Teacher of IB Diploma Global Politics
For August 2026, Institut Le Rosey is seeking a full-time English-speaking teacher of IB Diploma Global Politics.
We are looking for an enthusiastic and dynamic individual to teach secondary school classes (equivalent to middle and high school). Our ideal candidate will have strong knowledge of the International Baccalaureate diploma program, as well as proven success at teaching a middle years curriculum (eg MYP, iGCSE or equivalent). The ability to teach another subject in the Humanities, in particular middle school History is a strong advantage.
The Humanities department is large, busy and successful. We offer IB Diploma subjects at Higher and Standard Level in: History (offered in English and French), Economics, Geography and the Theory of Knowledge course. For 2026, we may launch a Standard Level Psychology course.
The candidate must be able to teach Global Politics in English in a way that supports students in achieving academic excellence. They should be capable of stimulating students’ learning, guiding their academic and personal development while fostering diversity and a culture of excellence. As part of a bilingual department, the ability to speak French would be an asset.
Le Rosey is a boarding school, and the position is residential. Accommodation on campus is provided, along with attractive working conditions. The successful candidate will also be expected to take an active role in boarding life, fully contributing to the well-being and growth of our students.
Required Qualifications:
· A very good first degree in a relevant subject.
· Qualified teacher status.
· Fluent in English (spoken and written).
· Knowledge of the IB Diploma Programme in Global Politics.
· Proven teaching experience with students aged 12 to 18 years.
· Strong academic expertise and effective pedagogy.
Desired Profile:
· Passion for education and a collaborative approach to planning teaching and learning.
· Enthusiastic and dynamic personality.
· Community spirit: teamwork, communication skills.
· Experience teaching in an international environment.
· French-speaker B1 level or above.
· The ability and willingness to contribute to a busy boarding school.
· Adaptability and openness.
· Driver’s license.
We Offer:
· Le Rosey is a boarding school, and the position is residential. Accommodation and meals on campus are provided, with attractive working conditions. The successful candidate will be expected to play an active role in students’ extracurricular activities.
· A generous professional development budget to support career growth.
· A supportive and dynamic community.
· Brand-new state-of-the-art teaching facilities which opened in September 2025.
· Winter sports during our term in Gstaad.
· French or English language courses for employees and partners up to B1 level.
· Opportunities for staff members’ children, subject to admission conditions.
Application Deadline
Applications must be submitted online on TES. They must include a full CV, a motivation letter and 3 referees(in the same PDF), one of whom must be your current or most recent employer.
Early applications are encouraged and we reserve the right to appoint before the closing date of applications.
Shortlisted candidates will be contacted for an interview in Gstaad in January/February.
Closing date for receipt of applications: 6 February 2026.
Changes to Swiss law have made it extremely difficult for international schools like Le Rosey to obtain work permits for non-EU citizens. For this reason, applicants without EU passports or Swiss work permits are advised that this reduces their chance of being put on our shortlist. We will, nevertheless, consider all such applications seriously and if the nature of the post and the quality of the application makes us optimistic about the outcome of what can be a long administrative process, we are ready to undertake it.
Institut Le Rosey is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all its staff to share this commitment. All new employees are required to undertake a security clearance, which includes providing criminal records reports as well as a special excerpt from the Swiss criminal records for people working with children.
Le Rosey is an equal opportunity employer committed to excellence through valuing diversity. Staff, students, and teachers work toward the furthering of an inclusive and supportive environment. As such, we encourage and welcome applications from candidates with a variety of backgrounds and experiences.
Photo/Video Stagiaire
The Communications Department at Le Rosey is led by a Director, with a Senior Graphic Designer, a Digital Content Officer, and a Photo/Video Stagiaire. The Department is responsible for the communications needs of:
- Institut Le Rosey, including its summer camps in Gstaad and Rolle, and its satellite campus in Kenya
- Fondation Le Rosey, including the Rosey Concert Hall
- The commonwealth of ‘Rosey World’ schools
The Photo/Video Stagiaire should be:
- able to capture and edit multimedia content suitable for online and social media distribution
- competent in writing copy for online and social media distribution
- comfortable with InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, and video-editing tools (knowledge of other Adobe Creative Suite software is a plus)
- willing to learn from other roles in the department, including website management, print production and project management
- a native English speaker with working proficiency in French
The Photo/Video Stagiaire will undertake the following tasks:
- generating multimedia content
- ensuring that all key events are captured, either alone or with students’/teachers’ help, or for larger events by professionals
- curating and posting content on social media
- managing the multimedia gallery for parents during summer camps
The Photo/Video Stagiaire will assist with the following tasks:
- creating and updating various WordPress-based websites
- layout and in-house printing of day-to-day documents for the school and the camps
- building and maintaining the school’s media archive server
In return, Le Rosey will offer:
- Accommodation on our Rolle campus
- A monthly payment of CHF 1,300
- Meals and laundry facilities
- Use of the school’s extensive sporting and artistic facilities
Applications, which should be addressed to the Director of Communications, Felipe Laurent, at flaurent@rosey.ch, must be submitted by email. Applications should comprise:
- a motivation letter
- a complete Curriculum Vitae (including details of all professional and educational qualifications)
- a recent photo
- the names, addresses and relation to the candidate of three referees.
Start date: Flexible
End date: June 2026
*Non-European Applications
To our great regret, changes to Swiss law have made it extremely difficult for international schools like Le Rosey to obtain work permits for non-EU citizens. For this reason, applicants without EU passports or Swiss work permits are advised that this greatly reduces their chances of being put on a short list.
Institut Le Rosey is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all its staff to share this commitment. All new employees are required to undertake a security clearance, which includes providing criminal records reports as well as a special excerpt from the Swiss criminal records for people working with children.
Le Rosey is an equal opportunity employer committed to excellence through valuing diversity. Staff, students, and teachers work toward the furthering of an inclusive and supportive environment. As such, we encourage and welcome applications from candidates with a variety of backgrounds and experiences.
Applying for teaching posts at Le Rosey
Le Rosey employs nearly a hundred full- and part-time academic, music and sports teachers, about half of whom are full-time academic teachers on English-speaking programmes. Teachers come from across the world, and it is school policy to maintain a mix of nationalities and approaches to match the bilingual and international character of the school. The majority are from the UK, but many other nations are represented, especially the USA and Australia. Le Rosey also employs an important number of French-speaking teachers recruited from France, Switzerland, Canada and Belgium. The teaching faculty is also enormously enriched by native-speaker language and literature teachers from across the world who teach a remarkably high number of foreign language classes, many of them as IB A literature courses.
Important considerations for all applicants
Le Rosey is a bilingual (English and French) international boarding school with a strong commitment to excellence. The school is not a British boarding school on the continent, an American prep school in Europe or a Lycée français à l’étranger avec internat – and, although it may have elements of all of these, Le Rosey has a strong and distinctive character of its own. Le Rosey expects all candidates to be appropriately qualified, with at least a first degree and a teaching qualification. Relevant teaching experience is of course desirable and we particularly welcome:
- knowledge and experience of the International Baccalaureate (preferably with IB training)
- experience of international education
- a working knowledge of French
- experience of and/or a commitment to boarding
- a commitment to holistic educational principles
- a committment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people
- evidence of energy and adaptability – this in a school which changes campus twice in the course of a year.
Non-European applications
To our great regret, changes to Swiss law have made it extremely difficult for international schools like Le Rosey to obtain work permits for non-EU citizens. For this reason, applicants without EU passports or Swiss work permits are advised that this reduces their chances of being put on a short list. We will, nevertheless, consider all such applications seriously; and if the nature of the post and the quality of the application make us optimistic about the outcome of what can be a long administrative process, we are ready to undertake it.
Recruitment procedures
Vacant posts are advertised on this website, in the local press and on the Times Educational Supplement (or TES) in the UK www.tes.co.uk.
All applications for advertised posts should be sent as indicated in the advert.
All applications are acknowledged, but candidates who hear nothing further within the following three weeks should assume that their application has been unsuccessful. Those candidates who are placed on the first short list are sent further details, outlining the nature of the post and conditions of work. Candidates whom we decide to interview are contacted by telephone and/or email. Interviews usually take place in the UK or Switzerland. All successful candidates are interviewed in Switzerland at least once before appointment. Travel expenses to Switzerland are automatically and fully reimbursed.
Applications
Applications should comprise:
- a letter of application, indicating candidate’s educational philosophy
- a complete Curriculum Vitae (including details of all employment, educational qualifications, as well as personal details such as age and family circumstances which may be important for residential considerations
- a recent photo
- the names, addresses and relation to the candidate of three referees.
All applications will be treated in confidence.
Aligned with the recommendations of the International Task Force on Child Protection (www.icmec.org/education-portal), Le Rosey holds itself to a high standard of effective recruiting practices with specific attention to child protection; background checks are carried out, and any candidate eventually appointed will also be expected to provide evidence of his or her suitability for work with children.
Unsolicited and speculative applications
Le Rosey welcomes applications at any time of the year. They are passed on to the appropriate Academic Director who files those of interest. Applicants may be contacted if there is a possibility of future openings, but this is rare, although it is standard procedure to send acknowledgement of receipt.