Mission:
A teacher for English L1 and L2 in the secondary cycle of the European School Luxembourg I is recruited with a start date of 1 September 2026.
Profile:
- The candidate will be a teacher for English as first language (L1) and second language (L2) at secondary school level.
- The candidate will be a native English speaker (mother tongue level or level C2).
- The candidate will have previous experience as teacher in Secondary.
- Qualification to teach English as a foreign language is an asset.
- The candidate will have experience working with children with learning disabilities.
- Previous experience teaching children with Autism Spectrum Disorder will be considered an asset.
- Previous experience as teacher in a European school and knowledge of at least one of the other working languages of the European School Luxembourg I (FR-DE) will be considered an asset.
- The candidate will be willing to acquire knowledge of support in the European Schools and in particular at the European School Luxembourg I (procedures, documentation, special adaptations, special arrangements....).
- The candidate will be willing to acquire the knowledge necessary to support children with learning disabilities and, where appropriate, to train for specific disorders.
- The candidate will be motivated to work as part of a team with other teachers and support staff.
- The candidate will have knowledge of the European School system and be motivated to work in a multilingual and multicultural environment.
- The candidate will have a strong sense of responsibility and an impeccable personal presentation.
- The candidate has to be a EU citizen or be in possession of an authorisation to work in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg at the time of application.
We offer:
- A permanent employment contract effective from 1 September 2026 in accordance with the Service regulations for the locally recruited teachers in the European Schools: (https://www.eursc.eu/fr/Office/official-texts/basic-texts/en under "Service Regulations for Locally recruited teachers in the European Schools - 2016-05-D-11-en-19" (https://www.eursc.eu/BasicTexts/2016-05-D-11-en-19.pdf),
- 21 teaching periods per week,
- Monthly gross salary: approximately 9.274,02EUR per month (441,62 EUR per month for one period of teaching in Secondary classes),
- Removal costs (art. 37): “A locally recruited teacher recruited for a minimum period of one year and a contract providing a minimum of 16 hours/periods per week shall, as provided in Article 59 and Article 62 of the Regulations for Seconded Staff Members of the European Schools, be entitled to a lump sum compensation for the expenses caused by the removal to the place of the school (…)”,
- Installation allowance (art. 37bis): “A locally recruited teacher recruited for a minimum period of one year and a contract providing a minimum of 16 hours/periods per week who furnishes evidence of having been obliged to change his/her place of residence and of having actually settled at his/her place of employment (…) shall be entitled (a) to an installation allowance (…)”.
- School fees (art. 39): “For school year teachers a reduction in school fees shall be granted during the period of his/her employment for any of his/her children enrolled in the European Schools. The reduction shall amount to 7% per weekly hour taught in the nursery and primary cycles and to 5% per weekly period taught in the secondary cycle. The present Article shall not give entitlement to any compensation in cases where a child of a locally recruited is enrolled in a school other than one of the European Schools.”
Recruitment procedure:
- All applications have to be uploaded exclusively via the recruitment portal of the European School Luxembourg I – Kirchberg. (https://www.euroschool.lu/vacancies) at the latest by Wednesday 17 June 2026 to the attention of
- Mr. Martin WEDEL, Director of the European School Luxembourg I
- and indicating the reference 2026-06-SEC-EN-L1-L2 in the motivation letter.
- The application must be accompanied by:
- a motivation letter (EN),
- a detailed curriculum vitae (if possible in « Europass » format) (EN),
- a copy of the study diploma,
- an extract from the criminal record (bulletin 3 and 5 for Luxembourg or equivalent for other countries) dated less than 3 months,
- if applicable, a valid authorisation to work in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg for non-EU nationals, must be attached to the application.
- All documents uploaded must be in .PDF format !
- Incomplete applications, sent by post, by e-mail or after the deadline will not be considered.
- No reply will be given to candidates before the end of the procedure.
- Those interested in this position who do not have the required profile are kindly requested to refrain from applying.
- Interviews are scheduled for the week of 22 June 2026.
Detailed information about our school and the European Schools in general can be found on the website of the European School Luxembourg I www.euroschool.lu respectively on the website of the European Schools www.eursc.eu.
