English Teaching Mentor – Hospitality | Timor-Leste Te Whāinga | Our Purpose
Te Hono Tangata – Te Huringa Ora
Connecting People – Transforming Lives
Volunteer Service Abroad | Te Tūao Tāwāhi connects skilled volunteers with organisations and communities across the Pacific and beyond to support locally identified aspirations and create sustainable change.
Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About the role
This is your opportunity to become a VSA Volunteer and use your English teaching experience to support hospitality training in Timor-Leste.
We’re looking for an experienced English Teaching Mentor – Hospitality who enjoys mentoring others, sharing practical skills and working across cultures.
Tautoko mai i VSA | Support from VSA
You won’t be doing this alone. As a VSA Volunteer, you’ll be supported before you leave New Zealand and throughout your assignment.
VSA provides:
Ngā mahi matua | What you’ll do
You’ll work alongside local colleagues to:
You’ll ideally bring:
Te pānga | The difference you’ll make
By building the skills and confidence of local teachers and trainers, you’ll help strengthen hospitality education and prepare students with practical English communication skills for future employment.
It’s about sharing skills that last, so local trainers can continue building on the work after your assignment ends.
He aha a Timor-Leste? | Why Timor-Leste?
Living and volunteering in Timor-Leste is an opportunity to experience a different culture while putting your professional skills towards something meaningful.
You’ll have the chance to:
Tono Mai | Apply Now
If you’re an experienced English educator who enjoys mentoring others, sharing skills and embracing new cultures, we’d love to hear from you.
Applicants must be a New Zealand citizen or New Zealand permanent resident to be eligible for this VSA volunteer opportunity.
For more information about the assignment, contact:
Kiri Henare
Recruitment Advisor
Volunteer Service Abroad | Te Tūao Tāwāhi
[email protected]
Te Hono Tangata – Te Huringa Ora
Connecting People – Transforming Lives
Volunteer Service Abroad | Te Tūao Tāwāhi connects skilled volunteers with organisations and communities across the Pacific and beyond to support locally identified aspirations and create sustainable change.
Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About the role
This is your opportunity to become a VSA Volunteer and use your English teaching experience to support hospitality training in Timor-Leste.
We’re looking for an experienced English Teaching Mentor – Hospitality who enjoys mentoring others, sharing practical skills and working across cultures.
Tautoko mai i VSA | Support from VSA
You won’t be doing this alone. As a VSA Volunteer, you’ll be supported before you leave New Zealand and throughout your assignment.
VSA provides:
- Return flights to your assignment.
- Safe, modest accommodation while you’re in-country.
- A living allowance designed to support a modest local lifestyle.
- Medical and insurance support, including medical evacuation where required.
- Pre-departure preparation and ongoing VSA support during your volunteer journey.
- Depending on the assignment, other grants and entitlements may also apply
Ngā mahi matua | What you’ll do
You’ll work alongside local colleagues to:
- Mentor and coach English teachers and hospitality trainers.
- Strengthen practical, learner-centred English teaching.
- Develop resources for hospitality and workplace English.
- Create activities such as role plays, workplace simulations and customer-service scenarios.
- Support trainers to confidently plan and deliver hospitality-focused English themselves.
- Develop resources and approaches that can continue to be used beyond the assignment.
You’ll ideally bring:
- Experience teaching English using learner-centred approaches.
- Strong mentoring and coaching skills.
- Experience developing practical learning resources.
- Great communication and relationship-building skills.
- A flexible, collaborative and culturally respectful approach.
Te pānga | The difference you’ll make
By building the skills and confidence of local teachers and trainers, you’ll help strengthen hospitality education and prepare students with practical English communication skills for future employment.
It’s about sharing skills that last, so local trainers can continue building on the work after your assignment ends.
He aha a Timor-Leste? | Why Timor-Leste?
Living and volunteering in Timor-Leste is an opportunity to experience a different culture while putting your professional skills towards something meaningful.
You’ll have the chance to:
- Experience Timorese culture and community life.
- Learn some Tetun and build strong local relationships.
- Explore Timor-Leste’s coastline, mountains and natural environment.
- Experience living somewhere a little off the beaten track.
- Learn as much as you share.
Tono Mai | Apply Now
If you’re an experienced English educator who enjoys mentoring others, sharing skills and embracing new cultures, we’d love to hear from you.
Applicants must be a New Zealand citizen or New Zealand permanent resident to be eligible for this VSA volunteer opportunity.
For more information about the assignment, contact:
Kiri Henare
Recruitment Advisor
Volunteer Service Abroad | Te Tūao Tāwāhi
[email protected]