Content Writer/Editor Primary School Teacher

Design Support - Content Editor and Writer

Location: Twinkl HQ / Remote
Annual Salary: £23,000

Contract: 12 Months Fixed Term (with the possibility of leading to a permanent contract)

Hours: Full time (37.5 per week)

Line Manager: Ruth Robertson

Recruiter: Claire Bonnett

Closing Date: 14/3/24

Start Date: 6/5/24

With Twinkl resources being used across the world by over 2 million teachers, educators and carers around the world, it is incredibly important to us that our products are of the highest possible quality. The role of Design Support Content Writer and Editor has been created to ensure our content is not only accurate, but also constantly updated and improved to meet the needs of our customers.

Working as part of our Design Support team, you will be expected to react dynamically to trends in education and respond to the specific needs of our customers to ensure our resources are as relevant and useful as possible. This will involve proof-reading new and updated resources before they are made available to our customers, as well as writing new content and generating innovative ideas. The role will also involve some administerial duties to co-ordinate our Design Support process.

As the team is reactive in its output, the position involves very tight deadlines and requires a decisive candidate who can work efficiently.

Ultimately, this role is perfect for someone who loves writing and creating educational material for a wide-range of subjects and can confidently prioritise a workload in a high-paced environment. You will need a keen eye for detail and the knowledge and experience necessary to identify effective learning across all of the primary age range.

Ongoing projects/how you’ll spend your day:

• Working with customer feedback to improve our existing catalogue of educational materials
• Writing your own content
• Peer-checking the work of your writer and editor colleagues.
• Working with our graphic design team to bring your resource vision to life

The Design Support team is a friendly community of experienced teachers, writers, editors and graphic designers that have been working together to provide excellent resource-based customer-support since 2015.

Clear communication and efficient workflow are the cornerstones of our success and the role is perfect for a candidate that enjoys working collaboratively on projects, as well as having space to develop their own resource content ideas.

To succeed in the role, you will:

• possess strong IT skills and experience using the Microsoft Office Suite.
• confidently fact-check and proof-read to ensure content is accurate.
• have experience of managing a personal workload effectively to a tight deadline.
• have experience writing & delivering lessons across a range of subjects and topics.
• have QTS and at least 2 years of UK classroom experience

In this role, you will learn:

• how to effectively write resources productive content writing for different purposes, audiences and resource types
• how to constructively edit content at both the pre-design and pre-upload stage
• how to work with Graphic Designer and Illustrator staff to publish finished resources.

You’ll work with:

• Content Writers & Editors
• Graphic Designers
• Illustrators

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 a combination of the following:

• access to a fast and reliable internet connection of at least 6mb down and 1mb upload. We recommend you use speedtest.net to check.
• has had some experience with the UK DfE KS2 curriculum.
• has had some experience of leading a curriculum area.
• familiarity with G Suite.
• is good fun to be with and has the ability to communicate well with others
• is organised and able to multi-task and keep up with changing priorities.
• is able to communicate with colleagues and our external partners effectively, both in writing and verbally
• has a hard work ethic, is passionate, driven and loves what they do
• is honest, trustworthy and reliable
• produces quality work and is ready to learn new skills
• at least 2 years’ experience teaching in UK Primary Schools .
• at least a C grade in English and Maths at GCSE

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’s 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 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 (pro-rata) 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 subscriptions.
  
• 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.