Academic Director of Studies for Premium Tutoring Centre in Ho Chi Minh City

The International Tutor Group (ITG), Ho Chi Minh City, is offering a very exciting opportunity to join our core management team and play a key role in developing our thriving tutoring centre. The role would suit a qualified teacher in a core academic subject such as English, Maths and Science who has significant experience in a management position such as HOD, HOY or Assistant Head etc.

The primary responsibility will be to provide academic guidance and management for our team of highly skilled and dedicated tutors, as well as to develop our services to ensure we continue to deliver the highest standards of curriculum support and student progression. Additionally, they will represent the centre to our growing community of parents and help develop our reputation as the leading provider of international tutoring support in Vietnam.

ITG is a British run Educational Consultancy and Tutoring Centre offering academic support for international school students, specialising in the Cambridge IGCSE, A-Levels, APs and the International Baccalaureate. We’re a small, family-style centre run by experienced UK teachers, with about 25 tutors and 300 students, working mostly 1-1 and in small groups. Alongside expert academic guidance, our tutoring model prioritises a mentoring approach that puts the whole child at the centre of the process. Our tutors make lasting and effective relationships with their students which they use to build self-confidence and real enjoyment in learning, alongside improving academic results.

We are ideally looking for a well-established secondary teacher with a strong academic background and an up to date pedagogic outlook as well as several years’ experience in a management role in schools, such as head of department / head of year / assistant head or similar. The ideal candidate will have a strong track record managing a large and busy team in a fast-paced and challenging school environment, ensuring consistently excellent outcomes for students. They will have an ability to provide clear leadership, promote a consistent, inspiring and value-driven message to parents and staff, manage conflict, deal with spontaneous issues that arise and maintain excellent relationships with all key stakeholders.

The candidate will have demonstrated a deep passion for a holistic education as well as academic excellence to ensure every student receives appropriate support for their own educational journey. They will be an excellent people-person, with an enthusiastic outlook and the ability to implement guidelines clearly across their team. They will also be resilient to change and see working in a new international environment as an opportunity where they can identify and implement new directions in our fast-growing centres.

If you’re interested in relocating your education career to one of South East Asia’s most vibrant and dynamic cities then this might be the role for you. There has never been a better time to be in Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City). Drenched in history and cultural intrigue, Saigon is a city in the midst of transformation as it careens headlong into the 21st Century. New skyscrapers, hip international bars and buzzing arts venues appear on an almost weekly basis. This is set amongst both the gorgeous last vestiges of a sleepy French Colonial feel and the utterly distinctive quality of Saigonese street-life. Our study centres are located in leafy suburbs that are popular with expatriates and just a short hop from the city centre. Poised between the future and the past, Saigon is both unavoidably Asian and comfortably modern with a growing young international crowd making the most of this unique, embracing and dynamic city.

If that sounds appealing or if you’d like to know more, please send your CV and a covering letter to gemma@itgvietnam.edu.vn. The minimum contract term is two years and the start date is August 2026. Please also see our website for more details of what we do: www.internationaltutorgroup.com. The closing date for application is Friday 6th March 2026, although we reserve the right to interview and make an appointment before the advertised closing date for the role. Therefore, an early application is strongly recommended.

Responsibilities:

• Tutor Team management - overall management of the tutor team as well as direct line management of three existing principal tutors who take management roles over different departments. Responsible for overseeing training and development of the tutor team, as well as student planning and reporting processes.
• Client management and overview - taking client meetings and providing academic guidance to students and families across their educational journey. Ensuring students and families receive responsive, detailed and holistic academic guidance across all aspects of their educational journeys.
• Development of academic services provision and identification of new opportunities.
• Key role in the senior management team, sharing and implementing ideas for the development of company practices as a whole.
• Resources management - textbooks, online / offline materials, lesson plans and accompanying resources.

Required:

• Fully qualified UK teacher with management experience of a busy team.
• Extensive experience in UK Curricula including 6th form.
• Minimum 5 years teaching experience.
• Ability to make excellent, empathetic, clearly boundaried relationships with students, parents and staff.
• Excellent interpersonal skills: ability to work closely and collaboratively in a small team.
• Commitment, positivity, confidence, and resilience in a fast-moving environment.
• Highly organised, ability to manage a team and deliver to tight deadlines.
• Ability to take on feedback constructively and adapt to changing conditions.

Preferred:

• Qualified teacher in a core academic discipline such as English, Maths and Science.
• Familiarity with international curricula such as the IB.
• Experience managing complex family and student relationships with the school.
• Excellent Bachelor Degree in relevant subject area - English, Maths, Science, Business, Economics.