Senior Teacher

Description:

We are looking for an experienced and inspirational education professional with a passion for teaching excellence, teacher development, and student success. The successful candidate will be a collaborative leader who can motivate and support teachers while maintaining the highest standards of academic delivery and customer experience.

In this role, you will provide line management and pastoral support to teachers, conduct observations, promote staff wellbeing, support recruitment and onboarding, and coordinate mentoring for new colleagues. You will contribute to the design and delivery of a regional CPD programme, identify professional development opportunities, model excellent classroom practice, lead teacher development activities, and share expertise in English Language Teaching.

Alongside teaching a regular English language class, you will ensure teaching standards, policies, and learning frameworks are embedded across the centre. You will work closely with Teaching Operations and Customer Services to manage academic enquiries, support product development, pilot new courses and materials, and help introduce new programmes and initiatives. You will also champion safeguarding, equality, diversity and inclusion, and SEND provision, while building strong relationships with students, parents, colleagues, and external stakeholders. Promoting intercultural understanding and awareness of the UK and its values will be an important part of the role.

The successful candidate will have a recognised ELT qualification, significant teaching experience, proven people management skills, excellent communication and coaching abilities, and a passion for educational quality, innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

Essential

Qualifications & Experience
 

• High proficiency in English across 4 skills, equivalent to CEFR C2 (IELTS Academic Paper Band 8+ in each of the 4 sections of the academic module).
• Undergraduate Degree.
• Cambridge CELTA/Trinity Certificate TESOL.
• Cambridge DELTA/Trinity Diploma TESOL or equivalent as recognised by the British Council.
• Specialism, where appropriate e.g., YL qualification eg TYLEC or equivalent.
• 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:
  • Primary aged 6 to 10 (400 + hours)
  • Lower Secondary aged 11 to 14 (800+ hours).
  • Upper Secondary aged 15 to 17 (400+ hours).
  • University/Vocational students aged 18 to 25 (400+hours).
  • Adults General English 18+ (800+ hours).