Annual Salary: 20,475 per annum
Location: Work from home (must be based in the UK)
Hours: 37.5 hours per week.
Hiring Managers: Helen Sushams, Zara McNulty
Recruiter: Michael Jordan
You’ll be joining a team of more than fifty passionate teachers working to edit Twinkl’s online content for teachers across the UK. The majority of your time will be spent working with Content Writers and engaging with product priorities to facilitate the highest possible quality of teacher content for our customers in Northern Ireland. Your weekly activity could include:
- checking a broad range of new resources for spelling, punctuation, grammar, curriculum relevance and factual accuracy;
- sensitively offering feedback, advice and support to our writers where needed;
- running workshops with small groups of writers in your team;
- demonstrating excellent communication skills with the writers, designers and illustrators that you collaborate with;
- curating existing content on site to ensure that it is up to date and meets customers' needs.
In this role, you will learn:
- how to check content and provide feedback for our writers;
- 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 create new products, from ideation stage to publication.
You’ll be working with:
- Zara McNulty (Country Manager - Northern Ireland) - Zara has been working within the Twinkl NI team for almost 4 years and really enjoys being a part of the Twinkl family. She is also a Primary School teacher and has been working across all Key Stages for 8 years in Northern Ireland. She loves to read and enjoys baking too.
- Sam Turton (Editor Production Manager and Teacher Manager) - Sam’s been managing our Editor teams for close to 2 years! She loves walking in the Peak District, England, with friends and her two lovely dogs;
- Your own direct Line Manager who will be confirmed if you are successful.
- Our amazing in-house design and illustration teams. Collaborating daily to produce the beautiful, polished resources that Twinkl are known for.
Requirements
To succeed in the role, you will:
- be a fantastic communicator who thrives when working in a close-knit team;
- have detailed and up-to-date knowledge of the Revised Northern Ireland Curriculum;
- be prepared to confidently work between different IT platforms, including Microsoft Word and PowerPoint;
- understand the teaching community in Northern Ireland, knowing their unique pressures and current educational trends;
- have a drive for continuous professional development;
- need a reliable computer or laptop with a fast broadband speed - you will be responsible for maintenance/repairs etc.
We’re especially interested in anyone who also meets one, or a combination of, the following:
- Essential Qualifications: Completed primary qualified teacher status: PGCE, B.Ed or equivalent;
- Experience: 2 years of teaching experience.
- Personal: Are you a marathon runner? Can you paint? Do you have another interesting hobby? Great! Please include this in your covering letter so we can find out more about how this experience would help you in your new role.
Benefits
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.
- Flexible working with opportunities to work from home.
- Diversity, inclusion and belonging - our Employee Network Program includes working groups for LGBTQ+, Black and Minority Ethnic, Disabilities (visible and invisible), Women in Tech and Working Parents.
- 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.
- Plus, Westfield Health, 29 annual leave days per year (inc bank holidays), company sick pay amp; life insurance (after 2+ years service).