CILT - The National Centre for Languages (UK)

http://www.cilt.org.uk/faqs/careers.htm


Finding a job using languages

Jobs for language teachers, lecturers and assistants

Jobs for teachers and lecturers are usually advertised in the weekly Times Education Supplement (TES) and on its jobs website http://jobs.tes.co.uk. You can also look in the Guardian newspaper (the education supplement is in Tuesday's edition) whose job website is http://jobs.guardian.co.uk.


For teachers in independent schools there is also the Gabbitas website:
www.teacher-recruitment.co.uk.

Many more job websites exist for teachers and you can find a number of them listed on the government's TeacherNet website at www.teachernet.gov.uk/professionaldevelopment/jobs/seekers.

Many more job websites exist for teachers including www.eteach.com.

Some job websites focus on specific regions, e.g.:

South London: www.southlondongroup.co.uk.
Berkshire, Surrey, Hampshire and Buckinghamshire: www.teaching-agency.co.uk.
Bristol, Bath, Wiltshire, Somerset & Gloucestershire: www.coverteachers.co.uk.
North of England: www.mflplus.co.uk.

You can find further job websites by using a search engine such as Google: www.google.co.uk.

Information on teaching languages as a career is available on the Languages Work website at www.languageswork.org.uk/careers/specialist/teaching.htm..

Jobs for lecturers in Higher Education are advertised in the weekly Times Higher Education Supplement (THES) and on its jobs website www.thesjobs.co.uk. See also: www.jobs.ac.uk.

There is no single place to seek jobs in Adult and Continuing Education. See Types of Language Courses for Adults for an idea of the sorts of institutions that teach languages at this level.

The British Council provides information on finding a job teaching English as a foreign language (TEFL) - see www.britishcouncil.org/learning-elt-teaching-jobs.htm.

Jobs for unqualified staff may be listed on some on the jobsites listed above. You can also try looking on the websites of the local authorities where you wish to work. The Directgov site provides a of listing of local authority websites www.direct.gov.uk/en/Dl1/Directories/Localcouncils/index.htm
and also a jobs and skills search facility www.direct.gov.uk/en/Employment/Jobseekers/LookingForWork/DG_10030134.

Language assistant posts are normally recruited in the applicant's country of origin. For further information you can check the British Council website: www.britishcouncil.org/languageassistants.htm

Teach UK is a work experience programme offered by the Twin Group. It provides an initial course followed by a placement as teaching assistant in a UK school for EU or non-EU citizens.




Other jobs using languages
The Languages Work website provides careers advice, information on courses and work experience, factsheets and links to information from other organisations.

Jobs are advertised on our BLIS Jobs online vacancy exchange for people with languages. Advertisements include some for business language trainers.

Working in languages is a Connexions publication with case studies showing the use of languages. For further career resources, visit the Connexions website.

Last updated 20/02/2007