Secondary Geography Teacher
International Community School, Amman, Jordan
Jordan
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- Salary:
- Tax-free salary (1995- 2808 JOD); annual flights; furnished accommodation; free tuition; utility and relocation allowance; medical insurance.
- Job type:
- Full Time, Fixed Term
- Start date:
- 15/08/2025
- Apply by:
- 5 December 2024
Job overview
Secondary Geography Teacher
If you are excited by the opportunity of consolidating your teaching skills in a school filled with potential and opportunity for growth, if you are passionate about being part of a team where highly effective teaching ensures all children thrive both in and out of the classroom and if you love finding ways of ensuring academic rigour through modern, liberal approaches to learning, ICS may be the next learning community for you!
About Us
The International Community School, Amman, is an independent, private and non-profit school, owned by the Society for the International Community in Jordan (SICJ), founded in 1953. The International Community School is proud to be one of the longest-established international schools in Jordan and one of the most international of international schools in the Middle East. Our broad curriculum is grounded in the English National Curriculum with a strong international influence. For further information about ICS, please visit our TES profile page.
About You
ICS is looking to appoint an outstanding and aspirational Geography Teacher (ability to teach iGCSE Geography up to A level preferred) to join our talented, energetic, cohesive, and friendly Secondary Team from August 2025. You are an outstanding practitioner who builds strong relationships with pupils, parents, and colleagues and is committed to ensuring high standards for student learning.
ICS is in the enviable position of being able to create and develop a unique curriculum, drawing on the very best of international experiences, mindful of the rich cultural opportunities of our host country and the breadth of intercultural diversity within our community. As a class-based teacher and, possibly, leader, you are confident in understanding the warp and the weft of outstanding learning in secondary; a commitment to keeping students at the heart of your decisions while being able to see student learning and the daily life of a school through multiple lenses is essential.
You understand the pastoral needs of secondary students. You will support teachers with student wellbeing as well as ensure consistency in the delivery of highly effective practice across each year group. Essential to this role is your outstanding skills in collaborating with other staff members as well as an understanding of how to inspire and support the professional growth of your colleagues.
You will be excited to help move the school forward through an embedded culture of self-evaluation and review that ensures evidence-driven decisions are made within and by a team. As a teacher, embracing #weareics, you should be optimistic and open-minded, collaborative and kind, and always curious about how your own practice and the practice of your team can better support every student, true to the school’s vision statement and #thrive approach.
You champion student opportunities beyond the classroom in ensuring that every child is provided with a unique and fulfilling co-curricular experience. You understand that at the heart of a rich and diverse co-curricular programme are people both sharing and discovering their own passions; these experiences for staff should be just as fulfilling as the opportunities we provide for students.
In return
ICS offers a highly competitive package including a generous, tax-free salary for the duration of the two years contract; annual flights for staff and families; furnished accommodation or allowance in lieu; a comprehensive programme of Continuous Professional Learning; a thorough and detailed induction programme; and other benefits such as free tuition for up to three children, utility allowance and medical insurance.
Information on applying to ICS
The International Community School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. Applicants must be prepared to undergo stringent child protection screening including checks with past employers and local and international Police checks as appropriate including the ICPC where possible.
Please read the information on applying to ICS and submit all documentation in pdf format, for the attention of Alun Yorath, Principal, to recruitment@ics.edu.jo
The deadline for applications will be December 6th 2024. Virtual interviews will start to take place during November. Due to the number of applications expected, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Should you require any further information about the position, please do not hesitate to contact Rania Kayyali, Human Resources Manager, at r.kayyali@ics.edu.jo.
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About International Community School, Amman, Jordan
- International Community School, Amman, Jordan
- Um El-Basateen, PO Box 2002
- Amman
- 11181
- Jordan
The International Community School, Amman, is a school with a bold vision and a big heart. We won the 2020 International School Awards, received the 2019 GESS Community Award for Citizenship, and became the first international school in the world to be awarded the Inclusion Quality Mark (IQM). One of the most international of international schools in the Middle East, ICS is proud to offer ‘the world in one classroom', and, through its determination that all stakeholders make an impact in everything they do, adopts a trailblazing determination to engage with and serve its local, regional and global community. Fully accredited by CIS and BSO, and a full member of BSME and COBIS, ICS identifies and hybridises the very best of global pedagogy and practice, and aims, at all times, to do things differently and well.
The school is located on a purpose-built, modern campus, surrounded by the hills and fields of rural Na’our but only a short drive from the life and energy of suburban and urban Amman. The campus boasts the full selection of attractive and specialist facilities demanded by the 21st Century, British curriculum the school provides. Meanwhile, work continues on an exciting campus development. A new "double size" sports hall has now been completed and construction of a Swimming Pool complex, Performing Arts Centre and other campus upgrades are planned over the coming years. The school follows a modified version of the Early Years Framework and the National Curriculum for England and Wales, adapted to the school’s international and local context. Year 11 and Year 13 students sit IGCSEs and A Levels, prior to applying to some of the best universities in the world. In 2022 the school celebrated its best GCSE and A level results in the school's 69 year history.
As a not-for-profit school accountable to the very community it serves, it is able to sustain a constant and authentic orbit around the individual child at all times. A pioneer by nature, the school encourages both staff and students to enjoy the space to create, innovate and take risks. We are proud to be genuinely inclusive, both on admission and through curriculum, learning and teaching, and are able to cater for the needs of a diverse student cohort of over 700 students, from the most able Oxbridge or Ivy League aspirant to children with mild to moderate SEND, not to mention a growing group of students at an early stage of their English language acquisition.
In 2023 the school is celebrating its 70th Anniversary and with campus development, an ever evolving curriculum offer and a dynamic, innovative approach to all we do ICS is an exciting and fulfilling place to work.
Perched 1000m above the timeless, mystical Dead Sea, Amman is one of the hidden gems of the region - a modern, cosmopolitan city, with a vibrant life both night and day, and a diverse, international population. One of the most welcoming countries in the world, Jordan provides a safe and family-friendly environment, rooted in foundations more ancient than anywhere else on the planet, but with an influence and outlook that belie its small size, not to mention an outstanding cuisine which will never disappoint. An outdoor enthusiast’s playground, Jordan prides itself on a rich array of global wonders, from historic Petra to the deserts of Wadi Rum, and from the forested hills of Ajloun to the teeming reefs of the Red Sea. Whilst Amman enjoys four seasons, with snow and ice not uncommon each winter, its 310 days of sunshine every year have an inevitable effect on the wellbeing of its citizens, whose warmth has welcomed the displaced and the relocated from around the region and the world for over 100 years.
ICS offers a highly competitive package, including:
- A generous, tax-free salary for the duration of a two-year contract;
- A comprehensive programme of Continuous Professional Learning;
- A thorough and detailed induction programme;
- Fully-furnished, 2-3 bedroom accommodation;
- An annual utilities allowance;
- Annual return flights;
- Comprehensive medical insurance;
- Free tuition for up to three children;
- Free transportation to and from the school;
- A bonus of one month’s salary upon signing a second contract.
Not only is the International Community School committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, but we are also advising the Ministry of Education in the development of outstanding policy and practice Kingdom wide. Applicants must be prepared to undergo stringent child protection screening, including checks with past employers and enhanced DBS and ICPC checks.
ICS is an equal opportunities employer.
To find out more about the school, please view our recruitment video here.
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