Job Responsibilities

The Associate Director of Competitive Speech & Leadership is a competitive educator who strives to improve learning experiences for both our learners and team members. RESPONSIBILITIES The Associate Director of Competitive Speech & Leadership is a competitive educator who strives to improve learning experiences for both our learners and team members. If this sounds like you, your chief responsibilities will be to: • Coach between 8 to 10 debate and public speaking courses per week (16 to 20 hours of coaching). • Evaluate, revise, and implement curricula for LearningLeaders core disciplines: public speaking, debate, and critical reasoning. • Provide insights on how to improve the Elite Debate curricula. • Recruit and train students for speech and debate competitions. In addition to coaching responsibilities, you will develop your leadership, project management, and intercultural communication skills through initiating new ventures within LearningLeaders. Examples of recent successful initiatives include: • Competitions: In 2018, Team China students working with LearningLeaders coaches won the World School’s Debating Championships. In 2017 and 2018 alone, multiple students working with LearningLeaders coaches have won both US and China national championships in multiple debate formats. • Event Management: Hosting debate tournaments, community service events, public speaking training sessions and forums • Partnership opportunities: Summer & winter camps, visiting coaches, teacher training, and corporate coaching.

Job Requirements

SUCCESSFUL TEAM MEMBERS Above all, you demonstrate initiative, integrity, and the desire to inspire. You are the team member we are looking for if you possess: • Teamwork • Passionate curiosity and a love of learning • Drive to aim for excellence • Ability to act with initiative • Over four years of experience as a competitive speech at either a secondary or post-secondary educational institution • Over two years of full or part-time speech coaching experience • Solid understanding of IE • Flexibility and adaptability to new environments • Quick wit and a sense of humor • Outstanding linguistic capabilities, both in writing and the spoken word LearningLeaders – All Rights Reserved 2 BENEFITS In addition to a base salary commensurate to experience, you’ll be eligible to receive performance-based bonuses. LearningLeaders also provides: • Partnership equity in a rapidly-growing company • Full health insurance from an international service provider • Professional development and language learning reimbursement accounts • Subsidized gym membership • Online learning resources access for personal and professional development • Opportunities to be part of a growing company in a start-up environment • Involvement in both coaching and business development • Work visas

Required Languages

English