Phonics Specialist Tutor

Role Overview

We are seeking a dedicated and experienced Phonics Specialist Tutor to help young learners build strong early literacy foundations through systematic, explicit, and evidence-informed phonics instruction.

The successful candidate will deliver personalised lessons that develop phonemic awareness, phonics, decoding, encoding, blending, segmenting, fluency, spelling, vocabulary, and early reading comprehension. Instruction should be engaging, multi-sensory, developmentally appropriate, and aligned with recognised structured literacy practices.

The tutor may support preschool children, Foundation Stage, Kindergarten, Reception, Primary learners, English as an Additional Language (EAL) students, homeschool learners, and children requiring targeted literacy intervention.

Key Responsibilities

• Assess each learner's early literacy skills and phonological awareness

• Develop personalised phonics intervention programmes

• Deliver one-to-one and small-group phonics instruction

• Teach phonemic awareness, letter-sound correspondence, blending, segmenting, decoding, encoding, and high-frequency words

• Support reading fluency, spelling, handwriting readiness, vocabulary, and comprehension

• Use multisensory, systematic, and cumulative teaching approaches

• Adapt lessons to different learning profiles and developmental stages

• Support learners following British, American, IB Primary Years Programme, UAE MOE, and other international curricula

• Monitor progress through ongoing assessment and observation

• Provide practical home-reading and phonics strategies for parents

• Collaborate with classroom teachers and learning-support specialists where appropriate

• Maintain safeguarding, confidentiality, and professional boundaries

  
  

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Education, Early Childhood Education, Primary Education, Literacy, Reading, Special Education, or a related field

• MOHRE Tutor Permit or eligibility to obtain

• Minimum 2 years' experience teaching early literacy or phonics

• Strong knowledge of systematic synthetic phonics and structured literacy principles

• Excellent spoken and written English

  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in Literacy, Reading Education, or a related discipline

• PGCE, B.Ed., or recognised teaching qualification

• Training in programmes such as Read Write Inc., Jolly Phonics, Sounds-Write, Letters and Sounds, Little Wandle, Orton-Gillingham, or other recognised structured literacy approaches

• Experience supporting learners with dyslexia or literacy difficulties

• Experience teaching EAL learners

• Experience within British curriculum schools

  
  

UAE Licensing Requirements

Tutors operating in the UAE are required to hold a valid MOHRE Tutor Permit or equivalent work authorisation before providing private tutoring services.

UAE Visa & Work Eligibility

Applicants must hold valid UAE work authorisation through an Employment Visa, Golden Visa, Green Visa, Freelance Permit, Dependent Visa with legal work eligibility, or another recognised UAE work authorisation.

Required Experience

• 2+ years teaching phonics and early literacy

• Experience assessing reading readiness

• Experience delivering structured literacy intervention

• Experience supporting early readers

• Experience working with parents

• Experience monitoring literacy progress

  
  

Required Skills

• Systematic synthetic phonics

• Phonemic awareness

• Early literacy

• Reading intervention

• Structured literacy

• Multisensory teaching

• Blending and segmenting

• Decoding and encoding

• Reading fluency

• Vocabulary development

• Parent coaching

• Learner assessment

• Progress monitoring

• Safeguarding

• Child-centred instruction

  
  

Benefits

• Flexible freelance schedule

• Competitive hourly rates

• Online and face-to-face opportunities

• Professional development

• Collaborative educational team

• Opportunity to build lifelong reading success for young learners

  
  

Application Process

To apply, submit:

• Updated CV

• Professional photo

• Educational certificates

• Phonics or literacy training certificates

• Professional licences (if applicable)

• Evidence of early literacy teaching experience

• Emirates ID (if available)

• Passport copy

• UAE visa copy

• NOC from employer (if required)

• Police Clearance Certificate (preferred)

• References

  
  

Onboarding form link: https://simone3243.wixforms.com/f/7464618199665869825

Equal Opportunity Statement

Simone's Tutoring is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all professionals.