• Start date: August 2026
• Contract: Unlimited duration with 6 months’ probation period. Local hire (own sponsorship) only. Must have fully attested qualifications and police clearance certificates from all countries of adult residence.
• Package: Competitive basic salary starting from QAR 5,600, generous paid annual leave, and comprehensive private medical insurance.

Our happy, supportive, and tremendously successful primary team is proud to be one of the best in the world, and we are now looking for a Learning Support Practitioner (LSP) to join us for the new academic year (August 2026).

LSPs work alongside teachers, in class, to support students’ social, emotional, and academic development. They work with individual students or small groups of students under the direction of the class teacher.

About you

To be considered for a vacancy, you should:

• Have relevant qualifications (minimum high school level), ideally with a teaching certification. These must be fully attested.
• Have significant experience supporting children in a safe, secure and appropriately challenging school environment.
• Be able to provide strong references plus police clearance certificates from your home country, Qatar and any other countries you’ve lived in.
• Genuinely love what you do – showing plenty of enthusiasm, creativity
  and energy.
• Be a reliable and collaborative real team player, always prepared to go the extra mile and support your colleagues 

About us

Our Primary School – currently comprised of about 1,100 students – is a vibrant, fun and multicultural place of learning. Our British-style curriculum is thematic, enhanced by specialist lessons for Arabic, Islamic Studies, Qatar History, PE and Music, and Library. We provide an engaging and warm environment, where children and staff alike are encouraged to be lifelong learners.

Safeguarding

Qatar International School is committed to equal opportunities, safeguarding, and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Qatar International School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All applicants must be willing to undergo recruitment screening processes including an interview, references from past employers, and a Criminal Background check from all countries of adult residence. Please note that the school will also carry out an online search, inclusive of social media handles, that shortlisted candidates will be asked to share with HR.

We require applicants to declare all convictions, cautions and bind-overs, including those regarded as ‘spent’. All information provided will be treated as confidential. All applicants, (regardless of position) are requested to read QIS’s safeguarding policy, available on the school website, of our commitment to safeguarding children.

Application and interview

Please apply by emailing us your CV and a brief covering letter at recruitment@qis.org explaining why you’d be a great fit for QIS.

Unfortunately, due to the high volume of excellent applications we receive, we are unable to notify those who have not been shortlisted.