Young Learners Assistants AY 2021-2022

This opportunity is ideal for students or newly graduates on subjects such as Scienze dell’Educazione e Formazione or English studies (or others) who want to be part of a large educational organisation. Applications are anyway welcome from candidates with any background, age or interest.

Context and environment:

The British Council is the UK’s official organisation for educational opportunities and cultural relations. We have been creating international opportunities and building trust between the people of the UK and other countries since 1934. 

We work in more than 100 countries and our 7000 staff – including 2000 teachers – work with thousands of professionals, policy makers plus millions of young people every year teaching English and running Arts, Education and Society programmes.

We have offices in Rome, Milan and Naples with a combined staff of over 100 who every year work with many thousands of Italians directly plus millions more online through our activities in English, Arts and Education and Society.

Our teaching locations are as follows:

Milan: Via Manzoni and Corso Magenta
Naples: Via Morghen
Rome: Via della Scultura, Via G.B. De Rossi, Via Pavia, Via Cola di Rienzo, Via Acherusio

The Young Learner Assistants will be expected to be available when young learner classes take place at our different premises in Milan, Rome, and Naples in the afternoon and all day Saturday during the school year and Monday to Friday during the school holidays. The YL Assistants will join an existing teaching centre team. 

Accountabilities, responsibilities and main duties:

To support the British Council Child Protection Strategy by:

• Supervising young learners in British Council and Partner school premises before, during and after class
• Assisting with Parent duty/filtering at British Council and Partner school premises before and after class
• Support in collecting and following up on absences and lateness for secondary classes
• Supervising break-time and ensuring that YLs respect the break rules
• Supervising change-over times 
• Supporting anti-Covid precautions (temperature checks, etc)
• Looking after YLs when they are ill and informing accordingly
• Following Child Protection systems and procedures 
• Helping with IT and setting up and closing down Partner Schools, if necessary
• Helping with admin tasks when required and approved 
• Assisting with classroom activities when required
• Key relationships: 

Internal:

• Head of Partnerships 
• Customer services team
• Child Protection Focal Point
• Teaching centre management team
• Facilities, IT and Security guards
• Teachers

External:

• Young Learners
• Parents and carers
• Partner premises staff

Other important features or requirements of the job 

The post may require travel back and forth between British Council Partner Schools.  It will involve working unsocial hours (late afternoon/evenings and Saturdays) and during the school holidays.  

Working hours: YLAs will be able to express their preference over a certain number of hours, specific day/s and location. YLAs typically work between 4 and 8 hours per week. Applicants will however be able to express their interest in working fewer or more hours, in a certain day per week, or over more days, in one or more locations. 

Training:

• Child protection training (mandatory) – information will be given to selected candidates

CLOSING DATE: 22 September 2021 – selected applicants will be contacted for online interviews. Work will start in October 2021.

Applicants must be at least 18 years old, based in our three cities Milan, Rome and Naples and hinterland and must be able to demonstrate: 

• reliability and punctuality
• effective teamworking/organisational skills
• an interest towards education
• cultural awareness
• an ability to work well under pressure
• CEFR level B2 levels of spoken and written English (preferably Certificate)
• spoken Italian (native speaker or CEFR level C1 minimum)

Contract: this is a “collaborazione occasionale” job, for which you will be able to select the dates and times you will be providing your service among our timetable. The pay per hour is €12 (€18 for eventual supervisors). If you don’t have a VAT number, you may need to avoid exceeding 5,000 euros gross per year. You may need to consult your tax consultant. 

If you meet all requirements as outlined above, please fill in the below form:

https://forms.office.com/r/CSt5qDbmnJ

and submit your CV and documentation to YLA.Italy@britishcouncil.it

All applicants must have the legal right to live and work in Italy. If you are not an EU citizen, we also require a copy of your work permit.

We will contact suitable applicants to invite them to an interview. 

After this, they will be asked to attend a live training. 

We will provide a training online and will ask them to provide us with a copy of their casellario giudiziale and three references before they start working.

After the interviews, successful applicants will have to attend the training.

The British Council is committed to a policy of equal opportunities and is keen to reflect diversity at every level of the organisation. We welcome applications from all sections of the community. 

The British Council believes that all children have potential and that every child matters – everywhere in the world. The British Council affirms the position that all children have the right to be protected from all forms of abuse as set out in article 19, UNCRC 1989. In line with the British Council’s Child Protection policy, any appointment is contingent on thorough checks, including criminal records checks.