Residential Director of Studies - YL Summer Contract 2025

Are you an experienced Academic Manager, passionate about ensuring student success? Do you possess the leadership skills necessary to oversee the academic provision of our Young Learner summer courses? Can you inspire, motivate, support and develop a team of talented EFL Teachers? If this sounds like you, we’d love you to join our dedicated academic management team, working on our UK based residential young learner courses this summer.

As the Director Studies, you will:

• Oversee the academic components of the program, ensuring teaching and learning meet the highest standards and align with pre-course materials.
• Manage student placement and assessments to ensure appropriate class levels.
• Provide academic advice, tutorials, and feedback, including detailed student reports.
• Organise and manage academic resources and equipment.
• Provide feedback and reports on academic aspects to the Centre Manager and Young Learners Department.
• Promote and safeguard student welfare, maintaining discipline and addressing emergencies.
• Teach or supervise as required and support social functions and pastoral duties.
• Induct, and manage a team of EFL (English as a Foreign Language) teachers.
• Conduct classroom observations and provide constructive feedback to support teacher development.
• Organise and contribute to professional development programs and evaluate staff performance.
• Ensure all academic staff adhere to policies, procedures, and statutory regulations.

Directors of Studies must be qualified as follows:

• DELTA/Trinity DipTESOL Certificate
• Degree or equivalent

We are especially interested in hearing from candidates with experience in the following areas:

• Project-based/task-based teaching.
• Experience working in a residential environment.
• Management of a large academic team with experience ranging from newly qualified to very experienced.
•  Proven experience in academic management or course coordination; experience in a residential setting is desired.
• Strong teaching background, including project or task-based learning with young learners.
• Expertise in teacher observation and development.

Skills and Attributes:

• Excellent leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Strong time management and multitasking abilities.
• IT literacy and the ability to work effectively under pressure.
• Comfortable working in a face-paced unpredictable residential environment that requires creative problem solving and occasional on call work.

Benefits:

Our schools in Cambridge and Oxfordshire, Bristol and Hertfordshire provide both staff and students with excellent premises and facilities. As well as a competitive salary, staff will also benefit from:

• Free accommodation and meals
• Holiday pay (paid on top of salary for any accrued but untaken holiday)
• Company paid induction upon arrival onsite
• Company pad DBS check
• Regular CPD sessions to enhance your professional development and opportunities for promotion/future work.

Opportunities for future career growth

Working for Bell on our Young Learner courses offers a valuable experience for individuals looking to develop their career in management. You will develop your skills in planning, leadership, communication, teamwork, time management and youth engagement whilst making a positive and long-lasting impact on the lives of young people.

For individuals seeking longer term work, we also have opportunities for further work, year-round, on our residential courses.

Apply now to join our team and play a key role in shaping unforgettable experiences for young learners this summer.

Safer Recruitment

Bell is committed to promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment:

• A DBS/Police Check will be requested in the event of a successful application (this will be paid for by Bell).
• We do not accept DBS Checks undertaken by other organisations (unless you are on the update service).
• All gaps in CVs must be explained satisfactorily.
• Proof of identity and qualifications will be required.
• All references will be followed up and reference requests will ask specifically whether there is any reason you should not be engaged in situations where you have responsibility for, or substantial access to, persons under 18.
• Appropriate suitability checks will be required prior to confirmation of appointment.