Mandarin Language Assistant
The role:
Oxford High School is looking for an inspiring and enthusiastic individual to join our highly successful and thriving Modern Languages department as a Mandarin Language Assistant.
The successful candidate will be required to help prepare our students for the Cambridge IGCSE Mandarin Chinese - Foreign Language and the Edexcel A Level Chinese examinations. The successful applicant will also help improve our students’ confidence and oral communication skills.
The working hours for this role is likely to be approximately 3 hours per week, with scope for future expansion.
The successful candidate will be capable of communicating fluently in Mandarin. They will also demonstrate the ability to inspire and motivate our pupils through effective and engaging oral language lessons. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills would also be required to be a part of our highly successful, culturally diverse and friendly department.
About Oxford High School:
Since its foundation over 140 years ago in the heart of Oxford’s historic city centre, Oxford High School has been innovative and pioneering in its approach to girls’ education.
Today, Oxford High School is a happy and vibrant place to work. As well as our commitment to girls’ education, we are committed to investing in our staff’s personal development through training and learning initiatives and via the Girls’ Day School Trust network.We are proud to have recently received Independent Girls’ School of the Year Award for 2023.
Benefits:
As part of the Girls’ Day School Trust, the leading and largest group of independent girls’ schools in the UK, we offer a variety of benefits, which include:
- Competitive salaries and pay progression
- Access to extensive professional development opportunities
- Training grants for qualifications
- Generous pension schemes
- Free life assurance benefit
- Free school lunches
- A discount of up to 50% on fees for children at GDST schools
- Interest free loans for training, computer purchase loans and travel season ticket loans
- A Cycle to Work scheme
- Competitive terms and conditions of employment
For further details and to apply please click on the apply button.
The closing date for applications is 23:59, Sunday 11th May 2025.
Interviews will take place the week commencing 19th May 2025.
We reserve the right to end the advert early if a suitable candidate is found or if we receive a sufficient number of applications. An early application is therefore strongly advised.
Oxford High School and the GDST are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.