Language Teacher, Spanish, LT

The Language Teacher, Spanish, is responsible for teaching Spanish as a foreign or second language at all levels and for all skills, developing curricula and assessments, and managing the Spanish Language Programme within the United Nations Language and Communications Training Unit. The role involves delivering face-to-face, blended, and online courses, designing communication skills courses tailored to UN needs, and participating in language proficiency examination processes.

Responsibilities

• Teaching Spanish as a foreign or second language at all levels and for all skills, and specialized high-level communication skills courses to both native and non-native speakers.
• Developing and/or teaching face-to-face, blended, online Spanish language and communications skills courses, including courses based on substantive topics.
• Developing and updating course curricula, materials and assessments (course projects, continuous assessment tasks, etc.), and correcting student work.
• Designing and delivering communication skills courses tailored to the specific needs of United Nations offices, departments and agencies.
• Design and deliver training and workshops related to communication, language learning methodologies, language curriculum application or other development projects of the LCTU, ensuring that appropriate methodologies are used.
• Meeting and corresponding with clients (students, departmental focal points, partners) to advise and provide individualized information, guidance and feedback.
• Attending and/or leading meetings and participating in/or leading LCTU projects to meet the language and communication skills needs of United Nations staff.
• Drafting, administering and/or evaluating parts of the Spanish Language Proficiency Examination, ensuring examination validity and consistency and collaborating with the related departments.
• Preparing and supervising the construction and the grading process of language examinations and tests.
• Manage the Spanish Language Programme when requested by organizing the course offering and overall schedule; the recruitment and schedules of the part-time Spanish language teachers; and the communication and evaluation measures, processes and tools.
• Set and manage programme objectives in line with the objectives of the LCTU.
• Responding to other specific needs linked to the general objectives of the United Nations Language and Communications Programme.
• Performing other duties as required, including LCTU projects; maintaining attendance and grading records; and other learning and administrative tasks.

Requirements

• An advanced university degree (Master's degree or equivalent degree) in language area studies, language teaching, applied linguistics, communication or education/pedagogy or related fields is required.
• Degrees with special emphasis on the theory and practice of teaching Spanish as a second or foreign language to adult learners are desirable.
• A minimum of 500 training contact hours (specific training courses, postgraduate courses, etc.), in addition to the hours accumulated to obtain the university degree, in the areas of teaching Spanish as a second or foreign language, technology language area studies, curriculum development for adults, language examination design, communication or education/pedagogy is desirable.
• A minimum of five years of experience, teaching Spanish as a foreign or second language to adults in a multi-cultural setting (corporate, academic or other professional setting), is required.
• At least three years of recent experience in curriculum development, language examination design, and/or teacher training for adult Spanish learning, is required.
• Experience in teaching Spanish as a foreign language to learners of all competency levels, from beginners to advanced students (similar to UN levels UN I, UN II, and UN III in the United Nations Language Framework, or A1, A2, B1, and B2 in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR), or equivalent proficiency frameworks) is required.
• Experience developing and teaching online Spanish courses, using a variety of web 2.0 tools such as learning management systems, online collaboration tools and/or social media platforms to teach Spanish as a foreign language is desirable.
• Experience teaching to learners at expert levels (equivalent to C1 or C2 in CEFR, or UN Level IV) is desirable.
• Experience in teaching preparation courses for Spanish proficiency examinations, and/or grading Spanish proficiency examinations, is desirable.
• A minimum of six months of experience in delivering virtual, online courses is desirable.
• English is required at UN Level II for reading, writing, listening, and speaking.
• Spanish is required at UN Level IV for reading, writing, listening, and speaking.

Skills

• Teaching Spanish as a foreign language
• Curriculum Design
• Language Examination Design
• Teacher Training
• Adult Education
• Online Learning Development
• Learning Management System
• Web 2.0 Tools
• Spanish proficiency examination preparation
• Online Course Delivery
• Multicultural Teaching Experience
• Applied Linguistics
• Communication skills course design
• Language Proficiency in Spanish
• English Language Proficiency

Languages

English, Spanish