Indoamerican Refugee & Migrant Organisation Unit 8, Warwick House, Overton Road London SW9 7JP Tel: 020 77339977 E mail: [email protected]www.irmo.org.uk __________________________________________________________________________________________ _______ English Teacher English for Work Project Role Specification Role Title: English Teacher (Volunteer position) Hours: 3/4 hours per week including preparation time Days: TBC Registered Charity no.1080813. Registered Company in England no.3931483 IRMO is funded by:
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Indoamerican Refugee & Migrant Organisation
Unit 8, Warwick House, Overton Road London SW9 7JP
Role Specification Role Title: English Teacher (Volunteer position)Hours: 3/4 hours per week including preparation timeDays: TBCTerm: A minimum commitment of 3 months
Registered Charity no.1080813. Registered Company in England no.3931483IRMO is funded by:
Reporting to: Project ManagerStart date: 23/01/2017 to 13/04/2017
Role Summary As a teacher in our English for Work project, you will be teaching English to mixed age adults helping (predominantly) Spanish and Portuguese speakers with very little grounding in English. At IRMO you can have a significant impact on your students’ lives, helping them pull themselves out of this precarious and discouraging world of unemployment or exploitation, to find jobs
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which better suit their needs and aspirations. These are not only the tools they need to work but also empower our learners with the necessary language skills to develop their talents and integrate into their new life. To this end, our courses guarantee a friendly, familiar and safe environment where all learners are welcome whatever their level of language or literacy. IRMO requires a creative and engaging teacher who can deliver quality classes in an informal, open and lively way. For this position fluency in English essential.
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About IRMO Indoamerican Refugee and Migrant Organization (IRMO) is a migrant led organization which has provided support to the Latin American community since 1985. We work with a constantly growing migrant community, whose disadvantage, isolation and exclusion is often invisible to mainstream policy-makers. Our main aims are to combat poverty, to defend our community members’ human rights and to empower our community members to enable them to build a stable life in the UK.
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We provide specialised support in Spanish and Portuguese tailored to the needs of our beneficiaries and we are based in South London where the biggest proportion of Latin Americans live. We offer a holistic approach in the following areas:
Education, training and employment including free English and IT classes, homework club for children, work readiness workshops, job-hunting and CV writing support.
Advice and advocacy on immigration, employment rights, housing, schooling and social welfare.
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Wellbeing and empowerment improved wellbeing through therapeutic groups and our women's group ‘El Circulo de Mujeres Latinoamericans’.
Campaigning for the recognition of Latin Americans as a minority ethnic group and for better access to health services and employment rights through the Coalition of Latin Americans in the UK (CLAUK). We are active supporters of #MigrantsContribute, a campaign to dispel myths about immigration in the UK, by raising awareness, encouraging critical thinking and organising within our community.
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We rely on a small team of dedicated staff and over 80 talented volunteers who do everything from English teaching to running women’s groups and activities for children.
About the English for Work Project
IRMO's English for Work project was started in 2010, to provide our students with free English classes, combined with IT training, support in seeking employment and professional development with the aim of helping newly arrived Latin American migrants in London overcome the barriers to successful economic integration.
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English classes: these are split into three levels Beginner, Elementary, Pre-Intermediate. Each class has lessons 2 to 3 times a week. Classes are generally offered six days a week (morning, afternoon and early evening). Timetables may change at the beginning of term depending on students’ needs. At the end of each term there is a final exam and a certificate of attendance.
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Conversation course (“Chit-Chat”): English drop-in conversation course for 3 hours a week. Open to all levels, it focuses solely on conversational skills (speaking and listening) on real life topics.
IT classes: these aim to give users the knowledge and confidence to perform basic tasks on computers. Emphasis is placed on word processing (Microsoft Word) and web browsers.
Job hunting sessions: individual sessions of an hour provide general information on how to approach the job market - including writing CVs, cover letters and using online search engines.
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Workshops: regular sessions to give users skills to attain self-sufficiency, including employment skills, social welfare, debt management, food and health, employment rights.
Your Role as English Teacher
Teaching English to people with little or no grounding in the language is a very challenging task, so patience and persistence will be required. Your contribution will be invaluable as by empowering your students through language you are pre-empting their possible lapse into long-
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term unemployment and social marginalisation in their community, together with the resultant stress this may place on their loved ones.
Apart from the personally rewarding experience of seeing students’ progress in their studies and ultimately find employment or education- as many do, your own CV will be significantly enhanced by you occupying a position of considerable responsibility. Teaching requires and develops many of the transferrable skills sought in today’s job market, in positions as diverse as consultancy to sales and public relations.
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Nonetheless, you will be expected to already have certain skills in order to assume this role; effective oral communication is of course key, and other competencies include efficient administration and leadership in guiding the programme to its successful conclusion. Sessions must also include interactive exercises such as group work so that all students are engaged in the group's progress. Real Life Learning tools will be a crucial part of your programme.
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- Keeping the class on schedule according to the syllabus and learning outcomes- Ensuring student participation during classes- Preparing for classes, including production of relevant hand outs and worksheets- Monitoring attendance- Attending meetings to discuss students’ progress and attendance
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- Many of our previous teachers had little or no prior experience, what really matters is enthusiasm to engage with a diverse student body.
Personal attributes:- As the student body is so varied in terms of background and knowledge, all applicants must
be ready to adapt to changing requirements. This in turn requires patience and persistence in completing the objectives of the programme.
- You must be confident and enthusiastic about working in a multicultural and multilingual environment and be committed to the principles of equal opportunity in the workplace.
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Benefits of volunteering at IRMO:- Work experience opportunity to develop new skills. - Training (in-house and external) in areas related to the role.- Regular supervision and support.- Reference after 3 months period of volunteering.
Additional Information- Volunteers are entitled to travel expenses to and from the place of work. Please note
expenses will be reimbursed against receipts only. Registered Charity no.1080813. Registered Company in England no.3931483
