Job Description
British Vietnamese International School
Ho Chi Minh City
The British Vietnamese International School (BVIS) is the premier International Bilingual School in vibrant, exciting and cosmopolitan location of 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 and were recent finalists in the Safeguarding Initiative category for the TES Independent School Awards 2021 and won the award for Innovation in Education in the BritCham Awards 2022.
We are now seeking to add more outstanding teachers to our staff team.
Whole School Physical Education teacher
(ability to offer dance an advantage)
The school has a well-equipped and dynamic PE department. We teach PE across the age range from Primary to Year 13 including IGCSE and A level PE. The department has developed a wide variety of squads and clubs and there is a vibrant range of sporting fixtures throughout the year. We compete both locally and internationally as members of FOBISIA and Nord Anglia Education.
The PE department is very supportive and all colleagues collaborate in the development and delivery of high-quality lessons as well as clubs and squads that run outside of normal lesson times and sometimes at weekends. Our PE lessons are based on the English National Curriculum and we are fortunate to be able to use state-of- the-art swimming and gym facilities.
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 81 international schools in China, Europe, the Middle East, South East Asia and The Americas, providing outstanding education to approximately 70,000 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 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 August 2023.
Closing date for applications is Friday 9th December 2022 although we reserve the right to pursue good applications as soon as we are ready. Further information can be obtained and downloaded from our website www.bvisvietnam.com or from the Job Train site.
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.