Location: Remote (must be based in the UK)
Annual Salary: 23,000 per annum
Contract: Permanent and full-time
Line Manager: Kelly Garton Recruiter: Chelsea Sharman
Deadline: 14th February 2024
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.
This is a full time job of 37.5 hours per week and 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 Monday - Friday to enable you to receive training and be supported in your new role.
Requirements
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.
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.
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 spe