Come & Work For Cactus

Foreign Language Teachers

Cactus provides language training throughout the UK & North America and we are always on the lookout for qualified language teachers to work for us on a Part time, freelance basis. Due to increased demand for our foreign language courses, Cactus Language Training are recruiting qualified foreign language teachers for our evening classes and Tailor-Made courses.

We are currently recruiting for our 10-week evening courses in locations across the UK and North America. If you are available to teach any of the following languages then please complete the on-line application form.

* Arabic
* Cantonese
* Croatian
* Czech
* Danish
* Dutch
* English
* Farsi
* Finnish
* French
* German
* Greek
* Hebrew
* Hindi
* Italian
* Japanese
* Korean
* Mandarin
* Norwegian
* Polish
* Brazilian Portuguese
* European Portuguese
* Russian
* Spanish
* Swedish
* Turkish
* Thai
* Welsh

To apply please fill in our Online application form.

We are looking for teachers with bags of enthusiasm and experience in teaching language courses to adults, and able to teach on both group and individual courses.

Highly competent, qualified and experienced teachers only need apply. Also, you will need to have the appropriate work authorization for the country you are applying for. Cactus cannot support any visa applications.

Pay negotiable, depending on qualifications and experience.

There are always many positions available so apply now!

Intern Positions - Available from 3-12 Months

Interns constitute a lively and cosmopolitan part of life at Cactus. We have positions available on an ongoing basis, both in our UK Brighton office and our US New York office.

If would you like to be considered as an intern in any area of Cactus, in the UK or the US, please email us your CV & covering letter (including desired start date and length of the internship) to .

Positions available now from 3 to 12 months:

Cactus Product Department Support*

A support role within the busy Cactus Sales Teams. The support role would include answering the telephone for our department and directing calls to other members of staff. We therefore require a near native level of English. Duties will also include using our in-house admin system to process orders and payments and to assist in responding to some basic customer enquiries, collating feedback for the websites; collating statistics from feedback forms. Daily tasks will also involve gathering data from schools, updating the website with valuable information and helping out in other departments or projects where needed.

Cactus Operations Support*

A support role within the busy Cactus Operations Team. Cactus works with a large number of freelance language teachers and this role would include supporting the academic and operations staff in their communication with the teachers. Duties would include emailing and telephoning teachers and responding to their emails; helping to source and recruit teachers; chasing references and other documentation; helping with correspondence around seminar programmes and teacher observations; sending course materials to teachers; collating feedback from feedback forms and other duties as required. You will need to have a very high level of English, good attention to detail, good written English and be proficient in Excel. Additional languages would be an asset.

Marketing Department - Support*

We have an exciting opportunity for a dynamic intern to support our busy international marketing team.  This role offers versatility, responsibility, autonomy and practical, on the job training and experience of a diverse range of online and offline marketing activities.

You will need to be adaptable and flexible with a hands-on approach to your work, bags of initiative, enthusiasm, creativity, lots of ideas, an eye for detail and an inquisitive mind.

Your key responsibilities will be:

- Maintaining our network of e-commerce websites, e.g. adding/changing copy content, pictures and new pages

- Writing copy for marketing materials and the websites, e.g. blog articles

- Designing and distributing the monthly e-newsletter

- Creating printed marketing materiel and liaising with suppliers

- Assisting in organising, promoting and attending events

- Online promotion and PR activities, including forums, directories and social networks

- Data collection and maintenance

As part of the training, you will learn to use web and design programmes, such as Dreamweaver, Photoshop and Illustrator. 

If you have an interest in marketing and enjoy getting stuck in, then we would love to hear from you.

* For internships over 12 weeks, we make a small contribution to living costs.

13-24 weeks:

£200 per calendar month for the first 13 weeks
£385 per calendar month for the remaining weeks

4-week Overseas Mandarin Teaching Assignment - Trainers

We are looking to recruit up to 15 qualified Mandarin Language Trainers to work on a freelance basis for a fixed-period, intensive training assignment in Lagos, Nigeria.

Along with your colleagues, you will be training groups of oil and gas engineers who are currently at beginner level in the Mandarin.

The course and contract lasts for 4 weeks.

It will be your job to:

• Teach 8 hours per day (2 groups of 4 hours each)
• Teach the equivalent of 5 days per week (lessons take place Monday to Sunday)
• You will be expected to
  • achieve the learning objectives set for each group
  • provide a professional level of service

• liaise on a daily basis with your Mandarin Directors of Studies (also on site with you)
• deal with issues that trainees have on a day-to-day basis
• provide guidance and support to trainees for self-study (and set homework) for each of your groups
• ensure that the whole training experience meets the high standards we expect.

Experience/Qualities required:

• CELTA or equivalent qualification in teaching Mandarin to speakers of other languages
• At least 5 years’ experience teaching and training using a broadly communicative/task based approach
• Excellent communication and people skills
• Customer-service led approach
• Friendly and approachable
• Experience of teaching for the oil and gas industry

Contract benefits:

• Return flights to Lagos from either UK, US or P.R. China including local transfers to the hotel
• Full board and hotel accommodation in a secure location (Quality Hotel off-site)
• Daily return transfer by boat to the company’s training facility
• Fully air-conditioned training rooms
• Internet access for all teachers
• Visas and paperwork organised
• Travel and repatriation insurance

Income:
From £3200 GBP (depending on experience and final confirmation of hours)

Expressions of interest
If you are:

• Available for work in December (and possibly January)
• Available at short notice
• Prepared to commit fully to the 4 week training period
• Able to work in Nigeria (we will organise work visas)

Then we would like to hear from you.

Please send an email to explaining why you think you would be suitable for this job. Please attach a CV to your email, and also complete a teacher application if you have not already done so.

Full job details
Once we have heard from you, a full information pack will be made available to you, detailing all aspects of the assignment.

4-week Overseas Mandarin Teaching Assignment - Directors of Studies

We are looking to recruit 3 Mandarin Directors of Studies to work on a freelance basis for a fixed-period, intensive training assignment in Lagos, Nigeria.

Along with two colleagues, you will be managing a team of up to 15 trainers, who will be delivering 4 intensive weeks of Mandarin language training to around 200 oil and gas engineers.

It will be your job to ensure

• the team of trainers are
  • working effectively
  • achieving the learning objectives of their groups
  • providing a professional level of service
  
  
• liaise on a daily basis with our UK headquarters
• deal with issues that trainers and trainees have on a day-to-day basis
• observe trainers to ensure they are teaching at the required standard
• ensure materials are suited to the requirements of trainees, and provide additional support and development
• ensure that the whole training experience meets the high standards we expect.

Experience/Qualities required:

• DELTA or equivalent qualification in teaching Mandarin to speakers of other languages
• At least 5 years’ experience teaching and training using a broadly communicative/task based approach
• Excellent communication and people skills
• Customer-service led approach
• Friendly and approachable
• Experience of teaching for the oil and gas industry

Contract benefits:

• Return flights to Lagos from either UK, US or P.R. China including local transfers to the hotel
• Full board and hotel accommodation in a secure location (Quality Hotel off-site)
• Daily return transfer by boat to the company’s training facility
• Fully air-conditioned training rooms
• Internet access for all teachers
• Visas and paperwork organised
• Travel and repatriation insurance

Income:
From £4000 GBP (depending on experience and final confirmation of hours)

Expressions of interest
If you are:

• Available for work in December (and possibly January)
• Available at short notice
• Prepared to commit fully to the 4 week training period
• Able to work in Nigeria (we will organise work visas)

Then we would like to hear from you.

How to apply:

Please send an email to explaining why you think you would be suitable for this job. Please attach a CV to your email, and also complete a teacher application if you have not already done so.

Full job details
Once we have heard from you, a full information pack will be made available to you, detailing all aspects of the assignment.

Equal Opportunity Policy

Cactus Worldwide Ltd. confirms its commitment to a comprehensive policy of Equal Opportunities in recruitment in which individuals are selected and treated on the basis of their relevant merits and abilities. The aim of this policy is to ensure that no job applicant should receive less favourable treatment on any grounds not relevant to good recruitment practice.

We aim to ensure that no job applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the basis of gender including transgender, marital status or civil partnerships, sexual identity, religion and belief, political opinion, race, colour, nationality or ethnic origin, work pattern, age, disability or HIV/AIDS status, socio-economic background, spent convictions, trade union activity or membership on the basis of having or not having dependents, or any other irrelevant grounds.