Adult TESOL/ESL Instructor (Part-time)

ORGANIZATION SUMMARY:

World Relief is a global Christian humanitarian organization that is fighting for change that lasts, right here in the U.S. and across the globe. We bring sustainable solutions to the world’s greatest problems – disasters, extreme poverty, violence, oppression, and mass displacement. The organization is approximately 75 years old and has worked in over 100 countries around the world since its founding.

In the United States, we come alongside local churches, community organizations and hundreds of individual volunteers to support newly arriving refugee and other immigrant families. Today, we are proud to partner with over 6,000 local churches, and 95,000 volunteers globally to bring hope, healing and transformation to the most vulnerable.

POSITION SUMMARY:

Are you a person of compassion? An advocate for justice? Someone who stands up for the rights of the vulnerable and speaks out for the marginalized, the exploited and the forgotten? Do you believe in our calling as Christians to welcome the least of these and love our neighbor?

If you answered ‘yes’, to any of the above, World Relief, and millions of people around the world need you.

World Relief Chicagoland is looking for an experienced TESOL/ESL instructor to teach evening ESOL/ESL classes to adult students living in Chicago through its Chicago office. These classes are taking place remotely through virtual classes and independent student work. The TESOL/ESL Instructor will teach creative and interactive ESOL/ESL lessons that incorporate English literacy, digital literacy, life, employment, and college-readiness skills.

This position is 10 hours/week (6 hours for teaching and 4 hours for class preparation, meetings, and administrative tasks). Classes are held on Tuesday and Thursday evenings. If you are an energetic individual that has strong interpersonal skills, a passion to teach English to adult immigrants, and the ability to help students successfully navigate technology and online learning platforms, this role may be a good fit for you.

Role & Responsibilities

• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Create and teach ESOL/ESL lessons through virtual classroom meetings that incorporate English literacy, digital literacy, life, employment, and college-readiness skills
• Adapt lesson plans and materials for a multilevel classroom
• Assign and provide feedback on homework assignments
• Utilize World Relief’s online ESOL/ESL teaching software and curriculum
• Assist students in exploring and setting educational and career goals
• Guide, assist, and track involvement of assigned classroom volunteers • Provide brief virtual class orientations for new students
• Meet and provide feedback to students during end-of-term meetings and as needed
• Conduct formal and informal student assessments
• Document and communicate student attendance, levels of participation, and classroom trends to program staff
• Follow up with students who are absent from class
• Ensure classroom policies are followed
• Complete all required professional development trainings in a timely manner
• Maintain proper care of class materials and technology equipment
• Maintain clear and timely communication with staff
• Attend all required staff meetings
• Perform other duties as assigned

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

• Skilled in creating and delivering level-appropriate lessons for multi-level classrooms
• Ability to create a safe and engaging classroom community
• Strong interpersonal and cross-cultural skills
• Demonstrates strong oral and written communication skills
• Creative and impassioned
• Self-starter with strong initiative and follow-through
• Flexible and collaborative team player

Requirements

• Mature and personal Christian faith
• Committed to the mission, vision, and values of World Relief
• Desire to serve and empower the Church to impact vulnerable communities
• Able to affirm and/or acknowledge World Reliefs Core Beliefs, Statement of Faith, Christian Identity and National Evangelicals For the Health of The Nation document
• Competence in the use of online instructional resources and moderate computer and technology literacy skills
• BA in TESOL/related field or a BA and significant training in teaching
• Minimum of 1 year of TESOL/ESL teaching experience

World Relief offers a competitive benefits package (25 hours + per week):

• Medical, Dental, Vision
• Offer 16 company Paid Holidays + 4 additional Personal days per year!
• Paid Sick and Vacation Time
• Paid Parental Leave (12 weeks for qualified employees)
• FSAs: Medical & Dependent Care, & Commuter Funding
• Supplemental Life Insurance (employee, spouse, and children)
• Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity, and Accident insurance policies
• Legal Shield Insurance

World Relief pays 100% for eligible employees:

• Group Term Life (employee, spouse, and children)
• Long Term & Short-term Disability
• Accidental Death and Dismemberment (AD&D)
• Long Distance Travel Insurance

World Relief offers a competitive benefits package for Part-time positions (less than 25 hours per week):

• Offer 16 Paid Holidays
• Sick time available as required by state/local law

All part-time employees are eligible for the following benefits:

• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

World Relief – Retirement:

• Eligibility: After 1000 hours in a year
• Automatically enrolled at 4%
• 401K & Roth through Fidelity
• WR matches up to 4%, then an additional quarter percent up to 10%

World Relief Discounts (Immediately Eligible):

• Verizon
• Pet Insurance through Nationwide
• Home and Auto insurance through Liberty Mutual
• Working Advantage Discount Program
• Active & Fit Gym Membership

World Relief is honored to be recognized with the Gold-level Cigna Healthy Workforce Designation for exceeding the core components of our well-being program including leadership and culture, program foundations and execution, and whole person health.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to have ordinary ambulatory skills sufficient to visit other locations
• The ability to stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch, and manipulate (lift, carry, move) light to medium weights of 10-15 pounds.
• Requires good hand-eye coordination, arm, hand and finger dexterity, including ability to grasp, and visual acuity to use a keyboard, operate equipment and read application information.
• The employee frequently is required to sit, reach with hands and arms, talk and hear.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• General office setting. World Relief also offers hybrid and remote schedules for limited positions.
• Great lengths of time working on computer, reading from computer screen, entering information, standing at copier or fax machine, and some time on the phone or in virtual meetings may be required.
• Year-end archiving activities involve repeated lifting and bending.
• Physical, emotional and intellectual demands
• Equipment used: Employee computer (desktop or laptop), printer, and copier.
• All of the above duties and responsibilities are essential job functions subject to reasonable accommodation. All job requirements listed indicate the minimum level of knowledge, skills and/or ability deemed necessary to perform the job proficiently. This job description is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of duties, responsibilities or requirements. Individuals may be required to perform any other job-related instructions as requested by their supervisor, subject to reasonable accommodation. This position description is not all-inclusive and is always under review.

We are proud to be an EEO/AA employer M/F/D/V.

For World Relief staff, strong commitment to the mission, vision, and values of World Relief is essential, and Christian faith is a prerequisite for employment, based upon United States federal guidelines provided in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Legal Background in the United States

World Relief is both an equal opportunity employer and a faith-based religious organization. World Relief strictly prohibits and does not tolerate unlawful discrimination against employees on the basis of person’s race, color, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law, which does not conflict with the protections afforded World Relief as a faith-based employer.

In addition, physical or mental limitations will not be a factor in the application of World Relief’s employment policies or employee practices, except for those situations in which occupational requirement make consideration of such factors necessary.

Pursuant to the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Section 702 (42 U.S.C. 2000e 1(a) World Relief has the right to, and does, hire only candidates who agree with World Relief’s Statement of Faith.

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