Internships

Full-time or part-time | Budapest-based

An internship at REAL School Budapest is unlike your typical education internship—because we are unlike your typical school. At REAL (Relevant, Entrepreneurial, Art-filled Learning) School, we take a different approach. Instead of conventional lessons, rigid curricula, and fixed grade levels, we foster mixed-age learning communities where education is primarily project-based. We’d love for you to already be familiar with this approach! Our educators co-design meaningful projects with learners, working closely with our partners to create hands-on, locality-based, and community-engaged learning experiences that inspire curiosity and creativity.

REAL School is an entrepreneurial school. We are looking for self-starters, self-led, self-determined people, passionate individuals who are creative, collaborative, and communicate well in English as well as in some of the languages our own learners speak. We are a fast-paced, innovative and agile environment - a TEAL organisation, where the only constant is change. Our interns need to be able to ask for help and seek out and accept feedback, and act on it.

Our interns are team players, people who can spot where they need to step in or step up without needing too much hand-holding. 

The aim is that by being thrown into the pool at the deep end, you start swimming fast, and learn lots of skills, while gaining a new understanding of how real-life schooling can better serve learning.

Internships at REAL School last 3-6 months, September-June. Internships are self-funded; you will need to secure your own funding through a third party. Internship at REAL School is not a holiday; it’s hard work. It’s also an opportunity to grow personally and professionally, and to feel that you are already making a dent in the universe.

To apply, please submit a complete application by uploading your CV; answer the questions, and share an unlisted Youtube or Vimeo link of an introduction where you talk about your passion - what inspires you, drives you, gets you out of bed in the morning, or stays on your mind until your last thought at night.

All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply. REAL School Budapest is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post by following our safer recruitment practice, including references from previous employers. An International Child Protection Certificate or equivalent will be required for all countries lived in prior to taking up the role. All employment positions are subject to compliance with Hungarian employment law requirements.

We champion a culture of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Justice, and Belonging (DEIJB) for all our team and students. REAL School is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applications from all qualified candidates regardless of race, gender, nationality, religion, disability, or sexual orientation, fostering an environment where every member of our community can thrive.

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