Dutch Teacher (Freelance, Online) for IH London

London, United Kingdom
Duration: To be defined
£33 /hr
Start date: 1 Dec 2026
Apply by: 20 Nov 2026

Job Description 

Job Advert: Dutch Teacher (Freelance, Online)

Location: Online, teaching from home

Provisional Start Date: 1st December 2026

Contract: Freelance, under a contractor agreement

Closing Date: 20th November

 

We’re looking for an experienced Dutch teacher to join our Foreign Languages team on a freelance basis. You’ll teach live online lessons to adults:

  1. Group classes: weekday evenings, 18:30 to 20:00
  2. One-to-one lessons: at times agreed with you and the student

 

What you’ll do

  1. Teach communicative Dutch lessons online to adult learners
  2. Plan lessons that follow IH syllabi and suit your learners’ levels, needs and expectations
  3. Keep every student involved, which takes extra care online
  4. Give clear, useful feedback and help students keep learning between lessons
  5. Advise students on their progress, level changes and next course
  6. Keep class registers up to date on SchoolWorks and update the department SharePoint folder with a work-done record
  7. Send us a monthly invoice for the lessons you’ve taught
  8. Follow IH London policies, the IH Code of Professional Conduct and safeguarding procedures

 

 

 

About the school and city

About the School

IH London opened in 1959. We are the no.1 language school in Central London, judged by the latest British Council inspections and reported in the EL Gazette (2019). Every year we train over 500 new teachers and enable them to embark on exciting new journeys across the globe to inspire and teach others.

IH London was started by John and Brita Haycraft, the founders of IHWO, and its classrooms saw the very first CELTA courses back in the 1960s. The premises is very centrally located in Covent Garden. The centre is now a charitable trust, and is most well-known for English language courses and teacher training. We have, from our beginnings, been a leading contributor in the ELT field and we strive to continue to make a significant contribution to the international language education community.

Life in and around London

You will never find yourself short of things to do in London – a capital of culture.

There are thousands of unique restaurants, trendy rooftop bars, concerts across the city, and free national museums and galleries. Whatever your interest, you’ll be able to indulge it in London.

Studying at IH London

We are based in the beautiful Covent Garden in central London, famous for its shops, cafes, restaurants and West End theatres.

Within a short walking distance you will also find the Royal Opera House (home to the Royal Ballet, as well as the Royal Opera), the British Museum (voted one of the top ten museums in the world by National Geographic) and The National Gallery (the story of European art, masterpiece by masterpiece).

In the school, the on-site café sells a wide range of delicious food, snacks and beverages, from breakfast until the evening. All food is prepared fresh each day.

There are 2 supermarkets at the nearby tube stations: Sainsbury’s and Waitrose. A meal deal lunch from the supermarket (sandwich, snack and drink £3.00 and a kilo of oranges is £2-3.

The school is minutes from two tube stations: Covent Garden and Holborn. We are only two tube stops away from Kings Cross St Pancras International if you take the Eurostar from Paris.

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Application deadline: 20 Nov 2026

Requirements

Essential requirements

  1. C2 proficiency in Dutch
  2. Strong English communication skills
  3. Recognised teaching qualification in Dutch
  4. At least 5 years’ experience teaching groups of adults
  5. Experience teaching live online lessons (e.g. on Zoom or Microsoft Teams)
  6. Bachelor’s degree or equivalent level 6 qualification
  7. A reliable internet connection, a computer with a webcam and headset, and a quiet place to teach
  8. Able to work under a contractor agreement and send monthly invoices
  9. Able to work independently and organise your own workload

 

Desirable

  1. Degree in Dutch language education, languages or applied linguistics
  2. Familiarity with the CEFR and Dutch proficiency exams (e.g. CNaVT, Staatsexamen NT2)
  3. Availability for one-to-one lessons during the day

 

Benefits

Pay & Benefits

  1. £33 per hour, invoiced monthly
  2. Access to IH professional development
  3. Support from an experienced academic team

 

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Please note that all offers are subject to two satisfactory references, a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service check (or a police check if you live outside the UK), completion of our safeguarding training and a signed contractor agreement.

We encourage fairness and equality in our Recruitment and selection process. Our shortlisting and interviewing will be carried out by more than one person: Internal members of the interview panels are informed about the company’s recruitment and selection of staff policy. Interview questions will be related to the requirements of the job and not of a discriminatory nature.  

For more information, visit https://www.ihlondon.com/onboarding-with-ih-london/

  

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