Cover Supervisor - Immediate Start - Sunmarke School

About us:

Fortes Education has been a leading education provider in the UAE for over four decades with premium international schools and nurseries that have experienced outstanding success and growth. Our schools offer the most innovative and character-building education in the entire Middle East region. 

Our core ethos and philosophy of education is Positive Education ( PosEd ). Through PosEd , our schools foster active engagement in learning, celebrating character strengths and accomplishments. We encourage children to cultivate fulfilling relationships with others and seek meaning and purpose in their own lives. We enable children to become happy learners and develop into innovative thinkers, confident young adults, and life-long learners. Our students develop resilience, a growth mindset and deep character strengths that allow them to flourish in an ever-changing world.

About Sunmarke School – Where Amazing Happens

Sunmarke School provides an ambitious and inspiring , values- based education that nurtures the hearts and minds of students so that they can flourish and achieve their dreams . Powered by our unique signature programs, Sunmarke is a uniquely innovative school , transforming young lives . This was reflected in Sunmarke School winning the coveted ‘Most Innovative School’ award at the Which School Advisor ceremony in Dubai and London. 

Sunmarke is an all– through school which offers a premium education across a fantastic range of pathways for students including the National Curriculum of England , GCSE/IGCSE, ‘A’ Levels, BTEC and the IB Diploma and Career Related Programmes. We also offer a suite of Signature Programmes unrivalled in Dubai . With unique experiences in Environmental and Sustainability Studies , students learn in Forest School settings, as well as utilising cutting-edge hydroponic technology to examine how science can support sustainability in future terrains . Our world-class STEAM centre and curriculum offers students an incredible opportunity to apply their learning in solving real-world problems , from Foundation Stage through to Year 9. We run best-in-class mini-MBA programmes for our Year 10 to 13 students in conjunction with the Peter Jones Academy , to ensure their future success in business and entrepreneurship . We are technologically innovative and run comprehensive AI programmes for students in all core subjects , as well as deepening other subjects through Augmented and Virtual Reality AR/VR experiences . We have outstanding performing arts opportunities with fantastic facilities and amazing teachers to help our more creative students truly find their voice . Sunmarke School was judged by the Dubai School Inspection Bureau (DSIB) as a ‘Very Good’ school in our 3rd year of operation and ‘ Outstanding ’ in our British Schools Overseas (BSO) inspection in 2019.

We present an exciting opportunity to join our all through school and to play an important part in our journey to “ outstanding ”. Sunmarke School , Dubai is one of our flagship schools , located at a prime location in Jumeirah Village Triangle. 

About you:

We are seeking to appoint a passionate and motivated Cover Supervisor who will provide essential support across the school by covering a variety of classes during periods of absence of the designated teacher. Our successful candidate will be responsible for creating and maintaining a positive environment for effective learning through the application of the systems and structures developed by the school. You will play a vital role by ensuring that students continue to learn and make good progress on the occasions when their teacher is away from their class. This role will likely suit you if you have previous experience in a similar role, providing cover within an educational establishment.

Cover work will be supplied wherever possible for you to use as a basis for the lessons and we will also determine your subject specialisms with you as a preference. Excellent interpersonal skills are required for this post as our successful candidates need to demonstrate that they can build a good rapport with staff and students alike.

We are looking for certain qualities: 

• Educated to degree level would be advantageous

• Knowledge of strategies to recognise and reward efforts and achievements towards self-reliance that are appropriate to the age and development stage of the students.

• Basic knowledge of SEN and other learning barriers

• Strong organisation and time management skills

• Relevant experience in successfully supervising groups of children aged 11-16

• Previous experience in a school or comparable large organisation

• Understanding of a secondary school environment

• Ability to provide classroom cover – within agreed parameters – in the absence of the class teacher.

• Ability to consistently and effectively implement agreed behaviour management strategies

• Ability to use language and other communication skills that students can understand and relate to

• Ability to establish positive relationships with students and empathise with their needs.

• Ability to demonstrate active listening skills.

• Ability to provide levels of individual attention, reassurance and help with learning tasks as appropriate to students' needs, encouraging the students to stay on task.

• Ability to monitor the students' response to the learning activities and, where appropriate, modify/adapt activities agreed with the teacher to achieve the intended learning outcomes.

This is a local contract with no additional benefits other than all school holidays as per the academic calendar.

Application Process:

If you have the passion, energy, and commitment to drive accelerated outcomes for young people, we will welcome your application. In return, you will join a rapidly evolving organisation that can offer you a central role in our future growth plans.

Candidates are invited to complete our Online Application by visiting

Interviews will take place either face-to-face in Dubai or by video conferencing if the applicant is not based in Dubai. 

The closing date for applications is 30 September 2026 . Please note that due to the expected volume of applications, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for an interview. The school reserves the right to make suitable appointments before the official closing date, and therefore, we would encourage candidates to apply early in the process . 

Fortes Education is committed to safeguarding children and young people. All post holders in regulated activity are subject to appropriate vetting procedures, including a satisfactory International Child Protection Certificate, plus resident country Police checks.