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Join us to be part of an international organisation that works in more than 100 countries and changes lives around the world.  

We work in two ways – directly with individuals to transform their lives, and with governments and partners to make a bigger difference for the longer term. 

You will be encouraged to pursue your personal and professional development via training, on-the-job-coaching and individual study. 

We want the British Council to be an inclusive place to work. We aim to create opportunities and reduce barriers for everyone, particularly under-represented groups. We are committed to making sure there is no unjustified discrimination in our processes for recruitment and selection, performance management and pay, and that promotion and retention is fairly granted across all our operations. 

Freelance Teacher of English

Duration: Academic Year is September-June with summer school in July and August, renewable
Working hours: Most Young Learner Classes are delivered on weekday afternoons, Adult classes are in the mornings and evenings. On Saturday mornings we have Adults and Teens classes.
Salary: hourly rate based on qualifications and experience

Experience: 2 years’ full-time teaching experience post-certificate (Cambridge CELTA/Trinity Cert TESOL); Experience in and willingness to teach at least two of the three relevant age groups:

  • Young Learners teaching aged 6 to 11 (200+ hours)
  • Young Learners teaching aged 12 – 17 (200+ hours)
  • Adults teaching (200+ hours)

Desirable: Young learner teaching aged 6 to 11 (400+ hours); Teaching a range of different levels and exam preparation classes; experience teaching online.

More information about the position and how to apply can be found here.

Marketing Officer

Role purpose: The role purpose is to support English marketing activities by helping in implementation of our marketing strategy. Marketing Officer would provide exceptional support to events, local promotional activities contributing to the overall impact we make locally and within the Central Europe cluster. They would work with our wider marketing community and local teams in understanding and expanding audiences, markets, and channels of communication, especially digital.

Contract type and duration: Local standard, full time, definite for two years, initially 

Location: Prague, Czech Republic 

Starting date: as soon as possible

Requirements

  • Degree or professional qualification in marketing or business;
  • Experience in a marketing assistant position at a national level within a medium or large organisation;
  • Experience of implementing marketing plans;
  • English language skills to the CEF B2/C1 level;
  • Czech language skills to the CEF C1 level.
  • 1-year experience as an Marketing Assistant, or coordinator;
  • Experience in a global organisation.

More information about the post and how to apply can be found here. 

Closing Date: Sunday 4 August 2024 23:59 CET

Adult Courses Coordinator

Role Purpose: Planning, preparing and delivering high quality English language teaching that meets the needs of different customer groups, taking into account individual learning styles. Monitoring progress and providing regular feedback to help manage students´ performance throughout course. Maintain academic quality through supporting in-house teacher development programms. Act as a Teaching centre lead for adult courses, supporting teachers, assessing courses and assessment, leading on updates to adult courses. 

  • Department: Teaching Centres
  • Contract type: Local teaching standard, full-time (38 working hours per week including 12 teaching hours), definite for two years (initially)
  • Payband: local TC Coordinator scale
  • Starting salary: from 44 883,- CZK (gross monthly)
  • Starting date: September 2024

Requirements:

Minimum/Essential:

  • 2 years post-diploma i.e. DELTA/Trinity Diploma TESOL experience.
  • Extensive knowledge and experience of management and delivery of teacher training.
  • Experience of line managing/ coordinating teaching teams.
  • Experience in teaching relevant age groups

                           Lower Secondary aged 11 to 14 (800+ hours).
                           Upper Secondary aged 15 to 17 (400+ hours).
                           Adults General English 18+ (800+ hours).

 

Full Mastery of English across 4 skills, equivalent to CEFR C2 (IELTS Academic Paper Band 8/9 in each of the 4 sections).

 

  • Undergraduate Degree.
  • Cambridge CELTA/Trinity Certificate TESOL.
  • Cambridge DELTA/Trinity Diploma TESOL or equivalent as recognised by the British Council.

 

Additional Requirements: The successful candidate must have a pre-existing right to live and work in the Czech Republic.

 

Closing Date: Sunday 04 August 2024

More about the position and how to apply can be found here.

 

Customer Service and Sales Advisor

Role Purpose: To project a professional image of British Council and act as British Council’s and UK ambassador and provide a high quality, welcoming and efficient integrated services in handling enquiries in the fields of English language, Exams, Corporate and others.

  • Department: Customer Services
  • Contract type: Local standard, full-time (35 working hours per week), definite for two years (initially)
  • Starting salary: from 30,416.67 CZK (gross monthly)
  • Starting dateSeptember 2024

Requirements:

  • Proven previous experience of working in customer service;
  • Advanced Computer skills;
  • Use of Outlook, Excel, Word;
  • Written and oral communication skills in English (B2) and Czech (C1);
  • Secondary school leaving certificate.

Closing Date: Sunday 25 August 2024

More about the position and how to apply can be found here.

Venue staff Brno

The British Council in Brno would like to hear from people interested in hourly-paid work to help us with the organisation of internationally recognised exams. You will be required to work very closely with the British Council Examinations Services staff, other venue staff and venue service providers to ensure the tests run smoothly and that all assigned test day duties and standards are met. 

More information about the post and how to apply can be found here

Customer Services Asistant

The British Council in Prague is looking for a Customer Support - Assistant for a few hours a week.

Our ideal colleague is:

  • communicative,
  • able to solve problems,
  • proactive,
  • team player.

In return we offer:

  • work in a respected international organization,
  • working in a friendly team,
  • flexible shift planning.

If you are interested, please send your CV to: info@britishcouncil.cz.

Young Learners Monitors & Teaching Asistants

The British Council in Prague would like to hear from people interested in hourly-paid work to join our team of Learner Monitors. You will be part of a wider team of assistents expected to ensure the safety and well being of all children at a time when many of them are not being monitored by other members of staff.

More information about the role and how to apply can be found here.

IELTS Examiner

We are looking for suitably qualified and experienced individuals to join our team of IELTS Speaking Examiners.

You will need:

▪ An undergraduate or Master’s degree or a qualification which can be demonstrated to be equivalent to an undergraduate or Master’s degree.

▪ A recognised qualification in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) or recognised equivalent as part of a recognised university award course.

▪ At least 3 years’ full time (or the equivalent part time) relevant TESOL teaching experience (minimum one-year post-certificate level qualification). The majority of this teaching experience must relate to adult students (16 years and over).

▪ The required professional attributes and interpersonal skills.

For more information on the Minimum Professional Requirements and an application form, please contact: eva.pechlakova@britishcouncil.cz 

Closing date for applications: 31.8.2024