Phonics Specialist Tutor

Simone's Tutoring; Dubai; On-site; AED 40,000 - 70,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

60% commission on lessons

Job summary

Simone's Tutoring in Dubai seeks a dedicated Phonics Specialist Tutor to help young learners build early literacy through explicit, evidence-informed phonics, delivering personalised lessons online and in homes across Dubai.

You will assess literacy skills, develop intervention programmes, and teach phonemic awareness, blending, decoding, and high-frequency words using multisensory, structured approaches; experience with EAL, British/IB curricula preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Education or related field.
• MOHRE Tutor Permit or eligibility to obtain.
• Minimum 2 years' experience in early literacy or phonics instruction.
• Solid knowledge of systematic synthetic phonics and structured literacy methods.
• Excellent command of English, both spoken and written.

Responsibilities

• Assess learners' 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, 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 PYP, UAE MOE, and other 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.

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

Education

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

2+ years' experience teaching early literacy or phonics

Strong knowledge of systematic synthetic phonics and structured literacy principles

Excellent spoken and written English

Job description

Workspace

• Online (remote)
• Student's home
• Tutor's home (where approved)
• Schools (where contracted)
• Community venues (where applicable)

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
• Competitive hourly rates
• Online and face-to-face opportunities
• Collaborative educational team
• Opportunity to build lifelong reading success for young learners

About the Company

Simone's Tutoring is a premium home-based educational support company providing tutoring, learning support, early intervention, special educational needs support, therapy partnerships, coaching, and holistic wellbeing services across Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman and Al Ain. We deliver personalised, child-centred services in students' homes, online, and in schools while collaborating with qualified professionals from multiple disciplines.

Compensation

• Earn 60% commission on all checked-in, completed, and fully paid student lessons and packages.
• Commission is calculated after the student's payment has been received by Simone's Tutoring.
• Payments are processed monthly.
• Tutors are engaged as independent contractors and manage their own tax and visa obligations.
• Additional earnings may be available through workshops, holiday programmes, group classes, and corporate training opportunities.

Compensation

• Earn 60% commission on all checked-in, completed, and fully paid student lessons and packages.
• Commission is calculated after the student's payment has been received by Simone's Tutoring.
• Payments are processed monthly.
• Tutors are engaged as independent contractors and manage their own tax and visa obligations.
• Additional earnings may be available through workshops, holiday programmes, group classes, and corporate training opportunities.