Country
Vietnam
Employment Type
Full-Time
Contract Length
1 Year+

Job Qualifications

  • CELTA / Trinity TESOL or equivalent
  • Bachelors Degree or higher
  • Full mastery of English
  • A willingness to teach across our full range of classes
  • Clean criminal record check (with validity within 6 months)
  • Adaptability, flexibility, and cultural sensitivity
  • 6 months validity on passport
  • Experience of teaching young learners desirable

Job Description

Start date: February/March 2020

Apollo English is hiring! Come experience the beauty and culture of Vietnam. Apollo has over 25 years of experience teaching English in Vietnam and currently operate about 50 training centres nationwide.

At Apollo you can expect:
A commitment to ongoing professional development and high-quality teaching standards
A wide range of resources and modern facilities
A variety of courses and learners
Academic and personal support from a dedicated team
Opportunities for career development

You are someone who:
Is passionate about teaching English as a foreign language and would like to grow within an organization.
Will plan communicative, student-centred and participative lessons while following a designated syllabus
Participate in professional development activities. These include training sessions, peer observations and developmental observations led by senior academic team members
Teach across our range of levels, ages, and courses
Administer and mark course tests
Write student reports
Conduct placement testing when necessary
Teach off-site classes, as required

The schedule:
Average teaching hours: You can teach from an average of 12 hours per week to 19 hours per week. Classes run from 7:30am to 10:00pm Monday through Friday; 7:45 am to 8:15pm on Saturday and Sunday. Split shifts are sometimes inevitable, though they are avoided where possible. Whenever possible, teachers are scheduled two consecutive days off.

Essential requirements for all teaching positions:
CELTA / Trinity TESOL or equivalent
Bachelors Degree or higher
Full mastery of English
A willingness to teach across our full range of classes
Clean criminal record check (with validity within 6 months)
Adaptability, flexibility, and cultural sensitivity
6 months validity on passport
Experience of teaching young learners desirable

Salary and Benefits
Competitive salary with performance based contract completion bonus
Overtime payment
Relocation bonus, company health insurance scheme, visa and work permit costs covered by Apollo
Fully paid leave: 15 days of annual leave and up to 11 days of public holidays (applying to one year contracts)
Salary and benefits paid in Vietnamese Dong. Tax is payable on a progressive scale and averages around 11-12% for a typical full-time teacher

Interested candidates are invited to apply. Your application should include a cover letter stating your desired working location, your updated CV in English and scanned copies of your degree(s) and Teaching Certificates. Candidates who have already obtained a current valid Police Check preferred. Submission of original documents will be required later for Work Permit application, photocopies will not be accepted.

*Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.