ESOL Instructor

Location: Richmond, VA, USA; in person

Pay rate: $22.75–$24.20/hour

Company

hirify.global is an international humanitarian non-governmental organization supporting people affected by conflict and disaster through health, safety, education, economic wellbeing, and community programs.

What you will do

• Plan and deliver integrated ESOL curricula and lesson plans for mixed-level adult classes, combining English instruction with job skills, workforce preparation, digital literacy, civics, and life skills.
• Adapt activities for learners from basic through intermediate and advanced speaking, comprehension, reading, and writing levels.
• Orient and conference with current and prospective students and assist with virtual, phone-based, and in-person enrollment forms.
• Coordinate community volunteers serving as classroom assistants and facilitate collaborative learning activities.
• Administer English assessments and document goals, progress, attendance, case notes, surveys, and observations.
• Communicate with the adult education team about program goals, attendance, activities, progress, and client concerns.

Requirements

• Fluent spoken and written English.
• Strong communication skills, including the ability to lead classes and oversee volunteers and adult learners, sometimes with little or no English proficiency.
• Comfort working with adult learners in person, online, and by phone in a cross-cultural environment.
• Ability to work independently, take initiative, complete critical tasks, and collaborate through co-teaching and facilitation.
• Strong time management skills and comfort with computer, web-based office, communication, and online database platforms.
• Enthusiasm for adult education and language learning, and interest in immigrant, refugee, and asylum-seeker issues and resettlement.
• Strong desire to support vulnerable individuals and families in a multicultural setting.
• Relevant teaching experience and experience working with immigrants or refugees are strongly preferred.

Nice to have

• Bachelor’s degree in a four-year program.
• Certificate in Adult Education, TEFL, TESL, and/or TESOL.
• Bilingual ability in a language spoken by an IRC client group.

Culture & Benefits

• Part-time schedule of approximately 7 hours per week; classes and registration take place at the IRC Richmond office.
• Position is represented by the OPEIU union and subject to a collective bargaining agreement.
• Expected end date: September 30, 2027.
• Benefits include paid sick leave, U.S. holidays, paid time off, medical, dental and vision insurance, flexible spending accounts, retirement contributions and matching, disability and life insurance, and an employee assistance program.
• Work is guided by integrity, service, equality, accountability, safeguarding, and professional conduct standards.