Job Description
Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo (UAEH) is an internationally recognized higher education institution in Mexico which has designed a Comprehensive Academic Transformation Project (CATP) as a strategy to achieve its goals. The project focuses primarily on 1) comprehensive education for students; 2) continued professional development and pedagogical training for faculty members; 3) permanent updating of the curricula; and 4) enhancement of graduate and research programs.

The Academic Improvement Department created an English language program designed to enhance the communicative competencies of the university’s professors and researchers which enables them to teach their subjects in English, supports internationalization efforts for students’ learning experiences, and enhances their research within the integral academic community. Academic staff, professors, and researchers are now required to obtain a C1 (advanced) English level to align with the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.





UAEH is requesting one Virtual Service Pilot Participant (VSPP) with experience in language teaching to support English language skill development for university faculty. The VSPP will be matched with members of the Academic Improvement Department’s staff to support the English program and intercultural competency development. Through their relationship with the VSPP, academic staff will increase their interaction with a native English speaker to improve their oral communicative competencies in different social and cultural contexts. This engagement will also reinforce or develop the academic staff’s multicultural competency through intercultural exchanges. In addition, the VSPP may also connect with on-site Peace Corps Volunteers to enrich their collaboration with the Host Country partner.

The organization has previously collaborated with the Peace Corps. They understand that the role of a VSPP is very different than a Peace Corps Volunteer or

📌 Support University Faculty’s English Language Skill Development (México)
🏢 Peace Corps
📍 México