Beginning in October 2017 the British Council has been implementing an English for the Community project in Romania. 300 English language teachers enrolled in the project on a voluntary basis, teaching in 130+ public schools across 9 counties. They were organized into 9 local Teacher Activity Groups (TAG), forming communities of practice gathering teachers.
• 2 Local Facilitators (LFs) and volunteers recruited by the British Council were among the teachers in each TAG group.
• TAGs started in May 2018 and took place once a month, each meeting lasting 3 hours. 150 teachers regularly attended the meetings, working together on different aspects of their professional development. So far, 18 TAGs have been organized in each of the 9 locations. 18 more TAGs are planned in 2021-2022.

Now, the British Council in Romania is seeking a consultant to act as Academic Adviser to the project English for the Community (https://www.britishcouncil.ro/en/programmes/society/english-community).

About the role:

The consultant is expected to create content for a workbook for English teachers' continuous professional development ( content for 18 TAG meetings) and to deliver an online training to teacher trainers on the content of the workbook (5 hours/day in 2 days). She/he is also expected to act as ELT academic adviser for the project (15 working days from April 2021 - November 2022). We are offering a consultancy fee of 8500 GBP for these services.

Duration and location:
Location: remote (online)
Apply by: 25 February 2021
Start date: 8 March 2021
End date: different tasks in the timeline March 2021- November 2022

Qualification and experience required:
The consultant must have experience and expertise in the area of ELT, a sound knowledge of ELT teacher education, extensive knowledge of British Council Teaching for Success, ELT materials design (resources for teachers), experience of delivering training for ELT trainers or teachers.

We hope you will find the above interesting and would like to invite you to submit your application. Please see the information about the application process here: https://www.britishcouncil.ro/en/about/jobs/academic-adviser-efc.

Please note we will respond to successful applicants within 10 working days of the application deadline.