Editorial summary

The company is seeking a Private Tutor to provide high-quality academic support and mentorship to the family’s children, complementing mainstream schooling or delivering homeschooling as needed. The role involves designing personalized lesson plans, delivering instruction, supporting entrance-exam preparation, and providing targeted enrichment. Ideal candidates will be an inspiring educator, discreet professional, and adaptable to the family’s schedule and international lifestyle, with relevant teaching qualifications and experience. Compensation is 10,000.

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Job description

[This job https://singapore.job-q.com/jobs/detail/private-tutor-family-office-43320 first appeared in Job-Q.com on 15 Nov 2026]

Role Overview

The Private Tutor will provide high-quality, individualized academic support and mentorship to the family’s children. The role may complement mainstream schooling, provide targeted enrichment, support entrance-exam preparation, or deliver a structured homeschooling programme where required.

The successful candidate will be an inspiring educator, calm role model, and discreet professional who can adapt to the family’s schedule, values, and international lifestyle.

Key Responsibilities

Academic instruction

• Design and deliver personalised lesson plans aligned with each child’s curriculum, ability, learning style, and goals.

• Provide tuition in [subjects, e.g., English, mathematics, sciences, languages, humanities] and support homework, revision, and study skills.

• Prepare children for school assessments, entrance examinations, interviews, and transitions between schools or education systems.

• Identify learning gaps early and implement appropriate interventions, extension work, and enrichment activities.

• Maintain records of progress, assessment results, and learning objectives; provide concise regular updates to parents or the family office.

Personal development

• Act as a positive academic and personal mentor, encouraging curiosity, resilience, independence, discipline, and confidence.
• Support the development of effective routines, time management, organisation, and healthy study habits.
• Encourage age-appropriate intellectual, cultural, sporting, and creative interests.
• Model respectful communication, emotional regulation, and strong personal conduct.

Family and travel support

• Provide educational continuity during family travel, school holidays, relocations, and periods when parents are travelling.
• Accompany the family on selected domestic and international trips, where required.
• Coordinate with schools, teachers, parents, nannies, household staff, and external specialists as appropriate.
• Assist with education-related logistics, such as schedules, materials, exam registrations, and school communications, within agreed boundaries.

Professional standards

• Maintain strict confidentiality regarding the family, children, household affairs, travel plans, and any personal information.

• Follow the family’s safeguarding, privacy, security, and household protocols.

• Communicate professionally and constructively with parents and family-office personnel.

• Respect professional boundaries while building a supportive, trusting relationship with the children.

Candidate Profile

Essential qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Education, a relevant academic subject, or a comparable field.

• Significant experience as a private tutor, teacher, governess/governess-tutor, or educator for children of comparable ages.

• Strong subject knowledge and ability to teach across multiple levels or adapt quickly to different curricula.

• Excellent written and spoken English; [additional language, if required].

• Clean background checks, verifiable references, and eligibility to work in [location].

Preferred experience

• Experience supporting UHNW, high-profile, internationally mobile, or family-office households.

• Familiarity with [British, American, IB, Singapore, or other] curricula and entrance examinations.

• Experience with homeschooling, gifted education, learning differences, or university admissions support.

• Ability to teach or support extracurricular interests such as music, sport, chess, coding, public speaking, or a second language.

• Comfortable travelling frequently and working flexibly across time zones.

Personal Attributes

• Warm, patient, energetic, and genuinely invested in children’s development.

• Highly organised, self-sufficient, proactive, and dependable.

• Emotionally intelligent and able to work tactfully within a multigenerational or multicultural household.

• Discreet, trustworthy, and comfortable with a high level of privacy.

• Adaptable to changing schedules, travel, and evolving educational needs.

Working Arrangements

• Typical schedule: [e.g., Monday–Friday, 2:00–8:00 pm during term time; full-day support during holidays and travel].

• Expected contact time: [e.g., 25–40 hours per week], plus lesson preparation.

• Annual leave: [e.g., 28 days plus public holidays], to be agreed around the school calendar.

• Travel: Domestic and international travel will be required; reasonable expenses and accommodation will be provided.

• Accommodation: [Live-out / separate live-in accommodation provided].

• Compensation: [Salary range or “competitive, commensurate with experience”], plus [benefits].

Safeguarding and Vetting

The family will require identity verification, qualification checks, employment-history verification, detailed references, and appropriate safeguarding/background checks for the relevant jurisdiction. Written terms should also cover confidentiality, working hours, travel, cancellation, expenses, notice, and communication expectations.

Application Requirements

Candidates should submit:

• A CV highlighting relevant teaching and private-household experience.

• A short cover note explaining their educational philosophy and approach to tutoring.

• Availability, location flexibility, salary expectations, and notice period.

• Contact details for at least two professional references.
  

  Interested Parties please WhatsApp/Call us at 8893 3424 (Jasmine), and email your latest resume in WORD format to . You may call my office number at 65698233 (Ext.839) for a private & confidential discussion. EA License No.: 96C4864 Reg No.: R22108682 Lee Yit Foong Jasmine

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