Employment Eligibility Requirements
Eligible applicants are qualified expatriate educator professionals, who are teachers, counselors or librarians, legally residing in Saudi Arabia and meet the employment eligibility requirements below:
- Spouse of Saudi resident, legally residing in Saudi Arabia (has an Iqama)
- Minimum of bachelor’s degree (master’s preferred):
- In teaching subject or minimum 2 years experience teaching in subject
- Earned through in-person learning (more than 75%)
- Attestable/authenticatable
- Valid teaching or counseling license/certificate, such as:
- United States Professional Educator’s License
- Canada Certificate of Qualification and Registration
- United Kingdom Qualified Teacher Status (QTS)
- Ireland Teaching Council Registration
- South African Council for Educators (SACE)
- Australian Teacher Registration/Accreditation
- New Zealand Practicing Certificate
- Postgraduate Certification in Education
- Saudi Arabia Professional Teacher License
- English language proficiency: candidates must demonstrate full professional proficiency in English, this includes speaking, writing, reading and comprehension.
Work Permit
ISG employs locally available educator professionals within our district. Expatriate dependent employment at ISG is conditional, and subject to receiving permission from the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Education in the form of an AJEER certificate (“work permit”).
Selected candidates will be required to complete a work permit application in advance of receiving an employment agreement. Once completed, our Human Resources and Government Compliance Office will assist with the process of applying for a work permit. A work permit is required to work at ISG and must be obtained prior to receiving an employment agreement, beginning work and receiving a salary.
Work permit application requirements include, but are not limited to:
- A copy of your university degree that has been apostilled or authenticated (stamped) by the Saudi Embassy or Cultural Mission/Bureau in the country where your degree was earned.
- A copy of your university transcripts.
- A valid Iqama (residency permit).
- Medical clearance (doctor’s certification of “fitness to work”).
Because authentication never expires, prospective applicants are encouraged to prepare themselves in advance by having their university degree apostilled or authenticated by the Saudi Embassy or Cultural Mission/Bureau in the country where their degree was earned prior to employment application.
Compensation & Benefits
Teacher, Counselor, Librarian and Instructional Assistant
ISG takes pride in the education we deliver to our students and the benefits we provide to our valued employees.
Initial employment agreements are for the current academic year. Initial salary placement is determined according to your qualifications and experience with an annual salary step increase and the opportunity for employment renewal.
In addition to income that is often tax-exempt in their home country, our dependent-hire employees enjoy a variety of benefits including, but not limited to:
- Work permit
- Annual AJEER certificate (currently SAR 10,925 including VAT)
- Child care and education
- Childcare stipend
- Admissions application fee waiver for each child applying to an ISG school
- Discounted ISG school tuition:
- For educators' children upon child's admission (excluding taxes and new student enrollment fee)
- For support staff's children after completing one full academic year of service upon child's admission (excluding taxes and new student enrollment fee)
- Computer stipend (for educators)
- Professional development
- Learning events, workshops, seminars/conferences
- Transportation allowance
- Paid annual leave
- Incentive
- Financial award for accepting an invitation to renew employment
- End of service
- Financial award for completing initial employment agreement and each year thereafter
