Gwangju, South Korea. English Teacher Required for English Language Academy.

A teacher is required, in early March, for an English Language Institute in Gwangju. We have personally checked out the school to make sure there is a good working environment and an honest reliable employer. This is a foreign owned and run institute. The directors are from Canada and New York, with 9 years of experience in Korea. This institute has been in operation for 6 years and currently employs 8-9 foreign teachers. This position involves teaching elementary and middle school classes. Gwangju, with a population of about 1.4 million, is located in Jeollanam Do in the South-Western part of Korea. This is the official Gwangju city website; http://eng.gjcity.net/main.jsp .

We are a recruitment company, with over 4 years of experience, who recruit native English speaking foreigners for schools in Korea. If you have any questions regarding these positions or Korea in general please feel free to contact Michael Duffy at Duff Recruiting.

Salary
1.9 - 2.2 million won per month.

Severance
Upon completion of the full one-year contract period, the Employee will be provided an additional payment of one full month’s salary.

Period of Employment
Contract duration is for one-year, and is renewable upon mutual consent of the Employer and the Employee.

Working Hours
Classes will be held from Monday to Friday, 3pm to 9pm, approximately 6 hours per day, 30 hours per week with the possibility of some overtime. No Saturdays or Sundays.

Overtime
The overtime rate is 20,000 won per hour.

Holidays
There are 13 to 15 Korean public holidays per year. The Employee is not required to work on these days and no deductions will be made from their monthly salary.
Paid Vacation Time: The Employee is permitted 10 days paid vacation in a year. Possibly 15 days depending on their schedule. It will be decided before the contract is signed.

Airfare
The Employer will reimburse or supply (pay for) to the Employee an economy class, one-way ticket from their country of origin to the point of hire in Korea. At the completion of the contract, the Employer will supply (pay for) to the Employee an economy class, one-way ticket to their country of origin.

Housing
The Employer agrees to select, provide and pay for adequate and clean furnished accommodations, living conditions and basic amenities. The Employee will be responsible for the cost of monthly expenses (utilities) for the accommodation provided by the Employer.

Medical Insurance
The Employer agrees to provide medical insurance for the Employee and further agrees to cover 50% of the cost. The Employee is responsible for the remaining 50% (as required by Korean Law).

Sick Days
The Employee is allowed three (3) paid sick days per year.

Deductions
Each month, three point three percent (3.3%) will be deducted from the Employee’s monthly salary for income tax in accordance with Korean law. Also, each month, four point five percent (4.5%) will be deducted from the Employee’s monthly salary for the Korean National Pension Program (as required by Korean Law) and four point five percent (4.5%) will paid into it by the teacher’s Employer as well which will be refund (9.0%) by the Korean Gov’t once the teacher has left Korea. 50% of the annual cost of medical insurance will be deducted equally from the Employee's salary over the first three months of employment. No other deductions of any type whatsoever shall be deducted from the Employee's salary without prior consent from the Employee. The only exception is in the case of an employee missing a scheduled class excluding sick days. In that case 20,000won will be subtracted per class missed.

Required Documents
1. Current resume with references.
2. Original Degree or copy of Degree notarized by a Korean Embassy or Consulate.
3. University transcripts, in a sealed official university envelope that is both stamped (official University stamp) and signed by an authorized University representative across the seal of the envelope.
4. Copy of Identification page of passport.
5. 6 passport sized, current photographs of yourself.
6. Date of availability

If you are interested in applying for this teaching position, could you please scan and email us a copy of your degree, transcripts, current resume, ID page of your passport, and a current photograph as well as a date of availability; our email address is duf1au@yahoo.com.au . If you are successful, then you will need to get your University to send originals of your transcripts, in a sealed envelope that is both stamped (official University stamp) and signed by an authorized University representative across the seal of the envelope, directly to myself at Duff Recruiting (this is for the purpose of securing you an E-2 (work visa) at a Korean Immigration Office). Thank you.

Michael Duffy,
General Manager,
Duff Recruiting.
Phone: 010-3354-4833
International Phone: 82 (0)10-3354-4833
Fax: 82 (0)55 285-2579
Address: 11 Namsan Sangga Suite 603, Nam Young Dong, Changwon City 641-802, Kyoung Sang Nam Do, South Korea.
Email: duf1au@yahoo.com.au


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