The Vacant Positions
Lecturer of IELTS Speaking/IELTS Writing
Requirements
1. Bachelor or above degree
2. Minimum 2-year teaching experience for language teachers
3. Age from 25- 60 years old
Remuneration Package
The package offer includes:
1. A sightseeing trip once a year organized by College of International Education
2. On-campus apartment
3. Accident, medical and surgical insurance for appointees
4. Sixteen(16) teaching hours a week
5. Paid holiday: winter vacation for short-term teachers (work for one academic year) and both winter and summervacationsfor long-term employees
Standard of Salary
Experienced teacher with Bachelor Degree, RMB 9,000 /month;
Experienced teacher with Master Degree, RMB 10,000/month;
Free Accommodation on campus
We provide free equipped accommodation on campus for international teachers (Fees of electricity, water, gas and internet should be paid by individuals.)
Insurance & Medical Care
For international teachers, we take out insurance for sever diseases, hospitalization and accidental injury for the foreign teachers during their working period in the university.
Flight Subsidy
We offerflight subsidy RMB 10,000 as a bonus every year for long-term international teachers (after renewing the contract).
HOW TO APPLY
Please email to us the following information:
1. Letter: A one-page letter that indicates your situation, aspirations and competence.
2. Teaching subjects: A list of the courses you have taught in the last five years (give the course title, institution, and the level of each course).
3. Your resume / curriculum vitae.
4. Two photographs of yourself.
5. Teaching: A statement of your teaching philosophy and achievements. Recent assessments of your teaching.
6. Copies of all your earned degree and diploma certificates.
7. A copy of your passport.
8. References: If you wish, you may include up to three references. These should not be your confidential referees.
9. Referees: The contact details for three referees whom we may contact confidentially, one of whom should be a recent employer.
Please email your complete application to: scaucie@126.com
There is no set closing date for applications. You will receive an acknowledgement of your application.
Deadline: All positions are open for application until filled.
Remark: Please indicate the position you wish to apply for in your email.
Introduction about South China Agricultural University
One of the national key universities, South China Agricultural University is a “211 Project” university sponsored by both Guangdong Province and the Ministry of Agriculture during the ninth and tenth “Five-year Plan”. The university is also ranked to be “excellent” by the Inspection for Undergraduate Education organized by the Ministry of Education. Situated at Guangzhou, the “city of flowers”, the university enjoys beautiful scenery and pleasant environment. The campus covers an area of over 8250 mu (550 hectares), and the total gross floor area is over 1.37 million square meters. SCAU is located in Wushan Road, Tiahe District, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province. There is very convenient transportation with a metro station at the school gate and colorful life in Canton.
The history of SCAU can be traced back to 1909 when Guangdong Agricultural Experimental Station affiliated with an Agricultural School was founded. After years of development and efforts, when the nationwide readjustments of university and college resources took place in 1952, the Station was already called the Agricultural College and became part of the National Sun Yat-Sen University. The college merged with the Agricultural College of Lingnan University and part of the Department of Veterinary Medicine as well as the Department of Pest Pathology of Guangxi University, and formed South China Agricultural College under the administration of the Ministry of Agriculture (MOA). Chairman Mao Zedong autographed the college name. The college was renamed in 1984 South China Agricultural University and was transferred under the administration of Guangdong Province in 2000 during the reform of the management system of higher learning institutions. The current CPC Secretary of SCAU Committee is Professor Li Dasheng, and the university president is Professor Chen Xiaoyang.
After a century-long development, the university has formed valuable tradition and shaped distinguished features as reflected by the university motto “Upgrading Integrity, Broadening Knowledge, Pursuing Truth, Seeking Breakthroughs”. A multi-layer educational system with graduate, undergraduate and continuing education is established. The university has 88 undergraduate programs, 12 primary disciplines authorized to confer doctorate degrees, 23 primary disciplines to confer master's degrees, 45 doctorate programs, 117 master degree programs, 6 national key disciplines (1 under construction), 5 key disciplines of the Ministry of Agriculture, 12 Guangdong provincial key primary disciplines, 4 provincial key secondary disciplines and 1 key discipline of the State Bureau of Forestry. There are 22 colleges (departments): College of Agronomy, College of Resources and Environment, College of Economics and Management, College of Horticulture, College of Veterinary Medicine, College of Engineering, College of Life Sciences, College of Animal Sciences, College of Food Sciences, College of Forestry, College of Liberal Arts and Law Studies, College of Sciences, College of Information, College of Software Engineering, College of Arts, College of Foreign Studies, College of Hydraulic and Civil Engineering, College of Public Management, Department of Ideological and Political Studies, Department of Physical Education, College of Continuing Education and the Pear River College (independent college). The total enrollment of regular students is over 42,000, comprising 38,000 undergraduates, 4,000 graduates and 73 foreign students from 33 countries.
The university is strong in its academic areas. The number of staff and faculty of the university is over 2,900, including 2 member of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1 member of Chinese Academy of Engineering, 5 members of the Discipline Appraisal Groups of the Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council, 9 Special Professors under the “Changjiang Scholar Incentive Program”, 25 Special Professors in higher learning institutions of Guangdong Province under the “Pearl River Scholar Incentive Program”, 7 National Outstanding Youth Fund winners, 9 national-level nominees for the Guangdong provincial “Thousand-hundred-ten Talent Program”, 4 winner of National Outstanding Teacher Award, and 3 National Outstanding Teaching Teams. More than 900 of the faculty are professors and associate professors, of whom, 218 are advisers for Ph.D programs and 791 for master degree programs.
The university is well equipped with teaching and research facilities. There are 9 post-doctoral research centers and 120 teaching and research laboratories, including 2 key laboratories of the Ministry of Agriculture, 2 key laboratories of the Ministry of Education, 10 Guangdong Provincial key laboratories, 4 provincial key teaching laboratories, 5 provincial key laboratories of Guangdong's higher learning institutions, 1 State Demonstration Center for Experimental Teaching, 9 Provincial Demonstration Centers for Experimental Teaching, 2 Engineering Research Centers of the Ministry of Education, 2 National Bases and 2 Guangdong provincial key Research Bases for Humanities and Social Sciences. The university has also 10 National Outstanding Courses, 25 Provincial Outstanding Courses, and 9 Provincial Brandname Majors. The New Plant Variety Testing Center (Guangzhou branch) of the MOA, the Livestock and Poultry.
In the future, the university will bring into full play its advantageous location of being at the frontier of the reform and opening wave and geographically near Hong Kong and Macau. It will develop in accordance with the human resource need of “building the New Socialist Countryside” as well as “allowing Guangdong to basically realize socialist modernization ahead of other provinces”. It will adhere to the principles of “top quality on a moderate scale, cost-effectiveness based on a sound system, and development rooted in a harmonious society”. The future teaching-research university will embrace disciplines well coordinated in agriculture, engineering, liberal arts, sciences, economy, management, and law studies. Advantages in agricultural sciences will be maintained, and priority in life sciences continued. By the end of the eleventh “Five-year Plan”, the university is to step into the top-class universities in China and become internationally recognized.
For more information
http://english.cie.scau.edu.cn
