French Teacher with potential Leadership Opportunities

An Opportunity in Malaysia Awaits You

Tenby International School Kuala Lumpur campus is located on a green 20-acre site with excellent facilities and offers a welcoming, inclusive and stimulating place to work.

The campus is home to Tenby International School, which consists of a Primary and Secondary School (IPC, National Curriculum for England, CIE IGCSE and A Level) and a Malaysian Private School, Sekolah Sri Tenby (Malaysian National Curriculum). The campus welcomes over 2000 students, aged from 3 to 18 years and from 38 nationalities; with 1450 attending the international school, 700 of which are in the Secondary school.

The international school offers a rich, quality education with affordable fees and caters for the children of expatriates working and living in Malaysia, as well as Malaysian children. Our highly qualified teaching staff are expatriate and local, and are dedicated to developing students academically and socially by driving a co-curricular programme of more than 165 activities.

We are an accredited member of the Council of International Schools (CIS), a centre for Cambridge International Examinations (CIE), authorised to deliver the International Primary Curriculum (IPC), an Eco School Silver Award holder and a Duke of Edinburgh's International Award Associate.

Tenby International School, Kuala Lumpur is a member of the Tenby Schools Group, a rapidly growing group of six – soon to be seven – schools in Malaysia.  The group recently won Best Brand in International Education at the prestigious Brandlaureate Awards in Kuala Lumpur. The award recognises Tenby Schools’ reputation for providing world-class international education across Malaysia.

Our approach is individual – we strive for every student to stretch themselves beyond their potential and in doing so we reflect our vision of ‘A United World at Peace - Through Education’.

The Role

You will be joining a French department of two teachers and a wider Modern Foreign Languages Faculty including Mandarin Chinese and Bahasa Melayu.  The successful candidate will have experience of teaching French at Key Stage 3 and 4.  Experience of primary languages is desirable but not essential.  We are looking for a candidate who has passion for their subject and is a creative and inspirational teacher.  There are leadership opportunities available for the right candidate.  In addition to curriculum teaching, the successful candidate will be asked to contribute fully to the pastoral and wider life of the school

For more information about the school visit: www.tenby.edu.my/setia-eco-park

The Package

This is a two-year contract with an option to renew at the end.  Benefits include:

• Competitive salary
• Generous contributions to an Employee Provident Fund (EPF)
• Medical cover
• Overseas allowance
• Relocation allowance 
• Fee reduction for children of employees
• Medical insurance
• Flight and shipping allowance at the beginning and end of the contract

Interviews

Initial interviews will be completed through Skype or face-to-face interview depending on location of candidate.

How to Apply

The closing date is Wednesday 28th February 2018 but interested teachers are strongly encouraged to submit their application as soon as possible.

Further information and details of other positions are available on our website: www.tenby.edu.my

Interested candidates are invited to send in a letter of application including the reasons for applying to Tenby Schools together with a comprehensive CV, a recent passport-size photograph and contact details of three referees (one of which must be from your current school) to: hr.sep@tenby.edu.my

Our school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all the students in our care and expects all applicants to share this commitment. We follow safe recruitment practices which are aligned to the recommendations of the International Task Force on Child Protection. We hold ourselves to a high standard of effective recruiting practices with specific attention to child protection.  All appointments are subject to an interview, identity checks, criminal record checks, and successful references.

(Please check your Junk Folder for emails and add http://tenby.edu.my/ to your safe senders list. We thank all applicants for their expressed interest. However, only applicants short-listed for an interview will be notified.)