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Stephen Jones · Joined: 21 Feb 2003 Posts: 4124

BAe = British Aerospace.

It normallly advertises on TEFL.com

JZer · Joined: 16 Jan 2005 Posts: 3898 Location: Pittsburgh

BAe = British Aerospace. , do you have to be British to work there?

Mark Loyd · Joined: 13 Sep 2005 Posts: 517

JZer · Joined: 16 Jan 2005 Posts: 3898 Location: Pittsburgh

I see the 750 sterling but I did not know if that was a one time deal or for every month. I am looking at the ad. Well I hope no one applies to their organization so that they have to re-implement the 1000 sterling overseas allowance. If one applied for the position would you have to go to the UK to be interviewed?

Here is the advertisement on TEFL.com

English Language Teachers
Thu 24th Nov 2005 12:32 GMT
Employer: BAE SYSTEMS
Location: Kingdom wide, Saudi Arabia
Deadline: --
Experience: 3 years

Details:
Saudi Development and Training (SDT)
- is an organisation formed in Saudi Arabia under the Al Yamamah
Economic Programme, in which BAE Systems is a partner. We provide
a range of training and staff development modules focused on the
needs of national workforces for BAE Systems and its customers,
and for other organisations. Apart from our own specialist
instructors and educators, SDT can also call upon the resources of
BAE Systems.
SDT is currently recruiting high calibre English Language Teachers
and Instructors to join our team in Saudi Arabia as part of
Project Al Yamamah - Britain's biggest ever export agreement.
As an English language teacher you will be based at the Royal Saudi
Air Force Technical Studies Institute at Dhahran. You will be
involved in teaching English language to Royal Saudi Air Force
cadets at both an introductory/elementary and more advanced level.

Qualifications:
To teach at the Technical Studies Institute you must be a native
English speaker under the age of 55. As well as having a minimum
of three year's recent experience teaching English as a foreign
language, preferably in the Middle East, successful applicants
must possess an MA / MSc in TEFL / TESP / TESOL / Applied
Linguistics OR an English Degree and a TEFL / TESOL qualification
OR a related degree and PGCE and a TEFL / TESOL qualification OR a
related degree and RSA DELTA. We do not accept any other
qualifications.

Compensation:
We offer an excellent compensation and benefits package to include:

- Minimum Salary (paid into a UK account) per calendar month
- Basic �2,339
- Overseas Allowance �675
- Temporary Overseas Allowance (non contractual) - currently �750
- Plus generous Gratuity Payments
- Excellent leisure and recreational facilities
- Generous leave & ticketing allowances
- Two year open-ended contract
- Free medical care in Saudi Arabia
- Free food
- Free accommodation
- Personal Accident Insurance

Mark Loyd · Joined: 13 Sep 2005 Posts: 517

fitzpatrick_thomas · Joined: 02 May 2005 Posts: 55

End of Story ? (This "school.")

They offered me a position some time ago and said they would send me the papers needed to get a visa. The papers were never faxed to me. They repeatedly told me that they would send the papers with excuses like "we have been very recently", I just got fed up sending them e-mails and have not heard from them since I sent them the last one.

I have a picture of someone smoking sheesha and "organizing" the whole thing from a cafe. The school - that may never have existed in the first place - seems to have vanished - maybe because not enough teachers took the bait.

scot47 · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343

The alarm bells rang when I saw the original post. Just another cowboy outfit. Guaranteed to casue grief to anyone who signs on the dotted line and comes to KSA.

If you want to come to KSA there is a limited number of halal employers. My list -

JIC
KFUPM
IPA
SALTS
BAe

Avoid Uncle Abdullah's Language School and all its affiliates.