Mexico
Posted 2 years ago

ESL Job in Mexico

Start date: October 2023

Our school: The Universidad de la Sierra Sur (UNSIS) is located in Miahuatlán de Porfirio Diaz. Our city is a small, rural city, but there are a number of other destinations nearby: San Jose del Pacifico (1 hour), Oaxaca City (2 hours), and beaches such as Puerto Angel, Zipolite, or Mazunte (5-6 hours).

Job description: We work 40 hours a week with 25 hours of classroom teaching. We offer 7 levels of general English taking students from A1 to B1+. Professors have 2 levels per semester.

Salary: 16,000 MXN per month, plus summer and Christmas bunses. The university also pays into health (IMSS), retirement, and housing (INFONAVIT) funds.

Benefits: Become tenured after 1 year. Get permenant Mexican residency after 4 years. Be eligible for Mexican citizenship after 5 years. Receive a year of paid sabbatical after 6 years.

Vacation: National holidays as well as five weeks of paid vacation are given throughout the year (1 week in April, 2 weeks in July, 2 weeks in December).

Covid policy: Teachers are required to show proof of vaccination against Covid-19. Masks are worn on campus and in classes.

Job duties:

Prepare and carry out lessons and assessments
Be supportive and responsive to the needs of the students
Collaborate on departmental projects
Fulfill administrative obligations (maintaining attendance lists and grades)

Required qualifications:

Be a native English speaker
Hold a passport from a country where English is an official language
Have BA or MA
Have a TESOL certificate
Have an original birth certificate
Have apostilles for teaching certificate and Bachelor’s degree OR be able to obtain them (process and cost vary per country)
Be able to commit to the minimum 6 months of the first contract

Preferred qualifications: