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EFL Lecturer/Instructor Positions

Posted By: KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM & MINER
Date: January 19, 2008

We are interested in recruiting well-qualified, committed and experienced teachers of EFL/ESL/EAP to teach:

In either the Orientation English Program (OEP), preparing students for entry to undergraduate studies;

or, in the English Language Department (ELD) teaching undergraduate students.

The OEP is a well-established structured 20-hour-per-week pre-university intensive course in general and academic English. The OEP is part of the Preparatory Year, preparing male students for English-medium studies leading to a B.S. degree in science, engineering or industrial management.

The ELD teaches a three-course program of undergraduate writing and communication skills (ENGL101, 102 and 214) from freshman to senior level. It is a service department for all the colleges.

The OEP currently employs a total faculty of about 70 native (born) speakers of English (USA, UK, Canada, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa) and the ELD has 21 lecturers.

Instructors/lecturers are hired for the beginning of the academic year in September and for February.

Higher education in Saudi Arabia is segregated by sex and, since KFUPM is a male- only university, all candidates for teaching positions must be male.

QUALIFICATIONS

For the OEP and ELD an MA in TEFL/TESOL or Applied Linguistics, a one-year postgraduate diploma in TEFL/TESL from an accredited university, or an RSA/UCLES DELTA is preferred. More basic postgraduate qualifications in TESOL (CELTA, Cert TEFLA or equivalent – but not by distance-learning) can also be considered for candidates with particularly appropriate experience.. back to top

EXPERIENCE

With an MA in TEFL/TESOL or Applied Linguistics, at least two years’ full-time teaching of EFL/EAP overseas is required. With more basic postgraduate qualifications, further experience is expected.

Those interested in teaching in the ELD must have prior experience in teaching at university level.

COMPENSATION

Salaries are competitive depending on qualifications and experience and range from a yearly salary of SR111, 800 to SR157,000 (US$30,000 to 42,000) per annum (inclusive of SR6000 transport allowance) currently under review. All compensation is tax-free.

Service Increment:Contracts are for two years renewable. When renewing the contract, instructors get an annual increase in base salary depending on their performance.

End-of-Service Gratuity: After between two and five years of employment, the employee will be paid an amount equal to half a month's salary for each year of service. With five or more years of service, the gratuity is calculated on the basis of a month's salary for each year of service.

Additional remunerations: KFUPM also offers an Evening Language Program and short courses to various ministries and private concerns. These courses are taught by OEP and ELD faculty members who are interested in augmenting their salary. Instructors/lecturers who wish to teach the OEP or ELD course during the summer session (which is eight weeks long) are paid two months’ additional salary. There are also opportunities to earn additional income on short courses (four to six weeks) during the summer.

WORKING CONDITIONS

Working hours: The working week (40 hours) is from Saturday to Wednesday. OEP instructors have to teach 20 contact hours a week, attend 5 office hours a week and participate in some administrative duties. OEP instructors teach either early shift (08:00 – 09:50 and 13:10 – 15:00) or late shift (10:00 – 11:50 and 15:20 – 17:10). Occasionally, they may have to substitute, on a rota basis, for an absent colleague.

The ELD teaches 12 contact hours and 5 tutorial hours per week with classes on Saturday, Monday and Wednesday.

University Year: The academic calendar, as set by the Ministry of Higher Education, consists of two semesters: Fall and Spring. Each consists of 15 weeks of teaching followed by 2 weeks allocated for final examinations.

BENEFITS

Housing: Every employee, single or with family, is provided, rent-free, with his own fully-furnished (bachelor/family) housing unit on campus. Services, including air conditioning, gas, electricity, cable TV and water, are free, as is maintenance. Each apartment has its own telephone. Local phone calls are free.

Vacation: Faculty leave is determined by the academic calendar and instructors are generally free between semesters and during the Summer, unless they decide to teach the Summer session. In the current academic year, the Fall semester began on 8th September 2007 and ends on 30st January 2008. The Spring semester commences on 16th February, 2008, and ends on 15th June. The summer session, which is optional and paid for, begins on 31st June and ends on 23rd August, 2008. There are also two holidays for the whole country: Eid Al-Fitr (4th October to 19th October, 2007) and Eid Al-Adh'ha (14th December to 28th December 2007) as well as an inter-semester break from 29th January to 15th February and a short mid-semester break in the second semester from 11th – 14th April 2008. During all these paid holidays, those who want to leave the country may do so. It is possible, and with multiple visas, now easier, to take weekend breaks to neighboring countries. Bahrain is less than an hour away by road.

Air tickets: Annual round-trip air tickets to the point of origin will be provided for the employee, his wife, and up to two children up to the age of 18.

Health Care: The employee and members of his family are provided with free medical and dental care at the KFUPM Clinic or, if referred by the clinic, at the King Faisal University teaching hospital.

Children's education: The University pays a total sum of SR25000 per year per family towards local education expenses. There are a number of highly-rated international schools in the area including Dhahran Academy – with both American and British streams – and The British School

(UK curriculum).

Transport: Free on-campus buses for employees and their families; school buses to local international schools; regular thrice-weekly shopping buses to Dammam and Khobar.

E-mail and Internet: All employees and their families have free access to e-mail and internet facilities both at work and at home.

Shops on campus: Bank; Post office; Stationer’s; Dry cleaning; take-away restaurant; Supermarket; Petrol station; Vehicle workshop; Vehicle insurance broker; Hairdresser (male and female); Saudi Arabian Airlines.

Recreational Facilities: The Community Center, which is for faculty members and their dependants, is the main area for recreation on-campus. It has two swimming pools (men’s and women’s), a snack bar, function rooms, a library, tennis courts, squash courts, a bowling alley, basketball and volleyball courts, a fully-equipped exercise room, etc. Employees can also use the university gymnasium, stadium, swimming pools and faculty restaurant.

OFF-CAMPUS, the university has its own beach (separate areas for students and university personnel) with changing facilities, shaded picnic shelters, barbecue facilities and a snack bar that is open at weekends.

KFUPM INFORMATION

For information on the OEP, visit our website http://www.kfupm.edu.sa/prepyear.

ELD information can be obtained on http://www.kfupm.edu.sa/ELD.

For further information on the University (such as History and Organization; Campus Life; Visitor Information; Location and Climate; Recreation), go to http://www.kfupm.edu.sa and browse under these headings.

APPLICATION PROCEDURE

If you are interested in applying to KFUPM and meet our requirements, send an e-mail to recruite@kfupm.edu.sa and under subject write APPLICATION FORM - OEP or APPLICATION FORM –ELD (depending on your preference and experience)

When you receive the application form, fill in all the details and include a scanned recent photograph. Return the form, preferably as an e-mail attachment (Word document), to the same address, or by fax to +966 3 860 2341.

With the completed application form, we will also require a covering letter and a full c.v./resume giving details of relevant teaching experience with dates. Send attachments of copies of your qualifications with transcripts of your courses and the information page of your passport.

Indicate when and where you might be available for interview.

Interviews for February 2008 and September 2008 will take place in the US, UK, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia (for those working in the Kingdom) or by video-conferencing.

http://www.kfupm.edu.sa/prepyear/