English Teacher (local staff)

Organisation: Passerelles numeriques

Reporting to: English Coordinator & Training Manager

Status: Local contract

Project: PNV

Start date / duration: 18/11/2019, one year Full time

Location: Da Nang, Vietnam

Background

Passerelles numériques (PN), a French non-profit organization, enables young underprivileged people to build their employability through education in the digital industry, and leverage their potential and willpower; it allows them and their family to escape poverty in a sustainable way, and contribute to the social and economic development of their country. Established in 2005, PN has been operating in Cambodia, the Philippines and Vietnam, Passerelles numériques has offered scholarships to more than 1700 students in three countries. PN employs 100 people based in these three countries. Passerelles numériques relies on the financial and skills sponsorship of several corporate partners such as Accenture, Econocom-Osiatis, JP Morgan, Microsoft and Société Générale and also receives support from individual donors. In Vietnam, Passerelles numériques started its mission in 2010, with a training centre based in Da Nang, in Central Vietnam. In 2012, the first class graduated with 27 students, and most of them had a job just after graduation. Today, PN Vietnam (PNV) trains 129 students and graduated 258 young disadvantaged since 2010. Website: http://www.passerellesnumeriques.org/ http://www.passerellesnumeriques.org/vietnam

Context and mission

Under the supervision of the English training coordinator, the teacher delivers English training to 1st year, 2nd year and 3rd year students. The training covers from basic to functional levels on the following skills: speaking, writing, listening and reading. S/He reports to the English coordinator to indicate student’s involvement and progress in class.

Duties and Responsibilities

Under the direct supervision of the English Coordinator, the teacher is in charge of the delivery and the quality training through the following tasks: A. English Training – Teach between 14 and 18 hours of English per week for different PNV classes. – Work in alignment with PNV English syllabuses and PNV teaching and educating spirit. – Monitor the performance of in-charge students and report to the Training Manager on their progress. – Mark periodic tests and complete soft copy of results for record. – Create the tests and coordinate their validation among the team. – Collaborate with the Training Manager to plan tutoring sessions for students with failed/low results. – Participate and contribute to English Training activities – Provide guidance and English training to PN Vietnam team members, on Training Manager’s request B. Education – Collaborate with different departments for the preparation of PNV events. – Assist the Education team in any matter linked to the student development (discipline, activities, follow-up, etc.). – As a PNV team member, you have an Educational responsibility towards the students, by showing examplary manners and etiquette. C. Others – Assist the English training team and the Training Manager with other training tasks (class council, staff meeting, etc.). – Participate in PNV’s extra-curricular activities when being assigned. – Perform other related tasks upon the request of Training Manager and/or General Manager. – Contribute to the Selection process.