Eap Tutor

**EAP Tutor**

**Location: Canterbury**

**Starting Date: ASAP**

**Salary: £32 - £35 per hour**

**Job purpose**

We are seeking to appoint an inspirational and motivated EAP tutor with excellent digital skills to inspire and support students to succeed in their learning including supporting attendance. Your role will involve the teaching and assessing of international students and support learners in all aspects of their educational studies using both pre-prepared materials and innovation within your teaching as well as utilising a wide range of e-learning opportunities where appropriate.

**Main duties and responsibilities**
- Plan and deliver EAP curriculum to international pre-university students from a range of linguistic, educational and cultural backgrounds
- Remain sensitive to the expectations of different nationalities whilst encouraging an open and questioning approach to learning that leads students to become independent learners
- Provide academic support for students, as appropriate, through consultations and tutorials, demonstrating a willingness to offer extra advice outside normal class hours
- Develop and maintain an encouraging environment in which accepted rules of behaviour are consistently applied
- Select, prepare, develop and use teaching and learning materials appropriate for international students
- Assess students throughout their modules, regularly creating, providing and marking both formative and summative evaluations
- Provide detailed oral and written feedback to students and other stakeholders, for example, the College Manager and Director, as required
- Carry out administrative and record-keeping tasks associated with teaching and assessment (e.g. accurate attendance records, student progress reports, schemes of work, test invigilation)
- Assist the development of module templates, schemes of work, assessment materials & Handbooks
- Populate the VLE (Blackboard) with relevant materials for students to access
- Attend and contribute to college meetings and training sessions as required
- Act as a positive ambassador for Oxford International pathway programmes
- Adhere to both the UoK and UKIC policies & codes of conduct for staff

**Person specification**

**Statutory requirements**
- Appropriate DBS disclosure
- Eligibility to work in and travel freely in the UK

**Qualifications**
- A recognised teaching qualification
- PGCE (With QTS)

**Experience and Knowledge**
- Significant relevant teaching experience in UK further or higher education
- Experience of teaching using a range of effective strategies and classroom approaches.
- Experience of teaching on a university pathways programme.
- Experience of teaching international students

**Personal Qualities**
- Empathy with international students and an understanding of their needs
- Flexibility & adaptability
- Excellent communication skills, oral & written
- Commitment to the development of UK IC
- Experience of teaching international students
- Understanding of the higher education environment
- High level IT skills

**How to apply**

**For more information on Oxford Internationa**l
- Oxford International is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service, as this job involves working with children. This role meets the requirements in respect of exempted questions under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974._
- Oxford International is an equal-opportunity employer. Every applicant and employee has the same opportunities regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status._

**Job Type**: Zero hours contract

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Work authorisation:

- United Kingdom (preferred)

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: EAP Tutor