The British Council Libya is recruiting a Project Manager to lead on a new project providing teacher training and English language teaching to secondary school teachers in Libya. This post will be based in the British Council office in Tripoli but will require frequent visits to English language centres in universities around Libya. You will also be required to visit secondary schools to observe teaching practice.

The new ‘Libya English Teaching in Secondary Schools’ project (LETSS) will commence in September 2010 and will work in close cooperation with our well established Libyan English Teaching in Universities Project (LETUP). You will lead a team of 11 delivering Teacher Training and General English courses to secondary school English teachers in order for them to reach CEF A2/A1 (Pre-Intermediate/ intermediate) level and to prepare for the Cambridge Teaching Knowledge Test (TKT). 

This is a very varied and challenging position working in a bi-cultural environment. The overall goal of the LETSS Project Manager is to lead the professional development project to the satisfaction of the partners and to ensure the long-term sustainability of the teacher training programme. You will be responsible for ensuring that the British Council Teacher Trainers implement and deliver the teacher training and English language training programmes, working in coordination with the secondary school teachers, Language Centre Manager and administrators, the British Council Project Manager and Teacher Trainers from other centres.

Essential requirements for this post:

• UK passport
• TEFL Diploma (DELTA, Trinity Dip. TESOL or equivalent TEFL-Q)
• At least two years experience of teaching EFL full-time after completing Diploma / TEFL-Q
• Experience of teacher training and managing English language projects
• Project Management and Financial Management skills
• You will also need strong interpersonal skills and need to enjoy leading & developing others.

To apply: refer to the Job Description / Person Specification and complete the Application Form (available to download from this page), addressing the competencies which are identified for assessment in writing. This is a competency based recruitment process and those competencies listed in the job description will be assessed both in the application form and at interview.

Please send completed applications to teachthere@britishcouncil.org. 

British Council is committed to a policy of equal opportunity. British Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all of its partners to share this commitment. In line with the British Councils Child Protection policy, any appointment is contingent on thorough checks. In the UK, and in other countries where appropriate systems exist, these include criminal records checks.