English Language Advisor

Job Description

About the project

Transforming Education in Ethiopia (TREE) is a new 21 million GBP project funded by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office that aims to improve teaching quality and learning outcomes and to increase access to education for girls and marginalised children. To achieve this TREE will work in schools in developing regions of Ethiopia and will aim to a) improve the general quality of teaching and learning, b) improve the teaching and learning in English Language as a subject, and the use of English across the curriculum in these, and c) increase the number of marginalised children, particularly girls, accessing and staying in schools.

About the role

The post-holder will be responsible for the quality delivery of TREE’s English Language outcome, which will comprise of English Language Teaching (ELT) and Cross Curriculum Use of English (CCUE) components. This will involve designing and managing ELT/CCUE technical assistance and capacity building programming; organising field teams of technical assistance experts and professional development trainers; working with stakeholders from across the education sector, and all required internal and external reporting.

This role will be full-time and based in Addis Ababa. It will involve travel across Ethiopia and some evening and weekend work.

We currently expect the role to start in August or September 2025 (TBC) and to be for a fixed term of approx. three years.

Qualifications and skills

Essential

• First degree
• TEFL-Q: a diploma level qualification in teaching English as a foreign / second language
• Minimum 3 years’ post TEFL-Q experience of English language teaching and training
• Minimum 2 years’ experience of managing partner funded ELT reform programmes in public education systems and working with a range of external and internal partners, e.g. Ministries of Education, teacher training institutes,education boards and international development organisations
• Minimum 2 years’ experience of content and language integrated learning (CLIL) teaching or training
• Minimum 2 years’ experience of managing external international consultants
• Experience of working in Sub-Saharan Africa and/or other development contexts

Desirable

• Project management qualification
• Masters level qualification in ELT or equivalent
• Experience of managing remote/blended English language teaching programmes
• Experience of working in primary education sector in a developing context
• Experience of working in language supportive pedagogy and/or materials development
• Experience of project management of English language teaching materials development projects
• Experience of managing the development of English courses, including e-learning courses

How to apply

The British Council is committed to diversity and inclusion in our workforce. We do not discriminate against employees based on race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, or gender expression. We recognize the importance of a diverse and inclusive workplace and intentionally strive for diversity and inclusion at all organizational levels.

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Please note the following:

• This appointment is subject to the British Council being awarded the contract via a competitive tendering exercise
• The final applicant’s selection is subject to FCDO approval

About the Organization

The British Council is the UK’s international organisation for cultural relations and educational opportunities. We create friendly knowledge and understanding between the people of the UK and other countries. We do this by making a positive contribution to the UK and the countries we work with – changing lives by creating opportunities, building connections and engendering trust.