Spanish Teacher - Manchester

Vamos Academy; Manchester; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Freelance, paid monthly

Job summary

Vamos Academy is seeking skilled Spanish teachers to work in person in Manchester with adult learners, teens, and beginners. You will teach in small groups and one-to-one, plan lessons, assess students, and help exam preparation.

This freelance arrangement pays monthly and requires you to invoice for your hours. You must live in Manchester, have the right to work in the UK, and be available for evenings and weekends.

Qualifications

• C2 level of Spanish.
• ELE qualification: master’s or teacher training or equivalent.
• Experience teaching adults in mixed-ability groups.
• Right to live and work in the UK; ability to invoice as a self-employed professional.

Responsibilities

• Teach Spanish in person in Manchester, in small groups and one-to-one.
• Plan lessons tailored to the students rather than following a book.
• Assess new students and place them in the right group.
• Track progress and provide feedback to students.
• Prepare candidates for recognised exams when needed.

Skills

Spanish at C2 level

Experience teaching adults

Invoicing as self-employed

Education

ELE qualification (master’s or teacher training)

Job description

We are looking for Spanish teachers to teach in person in Manchester. Your students are local residents: adults learning for work or travel, teenagers preparing for exams, and beginners who have never studied a language before.

Manchester students are mostly evening and weekend adults, many of them absolute beginners who have never learned a language before.

What you would actually do

• Teach Spanish in person, in small groups and one to one, from absolute beginner upwards.
• Plan lessons for the students in front of you rather than working through a book page by page.
• Assess new students properly and place them in the right group, which matters more than it sounds: a misplaced student usually just stops coming.
• Track progress and tell students the truth about it.
• Prepare candidates for recognised exams where that is what they want.

What we are looking for

• Spanish at C2 level.
• An ELE qualification: a master’s, a teacher training course, or the equivalent.
• Experience teaching adults, and comfort with mixed-ability rooms.
• The right to live and work in UK, and the ability to invoice as a self-employed professional.
• You live in Manchester and can teach in person. This is not an online role.
• Availability for evenings and weekends, because that is when adults can come.

A real advantage: experience with teenagers or exam preparation, and English strong enough to explain a grammar point to a nervous beginner.

How the arrangement works

This is freelance work, paid monthly. You invoice your hours once a month and are paid monthly. Hours depend on enrolment in Manchester and are agreed with you in advance, not sprung on you the day before. Concrete terms are discussed during the selection process.

About Vamos Academy

Vamos Academy has taught Spanish and English since 2010. We have our own campuses in Málaga and Buenos Aires and teach in other cities across Europe and the Americas, Manchester among them. It means your students can carry on with us if they ever go and study in Spain or Argentina, and a few of them will.

Questions people ask

Is this employment?

No. It is a freelance arrangement: you invoice, and you are paid monthly. We say so plainly here rather than letting you find out on the first call.

How many hours are there?

It depends on the season and on enrolment in Manchester. We will give you real numbers in the first conversation instead of a promise.

Do I need to be a native speaker?

No, and we would not ask. We ask for C2 level, which is a description of what you can do rather than where you were born.