Academic Manager-Summer

Location:

Pasadena, CA

Role:
Academic Manager – Summer 2026

Compensation: $1,320 / week (room and board eligible)

EF is the world’s leading educational travel provider with over 55 years of experience. With our Language Travel Schools, we offer young learners the opportunity to spend 2 – 4 weeks in North America, improving their English language skills in a robust program while participating in a full‑activity program of sports, discos, parties, excursions, and lots more!

Are you passionate about travel and languages?

Do you believe that students studying abroad have the opportunity of a lifetime?

Are you dynamic, outgoing, and energetic?

If so, this role could be the one for you.

In this role, you will assume overall responsibility for the Academic aspects of the campus, support the teaching staff, and ensure a high level of customer service and student satisfaction, with support from the Sr. Academic Manager.

• Setting up the school and physically ensuring all classrooms meet EF specifications and are maintained throughout the season.
• Coordinating timetables for all academic groups, completing intake schedules, and setting up classes using EF’s production system.
• Allocating teachers and classrooms to groups of students and playing a ‘hands‑on’ role in allocating students into classes on the first days in school.
• Managing academic stock, including exam papers, certificates, teaching supplies, and equipment.
• Managing all teaching staff at your campus and working with other Senior Staff to ensure full integration of teaching staff into the team.
• Delivering initial teacher briefing, daily and weekly meetings.
• Teacher observations, feedback, and development.
• Planning and implementation of graduations together with activities team.
• Responsible for the training and management of the academic team, including special programmes, under direction of the Senior Academic Manager.
• Collating/reviewing academic paperwork, and inputting data into EF’s production system.
• Welfare and discipline within the classroom.
• Responding to problems and emergency situations should they arise.

• University degree or equivalent, preferred.
• TEFL certificate or equivalent, preferred.
• Minimum six months of teaching experience or one summer teaching for EF.
• Have the right to live and work in the country of employment.
• Complete fluency in English.
• Attend an in‑person training session before your contract commences.
• Must be 21 years of age or older.

• Management and administrative experience.
• Enthusiastic, organized, and a natural leader.
• Capable of using your own initiative.
• University degree in TESOL or similar field.

After a summer of working as an Academic Manager, you will leave having created truly amazing memories for your students and managed a team of international staff. You will expand your problem‑solving skills by utilizing resources provided by EF and collaborating with staff from around the world. Your communication skills will be maximized to ensure a smooth experience for everyone.

This is the most fun, high‑calibre place you’ll ever work. Ask any employee why they love EF (whether they’ve been here 10 minutes or 10 years) and they’ll probably tell you the same thing: it’s the people. When you work at EF, you join a purpose‑driven, international and energetic community that thrives on continuous learning, fearless innovation and mutual support.

At EF Language Abroad, we believe that the world is better when people try to understand one another. Since 1965, we’ve helped millions of students discover new places, embrace diverse cultures, and gain fresh perspectives. We’re dedicated to our mission of opening the world through education, harnessing the power of language learning to deepen the connection between people across the globe.

We offer immersive short‑term and long‑term language courses and programs across different languages in the countries where they’re spoken. Through blending classroom‑based lessons with interactive exercises and real‑world practice, our courses bring you to the heart of the language. Together, our global staff help students from around the world develop the language skills they need to achieve their dreams.

EF is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All positions are subject to a criminal background and and/or reference checks, as applicable.