Location: Lagadikia Community Centre, Thessaloniki Area  

Reports To: Project Manager  

Contract Type: Unpaid Internship / Traineeship (Academic credit available)  

Minimum Commitment: 3 months (full-time, 35 hours/week)  

Working Hours: Monday–Friday, 11:00–18:00

Job Purpose:  

To provide high-quality, communicative English language classes to adult refugees and asylum-seekers, facilitating a key skill for integration and empowerment. The teacher will plan and deliver lessons for varying ability levels.

Key Responsibilities:

- Lesson Delivery: Plan and teach English classes Monday–Thursday (time according to weekly schedule), adapting to mixed-ability and multicultural classrooms.

- Curriculum Development: Develop engaging, practical lesson plans focused on everyday communication, following a learner-centred approach.

- Classroom Management: Maintain a positive, respectful, and productive learning environment.

- Assessment & Support: Monitor student progress, provide constructive feedback, and offer additional support to learners who need it.

- Resource Development: Create and source appropriate teaching materials with limited resources.

- Cross-Cultural Teaching: Employ clear, visual, and interactive teaching methods suitable for a multilingual classroom.

- Team Collaboration: Participate in weekly team meetings, provide updates, and collaborate with other project leads.

 - Additional support: Support IHA projects (Community centre and Warehouse) as needed

Skills & Experience:

- Essential: Native or near-native English proficiency. Previous teaching experience (any context). Creativity, patience, and exceptional intercultural communication skills. Ability to work independently and take initiative. Team player with a positive, adaptable, and proactive attitude.

- Desirable: TEFL/CELTA or similar teaching certification. Studying towards a degree in Education, Languages, or Social Sciences. Experience teaching adults or in informal education settings.

What We Offer:

- Practical teaching experience in a unique and challenging humanitarian context.

- Deep insight into the challenges and rewards of humanitarian education.

- Hands-on experience in project management within a humanitarian NGO.

- Deep understanding of the refugee context in Greece and grassroots aid work.

- Training on IHA's Code of Conduct, Safeguarding, and operational procedures.

- A supportive team environment and regular supervision.

- A letter of recommendation upon successful completion.