Professional Expert - Languages (Fixed-Term)

We have an exciting opportunity for apart-time 0.8 FTE Professional Expert - Languages to work with our Future Learning Solutions - Centre for Languages. The position isfixed term from early June until 20 December 2020. This role will have a split focus between 0.6 FTE on Learning Languages and 0.2FTE as Facilitator supporting Japanese and Chinese language and culture.
Our preferred candidate would be an experienced facilitator in the New Zealand education sector. Knowledge about the theory and practice of second language pedagogy, andragogy and experience in the Learning Languages sector is a priority.
A little about us:
At Future Learning Solutions, we work to establish culturally-responsive learning solutions underpinned by evidence-based practice and evaluation that:
Learners seek for the development
Educators recommend to colleagues
Leaders select for their people
Partners choose for collaboration
Benefit the children and communities of Aotearoa New Zealand, the Pacific and Australia today and for generations to come.
Our aim is for every child to acquire the knowledge, skills and values to create their own future.
A little about the role:
This unique opportunity involves working as part of a supportive team of professional educators, employed by Auckland UniServices to deliver the Future Learning Solutions, Centre for Languages contracts and programmes.
The Future Learning Solutions, Centre for Languages delivers free professional learning and development workshops, events, programmes and immersion opportunities to support and guide schools to achieve sustainable language programmes in Chinese, Cook Island Maori, French, German, Japanese, Korean, New Zealand Sign Language, Niuean, Samoan, Spanish, Tokelauan and Tongan.
Key responsibilities of this role include:
Scoping schools in collaboration with the Future Learning Solutions Centre for Languages team for participation in the programmes - getting schools and teachers into programmes, workshops, events and immersion
In-school facilitation and support of a variety of development programmes for language teachers
Tracking progress of facilitated schools and teachers, reporting progress and suggestions for improvements to the Programme Manager
Supporting the Programme Manager in the delivery of specific delegated promotion, marketing and engagement activities
Feeding back into the marketing, promotion and engagement plan
Contributing evidence to programme reports to the Ministry of Education
See the attached job description for further information on the role.
To apply for this role, please click 'apply' and sign in to register your details. You can then upload your CV and covering letter. Applications close at5 p.m. on Monday, 8 June 2020, but get in quick as we may be progressing applicants to interview stage during this advertising period.