Teacher of Romanian

Working pattern: 0.1 FTE (5 days, 30 minutes each day, 4 hours per week) | Start date: 1 August 2024 |

Closing date: Until a suitable candidate is found

Since opening in 2012, our Early Years and Primary school provides young learners with a dynamic, multicultural and multilingual environment in which to play, grow, learn and develop in accordance with the European Curriculum. Early Years and Primary education at our school consists of two years of the Early Years cycle and five years of the Primary cycle.

Pupils undertake the majority of their learning in their own language section. To encourage playing and learning together, and to facilitate multicultural and cross-cultural friendships, a number of lessons are organised in mixed language groups.

The Primary school has five language sections: English, Dutch, Spanish, French and German. Our SWALS pupils (Students Without A Language Section) are placed in the language section of one of the official vehicular languages: English, German, French, or in the language section of the host country (Dutch).

We are looking for a Romanian teacher to teach our P2 pupils. You will be working together with our Romanian teacher who teaches the other year groups. As a Romanian teacher, you will be part of our Mother Tongue Teacher team, as we offer Finnish, Spanish, Greek, Italian, Slovenian, Czech, Portuguese and Polish to our pupils as well.

Requirements

• Fully qualified teacher status to teach in Primary Education, in the country the qualification is obtained
• Bachelor of Arts for Romanian language and literature
• Native Romanian or C1 level Romanian speaker

Recommendations

• Experience in international or intercultural education
• Active contribution to school development in general
• Excellent social and communication skills
• Knowledge of other EU languages is an advantage
• Living in the vicinity of The Hague
• Having a DUO recognition or willing to apply for this preferably

What we offer:

A learning community dedicated to building respectful and responsible citizens and empowering all learners.”

• A learning team, where the expertise of each team member is valued
• Attractive multicultural environment with international colleagues
• Continuous professional development

At ESH our vision is to inspire students to be responsible, future focused, and proactive citizens of Europe and the world. We focus on consolidating and strengthening the mother tongue, and learning and using foreign languages. You will have the opportunity to grow with the enrichment of the multilingual and multicultural aspects of our school community and be part of our  Professional Learning Community.

An appointment based on the Dutch teachers’ collective labour agreement (CAO PO) for primary education LB minimum €3301,- and maximum €5030,-. The specific step in the scale is depending on relevant background and experience. We offer various benefits such as bicycle scheme, discount on various insurance policies, training and development, buddy program and more. For further information about the CAO PO click here.

Procedure

Applicants who meet the requirements are invited to apply on werkenbijrijnlandslyceum.nl by uploading below documents:

• CV
• Motivation letter

Please address your application for the attention of Ms. Nicoline Head of School ESH Primary.

Shortlisted candidates will receive an invitation via e-mail. Depending on the applicant's location, the interview will be in-person or via Microsoft Teams. Please send your application as soon as possible. We will start interviewing as soon as we have candidates and reserve the right to close the vacancy at anytime. In case of equal suitability, internal candidates are preferred. Applicants are eligible for the reimbursement of travel expenses. The recruitment officer will provide more information upon invitation.

Our recruitment procedure is subject to the Recruitment code. The purpose of the code is to provide a standard for a transparent, fair recruitment and selection procedure. ESH requests all applicants to carefully read the code before applying.

Information about the European School The Hague can be found on www.europeanschoolthehague.nl and on www.rijnlandslyceum.nl. The website of the European Schools www.eursc.eu explains the European Schools’ system and regulations.