1 teacher (m/f/d) for English (L1 / L2) secondary cycle – (21 periods/week – full-time – permanent)

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: (  under "Service Regulations for Locally recruited teachers in the European Schools - -D-11-en-19" ( ),
• 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. ( 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  -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   respectively on the website of the European Schools  .