Scotland CfE ASN Content Writer and Editor (Teachers)

Scotland CfE ASN Content Writer and Editor

Location: Remote, working from home

Annual Salary: £23,000

Contract: 12-month fixed term contract with a view to extend

Line Manager: Katie Scott

Recruiter: Chelsea Sharman

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Closing Date: 27th March 2024

At Twinkl Scotland, we pride ourselves on creating quality content for all ages and stages of Scottish education. From ELC, through Primary and now into Secondary, we aim to provide content that engages learners and supports Scottish educators in getting it right for every child. We are always looking for opportunities to further support our users and supporting those who work with learners with Additional Support Needs is very important to us. Therefore, we are delighted to be expanding our team to allow us to focus further on developing resources to support ASN throughout the primary curriculum.

As a Content Writer and Editor for Scotland, you will be involved in planning, organising, creating and editing resources and other content for the site. You will need to have a strong, current working knowledge of the Curriculum for Excellence as well as experience of working within a primary setting in Scotland. We are particularly looking for a candidate who has experience of working with learners with Additional Support Needs within Scotland and who’s passionate about supporting those who teach in this area. You need to have an understanding of neurodiversity and have ideas about how we can support neurodivergent learners and the staff who support them. The ideal candidate will have inclusion at the heart of their teaching approach as well as an awareness of curricular adaptations and alternative learning pathways. It would also be beneficial if candidates have a knowledge of Total Communication approaches, Nurturing Principles, Emotional Literacy and Sensory Integration. You will use your knowledge to develop and edit resources with your content being made into a finished product for Twinkl by our highly skilled design team.

This role does not require you to work from the Twinkl office and meetings can be conducted via GoogleMeet/Hangouts when required. This is a remote, flexible position. Working hours can be agreed between you and your line manager to fit around your current commitments, but you should have availability for team meetings during office hours.

Ongoing projects/how you’ll spend your day:

• Ideate, develop, create and edit innovative ASN resources that support adult understanding and provide inspiration for learning experiences throughout Pre-Early, Early, First and Second Level.
• Work and communicate with other team members in an agile working team to achieve sprint goals.

Disclaimer: Potential Closing of Job Application Before Advertised Deadline

Please be advised that in the event of an exceptionally high volume of applications, the job advertised may become unavailable before the originally stated closing date. While we strive to adhere to the published timeline for accepting applications, circumstances beyond our control, such as overwhelming response rates, may cause an earlier closure of the application process.

We encourage all interested candidates to submit their applications at their earliest convenience to ensure consideration.

Requirements

To succeed in the role, you will:

• Have completed primary qualified teacher status: PGCE, B.Ed, EYTS or equivalent;
• Have two years of full classroom setting teaching experience (after QTS is complete) in Scotland.
• Produce and edit original content that is accurate, engaging and research-driven, according to a monthly target.
• Keep up to date with Scottish initiatives, guidelines and updates within ASN.
• Work as part of a team to identify content opportunities to further grow the product.

In this role, you will learn:

• How to create diverse, inclusive, engaging and varied resources for learners and teachers from the ideation stage to publication.
• How to work as part of an agile team that is developing new resources to bring to market.

You’ll work with:

• Scotland’s Country Manager
• ASN Segment Manager
• Product Owner
• Other Content Writers & Editors
• Designers
• Illustrators
• Digital Copywriters

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

• Extensive knowledge of Scottish Curriculum, particularly candidates with experience in working within Additional Support Needs.
• At least three years ASN teaching experience.
• An understanding of neurodiversity and how we can support neurodivergent learners.
• Has inclusion at the heart of teaching practice and an awareness of curricular adaptations and alternative learning pathways.
• Knowledge of Total Communication approaches, Nurturing Principles, Emotional Literacy and Sensory Integration.
• A passion for helping other teachers build their knowledge and confidence in the area of ASN.
• The ability to create resources that demonstrate a high standard of spelling, punctuation, grammar, curriculum relevance and factual accuracy.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Creativity and initiative.
• The ability to operate fluently between a range of different IT platforms.
• Essential for remote working - you will need access to a fast and reliable internet connection of at least 6mb download and 1mb upload. We recommend you use speedtest.net to check.

If you require reasonable adjustments 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.

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.