Content Writer / Editor - Computing

Content Writer and Editor - Computing

Location: Remote (must be based in the UK)

Annual Salary: £23,000 per annum

Contract: 12 months fixed contract and full-time

Line Manager: Kelly Garton

Recruiter: Claire Bonnett

Closing Date: 28/3/24

Start Date: 3/6/24

You’ll be joining a team of passionate teachers working to create and edit Twinkl’s online Computing content for teachers across the UK. The majority of your time will be spent working with other Content Writers, Editors, Designers and Illustrators; engaging with product priorities to facilitate the highest possible quality of teacher content for our customers. Your weekly activities could include:

• Creating new resources to support teaching and learning across the curriculum.

• Sensitively responding to and giving editorial feedback around grammar and punctuation, curriculum relevance and factual accuracy, as well as working alongside colleagues to elevate a resource to an excellent standard.
• Using their own knowledge of Computing to support the team with their resource content.
• Producing resources which respond to customer needs and current teaching methodologies.
• Meeting with other members of the team to discuss and develop new ideas.
• Demonstrating excellent communication skills with the writers, editors, designers and illustrators that you collaborate with;
• Curating existing content on site to ensure that it is up to date and meets customers' needs

Our ideal candidate will be passionate about giving back to the education community and keen to share their Computing expertise with others in their team. This position can take place at Sheffield HQ or it can be a work-from-home, flexible position. The role requires work from 10-2 Monday-Friday, but remaining hours can be agreed between you, your line manager and your Product team to fit around your current commitments and business needs. For the first 2 weeks, you will be able to commit to 7.5 working hours between 8am and 5pm to enable you to receive training and be supported in your new role.

To succeed in the role, you will:

• have completed primary qualified teacher status: PGCE, B.Ed or equivalent;
• have 2 years of full classroom teaching experience after QTS is complete;
• be a confident practitioner in the delivery of the Key Stage 1 and/or Key Stage 2 Computing curriculum;
• be a fantastic communicator who thrives when working in a close-knit team;
• have detailed and up-to-date knowledge of the National Curriculum in England;
• be prepared to confidently work between different computing software and programs, including Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and G Suite;
• understand the teaching community in England, knowing their unique pressures and current educational trends;
• have a drive for continuous professional development.

In this role, you will learn:

• how to ideate and create diverse, inclusive, engaging and varied resources for children and teachers right through to publication;
• how to check content and provide feedback for other writers and designers;
• how to work in ‘agile’ teams, allowing you to solve problems and change tasks quickly to meet deadlines;
• how to collaborate with educational professionals based across the UK through our company focus groups and customer feedback requests;
• how to apply your teaching experience to create new products, from ideation stage to publication.
• how to use Project Tracking software as well as other in-house systems.

You’ll work with:

• Victoria Asker (Computing Product Owner)
• Kelly Garton (Computing Team Leader)
• Our team of qualified teachers who currently write, edit and produce content for the Computing Team
• Our amazing in-house design and illustration teams, collaborating daily to produce the beautiful, polished resources that Twinkl are known for.

Please submit a cover letter to help us better understand why you are interested in this position and how your skills and experience will make you successful in this specific role.

In return for everything you can bring, we can offer you an exciting, challenging role in a fast-growing and dynamic business, with plenty of career opportunities. We are looking for someone who is open to change and is passionate about teaching and learning in English primary schools.

Twinkl is proud to be an Equal Opportunities Employer. We celebrate diversity within all of our teams and are committed to continuing to build an inclusive workplace for all

If you require a reasonable adjustment to the application/selection process to enable you to demonstrate your ability to perform the job requirements please include this at the foot of your covering letter. This will help us to understand any modifications we may need to make to support you throughout our selection process.

Requirements

We're interested in anyone who meets one, or a combination of the following:

• Has taught Computing across Key Stage 1 and/or Key Stage 2.
• Has detailed knowledge of the content of the Computing 2014 National Curriculum.
• Has led Computing as a subject leader or co-ordinator.
• Access to a fast and reliable internet connection of at least 6mb down and 1mb upload. We recommend you use speedtest.net to check.
• You will be responsible for supplying and maintaining your own IT equipment if working remotely.

Benefits

In return for everything you can bring, we can offer you an exciting role in a fast-growing and dynamic business, with plenty of career opportunities.

Here are a couple of the things that make Twinkl a great place to be:

• A friendly, welcoming and supportive culture. We believe work should be fun and always put people before the process
• Diversity, inclusion and belonging - our Employee Network Program includes working groups for LGBTQ+, People of Colour, Disabilities (visible and invisible), Women in Tech and Working Parents.
• From day 1 - Westfield Health, 29 annual leave days per year plus up to four additional days that may be awarded each year by the company, flexible working policy with opportunities to work from home and Twinkl subscription
• After probation - company sick pay and cycle to work scheme
• Long term service reward - Life insurance, enhanced pension contribution, enhanced maternity pay, enhanced adoption pay and enhanced paternity pay.