EFL Instructor/Lecturer Positions

 

Preparatory English Program

King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals

Preparatory Year Program

Box 5026

Dhahran, 31261

Saudi Arabia

Suitably qualified and experienced candidates are invited to apply for the post of instructor/lecturer in the KFUPM Preparatory English Program at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals.  KFUPM is an English-medium university in the Eastern Province of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. It started as the College of Petroleum and Minerals in 1963, training workers for ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company and largest oil company in the world.  Over time, KFUPM has grown to become a top 200 university according to international university rankings.  Every year, some 1,500 students join KFUPM from the top 2% of eligible high school graduates, hoping to study engineering, business and other technical subjects, upon completion of the Preparatory Year Program.  The PEP conducts a series of foundational General English courses for newly admitted students at the university.

Teaching Duties:

Faculty are contracted for 18-20 classroom contact hours per week plus 5 hours administrative and tutorial duties. Faculty teach in pairs or on their own in one of the four courses. Courses are arranged on a continuum, starting with a pre-intermediate English course.  Students progress through the program, completing their studies at the upper-intermediate level.

Essential Requirements:

• Native speaker of English
• Degree(s) earned from an Anglophone university
• Expatriate candidates should be citizens of the USA, Canada, the UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand or South Africa.
  

Qualifications/Experience:

• A full-time MA in TEFL/TESOL/Applied Linguistics or a related discipline followed by at least two years’ post qualification overseas experience.

OR

• Either a one-year postgraduate diploma in TEFL/TESOL from an accredited university followed by at least two years overseas experience, or an RSA/UCLES DELTA followed by at least two years’ overseas experience.

OR

• A BA/BSc degree with a full-time 120-hour postgraduate certificate in TEFL/TESOL including a practicum (e.g. CELTA, CTEFLA) followed by five years’ post certification experience.
  

COMPENSATION:

• Competitive salary
• Paid holidays
• Merit-based overtime opportunities
• Income tax-free compensation
• Rent-free fully furnished and maintained on-campus housing
• Free utilities
• Annual round-trip air tickets for faculty and up to 3 family members
• Free medical and dental care
• Free access to on-campus fitness center/ swimming pool and off-campus private beach
• Education subsidy for faculty with school-age children
• Monthly transportation allowance
  

Generous faculty leave with full pay includes national and Islamic holidays, a mid-semester break and a long annual holiday, usually in summer.                                 

Opportunities exist for separately merit-based, contracted and paid employment on KFUPM daytime overtime, evening courses, short courses, and the KFUPM four-week and eight-week summer program.

Application:

If you meet our requirements and are interested in applying to KFUPM, e-mail recruite@kfupm.edu.sa.

In your e-mail include your C.V., date of birth, place of birth and nationality at birth. 

Only successful applicants will be contacted.