Primary Arabic Teacher

Job description / Role

Job overview

Jumeirah English Speaking School (JESS) is a leading British international school in the Middle East and has been continuously rated as ‘Outstanding’ by the Dubai School Inspection Bureau (DSIB). We are also listed in the Spears Top 100 schools ranking.

At JESS we promote a supportive learning environment where students always feel determined to do their best. At all levels, JESS provides opportunities to show curiosity, excellence, commitment, integrity, and care.

Our mission is to discover brilliance in every individual, build community through respect and a sense of belonging, and empower people to act with purpose to 'Make a Difference' in the world.

JESS Jumeirah School is seeking an outstanding, enthusiastic, and caring maternity leave cover Arabic A teacher to start on 30 March 2026 to 5 July 2026.

This is a wonderful opportunity for an ambitious teacher to join a welcoming team who are supportive, creative, and innovative and who have the primary focus of providing a rich teaching and learning environment for our students.

We are looking for a maternity leave cover teacher who has the ability to develop, extend, and challenge our students, as well as possessing the ability to inspire and nurture in each of them a love for learning.

As part of our commitment to our staff's personal and professional development, comprehensive professional development will be provided to the successful candidate, who will:

• Be fully qualified and experienced Arabic A teacher with a degree in Arabic language and a professional teaching qualification
• Be committed to personal professional development and have relevant recent professional development that qualifies them for this role
• Be an experienced Arabic A teacher with a minimum of 2 years teaching experience
• Be committed to delivering outstanding teaching and learning
• Be committed to safeguarding and child protection and the wider pastoral care of students in their care
• Be able to contribute to wider school life outside the classroom in terms of extracurricular activities and school community events

All applications for this role must be supported by a current CV, cover letter, and online application form.

Due to the expected volume of applications, we will only contact those applicants that are shortlisted for interview. We reserve the right to appoint before the closing date.

Closing date is 1 December 2025.

Safeguarding statement

JESS is totally committed to providing a safe and happy environment for all its staff and in which its students can thrive and learn. JESS is committed to ongoing safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all its employees and students. All employees are subject to appropriate pre-employment vetting procedures including identity checks, qualification checks, employment checks to include an exploration of any gaps in employment, and criminal background checks namely satisfactory police clearance certificates for all countries in which a successful candidate has resided including home country is required. For candidates coming from or who have resided in the UK the most recent enhanced DBS and an updated international child protection certificate (ICPC) is required. All candidates will require as a minimum two satisfactory professional references, which will be verified. All candidates who have worked as adults and who have resided in the UK will be subject to prohibition and barring checks.