Leadership Course Teaching Fellow

Company Description

Nazarbayev University’s Center for Preparatory Studies (CPS) is currently seeking qualified teachers to team teach a new course focused on leadership development and academic skills. (See https://careers.smartrecruiters.com/NazarbayevUniversity1/academic-jobs for other available positions.)

CPS operates a Foundation Year Program (NUFYP) which emphasizes academic English, mathematics, and our new Leadership course to prepare students for Nazarbayev University’s undergraduate schools. The minimum English entry level into NUFYP is an overall IELTS of 6.0; all classes are taught in English. 

Job Description

Teaching Fellows teach up to 18 student-contact hours per week (e.g., lectures, seminars, office hours); additional supporting tasks (up to four hours per week) may include: material/assessment development, invigilation, and supporting the Academic Learning Center.  Faculty also choose their community service work, e.g., serving on a committee, supporting extracurricular classes or student clubs, developing professional workshops, or pursuing community-wide professional activities.

Qualifications

The successful candidate must have the qualifications, experience, character, and skills required to effectively teach and work in a language-intensive preparatory curriculum in Kazakhstan.  Technology enhanced learning or assessment experience is a plus. Essential qualifications include:

• Completed Master’s degree in appropriate subject area (e.g., EAP, Rhetoric, Education)
• Excellent individual teaching competencies and willingness to teach a unified curriculum
• Ability to develop online classes for flipped learning and lead classes for high-achieving students
• A strong work ethic; mature professional behavior; and exemplary personal character
• Competence to work in a multicultural, educational environment; willingness to collaborate as a supportive team member; and ability to live and work in Kazakhstan
• Excellent overall communications skills including the ability to follow written and oral instructions
• Desire to contribute to Kazakhstani youth and to NU’s development

Additional Information

Nazarbayev University offers:

• An internationally competitive salary
• 56 days of paid leave per year
• Rent-free housing based on family size
• Relocation allowance
• Air tickets, including dependents, twice a year to home country
• No-cost medical insurance with global coverage
• Educational allowance for dependent children

To Apply click the link https://smrtr.io/56L9V and upload (in PDF if possible):

1. Curriculum Vitae: max 4 pages (normal font and spacing) and include (in the 4 pages) your Contact Information for at least two referees and the contact information of your current/most recent supervisor.  Note: referees/employer will not be contacted unless you are shortlisted and give permission.  

2. Cover Letter (max 1 page).

3. CPS Application Information: In a third document: (1) briefly state your primary reason(s) for applying to CPS (<150 words), (2) write a sentence of 50 words or less that describes your teaching philosophy, and (3) outline the qualities, talents, and/or characteristics you would bring to CPS (brief paragraph or bullet points).

Do not upload any other materials to your application at this time.  Selected candidates may be asked to complete a questionnaire to be used in the shortlisting process.

Review of applications will begin immediately and will be accepted until 15 April; initial interviews are expected to begin in late March 2021.  If hired, the candidate must be able to arrive in Kazakhstan no later than 3 August 2021.

Questions regarding the program or the position can be addressed to the Director through Smart Recruiter. Additional information can be found at the official website of Nazarbayev University www.nu.edu.kz.

Nazarbayev University is an EOE.