Academic Manager | British Council

About the job

We support peace and prosperity by building connections, understanding and trust between people in the UK and countries worldwide.
We work directly with individuals to help them gain the skills, confidence and connections to transform their lives and shape a better world in partnership with the UK. We support them to build networks and explore creative ideas, to learn English, to get a high-quality education and to gain internationally recognised qualifications.
Working with people in over 200 countries and territories, we are on the ground in more than 100 countries. In 2021–22 we reached 650 million people.

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Role Purpose

• To maintain and enhance professional development and academic quality in the teaching centre, through the management of in-house teacher development programmes and support.
• To promote and ensure quality teaching and effective learning of English.
• To provide learners with a rewarding and stimulating English language learning experience.
• To support the wider aims of British Council and its cultural relations mission

Accountabilities

• Teacher Management and Development: Oversee teacher performance through observations, provide well-being support, and facilitate recruitment, induction, and mentoring programs to maintain high teaching standards.
• Promotion of Teaching Excellence: Design and deliver CPD programs, model effective teaching practices, share ELT advancements, and represent the organization at professional events.
• Product and Service Enhancement: Implement teaching frameworks, collaborate with operations teams, manage feedback integration, and support the rollout of new courses and products.
• Safeguarding, EDI, and SEND Integration: Embed safeguarding practices, promote equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI), and support special educational needs (SEND) policies within teaching operations.
• Stakeholder Collaboration and Communication: Act as a duty officer, support communication between teachers, students, and parents, and ensure policy alignment across academic and operational teams.

Qualifications

• Undergraduate Degree
• Cambridge CELTA or Trinity Certificate TESOL
• Cambridge DELTA or Trinity Diploma TESOL or equivalent as recognized by the British Council
• Relevant Young Learner qualification

Desirable

• Relevant Masters or Postgraduate qualification

Work Experience

• 2 years post-diploma i.e. DELTA or Trinity Diploma TESOL experience.
• Extensive knowledge and experience in management and delivery of teacher training.
• Experience in line managing or coordinating teaching teams.
• Experience in teaching relevant age groups to be specified by the center
• Early Years aged 2 to 5 (400+ hours).
• Primary aged 6 to 10 (400+ hours).
• Lower Secondary aged 11 to 14 (800+ hours).
• Upper Secondary aged 15 to 17 (400+ hours).
• University/Vocational students aged 18 to 25 (400+hours).
• Adults General English 18+ (800+ hours).

Desirable

• Experience in academic management at the Senior Teacher or Academic Manager level in an English language teaching center.

Salary & Benefits

• Salary: Gross Salary Monthly between Min 93,750 – Max 1,31,250 BGT (depending on qualification and work experience).
• Transport Allowance: You are entitled to receive a monthly transport allowance of BDT 9,000.
• Annual Leave: 19 days paid annual leave in each calendar year, in addition to the public and official holidays recognized by the BC Services Bangladesh Limited, or the pro rata equivalent..
• Medical Allowances: After completing the probation period, you and your declared dependents will be covered by the BC Services Bangladesh Limited local staff medical scheme.
• Group insurance: All employees will be covered by a group insurance policy

Settling-in allowance: (if you are recruited from outside Bangladesh)

• Settling in allowance equal to 3 weeks salary for accompanied employee and equal to 2 weeks salary for unaccompanied employee
• Separate Rent loans for expat / overseas recruited teachers and then are deducted from salary.
• Assistance provided by Resources by sharing leads for brokers for searching accommodation. Permanent accommodation to be paid by employee themselves.
• Baggage allowance :One Time accountable Baggage Allowance £ 1,200 for single employees and £ 2,000 for accompanied.

Additional Information

• Contract Duration: 24 Months
• Contract Hours: 37.5 hours/week
• Contract Teaching Hours: 6-12 hours/week
• Tentative start date: May 2025
• Work schedule: Standard hours of work are 7.5 (seven and half) hours a day excluding a 1 (one) hour break. The precise days and hours of your work will be agreed with your line manager.
• Local restrictions on employment: Applicants must have the right to work in Bangladesh. Candidates are expected to have researched whether they have the right to live and work in the country in which the role is based. Given that our offices have different legal statuses depending on the work we do in those countries, we recommend that you contact HR in the country for additional information on the likelihood of securing a visa. Only at its discretion will the British Council provide support so please check first whether visa support is offered

Closing date and time – Sunday, 9 March 2025 (23:59 Indian Standard Time)