Department of State’s Foreign Service Institute (FSI),the School of Language Studies (SLS) at FSI.

The International Center for Language Studies (ICLS) is a woman-owned, independent language school based in Washington, DC, which is now celebrating more than 50 years of delivering high-quality training in ESL and over 85 different foreign languages. The ICLS mission is to offer student-centered language programs that develop authentic target language use, focus on individual goals, and enable students to be successful in a global environment.

ICLS is contracted by Department of State’s Foreign Service Institute (FSI) to provide and manage onsite staff of high-quality Language and Culture Instructors, Testers, Examiners, Raters and Curriculum Developers to support the School of Language Studies (SLS) at FSI. If you are interested in joining ICLS project team at FSI, please upload your most updated resume.

List of languages we are accepting resumes for (Please feel free to submit your resume even if your language is not on this list): Albanian, Amharic, Arabic (all dialects), Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bengali, Brazilian & Continental Portuguese, Bulgarian, Burmese, Chinese (Mandarin), Danish, Dari, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, Georgian, German, Greek, Haitian Creole, Hausa, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Kazakh, Khmer, Korean, Kurdish, Kyrgyz, Lao, Latvian, Lithuanian, Malay, Mongolian, Nepali, Norwegian, Persian Farsi, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Serbian/Croatian, Sinhala, Slovak, Slovenian, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Tadjik, Tagalog, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Tibetan, Turkish, Urdu, Uzbek, Vietnamese..

All labor categories require U.S. work authorization. U.S. Citizens and Permanent/Legal Residents are welcomed to apply

Educated native or near-native speaker of the target language (preferably Level 4 or higher on the ILR proficiency scale)

Possesses the cultural background of the specific country or geographical region where the target language is spoken

A minimum English proficiency level of a 2/2 on the ILR proficiency scale

A minimum of three (3) years of experience teaching adult learners the foreign language in a classroom setting (2 or more students).

A minimum of one (1) year of experience administering proficiency-based assessments (i.e., DLPT, ACTFL, OPI, etc.)

BA/BS, MA/MS, or PhD., or foreign equivalent degree(s) in any field

We are an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Temporary, Contract