(INACTIVE) - LANGUAGE AND CULTURAL FACILITATORS FOR MACEDONIAN OR ALBANIAN LANGUAGE

• Education
• Skopje
• Peace Corps North Macedonia
• 20-02-2023

Job details

VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT

The United States Peace Corps is a US government agency in North Macedonia and seeks qualified and motivated candidates for a temporary full-time position as:

- Language and Cultural Facilitator for Macedonian Language

- Language and Cultural Facilitator for Albanian Language

Under the direction of the Language Coordinator, the Language and Cultural Facilitator will be responsible for teaching Macedonian or Albanian language and culture to a group of Americans. Successful candidates will be required to take part in a mandatory paid training in Skopje, during which they will be taught how to teach the Macedonian or Albanian language to foreigners using Peace Corps language materials. After successful completion of the training, facilitators will be expected to teach the curriculum to Peace Corps trainees during an 11 week Pre-Service Training at a Peace Corps Regional Training Facility. Previous teaching experience is preferred, but not required.

Employment Dates:

Successful candidates will be hired for the period of August through December 2023. Employment will take place in two locations:

• August – September – Paid month-long training/preparation period in Skopje.

• September – December – Teaching assignment at a regional training community.

Selected candidates may also be requested to engage in a paid 8-day training period in June 2023, depending on availability.

Peace Corps Provides:

• Paid professional language teaching training course in Skopje.

• Opportunity to live and work alongside Americans at a Peace Corps regional training community.

• Paid housing at the regional training community during the 11-week teaching assignment.

• Potential future opportunity to provide individual language tutoring to Peace Corps Volunteers throughout the year and/or during future trainings.

• Opportunity to gain valuable work experience with a US government agency/ international organization.

• Opportunity to work in a multicultural team and build intercultural competence.

Minimum Requirements:

• University degree or status of a Senior student (4th year at the University) preferably in linguistics, foreign languages, or humanities.

• Fluency in written and spoken Macedonian, Albanian and English.

• Willingness to live and work in a community outside Skopje.

• Demonstrated ability to work in a team setting.

• No criminal record and ability to pass a background check conducted by the US Embassy.

Desired Qualifications:

• Teaching or facilitating experience.

• Experience working with foreigners or living abroad.

HOW TO APPLY: Qualified and interested candidates should send a cover letter and CV (in English) by email to mkjobs@peacecorps.gov by February 22, 2023, and include “LCF – Macedonian Language” or  “LCF – Albanian Language” and their full name in the subject line (e.g. Subject line: Macedonian LCF – First Name Last Name).

Clearly state in the body of the email if you are a relative of a current Peace Corps staff member and include their name. Being a relative does not make an applicant ineligible for the position. A relative is defined as “husband, wife, domestic partner, member of household, father, father-in-law, stepfather, mother, mother-in-law, stepmother, son, son-in-law, stepson, daughter, daughter-in-law, stepdaughter, brother, brother-in-law, half-brother, sister, sister-in-law, half-sister, uncle, aunt, first cousin, nephew, or niece.” Otherwise, state “I am not related to a current Peace Corps staff member” in the body of the email.

Please note that only short-listed candidates will be contacted. Applications submitted after the deadline will not be considered. Peace Corps reserves the right to fill one or more positions through this advertisement. Peace Corps is an equal opportunity employer.