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Universidad de la Sierra Sur

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Posting Information:

Start date: October 2023

Our school: The Universidad de la Sierra Sur (UNSIS) is located in Miahuatlán de Porfirio Diaz. Our city is a small, rural city, but there are a number of other destinations nearby: San Jose del Pacifico (1 hour), Oaxaca City (2 hours), and beaches such as Puerto Angel, Zipolite, or Mazunte (5-6 hours).

Job description: We work 40 hours a week with 25 hours of classroom teaching. We offer 7 levels of general English taking students from A1 to B1+. Professors have 2 levels per semester.

Salary: 17,000 MXN per month, plus summer and Christmas bunses. The university also pays into health (IMSS), retirement, and housing (INFONAVIT) funds.

Benefits: Become tenured after 1 year. Get permenant Mexican residency after 4 years. Be eligible for Mexican citizenship after 5 years. Receive a year of paid sabbatical after 6 years.

Vacation: National holidays as well as five weeks of paid vacation are given throughout the year (1 week in April, 2 weeks in July, 2 weeks in December).

Covid policy: Teachers are required to show proof of vaccination against Covid-19. Masks are worn on campus and in classes.

Job duties:

• Prepare and carry out lessons and assessments
• Be supportive and responsive to the needs of the students
• Collaborate on departmental projects
• Fulfill administrative obligations (maintaining attendance lists and grades)

Required qualifications:

• Be a native English speaker
• Hold a passport from a country where English is an official language
• Have BA or MA
• Have a TEFL / CELTA / TESOL certificate
• Have an original birth certificate
• Have apostilles for teaching certificate and Bachelor's degree OR be able to obtain them (process and cost vary per country)
• Be able to commit to the minimum 6 months of the first contract with a strong interest in becoming tenured and remaining more than 1 year.

Preferred qualifications:

• Have 1 year of teaching experience or more
• Have experience teaching TOEFL, IELTS, or Cambridge
• Hold a BA in a relevant field (English, Spanish, other foreign language, TESOL, linguistics, education).
• Hold an MA in a relevant field
• Have a working knowledge of Spanish

HOW TO APPLY:

For more information, please send us an email. To begin an application, please send a cover letter and CV to the head of the English department at cenid.unsis@gmail.com

The application process will be open until June 15.

Originally posted at Dave's ESL Cafe