English Lecturer

Tawteen; Muscat; On-site; OMR 13,000 - 20,000; Full time

Job summary

Muscat University is seeking a lecturer to deliver English to undergraduate students in Muscat. The role involves planning and delivering up to 16 hours of English teaching per week and providing essential language support to first-year students.

Responsibilities include creating and marking assessments, moderating exams, offering academic advising, and managing administrative tasks related to teaching standards and meetings.

Qualifications

• Substantial experience of full-time English teaching in tertiary education.
• Ability to analyse language and provide constructive feedback on spoken and written work.
• Experience with IT in teaching, including VLEs such as Moodle.

Responsibilities

• Plan and deliver up to 16 hours of English teaching per week.
• Provide English support to first-year undergraduate students.
• Create and mark English assessments.
• Moderate English exams when required.
• Provide academic advising sessions.
• Administrative duties related to teaching assessment standardisation, moderation, and meetings.
• Manage the English Moodle site.
• Oversee English support for students needing remedial help.
• Represent the University locally and regionally at recruitment events as needed.
• Liaise with senior leadership and academic staff; undertake other duties as required.

Skills

Full-time English teaching

Language analysis

Feedback on student work

Teamwork

Work under pressure

Presentation skills

IT in teaching

Moodle

Excel

Smart Boards

Native English speaker

Education

Bachelor's degree

Postgraduate qualification in English or related field

Tools

Moodle

Excel

Smart Boards

Job description

Responsibilities

• Planning and delivering up to 16 hours of English teaching per week to students
• Providing English support as required to students in the first year of their undergraduate study
• Creating and marking English assessments to students
• Moderating English Exams when required
• Providing academic advising sessions
• Administrative duties relating to teaching assessment standardisation moderation lesson preparation report writing attendance of regular course and general meetings
• Managing the English Moodle site
• Overseeing English support for students requiring remedial support
• Being an effective ambassador for the University locally regionally and internationally among Muscat University academics parents students and other English professionals in the region
• Representing the University at student recruitment events as and when required
• Taking part in OAAA and affiliated university quality assurance compliance
• Effective liaison with Muscat University senior leadership the Director of General Foundation Programmes other members of the team and academic staff
• Any other reasonable duties appropriate to the post

Person specification

• Substantial experience of full-time English teaching at tertiary level; Confidence in analysing language and providing constructive and explicit feedback on students spoken and written work; Able to work in a team and individually to teach and assess to agreed criteria; Able to work under pressure and meet administrative/marking deadlines; Good oral and written presentation skills; A good understanding or IT and its application to teaching e.g. the use of a VLE such as Moodle; excel and Smart Boards; English as a first language, or equivalent English language competence.
• Non-native English teachers are required to evidence this with a minimum IELTS certificate of 6.0 Preferably experience of teaching students from the Middle East and/or Arabic learners of English; A strong belief in and commitment to the mission, vision, and values of Muscat University.
• Education, qualifications and training: A first (bachelor) degree + a postgraduate qualification in a relevant field e.g. MSc in English, PGCHE. Candidates are expected to have a minimum of three years higher education English teaching experience.