We support peace and prosperity by building connections, understanding and trust between people in the UK and countries worldwide. For over 90 years we have shaped brighter futures through education, arts, culture, language, and creativity.
We work with people in over 150 countries and reach over 700 million people.
We connect. We inspire.
Why teach at the British Council – Natalia's Story
Join the British Council as a Senior Teacher and play a key role in maintaining and enhancing academic quality and professional development within our teaching centre. You will lead and manage in-house teacher development programmes, provide academic support to teaching teams, and help create a rewarding, stimulating English language learning experience for learners. This role is focused on promoting excellent teaching standards, ensuring effective learning outcomes, and supporting the wider aims of the British Council and its cultural relations mission.
As a Senior Teacher, you will contribute to the delivery of the British Council’s global English strategy by providing academic leadership and guidance, implementing plans for teaching, products and services, and ensuring high-quality delivery across the centre. You will work collaboratively with colleagues, customers and stakeholders, planning, coordinating and communicating effectively across teams. Through your expertise and leadership, you will champion best practice in English Language Teaching and strengthen the British Council’s reputation as a world-leading authority in ELT.
We are looking for an experienced and inspirational education professional with a passion for teaching excellence, teacher development, and student success. The successful candidate will be a collaborative leader who can motivate and support teachers while maintaining the highest standards of academic delivery and customer experience.
In this role, you will provide line management and pastoral support to teachers, conduct observations, promote staff wellbeing, support recruitment and onboarding, and coordinate mentoring for new colleagues. You will contribute to the design and delivery of a regional CPD programme, identify professional development opportunities, model excellent classroom practice, lead teacher development activities, and share expertise in English Language Teaching.
Alongside teaching a regular English language class, you will ensure teaching standards, policies, and learning frameworks are embedded across the centre. You will work closely with Teaching Operations and Customer Services to manage academic enquiries, support product development, pilot new courses and materials, and help introduce new programmes and initiatives. You will also champion safeguarding, equality, diversity and inclusion, and SEND provision, while building strong relationships with students, parents, colleagues, and external stakeholders. Promoting intercultural understanding and awareness of the UK and its values will be an important part of the role.
The successful candidate will have a recognised ELT qualification, significant teaching experience, proven people management skills, excellent communication and coaching abilities, and a passion for educational quality, innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
A connected and trusted UK in a more connected and trusted world.
We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and we welcome applications from all sections of the community as we believe that a diverse workforce gives added depth to our work. The British Council is a Disability Confident Employer. The Disability Confident scheme helps challenge attitudes, increase understanding of disability, and ensure staff are drawn from the widest possible pool of talent and we guarantee an interview for disabled applicants who meet the minimum role requirements. We welcome discussions about specific requirements or adjustments to enable participation and engagement in our work and activities.
The British Council is committed to safeguarding children, young people, and adults who we work with. We believe that all children and adults everywhere in the world deserve to live in safe environments and have the right to be protected from all forms of abuse, maltreatment and exploitation as set out in article 19, UNCRC (United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child) 1989. Appointment to positions where there is direct involvement with vulnerable groups will be dependent on thorough checks being completed in line with legal requirements and with the British Council’s Safeguarding policies for Adults and Children.
If you experience any difficulties with submitting your application, please email askhr@britishcouncil.org
We support peace and prosperity by building connections, understanding and trust between people in the UK and countries worldwide.
We uniquely combine the UK’s deep expertise in arts and culture, education and the English language, our global presence and relationships in over 100 countries, our unparalleled access to young people and influencers and our creative sparkle.
We work directly with individuals to help them gain the skills, confidence and connections to transform their lives and shape a better world in partnership with the UK. We support them to build networks and explore creative ideas, to learn English, to get a high-quality education and to gain internationally recognised qualifications.
For more information, please visit: http://www.britishcouncil.org
