[Hiring] Business English Coach @Immerse

Role Description

IMMERSE is a language learning company that helps adults build real-world fluency through live instruction and immersive technology. We are hiring experienced instructors to deliver 1:1 business English coaching to senior professionals at a global enterprise client. Learners are working executives based in Japan. They are advanced speakers who need their English to hold up under pressure in the situations their roles actually demand:

• Running meetings
• Presenting to leadership
• Negotiating
• Communicating with US-based counterparts across cultures

Sessions are 50 minutes, one to one, delivered over Zoom. You work with a small ongoing caseload rather than a rotating queue, so you build a real relationship with each learner over time and see their progress.

You will work from an IMMERSE content library developed around the client organization's leadership framework and the communication demands of their roles. For each learner, you select and sequence from that library based on their role and goals, and you create additional material where their needs go beyond it. This is not scripted delivery, and it is not building a program from nothing. Expect to spend real time shaping each learner's path and adjusting it as they go.

The role suits an instructor who works well independently with advanced learners, who can read what a senior professional actually needs and adjust in the moment, and who writes feedback a busy executive will act on.

Qualifications

• Four or more years providing 1:1 business or executive English coaching to working professionals, including building individualized programs for corporate or executive clients
• Master's degree in TESOL, Applied Linguistics, Education, or Business Communication, or equivalent depth of professional experience. We will seriously consider candidates without a master's who meet the experience bar above
• Strong command of English pronunciation and of professional writing conventions in business contexts, including experience with formal pronunciation assessment
• Ability to model General American English pronunciation and idiomatic business usage
• Available to offer regular session times within JST business hours
• Comfortable using Zoom and learning new platforms
• Organized, reliable, and professional

Requirements

• Compensation: $45 to $70 per session, based on coaching experience and credentials
• Onboarding and calibration are paid separately at $20 per hour
• If a learner cancels with less than 8 hours notice or does not attend, you are paid 100% of the session rate
• Coaches invoice monthly and are paid within 30 days in USD
• This is an independent contractor engagement. You are responsible for your own taxes and for holding valid freelance status in your country of residence

Benefits

• Preparation and written feedback are paid
• Work directly with senior, motivated learners in leadership roles
• A content library to build from, with real latitude to personalize
• An ongoing relationship with a small caseload rather than a rotating queue
• Paid onboarding, and full pay when a learner cancels late or does not attend
• Fully remote, with availability you set within our learners' booking window

What You'll Do

• Deliver 1:1 business English coaching sessions with executive learners over Zoom
• Select and sequence content from our library for each learner, and build supplementary material where their goals require it
• Work through real professional scenarios relevant to their role, such as meetings, negotiations, presentations, and cross-cultural communication
• Coach pronunciation, grammar, fluency, and professional writing
• Write post-session feedback each learner can act on
• Track progress and adjust each learner's path accordingly
• Communicate proactively with the instructional team

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with Japanese professional learners
• Prior experience working in a corporate environment
• Comfort using AI tools for lesson development and personalization

Apply

If you're an experienced English instructor who enjoys building personalized coaching programs for executive learners, we'd love to hear from you.