purp