English and Tutoring Facilitator

About Planting Seeds

Planting Seeds (Plantando Semillas) is a team of people from diverse backgrounds working together to improve education and community development in Guatemala. We provide high-quality holistic education, teacher training, and community and family development programs for marginalized families across the country. All of our programs are rooted in love: for oneself and for others, our families, our communities and our world.

We have run play-based preschools in Zones 3 and 7 of Guatemala City since 2003. We later added community programs and a Community Center, which was designed, built and is led by members of the community. It is open every day from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. and offers both structured programs and open spaces that families can use when it works best for them.

The Position

We are looking for a full-time English and Tutoring Facilitator to teach participants of different levels, lead the tutoring program and strengthen the Community Center’s English, tutoring and homework club programs. The facilitator will teach 6–7 English classes per week, lead tutoring 4 days a week and support other facilitators with the homework and English clubs.

Like all of our facilitators, this person will help keep the Center open, safe and inclusive, promoting the protective factors of our theory of change: safe space, trusting relationships, skill development, sense of belonging, and agency and leadership.

Responsibilities

English classes and club

• Keep the English classes and club well equipped and engaging for participants
• Monitor and evaluate the program’s impact on English learning, values development and how participants get along
• Communicate with volunteers and facilitators who support English, making sure they have the tools and knowledge they need
• Track attendance for English classes

Tutoring

• Keep the tutoring space well equipped and engaging
• Monitor and evaluate the program’s impact on participants’ learning, values development and how they get along
• Communicate with volunteers and facilitators who support tutoring
• Track tutoring attendance

Community Center

• Welcome every participant, show genuine interest in their lives and create a fun, caring and safe environment
• Design engaging activities based on the community’s interests and encourage the participation of the whole family
• Help set the Center’s rules as a team and make sure participants and staff follow them
• Support helpers and volunteers, and cover other areas of the Center when needed
• Take part in weekly team meetings and planning, special events, community outreach and, when needed, home visits
• Arrive on time with materials prepared in advance

Qualifications

• Advanced English (C1 or C2)
• At least one year of experience teaching English
• Experience designing educational programs and curricula
• Strong math skills, with the ability to teach them in a practical, easy-to-understand way
• Experience with Planting Seeds programs or similar programs is a plus
• A desire to help others, a team player, organized, punctual and proactive
• Strong ethics and values, and openness to ongoing training
• Creativity to teach with limited resources

Preference will be given to candidates from the landfill communities or nearby areas who are eager to grow personally and professionally and to make a positive impact in their community.

Details

• Full-time, 40 hours per week. The schedule is set with the Community Center coordinator.
• Location: Community Center, Nuevo Amanecer Anexo, Zone 7, Guatemala City

How to Apply

Send your CV and a cover letter to Shannon Moyle at shannon@plantingseedsinternational.org by November 21, 2026.

• English: Advanced (C1 or C2)
• Spanish: Advanced or fluent