The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Language Support Specialist – Part-Time

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

part-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Provo • Utah • 🇺🇸 United States

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Job Level

Junior

About the role

  • Assist with language-learning curriculum and products for pre-MTC, Missionary Training Center (MTC), and in-field training. Responsibilities include helping to:
  • Develop, update, or design language curriculum.
  • Conduct pilot testing.
  • Implement adjustments.
  • Provide support to stakeholders.
  • Manage projects.
  • Oversee and provide language support to in-field groups.
  • Works to resolve issues, answer questions, and provide support to area leaders, mission leaders, language coordinators, and missionaries for missionary language resources, including:
  • EnglishConnect for Missionaries
  • BYU–Pathway Worldwide
  • Language Development Report
  • Elicited Imitation (EI) language assessment
  • Language Self-Assessment (LSA)
  • In-field language tutoring and mentoring programs
  • Record interactions, and tracks and reports issues.
  • Ensure that language support documentation, training, tools, reports, and associated materials are functioning properly and up to date.
  • Collaborate and coordinates with partners to resolve issues.
  • Support area leaders, mission leaders, and language coordinators on resources to help missionaries learn their mission language.

Requirements

  • 1 year of full-time experience with second-language teaching, ESL, or TESOL. Familiarity with second-language teaching methods and an openness to new approaches.
  • Excellence in communicating professionally and clearly, both verbally and written.
  • Technical writing experience.
  • Analytical, creative, detail-oriented, and proactive skills, and the ability to work well with ambiguity and pressure.
  • Excellent problem-solving, interpersonal, and organizational skills.
  • Strong ability to cooperate and to give and receive input from others.
  • Strong ability to follow directions and align with leaders.
  • Proficiency in a non-native language.
  • Aptitude for learning and successfully using new software applications.
  • To perform the essential functions, there may be physical requirements such as sitting for long periods or using monitors or other equipment.
Benefits
  • Please note that this job posting may close at any time without prior notice. Find out more about the many benefits of Church Employment at https://careers.churchofjesuschrist.org.

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Hard skills
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Soft skills
communication skillsproblem-solvinginterpersonal skillsorganizational skillscreativitydetail-orientedproactiveability to work under pressurecooperationfollowing directions