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Job reference: 012569
Closing date: 06/12/2021
Department: Teachers
Location: British Vietnamese International School, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Employment type: Full Time

Job Description


British Vietnamese International School


Ho Chi Minh City

The British Vietnamese International School (BVIS) is the premier international bilingual school in 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 international bilingual education in the world.

BVIS is a Nord Anglia Education school and a member of the prestigious Federation of British Schools in Asia. It is fully accredited by the Council of International Schools. We have wonderful facilities and were recently shortlisted in the Initiative to Support Safeguarding category for the TES Independent School Awards 2021.

We are now seeking to add more outstanding teachers to our staff team.


Head of Secondary Maths

Applications are invited from enthusiastic, well qualified and experienced leaders of mathematics.

Mathematics is a very strong department at BVIS and an extremely popular subject amongst our student with over 90% of them choosing to take it at A level. You will be ready to take on the leadership of a faculty of strong teachers and be able to further develop the environment in which they work to plan and deliver excellent learning for all students. You will keep up to date with educational research and will embed this into the practice of the school. You will adapt quickly to our fast-paced international environment. You will bring a degree, experience of teaching Maths to a high level, a recognised teaching qualification and good teaching and leadership experience. Committed and creative, you will be reflective on your own teaching and student outcomes, seeking out and implementing new ideas and innovative practice to raise achievement and passion for the subject. Computer Science is also part of the Maths Faculty and you will need to be willing to support the subject leaders for Computer Science in their role.

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 76 international schools in China, Europe, the Middle East, South East Asia and The Americas, providing outstanding education to approximately 64,000 students from preschool to 18 years of age. Our schools are united by one philosophy - we are ambitious for our students, our people, our community and family of schools. This means that we want every student to achieve and progress more in our schools, than any other schools in the world. We ensure this through personalised learning enhanced with bespoke global opportunities and unique collaborations with organisations such as Juilliard, MIT, UNICEF and Apple. We learn from the best, with the best to be 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. The initial contract will be for 2 years, start on 1st August 2022 and be renewed by mutual agreement after that.

Closing date for applications is 6th Dec 2021 although we reserve the right to pursue good applications as soon as we are ready.

Further information can be obtained and downloaded from our web site 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.

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