IGCSE Business and Humanities Teacher - August 2026

Job Description

• Promote the ‘mission’ and philosophy of the school ensuring that children are working towards being truly bilingual, international citizens.
• Ensure that planning, preparation, recording, assessment, and reporting are of the highest quality and meet the varying learning and social needs of students.
• Be flexible and adjust to the needs of the school, actively contributing to the school development plans and growth.
• Demonstrate thorough curriculum knowledge, teach, and assess effectively.
• Be able to teach IGCSE Business Studies and KS3 Humanities
• Use the student tracking and monitoring process to advance student learning and enhance professional practice in line with the school’s aspirations and priorities.
• Take personal responsibility for professional development.
• Effectively communicate the school’s narrative, being an ambassador for our school at all times.

Engagement and Interaction:

• Support the life of the school beyond the classroom.
• Undertake the planning and organization of day trips within the subject as required.

Learning and Teaching:

• Inspiring students to be passionate, curious, exited learners.  
• Setting consistently high standards. 
• Develop effective approaches to learning in students. 
• Monitoring, evaluating, and developing teaching.  
• Planning effective teaching programmes which provide exemplary learning opportunities. 
• Identifying and supporting individual learning needs. 
• Maintaining high levels of behaviour that encourage learning. 
• Use baseline data to set ambitious targets for student achievement.

Planning and Preparation:

• Use formative feedback and summative assessment to plan challenging learning activities for all students.
• Monitor and document students' progress to ensure they are on track to achieve challenging goals.
• Report on progress to relevant stakeholders, including students, parents, form tutors, and the Head of Department.

Professional and Personal Development:

• Participate fully in the school’s Performance Management procedures and appraisal, including objective setting.
• Continual develop through the identification and implementation of professional development targets, interacting with the SuccessFactors system and performance management process to reflect on teaching and learning practice.
• Continual development through the identification and implementation of your own Personal Development Plan, leading to improved performance.
• Participate in learning walks, observations, and coaching, as appropriate.

Pastoral Care:

• Be the first point of contact and provide pastoral care to class children.
• To take on the role of form tutor to any year group in Secondary
• Maintain a purposeful and safe learning environment for all children.
• Promote the general progress and well-being of individual children and of the class.
• Contribute to the preparation of action plans and other support mechanisms.
• Communicate effectively with parents, liaising with other staff as appropriate.

Required Skills/Abilities

Personal attributes:

As our teammate, here’s what we expect:

• High levels of personal integrity 
• Conscientious and able to focus on completing work to a consistently high standard 
• Flexible and positive approach to work 
• Excellent organisational and time-management skills; high attention to detail 
• Ability to work to tight deadlines and able to prompt others to ensure deadlines are achieved 
• Adaptable to working in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment 
• Ability to work under pressure and remain calm  
• Proactive and willingness to take on multiple tasks 
• Self-motivated and enthusiastic 
• Ability to work independently 
• Must be a team player, willing to help and be flexible 
• Continually strive for improvement 

Qualification/ Training: 

• Qualified to degree level or above in Humanities or Business plus PGCE/QTS – Essential
• Experience of delivering (I)GCSE Business Studies – Essential
• Experience of delivering KS3 Humanities - Desirable

Experience:   

• Proven track record with at least two years’ teaching experience – Essential
• Experience of being part of a highly successful department and school – Desirable
• Good classroom practice and interpersonal skills – Essential
• Demonstrable evidence of innovating and adapting curriculum to engage children and enable them to reach their potential – Essential
• Working in partnership with parents – Essential

Skills:

• Excellent oral and written communication skills – Essential
• Ability to teach different age-ranges and English proficiency levels – Essential
• Ability to engage children and enable them to perform highly – Essential
• Use of iSAMS – Desirable
• Evidence of commitment to continuous professional development – Desirable
• Confident global citizen or a willingness to become one – Desirable
• Understand the complex and demanding environment of an international school community – Desirable

Others: 

• The ability to integrate technology into the classroom experience to enhance and extend the learning of students 
• Successfully teach students using technology in a virtual/hybrid environment
• Strong proficiency with Microsoft Word and PowerPoint for producing reports and presentations.
• Good cross-cultural, interpersonal and communication skills to interact with diverse nationalities and cultures.
• Excellent analytical skills – with the passion and drive to demonstrate and quantify success.
• Results orientated with the ability to consistently map efforts against identified KPIs.
• Excellent time management skills and flexibility in dealing with multi-functional tasks.