English Language Lecturer

Line Management:
All Lecturers report to the Director of General Foundation Programmes who has overall leadership of both the undergraduate Foundation Programme and any English language activities the University undertakes.

Purposeof the job:
English Language Lecturers teach a combination of General English and English for Academic Purposes (EAP) and study skills to students on Muscat University’s Foundation Programmes and in-sessional support. They are responsible for planning and delivering interesting, useful and engaging

English language lessons. All English lecturers are also expected to take partin assessment creation and delivery.

Detaileddescription:
English Language Lecturers support Muscat University’s vision by ensuring that students have appropriate English language proficiency to enable them to achieve success once they progress onto their chosen disciplines. In addition to teaching the students English language, language lecturers will provide Muscat University students with a set of key academic skills required to study an undergraduate or postgraduate degree taught and assessed through the medium of English.

Working closely with the Director of General Foundation Programme and other language lecturers on the programmes,lecturers will be expected to teach up to 20 hours of General English and EAPclasses per week. Lecturers will also be required to create assessments andmark to given deadlines.

• Planning and delivering up to 20 hours per week to students on either the Undergraduate Foundation Programme or academic support to UG or PG students;
• Creating andmarking assessments to students on the Foundation Programmes;
• Providingpastoral care to students via personal tutoring;
• Administrative duties relating to teaching (assessment, standardisation, moderation, lessonpreparation, report writing, attendance of regular course and generalmeetings).
• Being aneffective ambassador for the University locally, regionally and internationallyamong Muscat University academics, parents, students and other ELTprofessionals in the region;
• Effectiveliaison with Muscat University senior leadership, the Director of General Foundation Programme Programmes, other members of the team, and academic staff;
• Any other duties as deemed necessary by the Line Manager.

• A first (bachelor) degree + apostgraduate qualification in a relevant field e.g., MA TESOL/Applied Linguistics and/or a Diploma in English Language Teaching. Candidates are expected to have a minimum of two years relevant teaching experience.

• Substantial experience of full-time EFL teaching together with some EAP-related teaching;
• Some experience of teaching post-graduate students as well as foundation-levelstudents;
• Confidence in analysing language and providing constructive and explicit feedback onstudents’ spoken and written work;
• Able to workin a team and individually to teach and assess to agreed criteria;
• Able to workunder pressure and meet administrative/marking deadlines;
• Good oraland written presentation skills;
• A good understanding of IT and its application to teaching e.g., the use of a VLE suchas Moodle and Turnitin;
• English as a first language, or equivalent English language competence. Non-native Englishteachers are required to evidence this with a minimum IELTS certificate of 7.0
• Preferably experience of teaching students from the Middle East and/or Arabic learners of English;
• A strong belief in and commitment to the mission, vision, and values of Muscat University.

• Effectivelesson planning and syllabus design
• Proficiency with technology – including Microsoft Office and VLE such as Moodle
• Assessmentdesign and moderation
• Time management
• Classroommanagement
• Collaboration and communication

Priority in recruitment shallbe given to Omani Candidates.