EYFS Assistant Teacher

About The Role

The British International School of Kuala Lumpur seeks a creative open-minded and professional EYFS Assistant Teacher to join our leading international school for an initial contract period of two years.

In this role youll know your students and use your skills and expertise to provide excellent teaching and support to every student in your care with impeccable professionalism. You will communicate with confidence across diverse audiences and situations using your expertise to build strong relationships with parents and students. Youll model for students and colleagues the schools values: be kind; be resilient; take risks; act with integrity and to be ambitious. This position also plays a role in helping the school develop and improve with attention to your own teaching and learning and supporting the professional development of your colleagues.

Please see the detailed job descriptionfor additional information about this role.

About Our School

The British International School of Kuala Lumpur (BSKL) is a premier international school in Kuala Lumpur serving students from pre-nursery through sixth form. Our warm and friendly school community values developing the whole child - academically pastorally and socially with the principles of Positive Education and our school values as our foundation. We believe student happiness leads to student success and by placing the child at the centre of all we do were able to offer an outstanding education.

Naturally at BSKL youll find students who are happy motivated committed and love learning. Our community invests in staff with ongoing CPD opportunities and community-building opportunities to help you get the most out of your time at BSKL and in Malaysia. Our state of the art facilities provide engaging learning environments for student and staff alike and our location provides easy access to the KL metropolitan area.

BSKL is a member of Nord Anglia Education and our evidence-based Professional Learning Pathways keep us at the forefront of new thinking in the classroom ensuring that our teachers have all the tools to provide for outstanding teaching and learning.

About you

You will possess a:

• Degree related to education (or further qualification related to education)
• 2 Years experience at least at an Assistant Teacher level
• Experience of working with children with learning differences
• Advantage to Mandarin speakers
• Desirable but not essential: Teaching qualification (e.g. TEFL CELTA or CACHE)

You must also be able to meet the visa-related requirements for Malaysia including (valid passport Bachelors degree updated CV passport size picture marital status). All successful candidates will undergo a criminal background check and must meet all applicable safeguarding requirements.

Benefits

When you join a Nord Anglia Education school you join a global community of 14000 people working together to support our students success. 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 unparalleled career and development opportunities that come with being part of our global organisation. Our online Nord Anglia University unites our team by harnessing the collective expertise of peers in an exchange of knowledge ideas and best practice. We also provide extensive professional development through Nord Anglia University to ensure that our teachers dont just maintain their skills they develop at the cutting edge of educational thinking.

Our world-renowned collaborations with The Juilliard School MIT UNICEF and Kings College London offers our teachers unrivalled access to leading experts in their fields.

Alongside great training and a competitive package youll enjoy the chance to live and work in one of the worlds most vibrant cities.

As a Nord Anglia Education teacher you enjoy the following benefits:

• A fast-paced global experience so that you can progress on a global scale
• An enabling environment founded on creativity challenge and collaboration
• A culture that is fair and consultative
• Unique opportunities to grow professionally and develop your career

Selection Process

The closing date for application is 3:00pm on 4th May 2026

Start Date: Aug 2026

Nord Anglia Education schools are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. Applicants must be prepared to undergo stringent child protection screening including references and checks with past employers and an enhanced DBS.

At Nord Anglia Education we work every day to inspire our students schools and employees to be the best they can be and we are ambitious for them all to achieve more than they thought possible in their personal social and academic endeavours. Within our family of schools this aspiration is underpinned by a commitment to always act with respect integrity openness and courage. These qualities are the foundation of how we approach our work and roles within Nord Anglia Education and are shared by everyone in our global family.

About Nord Anglia Education

Nord Anglia Education (NAE) is the worlds leading premium schools organisation with 69 schools located across dozens of countries in the Americas Europe China Southeast Asia India and the Middle East. Together our schools educate over 67000 students from kindergarten through to the end of secondary school.

Our philosophy for education rests on the 4 pillars of creativity wellbeing excellent academic outcomes and global connectedness. These are delivered through innovative use of educational technology to create a 21st Century personalised learning experience for all students.

Every parent wants the best for their child so do we. NAE schools deliver high quality transformational education and ensure excellent academic outcomes by going beyond traditional learning. Our global scale enables us to recruit and retain world-leading teachers and to offer unforgettable experiences through global and regional events while our engaging learning environments ensure all of our students love coming to school.

Schools

Each Nord Anglia Education school is unique in character and designed to meet the needs of its community. We are united by our philosophy to be ambitious for our students our people and our family of schools. We believe that being part of our family of 73 schools gives them a special advantage. Working together we can achieve more than we can individually. Our schools have access to a wide range of resources and support to enhance their success. We also create unique opportunities to benefit our students and people such as the Global Campus Nord Anglia University and our collaborations with The Juilliard School MIT UNICEF and Kings College London.