Lecturers/instructors needed, Jubail Industrial College, KSA

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Royal Commission for Jubail and Yanbu
Jubail Industrial College

We have opportunities for well-qualified, committed and experienced lecturers and instructors of English as a foreign language who enjoy teaching in a structured program which is continually evolving and to which they are encourage to contribute ideas and materials. Staff are hired at any time of the year. All candidates must be male, and under the age of 53 years at time of appointment.

Qualifications: Minimum, Bachelor Degree (preferably in English or a Foreign Language); preference will be given to candidates with one-year full-time postgraduate qualification in Education or TEFL or an MS/MA/MAT in TEFL/TESL or related field from an accredited university. Candidates without a degree in English or Modern Languages must have a TEFL qualification.

Experience: At least two years full-time teaching of English as a foreign language for those candidates with a degree in English/Modern Languages and/or a post-graduate qualification in TEFL, and at least four years for those with a degree in an unrelated field; the experience is preferred in the Middle East; experience in curriculum development and evaluation and test-writing is preferred.

Offer of Employment: The offer of employment for the teaching staff at JIC includes:

1. Basic Salary: The salary scale, inclusive of SR600 transport allowance, is on a scale that goes from SR8,015 for candidates with two years accredited teaching experience after the BA up to SR12,817 for candidates with an MA and eight years accredited experience, or a BA and ten years experience.

2. Housing: Every employee, single or with family, will be provided with a furnished housing unit. He will, however, have to pay his utility bills (e.g. water, telephone, power, etc.). A housing allowance may be offered in lieu, depending on the availability of housing.

3. Vacation: Holidays normally include around two weeks for Ramadhan and the same for Hajj, and eight weeks in summer. During all these paid holidays, those who want to leave the country are granted visas. They can also visit the neighboring State of Bahrain at weekends. The summer vacation entitlement for those who arrive after the commencement of the academic year will be calculated pro-rata.

4. Working Hours: The weekly working days are five (Sat. - Wed.). Lecturers and instructors have to teach up to 18/20 contact hours a week; and attend 12/10 office hours; they are paid compensation for the extra time.

5. Air Tickets: A round-trip air tickets will be provided once a year for the employee, his wife and up to two children up to the age of 18.
6. Health Care: The employee and members of his family will be provided with free medical and dental care at the Royal Commission health care facilities.

7. Education of Children: Two of the employee's children, between the ages of 6 & 15, will be provided free education in schools specified by the Royal Commission.

8. Settling-in (Start-of-Service) Gratuity: On satisfactory completion of the three month probationary period, the employee will receive the following payments.

a) - Family-status employee shall receive the following: Half a month's salary and the other half upon the arrival of his dependents.
- A single-status employee shall receive half a month salary.

b) - A family-status employee shall be paid 1000 SR as follows: 450 SR upon arrival and 550 when authorized dependants arrive on site.
- A single-status employee shall be paid 450 SR.

9. Service Increment: The lecturer and instructor may get an annual increase in the monthly base salary of up to 600 SR based on his performance in the previous year of service. This applies after the initial two year contract period.

10. End-of-Service Gratuity: The employee will be paid half a month's salary for each of the first five years of employment, and one month's salary for each of the subsequent years.

The contract is initially signed for two years. It is then renewable on a yearly basis thereafter. Lecturers and instructors on family status can normally bring their families after the first 3 to 4 weeks of service. All the salary and benefits are tax-free. The current exchange rate is 3.75 SR to one US dollar. Salaries are paid by the Hijri calendar. Thus, teachers are paid about 13 extra days a year.

In order to process the applicant's file for employment, the CV or covering letter has to include:
* Country of citizenship; country of birth; date of birth; marital status & ages of dependents (this information is necessary for the processing of the visa.);
* date of availability for work;
* recent fax, telephone numbers, and e-mail.
* Also include copies of:
- diplomas.
- transcripts (U.S. applicants).
- statements of experience from former employers.
- 1st page of passport, a recent photo.

To apply: Send a cover letter, detailed resume (with itemized details of experience in months and years) and the required documents, preferably scanned through e-mail: elc@jic.edu.sa . If absolutely necessary you may mail or fax them to:

Director, English Language Center
Jubail Industrial College
Jubail Industrial City 31961
Saudi Arabia

Tel. : 00 966 3 340 2071
Fax : 00 966 3 340 2073

Jubail Industrial College, originally founded in 1979, is one of two English-medium vocational training colleges in Saudi Arabia and the most prestigious of its kind in the country. The English Language Center is responsible for teaching a vocational-based intensive course in English of 30 hours per week to 2000 male preparatory-year students, thus preparing them to take courses leading to technical and business Associate and B.Sc. degrees. It also offers specified courses at the higher level. In the English Language Center there are currently over 80 members of staff of diverse nationalities, including American, British, Australian, South African, and Irish, with a wide range of teaching experience.

Jubail Industrial College (JIC) is run by the Royal Commission for Jubail and Yanbu. As an academic institution, JIC teaches on the semester system (Fall and Spring). Each semester extends over 16-18 weeks (15-16 of regular classes and the rest for final exams). At times there may be some courses offered in a summer semester of 8 weeks. Lecturers and instructors who wish to teach in the summer are paid for extra time and given up to 3 weeks vacation before the start of the next semester. For more information and course descriptions, please visit us at [www.jic.edu.sa].

Environment: Jubail is an attractive place to live. It is located on the shore of the Gulf, with excellent beaches and opportunities for swimming, diving and fishing and also for trips into the desert. An hour's drive away is the town of Khobar which has an array of shops and restaurants of world-class standard whilst excellent library facilities are available at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals in Dhahran. A visit to Bahrain, easily accessible by the King Fahd Causeway, also makes a pleasant and refreshing weekend. Bahrain is, perhaps, most famous for its jewelry souq but also has good hotels, cinemas, interesting museums and important archaeological sites, relating to the ancient civilization of Dilmun.

Although, the information given above is true at the time of posting this advert, the Royal Commission reserves the right to change any of its policies at any time without prior notice. Therefore, JIC assumes no liability for change in incentives, rights or duties of old or new employees.

ELC-036 Updated November 2005