INTERLINK Language Centers

TVTC Technical Training Colleges

Saudi Arabia

EFL/ESL Site Directors for Men

Background

For more than three decades, INTERLINK has been offering intensive English language training, academic preparation and cultural orientation to students, scholars and professionals from around the world.

Now, INTERLINK has been awarded a contract by the Technical and Vocational Training Corporation (TVTC) of Saudi Arabia, which oversees Colleges of Technology in the Kingdom, to prepare its graduates linguistically to function in the workplace (primarily offices) where they will be writing reports, keeping records, communicating with others by phone, email, text, and explaining their roles, activities, and rationale for decisions and actions to others. Training will take place at eight different Colleges of Technology in the Kingdom, during two 21-week semesters per year.

The Branch Department Head will work to develop the program, supervise and support teachers, and oversee/manage (with assistants) the administrative workings of the local program. Because classes use a Course Management System (Claroline), the Department Head must be must be comfortable in and adept at using computers and online materials in order to introduce the system to his instructors and train them in the use of CMS.

The Department Head reports to the Assistant Project Manager for Instructional Programs in the project’s central office in Riyadh. Because of the involvement in the creation of curricular elements, employment for the department head will begin as soon as the selection process is completed.

More comprehensive information about INTERLINK can be found at www.INTERLINK.edu.

Minimum Qualifications

The candidates for these positions must:

1. oBe native speakers
2. oHave strong computer skills and preferably CMS experience
3. oHave an MA degree or their equivalent in TESL/TEFL, Applied Linguistics, teaching a foreign language or Education with emphasis on TEFL/TESL (Online degrees without an on-campus, residential component will not be accepted).
4. oHave administrative experience in managing language programs (minimum three years)
5. oHave ESL/EFL teaching experience with adult learners (minimum three years)
6. oBe creative and flexible to deal with different cultural and administrative practices
7. oBe able to adapt to a way of life requiring understanding, conformity and flexibility

Preference will be given to those who are fluent in other languages and have Peace Corps or similar service/work experience in another country.

Responsibilities

1. oOversight and support of fifteen instructors at one of eight TVTC locations
2. oLeadership/Oversight of enrollment procedures, placement testing, class assignment, on-going assessment throughout the term, weekly staff meetings, attendance and other disciplinary policies, final evaluation and reporting procedures.
3. oCoordination with/reporting to the Central Office in Riyadh.
4. oOversee program and staff logistics, including classroom, technology, and other instructional issues, and housing, transportation, and other staff logistical issues
5. oDevelopment/creation (with guidance) of specified curricular elements, including on-line modules using an online Course Management System (Claroline)
   
   
6. oRound-trip transportation to and from Saudi Arabia
7. oFurnished housing
8. oFull medical insurance coverage
9. oLocal transportation to and from the Technical College
10. o5% end-of-service bonus for each year of completed contract
11. oRenewable contracts contingent upon the employee’s performance and continuation of the program as approved by the

Salary, Benefits and Terms

o $50,000 - $65,000 salary per annum

To apply, click here.

NB: Due to governmental regulations and the unavailability of visas, applications

from non-English-speaking countries will not be considered.