Primary Learning Support Assistant

Job Overview

The Arbor School seeks a special individual for an exciting opportunity that has arisen within our school. The successful candidate will play a key role in fulfilling the school’s ecological and sustainability vision, as well as challenging students to fulfil their potential within the academic disciplines. The Arbor School are seeking a highly motivated Learning Support Assistant to join the Primary School. The Arbor School seeks a special individual for an exciting opportunity that has arisen within our school. The successful candidate will play a key role in fulfilling the school’s ecological and sustainability vision, as well as challenging students to fulfil their potential within the academic disciplines. The Arbor School are seeking a highly motivated Learning Support Assistant to join the Primary School.Enough For All, Forever The Arbor School opened in 2018 with a very different vision of what education could and should be - experiential, authentic and inspired by the natural beauty, human ingenuity, and profound ecological and social challenges of the Arabian Peninsula. The cultivation of a learning community uniquely committed to understanding and restoring the health of ecological and human communities as interconnected parts of a whole requires equal parts optimism, ambition, and humility. A fundamental belief in the inherit goodness of people and their capacity to act with empathy and compassion underscores the sense of hope that is fundamental to learning for a sustainable future. The resilience and determination to tackle challenges that have grown to global proportion is essential to finding sustainable solutions and orchestrating the social changes needed to grow them to scale. The realisation that comes from recognising that we are all students - never a master - drives our commitment to ignite a lifelong love of learning.

Company Overview

The Arbor School Dubai is an ecological school that opened in 2018 with a vision of experiential and authentic education inspired by the natural beauty and ecological challenges of the Arabian Peninsula. It is committed to cultivating a learning community that understands and restores ecological and human health.

Quick Details

• Salary Range: Market Competitive
• Job Type: Full-time
• Qualifications: Diploma / Higher Diploma
• Experience: Entry level

Key Responsibilities

• Complement and support the delivery of the curriculum.
• Support students’ learning across a range of subjects and settings.
• Lead the learning where appropriate in a classroom under the direction of the class teacher.
• Utilise the school’s extraordinary learning spaces.

Requirements

• Very Good English language skills.
• Bachelor’s Degree in education and/or relevant field or LSA qualification is preferred.
• A recognised and appropriate teaching assistant qualification such Level 2 or 3 Certificate in Supporting Teaching and Learning in Schools, Level 3 Diploma in Childcare and Education, T Level in Education.
• IELTS score at an advanced level 6.5 to 8.0.
• Two years’ experience working in a school or similar setting.
• Experience in working with English National Curriculum.
• Experience working in an international, premium quality school.

Benefits

• A competitive tax-free compensation package will be provided in accordance with School's policy and UAE labour law regulations.
• Be part of a community which is inclusive, fun-loving, and active.
• Enjoy authentic friendships with their colleagues.
• Positive relationships with school leaders, who care for their wellbeing.
• Be part of team in the true sense.