competitive

Full Time, Fixed Term

01/08/2025

9 December 2024

SECONDARY HUMANITIES (GEOGRAPHY) TEACHER
Nord Anglia International School Al Khor (NAISAK), Qatar
We’re looking to recruit a Secondary Humanities Teacher with a teaching specialism in Geography to join Nord Anglia International School Al Khor, a Nord Anglia Education school, in August 2025.
The closing date for applications: Thursday 26th December 2024.
The start date for this role: 1st August 2025.
ABOUT THE ROLE
Join our dynamic international education environment, where you will deliver a fit-for-purpose curriculum, built on the UK National Curriculum and preparing students for external examinations at IGSCE/AS-A levels. You will teach Geography at Key Stages 3, 4, and 5. You will also contribute to collegiate development works across the Humanities Department. You will challenge your students to be ambitious learners and seek out and implement innovative teaching practices to enhance the student experience and outcomes. You will understand the diverse international language environment within our school community to create effective curriculum programmes and schemes of work necessary to not only teach Humanities subject content, but also continue to support English language development in a Humanities context.
ABOUT YOU
You can create a learning culture in your classroom where students are supported, challenged, and inspired to be the best they can be - students in your classes will believe there are no limits to what can be achieved. Your excellent motivation and communication skills enable you to create a feeling of energy, excitement, and personal investment within the classroom. Receptive to feedback and ready to embrace change, you will be keen to share best practice with colleagues and peers. As a strong ambassador for the school, you will be able to develop new ways to engage students and parents across both our school (NAISAK), and the wider Nord Anglia Education, communities. Your strong motivation and communication skills will also enable you to create a feeling of energy, excitement, and personal investment within the classroom.
You will have the following:

• university degree in your specialist subject
• teaching qualification
• considerable teaching experience and knowledge of the curriculum

You will also be able to meet visa-related restrictions for Qatar, including possession of a Bachelor’s degree and a teaching qualification from a face-to-face (non-online) course.

• Job purpose
• Reporting to
• Key relationships
• Key results areas
• Performance measurement

ABOUT OUR SCHOOL
Nord Anglia International School Al Khor (NAISAK) is a highly successful, growing school with a committed and inspirational team of teaching professionals at its heart. Our close-knit, supportive team is proud to be at the centre of the local community, educating over 1200 young people aged 3-18. Secondary is 4-form entry at Key Stages 3 & 4, with approximately 480 students aged 11-18.
Our school resides in the town of Al Khor, 35 minutes north of Doha (the capital of Qatar). We educate both local and expat students through a bespoke Secondary curriculum which draws on both the English National curriculum and the Qatar Ministry of Education curriculum.
The school prides itself on fostering student wellbeing, personalisation of learning and a strong sense of multiculturalism and global citizenship. We also have strong through-school links and ensure consistent progression from Primary to Secondary to offer all our students a rewarding learning journey. The Primary school buildings have recently undergone further refurbishment following the opening of a brand-new Secondary building in August 2019. Our students also now benefit from a new 25m outdoor pool.
To learn more about NAISAK, please visit
ABOUT NORD ANGLIA EDUCATION
Each Nord Anglia Education school is unique in character and designed to meet the needs of its community. We are united by our philosophy, to be ambitious for our students, our people, and our family of schools. We believe that being part of our family of schools gives them a special advantage. Working together, we can achieve more than we can individually. Our schools have access to a wide range of resources and support to enhance their success. We also create unique opportunities to benefit our students and people, such as the Global Campus, Nord Anglia University, and our collaborations with The Juilliard School, MIT, UNICEF, and King’s College London.
Our collaborations with The Juilliard School, MIT, UNICEF, and King’s College London, offer our teachers unrivalled access to leading experts in their fields. We also offer selected candidates from our staff worldwide an opportunity to earn their Executive Master’s in International Education in an exclusive collaboration with King’s College London.
As a Nord Anglia Education teacher, you enjoy the following benefits:

• A fast-paced, global experience so that you can progress on a global scale
• An enabling environment founded on creativity, challenge and collaboration
• A culture that is fair and consultative
• Unique opportunities to grow professionally and develop your career
• Opportunities to apply for further leadership positions

SELECTION PROCESS
Applicants should submit a CV, letter of application, and the details of three professional referees, one of which should be your current Principal/Head Teacher. Interviews will be conducted at the school or via Microsoft Teams.
Please note, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. We reserve the rights to close this position early if we find the ideal candidate.
SAFEGUARDING
At Nord Anglia Education we are committed to providing a world class, safe, happy environment in which children and young people can thrive and learn. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our pupils irrespective of race, ability, religion, gender, or culture.
All post holders having regular unsupervised contact with children are subject to appropriate national and international vetting procedures including satisfactory criminal record checks from both your country of residence/birth and any country of residence within the last 10 years.
We are an equal opportunities employer, and we welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons.

About Nord Anglia International School Al Khor
Vision and Mission
Vision:
Be challenged and inspired today, challenge and inspire tomorrow.
Mission
At NAISAK we are a global community that instils ambition through world class partnerships and collaborations. Respect, responsibility and hard work are actively encouraged and celebrated by our internationally trained and caring teachers. We bring the best of the world to Al Khor.
NAISAK Core values: ‘High 5’
Show respect, work hard, aim high, be nice and accept responsibility.
Personal Goals – (adapted from Fieldwork Education)
I am

• Ambitious
• Respectful
• Moral
• Adaptable
• Resilient
• An enquirer
• A thinker
• A communicator
• A cooperator

What makes our school special?
Nord Anglia International School Al Khor is an ambitious school that has rapidly grown through the support of our local community and our global family of NAE schools. Learning is driven by caring and passionate teachers within a culture of pride and respect. Teaching the heart and the mind will empower our students to succeed in the 21st century.
We are able to provide a learning experience that is second to none in Al Khor. As a member of Nord Anglia Education (NAE), we benefit from having programmes for our students that no other school can offer, such as Global Campus, through which our students are able to collaborate with learners from all over the world in NAE’s 84 schools. Students joining us in Al Khor, join a global community who share world-class learning opportunities, including collaborations with UNICEF, The Juilliard School, MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) and IMG Academy. Being part of the Nord Anglia Education family means that our school in Al Khor, attracts high quality teaching talent from the United Kingdom and other leading international schools.
Our teachers are primarily UK qualified and are passionate about students’ learning. They are energetic, vibrant and perhaps most importantly, caring. We appreciate that a student’s well-being is essential to them recognising their academic potential and we are proud of the feedback we regularly receive regarding about our warm and welcoming school community.
Our curriculum model and international accreditations
A Nord Anglia Education school since 2012, NAISAK prides itself on being a British curriculum school with a global outlook. Our 3-18 education begins with the English EYFS Framework. We then deliver a bespoke Primary curriculum based on the National Curriculum for England but tailored to meet the needs of our local and international students. Secondary students study for i GSCEs, AS and A levels, providing the best possible preparation for university entrance. NAISAK holds Qatar National Schools Accreditation (QNSA) as well as British Schools Overseas (BSO) status.