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FULL-TIME FACULTY POSITION IN INTENSIVE ENGLISH

Expired on: Oct 10, 2025

Position: Full-Time Instructors in Intensive English
School or Unit: University Preparatory Program
Application Deadline: 6.00 p.m. GMT, October 10, 2025
Appointment Date: Up to 3 Lecturer/Senior Lecturer positions to be filled for January 2026
Salary: Variable, depending on experience.

IUGB Profile

The International University of Grand-Bassam (IUGB) is an independent institution offering an American-style curriculum in English. IUGB opened in 2005 and was formally accredited as a University in Côte d’Ivoire, by the promulgation of Decree n° 2007-477 on 16 May 2007. IUGB offers Bachelor degree programs in the School of Business and Social Sciences and in the School of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. Our University Preparatory Program prepares students for university-level work through courses in English language and study skills courses.

Vision

IUGB strives to be a US-accredited regional center of excellence in higher education.

Mission

Transforming Côte d’Ivoire and West African society through distinctive student-centered, US-style education to prepare future leaders for meaningful employment and to engage in research and service that contribute to equitable economic growth of local, regional and global communities.

Location

The University is located in Grand-Bassam, a coastal city about 20 miles east of the economic capital, Abidjan. All instruction is in English. However, applicants should be aware that, while IUGB is an English medium institution, it is located in a French-speaking environment, although we have some faculty members who manage with low-level French skills.

Position Description

The Instructor will be expected to teach Intensive English courses at IUGB and to render services as required by IUGB administration. Materials development and providing learning support to student are integral responsibilities of this position. Courses at university level (such as composition, speech, technical communication, or foreign language) might also be assigned, depending on the candidate’s qualifications and interests.

Responsibilities

  1. Teaching courses in the UPP intensive English program (normally 15 course hours per week);
  2. Contributing to the development of the program through materials and curriculum development, peer observations, and contributions to teaching workshops;
  3. Providing additional tutoring to students through the writing lab, reinforcement sessions, student club advising, and other programs;
  4. Attending faculty meetings;
  5. Identifying learning needs of students, defining appropriate learning objectives, and ensuring that content, methods of delivery and learning materials will meet the defined learning objectives;
  6. Choosing appropriate teaching materials, designing lesson plans, and delivering course contents to students;
  7. Assessing and grading students’ work and examinations, and providing constructive feedback to students;
  8. Seeking to improve teaching performance by continuously being up-to-date with current advances in pedagogy, and obtaining and analyzing feedback from students, peers, and the
    Director;
  9. Collaborating with support staff and academic colleagues to ensure student needs and expectations are met;
  10. Collaborating with academic colleagues on course development as well as curriculum development or changes.
    Additional responsibilities may include, but are not limited to:
  11. Teaching courses for the Center for Continuing Education or courses in the University core;
  12. Assisting with the student admissions and placement process;
  13. Participation in a limited number of student recruitment events.

Qualifications

  • Essential: Master’s in TESOL/Applied Linguistics or related field, or equivalent, or master’s degree in another field and TESOL/CELTA or other certificate.
  • Essential: Excellent English skills.
  • Preferred: Familiarity with the American system of higher education.


Experience
● Essential: At least three semesters experience teaching English to speakers of other languages, preferably in a similar English preparatory program.
● Highly recommended: International teaching experience and/or study or extended stay in an English-speaking country.
● Desirable: Experience in university intensive English programs or similar language
programs, experience using language labs, and/or experience with an academic accreditation process.
Essential Skills and Personal Qualities:
● Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work in teams.
● Commitment to high quality teaching.
● Commitment to making a contribution to the growth and development of a young, innovative
institution.

● Basic computer literacy.
● Willingness and ability to integrate educational technologies into teaching and course management.
● Creativity and interest in materials development.
● Interest in learning and using innovative teaching techniques.
● Willingness to teach students at various English levels, including near-beginner.


To ensure consideration:
Candidates should send the following documents electronically to the IUGB office of Human Resources, at [email protected] before 18:00 GMT, October 10. (Applications received later can still be considered, but applications received by the deadline will be given priority).
a. A letter of application stating the candidate’s interest in the position and qualifications;
b. A curriculum vitae including the names and contact details of at least two referees;
c. Evidence of effective teaching, for example, copies of teaching evaluations;
d. Transcripts of graduate studies completed (official transcripts will be requested from
successful applicants).

⚠️Very Important Notice: Before submitting your application via email, be sure to include the
Vacancy Announcement number and the position title in the subject line: UPP#2025/05

Department/Office:: University Preparatory Program
Job Type: Full Time
Job Location: Grand-Bassam
Knowledge and skills: Aptitude to work under pressure Effective communication French and English MS Provides administrative support to the Office of the President
Education: Master
Summary of Position: Excellent English skills. Familiarity with the American system of higher education. Master’s degree in another field and TESOL/CELTA Master’s in TESOL/Applied Linguistics or related field
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Grand-Bassam (IUGB). Among the courses she taught we have the following: Introduction to
Differential Equations, Elementary Statistics, Calculus(I,II,III), Transforms in Applied Math,
Introduction to Linear Algebra, Operations Research and Abstract Algebra.
She has a Bachelor degree in Mathematics (IUGB), a Master degree in Pure and Applied
Mathematics (AUST) and she is currently enrolled for a PhD in Mathematics at the African
University of Science and Tecnology (AUST), Abuja. She has also been an intern at the
Institutional Banking Group department within GTBANK CI (Garanty Trust Bank Côte
D’Ivoire).
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Academically, her goal is to be a great researcher and innovator on the topics of asymptotic
theories in Fuzzy Probability Theory and their various applications to image processing. She
has good programming skills (JAVA, LaTeX, C++) and she is bilingual (French and English).
Over the years, she has been developing a method of teaching which not only put students at
the center of the learning process but also which deconstruct most of the stereotypes about the
inaccessibility of mathematical knowledge to everybody.
Regarding her research activities, she has been working since 2018 on the topic of integration
on Banach spaces and a preprint of an interesting work is available at
https://arxiv.org/pdf/1905.04480. She is continuing with her research on integration but now
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From 2000 to 2018, I successively worked as a research scientist at Independent Computing Research in Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Assistant Professor at the department of computer science and
engineering at Université Laval in Québec, Canada; Research Associate at the Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST) where I also received a Ph.D. degree in computer science in March 2000. Upon receiving a master's degree in mathematical and computing science
from the Tokyo Institute of Technology (TIT) in 1990 in Japan, I worked as a research scientist at National/Panasonic, one of the most prestigious companies in Tokyo.
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Ivorian Association of Artificial Intelligence and member of ORBICOM, the Network of UNESCO Chairs in Communication headquartered in University of Quebec in Montreal (UQUAM), Canada.

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