Lecturer at CIEE Council on International Educational Exchange

Job description

We are currently recruiting instructors to work in several thematic tracks:

• Language, Literature and Culture
• Business
• Communications, Journalism and New Media
• Global and Community Health
• International Relations and Political Science
• Community, Development and Social Justice Critical Theory
• Environmental Science and Sustainability
• Depending on the block, teaching commences in January/ June/ August 2018. With the option of working 4, 6 and 16 -week blocks. We are particularly interested in people who would be able to teach more than one course and throughout the year.

The profile we seek:

You are passionately committed to student-centered pedagogy, and have a deep, specialist knowledge in one of the thematic tracks. Ideally, you have a PhD or are reading for one, have teaching experience, and syllabus/curriculum development experience. Evidence of a research track record is an advantage. You should be organized, and have excellent communication, time-management and administration skills. We have found that successful instructors are people who are willing to double as motivators. The CIEE Global Institute aims to reproduce the academic culture of a high-end liberal arts university in the US, with small class sizes and close mentoring of students. You should be excited about adjusting your pedagogy and approach accordingly.

This is an excellent opportunity for full-time academic staff, adjunct staff, and graduate students. For the right candidate there is also the potential for this to move into a full-time position. For CIEE, the perfect candidate is someone who combines specialist academic knowledge with a passion for teaching and an enthusiasm for interacting with, and inspiring, students.

What we offer:

You will be joining a motivated and highly skilled global team. As a CIEE instructor you will be paid a salary near the top of the sector. We offer multiple levels of involvement, from single-course instructors, to track leaders and instructors of multiple courses.

Most courses require 45 contact hours, equating to 7 ½ hours per week taught on a Monday/Wednesday/ Friday or a Tuesday/ Thursday schedule. Instructors are paid in the region of R30 000 per course, although this will vary according to qualifications, experience and student reviews and may increase.

In the body of your message:

• Write one paragraph saying why you are the ideal candidate for this position
• Write one paragraph in which you identify the course (or courses) that you would
• like to instruct, and say what you would bring to this course to make it exciting and relevant. Name the single most important piece of reading that students should do for this course. (A full list of courses follows below.)
• Language, Literature and Culture
• Survival Afrikaans
• Communication Skills in isiXhosa for Beginners
• From Rhodes to Mandela and from Apartheid to AIDS
• Contemporary South African Art
• South African Literature and Film
• isiXhosa Language, Literature and Culture
• Gender and Sexuality
• Business
• Business Ethics and Leadership
• Doing Business in Emerging Markets
• Generating Profit that Supports Society Over Individuals
• Managing Diversity in Business
• Communications, Journalism, and New Media
• Intercultural Communication and Leadership
• Media, Gender, and Identity
• International Journalism
• Global and Community Health
• Community and Public Health
• Comparative Healthcare Systems
• HIV/ AIDS Policy, Politics and Ordinary Lives in Southern Africa
• International Relations and Political Science
• Transnationalism and Forced Migration in a Global World
• Cape Town as Emerging Global City
• “A Season of Protest” in South Africa and the US
• Community, Development and Social Justice Critical Theory
• Poverty and Development
• Community Partnership
• Social Research Methods
• Intercultural Communication and Leadership
• Global Sustainability and Environment
• Global Sustainability: Environmental/ Engineering
• Local Sustainability: Environmental/ Engineering