Job Title: TEFL Program Training Assistant
Deadline for Applications: July 14, 2008 6:00 PM.
Start date: August 11, 2008
End date: December 12, 2008
Announcement of Recruitment
FOR SHORT-TERM STAFF POSITIONS, Peace Corps - Azerbaijan
(Work site: 1+ months in Baku; 3 months in Sumgayit)
The Peace Corps is a governmental agency that promotes peace around the
world by sharing one of America's greatest resources: Volunteers. The
Peace Corps has been operating for over forty-five years in more than
135 countries; the agency's mission is to promote world peace and
friendship, and the goals are: to help the peoples of interested
countries and areas in meeting their needs for trained men and women; to
help promote a better understanding of the American people on the part of
the peoples served; and, to help promote a better understanding of other
peoples on the part of the American people. Peace Corps will welcome a
group of sixty new Volunteer "trainees" to Azerbaijan in September,
2008, for a three-month training period, and is currently recruiting
temporary staff to support the trainees during this period.
TEFL Program Training Assistant
Start Date: August 11, 2008;
End Date: December12, 2008
Position Summary: The TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language)
Technical Training Assistant supports the TEFL Program Managers in the
programmatic and logistical elements of technical training delivery.
Responsibilities include: serving as point-of-contact for TEFL Program
Managers at the training site; assisting TEFL Program Managers with the
design of training content and sessions; identifying resource people and
coordinating their participation as directed by TEFL Program Managers;
coordination/negotiation with practicum sites; and assisting TEFL
Program Managers with the implementation and evaluation of training.
Minimum Qualifications:
University graduate. Background as a teacher or educator is preferred.
Excellent command of written and spoken Azeri and English. Training
experience with Americans or in a cross-cultural setting; demonstrated
facilitation and training skills; experience in mentoring; excellent
cross-cultural and communication skills. Analytical skills,
organizational skills, communication skills, excellent attention to
detail. Demonstrated flexibility and ability to work within strict
timeframes. Good interpersonal skills, ability to relate to people of
diverse backgrounds, and to communicate effectively with Peace Corps
Trainees and Pre-Service Training staff. Willingness to live and work in
Sumgayit for duration of Pre-Service Training.
Application deadline July 14, 2008, 6:00 pm
