Teaching Assistant

Teaching Assistant
Compass International School Doha
Compass was established in 2006 to provide a premium British education to both expatriate and local Qatari families. We have three campuses; Al Themaid and Madinat Khalifa educate students from Early Years through to Secondary whereas Gharaffa is a stand-alone Primary campus for children aged 3-11. All campuses offer a bespoke British curriculum. Secondary students can select from a wide range of IGSEs, AS and A levels. Additionally, we offer the prestigious IB Diploma Programme in Years 12 and 13. All three sites offer a warm, friendly learning environment with our students at the heart of everything we do. We are proud of our outstanding teachers and our community feel. As for Qatar, a sunny climate year-round and an airport with fantastic global connections ensures the continued popularity of this destination for expats.
Our school has Qatar National Schools Accreditation (QNSA) and is a member of the British Schools in the Middle East (BSME), COBIS and AoBSO.
To learn more about our school, please visit our website
The Role
The Teaching Assistant (TA) will contribute to the fulfilment of the mission and vision of the company and of the school towards providing excellent international education to all students in the school. In fulfilling the following responsibilities, the Teaching Assistant will be bound by any policies produced by the company and school.
The Teaching Assistant (TA) will focus their work on an individual child and assist teachers to:

• • Enable the child to achieve high standards of learning
  • Maximize teaching and learning time
  • Develop the child's skills across the curriculum
  • Assess the child's attainment and progress
  • Identify and respond appropriately to individual differences between children
  • Set appropriate and challenging targets for the children
  • Set and maintain clear expectations of children's behavior and assist in securing appropriate standards discipline
  • Create and maintain a purposeful, orderly, and supportive learning environment
  • Present learning task and curriculum content in a clear and stimulating manner
  • Work with the children individually and in groups
  • Communicate clearly and effectively with children
  • Manage their own and the child's time effectively
  • Make a constructive contribution to the use of computers and other resources to aid learning
  • Help the child read set texts, worksheets, and other resources
  • Help the child set out work
  • Explain to the child what they are expected to do

The Successful candidate will possess:

• • Educated to Degree Level or equivalent
  • Experience as learning support or similar role
  • Preferably under husband/family sponsorship
  • Excellent in written and verbal communication skills (English)

Please refer to the job description of the role for the following information:

• • Job purpose
  • Reporting to
  • Key relationships
  • Key results areas
  • Performance measurement

Benefits
Nord Anglia Education is the world's leading premium schools organisation. We are a fast-paced and growing family of 80+ international schools in China, Europe, the Middle East, South-East Asia and The Americas, providing outstanding education to over 90,000 students from preschool to 18 years of age. Our schools are united by one philosophy-we are ambitious for our students, our people, our community and family of schools. This means that we want every student to achieve more in our schools, than in any other schools in the world. We ensure this through personalised learning enhanced with bespoke global opportunities such as Juilliard, MIT and UNICEF. We learn from the best and with the best.
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 a professional working environment and an attractive remuneration & benefits package.
Alongside great training and a competitive package, you'll enjoy the chance to live and work in a rapidly growing country which is perhaps best known for successfully hosting the World Cup in 2022. Qatar is a great place to be based for travel and enjoys a lovely climate most of the year.
To Apply
The application should be submitted online via the Nord Anglia Education Careers page.
Online applications should contain a CV and the details of two professional references, one of which should be a direct Line Manager.
Start date: August 2026
The closing date for applications is Thursday, 20th August 2026.
Selection Process
Long-listed candidates will be contacted as soon as possible, with initials interviews taking place.
At Nord Anglia Education we are committed to providing a world class, safe, happy environment in which children and young people are able to thrive and learn. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our pupils irrespective of race, ability, religion, gender or culture.
All post holders in regulated activity (having regular unsupervised contact with children) are subject to appropriate national and international vetting procedures including satisfactory criminal record checks from both Country of residence/birth and any Country of residence within the last 10 years.