Environment and Sustainability Teacher – August 2026 start
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About This Role
About Us
Fortes Education has been a leading education provider in the UAE for over four decades with premium international schools and nurseries that have experienced outstanding success and growth.
Our schools offer the most innovative and character-building education in the entire Middle East region.
Our core ethos and philosophy of education is Positive Education (PosEd).
Through PosEd, our schools foster active engagement in learning, celebrating character strengths and accomplishments.
We encourage children to cultivate fulfilling relationships with others and seek meaning and purpose in their own lives.
We enable children to become happy learners and develop into innovative thinkers, confident young adults, and life-long learners.
Our students develop resilience, a growth mindset and deep character strengths that allow them to flourish in an ever-changing world.
About Sunmarke School – Where Amazing Happens
Sunmarke School provides an ambitious and inspiring, values-based education that nurtures the hearts and minds of students so that they can flourish and achieve their dreams.
Powered by our suite of signature programmes, Sunmarke is a uniquely innovative school, transforming young lives.
This was reflected in Sunmarke School winning the coveted ‘Most Innovative School’ award at the international Which School Advisor ceremony in Dubai and London.
Sunmarke is an all–through school which offers a premium education across a fantastic range of pathways for students, including the National Curriculum of England, GCSE/IGCSE, ‘A’ Levels, BTEC and the IB Diploma Programmes. Our students regularly win examination boards’ ‘best in world’, ‘best in Middle East’ and ‘best in country’ awards every year, across a diverse range of subjects. The latest incredible IB results show that Sunmarke School is in the top 3 schools in Dubai and 69th in world rankings. Our suite of Signature Programmes is unrivalled in Dubai, with inspiring opportunities for students to experience transformative learning opportunities. These include Environmental and Sustainability Studies, where students learn in Forest School settings, as well as utilising cutting-edge hydroponic technology to examine how science can support sustainability in future terrains; a world-class STEAM centre and curriculum, which offers students an incredible opportunity to apply their learning in solving real-world problems, from Foundation Stage through to Year 9; Augmented and Virtual Reality AR/VR experiences alongside our cutting edge use of Artificial Intelligence for staff and students; outstanding performing arts opportunities with full black box and auditorium facilities alongside peripatetic music spaces and media suites; and a fantastic sports programme augmented with professional coaches, which led Sunmarke to be overall champions at the BSME Games.
Sunmarke School has been judged by the Dubai School Inspection Bureau (DSIB) as a ‘Very Good’ school since our third year of operation and is consistently judged ‘Outstanding’ by British Schools Overseas (BSO).
We present an exciting opportunity to join our all through school and to play an important part in our journey beyond “outstanding”.
Sunmarke School, Dubai is one of our flagship schools, located at a prime location in Jumeirah Village Triangle.
About You
We seek to appoint an outstanding
Environment and Sustainability Teacher
for an
August 2026
start.
We Are Looking For Certain Qualities
- Bachelor’s degree in Education or relevant subject area with PGCE or equivalent teaching qualification.
- Level 3 Forest School Leader Qualification.
- Strong understanding of environmental education, sustainability, outdoor learning, and child-centred pedagogy.
- Knowledge and practical understanding of Forest School principles and outdoor learning approaches.
- Strong understanding of safeguarding, health and safety, and risk management in educational settings.
- Excellent understanding of effective teaching and learning practices.
- Qualification or training in sustainability, environmental science, conservation, or outdoor education.
- Experience supporting eco accreditations or sustainability awards.
- Experience working within an international or British curriculum school.
- Experience in the UAE or Middle East educational sector.
- Skilled in the best global educational practices
- Committed to developing and inspiring every student, to believe that they can and will succeed
- Tech-savvy, fluent in using APPs and technology to extend and enrich each student’s learning experience
- Outstanding role models who embody our core values
- Passionate about providing enriched learning opportunities for children in and out of the classroom.
- Excellent communicators who can ignite a passion for learning in our students.
- Able to make a significant contribution to our extra-curricular activities (ECA) programme and wider campus life.
- Strong academic background, work ethic, well-organised having excellent interpersonal skills
Our Offer
- Excellent tax-free salary
- Furnished Accommodation
- Relocation Allowance (applicable to overseas appointments only)
- Medical Insurance for self
- Annual Air-Ticket and paid vacations
- Tuition Fee Concession for up to 2 minor dependent(s)
- State-of-the-art facilities and amenities in a newly built campus in a prime location in Dubai
- An enthusiastic learning community of students, teachers, parents, and Board members, who are dedicated to maximise student achievement, and creating positive learning opportunities in and out of the classroom.
- Working within a team of highly driven and supportive colleagues
- Excellent professional development
- Working in Dubai, one of the world’s most sought-after work and travel destinations
Application Process
If you have the passion, energy, and commitment to drive accelerated outcomes for young people, we will welcome your application.
In return, you will join a rapidly evolving organisation that can offer you a central role in our future growth plans.
Candidates are invited to complete our
Online Application
by visiting: https://forteseducation.com/Careers/Current-Openings
Interviews will take place either face-to-face in Dubai or by video conferencing if the applicant is not based in Dubai.
The closing date for applications is the
30th of May 2026
.
Please note that due to the expected volume of applications, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for an interview.
The school reserves the right to make suitable appointments before the official closing date, and therefore, we would encourage candidates to apply early in the process.
The appointment start date will be
August 2026
.
Safer Recruitment Statement
Fortes Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.
Policies for safer recruitment are aligned with the recommendations of the International Task Force on Child Protection.
At Sunmarke School, we hold ourselves to a high standard of effective practices in relation to child protection, and we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.
We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Successful applicants will be subject to various background checks, including receipt of satisfactory references, proof of relevant qualifications, identification, and police checks, including overseas checks.
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