Come help us build our REI team while serving as a Teaching Assistant at Samarkand International University of Technology (SIUT) in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. Tutor and connect with students who are not much younger than you and are facing many similar challenges you’ve faced in the near past. Learn Uzbek and Russian, the primary languages of your host nation, to broaden your social mobility and relational influence. Live out and share your faith among local and international students and faculty from unreached peoples across Central Asia. Embed yourself as an ambassador for the Kingdom of God and an apprentice of Jesus Christ along with us.
SIUT’s mission is to train highly qualified world-class engineering and business personnel to build the host nation, Uzbekistan, and the region of Central Asia. You will join our team of highly educated professionals with combined decades of international experience in academia, education and development work. This opportunity provides a blend of international quality academic service in your field, integrated with serious mentoring and training biblically and cross-culturally for a life of holistic, Kingdom-building service among the unreached. You’ll be mentored in Kingdom work in a predominantly Muslim context. You’ll be guided in your personal and spiritual contribution and professional contribution, growing in your knowledge, skills, and character as part of our seasoned team.
Additionally, each year you will participate in planning and mentoring American college students through a 4-week summer internship program. This includes showing them around town, sharing your experience on the field, teaching them about the language and culture, and assisting in a debrief at the end of their program. You will play a critical role in helping these students find where God is calling them after college.
In the spring of 2025, SIUT plans to move into their newly built campus. This will allow for further development of the university in several ways. On way is through the expansion of clubs. Some existing clubs include men’s basketball and soccer, nature, conversation, movie, reading and the recent establishment of a women’s committee focused on improving the college experience for female students and faculty. If you are passionate about a particular topic, subject or interest, you may be able to pioneer the development of a new club in addition to your teaching responsibilities.
Furthermore, SIUT will launch a Student Affairs Department, which will ideally include everything from career counseling to residential life. A potential area of service could be living in the dorms and providing acting as a Residential Life Assistant (R.A.). (This is contingent on the move to the new campus and SIUT's continued intention to provide these services.) Generally, the university hosts various events throughout the school year, which serve as great opportunities to connect with students outside the classroom.
Departments Hiring:
- Engineering - Engineering, Computer Science, Mining, etc.
- Business - Entrepreneurship and Management, International Logistics
- English
Responsibilities (may include some of all of the following):
- Delivering lectures, as needed
- Assist professor with instruction, records, and assignments
- Provide private tutoring to students
- Lead classroom discussions
- Meet with students during office hours
- Grade and provide feedback on assignments
- Proctor exams
- Take attendance or monitor participation
Characteristics:
- Demonstrates a desire to be a lifelong learner
- Ability to form relationships with others who are different from you
- Demonstrates leadership through service
- Ability to tell meaningful stories
- Flexibility and adaptability
- Ability to work on a team and independently
- Willingness to be a self-starter, think creatively, and solve problems
- A team mentality, relationship orientation, and a noble-hearted calling to serve
- A strong commitment to holistic outreach as an emerging professional
- A motivation to initiate and build redemptive relationships with university students and faculty from across Asia and elsewhere
- A willingness to invest significant effort in language learning
- Agree to 50% engagement in serving at the university and 50% engagement in language and culture study and other organizational assignments
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree
- Excellent performance in previous academic endeavors
- If English teaching assistant, CELTA or equivalent certification (may be obtained upon acceptance)