Remote Content Writer

Summary

The job is a Content Writer role at Twinkl in Northern Ireland, offering a salary of £23,000 for a 12-month contract with the possibility of extension. The candidate will create resources for the 'transfer test' (SEAG entrance assessment) and collaborate with other teams. Remote work is allowed with good daytime availability for meetings and ongoing professional development.

Requirements

• Completed primary qualified teacher status: PGCE, B.Ed or equivalent
• 2 years of full classroom teaching experience after teacher training is complete
• Confident practitioner in the delivery of the KS2 Curriculum
• Fantastic communicator who thrives when working in a close-knit team
• Detailed and up-to-date knowledge of the Northern Ireland Curriculum
• Prepared to confidently work between different IT platforms, including Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and G Suite
• Understand the teaching community in Northern Ireland, knowing their unique pressures and current educational trends
• Drive for continuous professional development

Responsibilities

• Creating new resources to support teaching and learning for Northern Ireland’s ‘transfer test’ (SEAG entrance assessment)
• Responding to editorial feedback and working alongside colleagues to elevate a resource to an excellent standard
• Sharing KS2 subject knowledge with the team about how to write a variety of resources which engage learners and appeal to teachers (specifically, practice papers and revision materials.)
• Using your own knowledge of Northern Ireland’s ‘transfer test’ 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

Benefits

• Learn how to ideate and create diverse, inclusive, engaging and varied resources for children and teachers
• Learn how to work in a team, allowing you to solve problems and change tasks quickly to meet deadlines
• Learn how to collaborate with educational professionals based across the UK through our company focus groups and customer feedback requests
• Learn how to apply your teaching experience to create new products, from ideation stage to publication
• Work with your own direct Line Manager - Susan Ferguson
• Work with our team of qualified teachers who currently write, edit and produce content for the Northern Ireland Team
• Work with our amazing in-house design and illustration teams, collaborating daily to produce the beautiful, polished resources that Twinkl are known for