EAP Lecturer Positions English Language Department in Saudi Arabia

 
EAP Lecturer Positions

English Language Department

King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals

College of Applied & Supporting Studies

Box 38, Dhahran 31261,

Saudi Arabia

APPLICANTS MUST HAVE NATIVE SPEAKER COMPETENCE IN ENGLISH, A DEGREE FROM AN ANGLOPHONE UNIVERSITY, AN INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED TEFL QUALIFICATION, AND TERTIARY-LEVEL TEACHING EXPERIENCE.

KFUPM is a male-only, English-medium university of science, technology, and business, located in Saudi Arabia on the Arabian Gulf. We are interested in well-qualified, committed and experienced teachers of EFL/ESL/EAP for our undergraduate courses in the University’s English Language Department. We expect to recruit new faculty for the start of the fall semester in September 2016 or the spring semester in January 2017.

The English Language Department (ELD) teaches three undergraduate English courses:

An Introduction to Academic Discourse (freshman composition, reading and academic vocabulary)

An Introduction to Report Writing (source-based writing and term report)

Academic & Professional Communication (advanced research and report writing skills, recruitment strategies, business correspondence, and presentation skills).

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

Applicants need a first degree in any discipline with: a Masters preferably in TEFL/TESOL or Applied Linguistics; or a one-year postgraduate diploma in TEFL/TESL from an accredited university, or an RSA/UCLES DELTA. Applicants should also have a minimum of three years’ full-time teaching of EFL/EAP, preferably at tertiary level and overseas.

TEACHING DUTIES

The academic calendar consists of two 15-week semesters (fall and spring), each followed by two weeks allocated to final examinations. ELD lecturers teach four classes per day, three days per week and have five office hours. They teach two of the three undergraduate courses and typically have responsibility for between 80 and 100 students each semester.

COMPENSATION

Salaries

Two-year renewable contracts

Very competitive tax-free salaries

End-of-service gratuity

Additional remuneration through the evening language and summer programs

Other benefits

Generous leave

Annual round-trip air tickets for faculty, spouse and two children

Monthly transportation allowance

Free furnished, air-conditioned accommodation with free utilities and house maintenance

Educational allowance for school-age children

Free medical and dental care at the University Clinic or local hospital

Excellent recreational facilities including sports, fitness and private beach

On-campus and off-campus bus services to local schools and shopping centres

APPLICATION

If you are interested in applying to the ELD, please send an e-mail—with the Subject: “Application 2016” and including your CV, relevant passport pages, and copies of your academic documents—to The Director at the email address below. (Please note that only successful applicants will be contacted.)


neldjobs@kfupm.edu.sa