30-Hour/Week Teacher of English

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Job Overview

British Council Japan is recruiting experienced, enthusiastic, dedicated Adult teachers 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. Please note that teachers may also be assigned some Young Learner classes based on operational needs.

Role Purpose

• To promote and ensure quality teaching and effective learning of English. 
• To support the wider aims of the British Council and its cultural relations mission.

Accountabilities 

Support British Council’s global English strategy to

• Deliver teaching to the highest standards of ELT
• Enhance British Council’s reputation as a world authority in ELT
• Engage in continuing professional development and share best practices within the country
• Ensure teaching is engaging, relevant, appropriately challenging, and meets learner needs and 
• organisational expectations
• Comply with and implement British Council policy and practice (Safeguarding, Equality 
• Diversity & Inclusion, Data Protection)
• Maintain good relationships with key stakeholders

 
Qualifications

Essentials

• 3 year University degree
• Cambridge CELTA or Trinity Certificate TESOL

 
Desirable

• Recognised diploma in EFL i.e. DELTA or Trinity Diploma TESOL

Language Requirements

High proficiency in English i.e. full mastery of English across all 4 skills equivalent to user (CEFR C2) IELTS Band 8/9 in each of 4 sections of the academic module

Work Experience

Essential

• 2 years full-time post certificate i.e. CELTA/Trinity cert TESOL – with experience gained from teaching a variety of levels.

         Note a minimum of 1200+ hours of experience should have been gained from teaching adults.

Desirables

• Experience teaching IELTS preparation classes 
• Experience teaching Japanese learners

 
Salary & Benefits

• Salary: 
  • JPY 267,488 per month for teachers with CELTA or equivalent
  • JPY 282,773 per month for teachers with DELTA or equivalent
• Commuting allowance: Commuting allowance based on actual commuting cost up to a max of ¥30,000 per month
• Start date: September 2024
• Duration: 1 year (Renewable)
• Contract type: Fixed-term
• Right to work in country: Pre-existing right to work in Japan. These roles are only open to applicants who currently have permission to live and work in Japan. Please note that if your current working visa is under the ‘Other’ category (e.g. Professor, Instructor, Artist) you will need to apply for permission to work under the category (Engineer / Specialist in Humanities / International Services).

 
Additional information

• Work Schedule: The contract is for 30 hours of work a week, with up to 18 hours per week of teaching. Teachers appointed to this position may be required to work on both Saturdays and Sundays. They may be primarily based in one Teaching Centre but may be required to work at other locations based on operational needs.It is essential that all teachers must also be capable and willing to teach on all types of courses and projects based on operational needs.
• Local restriction on employment: These roles are only open to applicants who currently have permission to live and work in Japan. 
• Income tax and national insurance: Your salary is a gross salary and is subject to local taxes and statutory deductions. The British Council will make deductions from your salary at source in respect of tax and other sums due where appropriate. If the laws and regulations of Japan require you to account directly for any tax or other sums that are due in respect of your salary, it is your responsibility to properly account for such tax and other sums to the appropriate authorities.  The British Council will make no additional payments to you in respect of any liability for tax or other sums that you may have. Any liability you may have for tax or other sums due in other jurisdictions will be your responsibility, save as set out in this contract.  No additional payment will be made to you by the British Council in respect of such liabilities.

Closing Date and Time: Sunday, 23 June 2024, 23.59 (India Standard Time)

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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 particular, but not exclusively, on grounds of ethnicity and disability.  All disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria are guaranteed an interview and we have Disability Confident Employer Status. We welcome discussions about specific requirements or adjustments to enable participation and engagement in our work and activities.

The British Council is committed to safeguarding children, young people and adults who we work with.

We believe that all children and adults everywhere in the world deserve to live in safe environments and have the right to be protected from all forms of abuse, maltreatment and exploitation as set out in article 19, UNCRC (United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child) 1989.

Appointment to positions where there is direct involvement with vulnerable groups will be dependent on thorough checks being completed; these will include qualification checks, reference checks, identity & criminal record checks in line with legal requirements and with the British Council’s Safeguarding policies for Adults and Children.

If you have any problems with your application please email askhr@britishcouncil.org

Please note: Applications to this role can only be considered when made through the Apply section of our careers website. Our ‘ASK HR’ email is only to be used in case of a technical issue encountered when applying through the careers website. Emails with supporting statements and CV/Resumes sent to this email address will not be reviewed and will be deleted.