British Vietnamese International School

Ho Chi Minh City

The British Vietnamese International School (BVIS) is the premier International Bilingual School in Ho Chi Minh City. It was set up with a clear vision to provide the best English-speaking international education and to nurture and protect the Vietnamese language and culture. BVIS was the first school in Vietnam to follow this model and is a pioneer in high quality bilingual education. We aim for all our students to leave the school fluent in English and Vietnamese and to be ready for the best universities in the world. We have an outstanding team of international teachers as well as what we believe to be the very best Vietnamese teachers. We want our students to be inspired by you and will look to recruit even more of the best teachers from around the world. We will continue to support your professional development, to achieve our aim of providing the best bilingual education in the world.

BVIS is a Nord Anglia Education school and a member of the prestigious Federation of British International Schools in Asia. It is fully accredited by the Council of International Schools. We have wonderful facilities, were shortlisted in the community category for the TES Independent School Awards in 2018, won the award for Innovation in Education in the BritCham Awards 2022 and were shortlisted as a Top 10 school for the World’s Best Schools Prize for Innovation 2023.

 We are now seeking to add more outstanding teachers to our staff team. At BVIS, we aim to recruit the person most suited to the advertised role and welcome applications from people of all ages, disabilities, genders, races, religions and sexual orientations.

Primary EAL Teacher

Applications are invited from enthusiastic, well qualified, committed and experienced EAL teachers.

Applications are invited from enthusiastic, qualified (PGCE, B.Ed or equivalent and relevant EAL teaching qualifications - see Job Description) and experienced teachers with experience of working as an EAL teacher supporting children that require English as an additional language. A minimum of two years teaching in a primary school is required or 2 years teaching in a language school. The EAL department at BVIS offers intervention to children through a mixture of withdrawal and in class support across the Primary years.

You must be committed to teaching within a bilingual learning environment, with a desire to work in a unique and world leading language rich environment that is both innovative and forward thinking, putting children’s passion for learning and personalised pastoral care at the forefront of your practice. You will challenge your students to set ambitious targets for themselves and seek out and implement innovative teaching practices to enhance the student experience and outcomes.

BVIS HCMC is proud to be a Nord Anglia Education school. Nord Anglia Education is the world’s leading premium schools organisation. We are a fast-paced and growing family of 80+ international schools in China, Europe, the Middle East, South East Asia and The Americas, providing outstanding education to over 83,000 students from preschool to 18 years of age. Our schools are united by one philosophy - we provide the environment for our students, our people, our community and family of schools to Create Your Future. This means that we want every student to achieve and progress in preparation for the future that they desire. We ensure this through personalised learning enhanced with bespoke global opportunities and unique collaborations with organisations such as Juilliard, MIT, IMG and UNICEF. We learn from the best and with the best.

We offer you unsurpassed opportunities to innovate and develop best practice across our family, to access extensive professional development, and to gain exceptional experience and career development in our schools. At Nord Anglia, you will have opportunities to progress more, learn more, and collaborate more.

We offer a professional working environment and an attractive remuneration and benefits package. Initial contracts are for two years with a start date of 1st August 2025.

Please apply for this vacancy using our recruitment portal at: https://careers.nordangliaeducation.com/job-invite/4587/

Closing date for applications is Friday 10th January 2025 although we reserve the right to pursue good applications as soon as we are ready.

Further information can be obtained and downloaded from our web site www.bvisvietnam.com or from the Success Factors: https://careers.nordangliaeducation.com/job-invite/4587/ 

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 practice and appointments are subject to an interview, satisfactory references, identity check and a minimum 10-year criminal record check.