Teaching Associate – English Language

Teaching Associate – English Language (China Queen’s College)

Job description

The postholder will provide English Language instruction, including English for Academic Purposes (EAP), IELTS preparation classes and English for Scientific Academic Purposes (ESAP) programmes, to students at China Queen’s College (CQC), at China Medical University’s campus in Shenyang, China.

China Medical University – Queen’s University of Belfast Joint College (CQC) was established in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) through a long-standing friendship between Queen’s School of Pharmacy and the China Medical University (CMU), one of the foremost medical universities in China. CQC is a College that has the full approval from the China Ministry of Education (MoE) and was created in accordance with the MoE ‘Cooperation in Running Schools’ (CIRS) Regulations. The first students graduated from CQC in July 2018, with many opportunities thereafter for CQC graduates to enter onto postgraduate courses at Queen’s Schools in Belfast.

You will be required to be based and work at CQC for an extended period (up to 26 weeks per year). The remaining time is to be spent at Queen’s University Belfast.

About the person:

Applicants must have the following essential qualifications and experience:

• An undergraduate degree.
• Hold a recognised ELT/EAP teaching qualification (DELTA/PGCE TESOL or equivalent).
• Experience of teaching and assessing ELT and/or EAP students (particularly Chinese students) at a range of levels in higher education contexts or similar, in the UK or abroad.
• Experience of development and delivery of effective online learning resources, preferably in the EAP context.

To be successful at shortlisting stage, please ensure you clearly evidence in your application how you meet the essential and, where applicable, desirable criteria listed in the Candidate Information.