Arabic Teacher

**Salary**:
Very competitve package

**Job type**:
Full Time, Fixed Term

**Start date**:
Ideally Nov/Dec 2024

30 November 2024

**Job overview**:
**_ MBIS -_** **_‘Where teachers love to teach, and children love to learn.’_**

**Our school**

As one of the most prestigious international schools in Cairo, MBIS has been delivering the best in British international education for almost 30 years. MBIS serves a truly international, English-speaking body with over 61 nationalities represented. MBIS resides on purpose-built premises, combining modern and Arabic architecture, in leafy Maadi, historically an ex-pat area of Cairo. Our school site incorporates a fully equipped theatre, indoor swimming pool and athletics track as well as specialist classrooms, labs, library, and music rooms. Our not-for-profit school has developed a vibrant and welcoming environment that provides a world-class British education for every pupil who enters its doors. The core purpose of MBIS is to ensure that every single pupil develops themselves to the best of their ability through the support and challenge offered by our inclusive school environment. We cater for students from 3 up to and including IGCSE and are busy with plans to expand our provision post 16 due to demand. We are fortunate to work with a lovely, supportive school community and class sizes are far below what might be expected in the UK. Our results are also significantly above UK averages at all levels.

In 2021 we were rated ‘Excellent’ in all categories by our BSO inspection, and we are proud to also be members of several international and British school organisations. The school enjoys the patronage of the British Embassy and is a member of the British Schools in the Middle East (BSME). MBIS is fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and adults. All applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening, including checks with past employers and Disclosure and Barring Service checks and international equivalents.

**Our city**

Cairo is one of the world’s most renowned cities and contains everything anyone might want. With an unrivalled history, culture and geography the city also offers opportunities for so much more including excellent dining, sports, theatre, modern malls and the opportunity to live in a thriving, exciting city. The Gallup Law and Order 2019 report ranked** **Egypt as the** **8th safest country internationally and 2nd safest at the Middle East after the UAE.

Cairo also has a beautiful climate with a mild winter season and a hot dry summer. Just a short journey also brings you to some of the best diving and beach resorts in the world as well as culture in world heritage sites such as those found in Luxor. Easy travel means that the city also provides a spring-board to visit either the Middle East or Africa with little effort.

**The role**
- We are looking to recruit a talented, creative and team-oriented Arabic Teacher who is committed to providing the best education for our children._

**Interested applicants should**:

- Be a resident in Egypt and have the right to work in Egypt without a work permit.
- Demonstrate an understanding of MFL teaching in an international school setting.
- Have the minimum of intermediate fluency in spoken English.
- Hold a recognized teaching qualification.
- Have at least 2 years successful qualified teaching experience (including experience of working with the Arabic GCSE)
- Demonstrate a real passion for learning, an understanding of best practice and a desire to continually improve.
- Be committed and hard-working, with high expectations of themselves and the children in their care.
- Demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills, strong collegiality and a drive to support whole school development.
- Have real creative flair.
- Possess a positive team-spirit and a good sense of humor.

**A highly attractive package includes**:

- 13-month competitive salary paid in EGP
- Comprehensive medical cover
- Continuing professional development
- Free staff bus

Initial contract for 2 years, thereafter annually renewable.

To find out more about the school, please visit our website at

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**About **Maadi British International School**:
**Maadi British International School**
- 4th District, Zahraa El Maadi- Cairo- Egypt+20 2 517 8288

**The School**
MBIS is a dynamic, learning-focused school - with a first-class reputation. The school was judged as **_'Excellent in all areas'_** by the Independent Schools Inspectorate (June 2016) and by PENTA (Sep 2021) Outstanding.

MBIS, located in Maadi, is recognised amongst the most prestigious British Curriculum international schools in Egypt, North Africa and the Middle East. We are a vibrant, welcoming, not for-profit school, that provides a world class British education for every student who enters our doors. Our core purpose is to ensure that every single c