Educational Arabic Content Writer/Editor (EY/Primary)- (Qualified Teachers Only)

Location: Any location in Qatar (must permanently live & have permission to work in Qatar without restrictions) 100% remote work-from-home position. Qatar residents only.

Contract: 12-month contract with an extension likely. Self-employed contractor responsible for own taxes. No benefits.

Pay Rate: $14 USD per hour (Paid via PayPal)

Hours of work: 20 hours per week

Hiring Manager: Taha Ahmed

Recruiter: Sarah Jane Dalzell

First things first! What is Twinkl? What is Twinkl’s mission?

Twinkl is here to “help those who teach.” It's what brings us to work every day. We're proud to create educational resources that can be used at each step of a child's learning journey.

Our award-winning resource collection - created by teachers for teachers - provides unlimited supplementary digital and printable teaching resources at an unbeatable value.

We have over a million resources, and new content is added every day. Don’t see what you need? Just ask! We make bespoke resources for our members as part of our world-class customer service promise to help those who teach.

We support educators and children to get the best resources, tools and training to improve the education in Qatar and around the globe.

The Role:

Qatar is a rapidly growing market for Twinkl. You will have the creative freedom to shape the content we offer to our customers. Our ideal candidate will be going further than writing & editing content by suggesting new product ideas, identifying needs in the Qatar teaching community, sharing their experiences and expertise with others. It is an exciting time for this market. The successful candidate will be vital in ensuring that these ambitious plans for Qatar become a reality. This is a work-from-home, flexible position, and hours can be agreed between you and your line manager to fit around your current commitments.

You’ll be part of a team of passionate teaching professionals working flexibly to write & edit content for Twinkl’s emerging Qatar product. This team creates a wide range of resources for use in Qatar. This will include PowerPoints, display materials, activity sheets, assessments and planning. For this role, the majority of your time will be spent writing & editing content for all ages in Qatar.

You will be helping to create wonderful resources specifically designed for Kindergarten and primary level in various subjects.

Your weekly activities could include:

• Meeting with other Twinkl team members or the Country Manager to discuss new ideas;
• Writing content for the Qatar market;
• Editing content for the Qatar market
• Developing new product ideas with the Qatar Country Manager.

In this role, you will:

• You will be involved in planning, organising, creating and translating resources and other content for the site. A large part of this role will be creating Twinkl resources, writing category descriptions, blogs and more for our Qatar customers.
• Create and adapt materials for the Qatar Primary school curriculum and early years.
• Work collaboratively with other Content Writers and designers to produce educational materials.
• Create new teacher content for our Twinkl Qatar team, from ideation stage to publication on the site.
• Remote collaboration, working closely with team members across the globe. (In English)
• Develop greater commercial awareness so we can understand the needs of those we want to help.

You’ll work with:

• Twinkl Qatar team – the team consists of Content Writers/ Editors and designers, all working together to create material and innovate together.

Requirements

To succeed in the role, you will:

• Have an excellent understanding of the Qatar National Curriculum (Primary and early years).
• Have a relevant teaching qualification.
• Have at least 4 years recent classroom experience (in the last 5 years) teaching primary levels in a Public School in Qatar.
• Have a passion for teaching in a public school environment in Qatar.
• Have native Arabic language skills. (Both written and spoken)
• Have excellent spelling, punctuation and grammar skills in Arabic.
• Have excellent English language skills (Must be able to communicate both written and spoken)
• Creative and proactive ideators, writers and editors.

We’re are especially interested in anyone who also meets the following:

• Previous experience as a writer & editor (either personally or professionally)
• Be willing to do webinars on the topics of the created resources.

Please note: We are not looking for candidates who have not used the Qatar national curriculum working in public schools in the last 5 years. (We are also not looking for English teachers or tutors) But do keep an eye on our careers page on our Twinkl website for other opportunities that may arise in the future!

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 some of the things that make Twinkl a great place to work:

• A friendly, welcoming, and supportive culture. We believe work should be fun, and we always put people before the process.
• Flexible work-from-home positions.
• Continuous Professional Development (CPD). Our ever-evolving program includes monthly progression reviews, Twinkl’s Management Scheme, commercial awareness training, leadership coaching quads, career chats, and mentoring.
• Collaboration across continents! You’ll plug into a global team working to help improve the lives of educators around the world.