Academic Positions

King’s Academy provides a world-class education to over 600 girls and boys from over 35 countries across grades 7-12. A boarding and day school in Jordan, King’s Academy offers unparalleled opportunity to students from all backgrounds. Over 50 percent of students receive financial support, and college matriculations from King’s span universities on six continents, including some of the most selective universities in the United States, the United Kingdom and elsewhere.

Come to King’s. Work with extraordinary students, collaborate with growth-oriented colleagues, contribute to the development of one of the world’s most dynamic schools, and make an impact.

Application Process

If you are interested in joining the dedicated professional team at King's Academy, you can apply online and upload the required documents as well as any videos that might provide insight about your teaching.

Resumes are accepted throughout the year, but most interviewing takes place between December and February at our school, a mutually agreed upon location, recruiting fairs or possibly via Skype. Ideally, a face-to-face interview will take place with each candidate.

King's Academy offers competitive salaries and benefits packages commensurate with experience. Initial faculty employment offers are usually for a two-year commitment.

Faculty Members

AP Economics (Upper School)

King’s Academy is seeking to hire an AP Economics Faculty Member in its Upper School for the 2023-2024 academic year.

A typical faculty teaching load at the Upper School includes:

Five credits per semester.
After school co-curriculars each semester.
Supervisory and committee responsibilities
Advisory role to an average group of 8 to 10 students
For residential faculty, evening duty up to twice a week and weekend duty once every five or six weeks.

Furthermore, faculty members are expected to attend special events and meetings including those occasionally scheduled on weekends, such as new faculty orientation, student orientation, faculty meetings, departmental meetings, house meetings, advisor meetings, parents weekends and Commencement.

Various educational and character-building activities for students (e.g. community service) take place on weekends and during the summer. Faculty members are expected to volunteer as chaperones as per their interest and if selected to perform such duties during these trips. In short, being a teacher at King’s requires spirit and dedication. The qualities that our own faculty recognize as most essential to their success here include patience, energy, resilience, a genuine love of young people, sensitivity to cultural difference, adaptability and a commitment, in the classroom and beyond, to continued improvement.

Qualified and interested candidates should apply online, specifying the name of the vacancy mentioned above. Applications should include an up-to-date resume, along with copies of relevant certifications and two to three reference letters, as well as a reference list including name, position, working relationship with reference and their contact details (email and phone number).

Note: King’s Academy seeks faculty members who can coach sports such as soccer, basketball, volleyball, (varsity level), tennis, swimming and weight training as well as lead co-curricular activities such as publications, MUN, debate, drama and yoga.

Mathematics (Upper School)

King’s Academy is seeking to hire a Mathematics Faculty Member for its Upper School for the 2023-2024 academic year. Experience in teaching AP Calculus AB, AP Calculus BC, AP Statistics and Multivariable is required.

A typical faculty teaching load at the Upper School includes

Five credits per semester.
After school co-curriculars each semester.
Supervisory and committee responsibilities
Advisory role to an average group of 8 to 10 students
For residential faculty, evening duty up to twice a week and weekend duty once every five or six weeks.

Spanish (Upper School)

King’s Academy is seeking to hire a Spanish Faculty Member for its Upper School for the 2023-2024 academic year. A typical faculty teaching load includes:

Five credits per semester.
After school co-curriculars each semester.
Supervisory and committee responsibilities
Advisory role to an average group of 8 to 10 students
For residential faculty, evening duty up to twice a week and weekend duty once every five or six weeks.

Teaching Fellows

The King’s Academy Teaching Fellow Program is a two-year program that gives new teachers a rich opportunity for professional and personal growth in an immersive boarding school setting. Through this program, teaching fellows will learn about the teaching profession through individual mentorship and group training, while teaching their own courses and guiding students outside the classroom in the student life program.

Thank you for your interest. There are no vacancies available at this time.

Non-Teaching Faculty Members