The British Council is the UK’s international organisation
for cultural relations and educational opportunities. We create
friendly knowledge and understanding between the people of the UK and
other countries. We do this by making a positive contribution to the UK
and the countries we work with - Changing lives by creating
opportunities, building connections and engendering trust.
In Sri Lanka, British Council is a vibrant operation delivering a high
impact portfolio of projects under the larger English and Education
program. Additionally, we have approximately , members in our
libraries, the largest membership in the British Council global network
and run two of the largest British Council Teaching Centres and Exams
operations in the world.
The teaching centres in Colombo, Kandy, Jaffna and partner centre in
Matara represent one of the largest teaching operations in the British
Council network, with over , students registered for courses each
term. The teaching centre in Kandy has up to , students registered
for regular public courses per term.
Sinhala Language Trainers ( positions)
The overall purpose of this role is to be responsible for training
National Institute for Language Education and Training (NILET) teachers
and teacher trainers to teach communicative, learner-centred Sinhala
language courses for public servants.
The full-time post based in Colombo is available on Post : up to
days, Post : Up to days between October - March
Application deadline : Sunday September
To apply, please complete the online application which is accessible
through
Www . britishcouncil . lk /about/jobs.
Role profile, descriptions of the behaviours and core skills needed for
the above post can also be downloaded from the same page.
Please note that it is mandatory to provide the reference details.
Only the applications submitted through the above site will be
accepted. CVs will not be considered for shortlisting.
We thank all prospective applicants for their interest in our
organisation. Short-listed candidates will be contacted within -
weeks after the application closing date.
The British COuncil is committed to a policy of equal opportunity and
child protection. We welcome applicants from all sections of the
community. We work to ensure that people are not unjustifiably
discriminated again on the basis of age, disability, ethnicity, gender,
religion or belief, sexual orientation or any other irrelevant grounds.
