Advanced Skills Teacher Of English

ADVANCED SKILLS TEACHER OF ENGLISH

St Helena Island, South Atlantic

2 years FTC available immediately

Enjoying unique lifestyle opportunities, St Helena Island is a self-governing overseas territory of the United Kingdom. Although better placed to develop economically and socially as a result of opening our international airport in 2017, we are not at the stage of self-sufficiency and therefore remain dependent on UK government aid. There are four schools on the island; one secondary and three primaries. The curriculum broadly models the English education system.

You will plan, prepare and deliver appropriate schemes of work and develop those for key stage 3, 4 and 5 where applicable. You must offer high quality teaching across of 11 – 18 year olds, with monitoring, assessment, reporting and feedback to students and parents, developing the tracking systems currently in place.

Ensuring effective management of resources and equipment you will support teachers and trainers in this specialist subject and develop local staff to self-manage. There will be some working outside of normal working hours and with challenging students and parents.

Holding a UK teaching qualification and QTS with degree level English you are familiar with the Secondary Curriculum within the UK relevant to English and have a background in teaching English at key stages 3, 4 and 5. You will have worked overseas, preferably in a developing economy. With a strong CPD record for yourself and others, you have specific experience in literacy improvement, plus knowledge of a range of GCSE and A level courses available for English    

In addition, you must demonstrate our core values of fairness, integrity and teamwork and use your diverse expertise and experiences to ensure your time on the Island has the broadest benefit to St Helena. As an officer funded through the Technical Co-Operation Programme you will be expected to share your knowledge and skills beyond the workplace contributing to workforce, community and capacity development in St Helena.

Our Benefits Package Includes:

• Salary: £34k-£36k pa, depending on experience and qualifications
• An International Supplement, full details of which are in the Overseas Vacancy Information at sthelenapublicservicejobs.sh
• Relocation Allowances, full details of which are in the Overseas Vacancy Information at sthelenapublicservicejobs.sh
• Annual Pension Contribution of 7.5% of salary
• Annual Leave of 30 days per annum plus Public Holidays

How to Apply:

An application form is available at https://sthelenapublicservicejobs.sh/advanced-skills-teacher-of-english/ where further information can also be found, or you may contact Kedell Worboys on 0203 818 7610 or via email: shgukrep@sthelenagov.com.

Applications must be sent to recruitment@sainthelena.gov.sh and received by 2 June 2022

To be considered for this role, you must complete our application form. Failure to do so will mean that your application will not be considered. Please do not submit your CV.  

The Public Service positively accepts applications from all members of the community regardless of race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief, and will consider all applications on the basis of merit, in accordance with the person specification.

Due to the potential for high numbers of applications, if you have not heard from us within 2 weeks of the closing date you should assume you have not been short listed. We would like to thank you for your interest in working for St Helena Government.