English language teachers

Teaching English in the poorest countries gives you the opportunity to make a huge impact while gaining valuable training or management experience. You’ll be training teachers and helping to improve the delivery of English courses. You’ll help to create lessons plans and develop teaching materials.

You’ll be a qualified English Language teacher (either secondary school level or EFL trained) with at least three years teaching experience. Some of our placements now require volunteers with post-graduate training, such as a Masters qualification.

You’ll be confident in developing teaching methodology and materials and mentoring your local colleagues in these areas.

You could be working in countries like China, Eritrea, Ethiopia and Mozambique.

Volunteer placements

VSO needs volunteers with a range of professional skills and experiences.  Placements for up two years for qualified professionals with at least two years' post qualification experience.  Find out now if there are currently opportunities for you to get involved.

Apply now

Take the first step by completing our application form and telling us more about you and your professionals skills

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