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Cactus is a leading internet-based language training agency, and as such we are constantly looking for new academic staff, language holiday advisors, creative heads, interns, teachers & researchers. Our Head Office is located in the heart of Brighton, in beautiful offices and with a multilingual international staff. From October 2007 we also have a US office based in Manhattan, New York.

 

Foreign Language Teachers

Cactus provides language training throughout the UK & North America and we are always on the lookout for qualified language teachers to work for us on a Part time, freelance basis.

Due to increased demand for our foreign language courses, Cactus Language Training are recruiting qualified foreign language teachers for our evening classes and Tailor-Made courses.

We are currently recruiting for our 10-week evening courses in locations across the UK and North America. If you are available to teach any of the following languages then please complete the on-line application form.

  • Arabic
  • Cantonese
  • Mandarin
  • French
  • Hebrew
  • Croatian
  • Mandarin
  • German
  • Italian
  • Japanese
  • Brazilian Portuguese
  • Spanish
  • Swedish
  • Korean

To apply please fill in our Online application form.

We are looking for teachers with bags of enthusiasm and experience in teaching language courses to adults, and able to teach on both group and individual courses.

Highly competent, qualified and experienced teachers only need apply. Also, you will need to have the appropriate work authorization for the country you are applying for. Cactus cannot support any visa applications.

Pay negotiable, depending on qualifications and experience.

There are always many positions available so apply now!

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Intern Positions - Available from 3-12 Months

Interns constitute a lively and cosmopolitan part of life at Cactus. We have positions available on an ongoing basis, both in our UK Brighton office and our US New York office.

If would you like to be considered as an intern in any area of Cactus, in the UK or the US, please email us your CV & covering letter.

Positions available now from 3 to 12 months:

Cactus Language Holidays Support

A support role within the busy Cactus Language Holidays Sales Team. The support role would include answering the telephone for our department and directing calls to other members of staff. We therefore require a near native level of English. Duties will also include using our in-house admin system to process orders and payments and to assist in responding to some basic customer enquiries. Daily tasks will also involve gathering data from schools, updating the website with valuable information, collecting stats and helping out in other departments or projects where needed.

Cactus FLUK (Foreign Languages in the UK) Support

A support role within the busy Cactus FLUK Sales Team. The support role would include emailing clients for feedback and responding to their emails; collating feedback for the websites; collating statistics from feedback forms; sending confirmation emails to FLUK clients; printing & binding books; burning CDs; sending course materials to clients / teachers; helping to source teachers; other bits and bobs as required. You will need to have a near native level of English, good attention to detail, good written English and be proficient in Excel.

Cactus TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) Support

A support role within the busy Cactus TEFL Sales Team. The support role would include logging download information on a spreadsheet and creating a report and graphs at the end of each month; emailing clients who have downloaded TEFL course application forms but not yet submitted them; phoning and emailing schools to check course spaces; faxing applications; calling schools to confirm which clients have started courses, and amending the status on the backend; contacting schools for their course information & contacting potential applicants; contacting schools to find out which Taster Day clients went on to book courses. You will need to have a near native level of English

Finance Department - Support

A support role within the Cactus Finance Department. This is an exciting role giving the candidate an insight into how a finance department operates. You will be trained in various areas such as banking, foreign currency purchasing, sales margin reporting and debtor analysis. Your experience will culminate with an understanding of the broader financial picture of a business.

* For internships over 12 weeks, we make a small contribution to living costs.

 13-24 weeks:

 £200 per calendar month for the first 13 weeks
 £385 per calendar month for the remaining weeks

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General Vacancies

We are especially interested in people who:

  • are comfortable with computers and the Internet
  • have travel experience
  • are fluent in English (spoken and written)
  • speak other languages
  • are ready to move to Brighton

We also occasionally have freelance positions for:

  • travelling journalists to research new destinations
  • web designers
  • web researchers

If you are interested in our company, please email us us your CV and covering letter (please send your CV as a Word or PDF Attachment).

Cactus (Cactus Worldwide Ltd) is an equal opportunities employer.

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