Teacher Content Writer - Early Years - Northern Ireland
Twinkl, United Kingdom

Location: Work from home

Annual Salary: 20,475 pro-rata

Contract: 6 month fixed term, 15 hours per week

Hiring Managers: Helen Sushams amp; Zara McNulty

You’ll be joining a team of passionate professionals working flexibly to write content for Twinkl’s thriving Northern Ireland product. This excellent team creates and updates a wide range of resources for use in primary schools. This includes PowerPoints, display materials, activity sheets, assessments, planning and intervention packs. For this role, the majority of your time will be spent creating content for the Early Years and Foundation Stage education. This is intended to support those working in pre-schools, nurseries, primary schools and also parents and childminders who work with and care for children aged 0 to 6 years old.

Your weekly activity could include:

• meeting with other Twinkl writers to discuss new ideas;
• writing content for the Northern Irish market;
• developing new product ideas with the Northern Ireland Country Manager.

In this role, you will learn:

• how to create new teacher content for our Irish team, from ideation stage to publication on the site;
• remote collaboration, working closely with writers across the country;
• how to develop greater commercial awareness so we can understand the needs of those we want to help.

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.

• Kelly McClean (NI Team Content Writer) - Kelly joined Twinkl five years ago, as a content writer for Northern Ireland. She has fifteen years of teaching experience, having taught in classes ranging from Primary 1 to Primary 7. Kelly loves reading and recently completed a Masters in Children's Literature, which she has always had a particular interest in. Kelly also enjoys baking and walking in the countryside (she is lucky enough to live near the Mournes).

Requirements

To succeed in the role, you will:

• be a fantastic communicator who thrives when working in a close-knit team of writers;
• be focused on collaboration, using feedback to make our resources the best they can be;
• have detailed knowledge of the Pre-School and Early Years Curriculum ;
• have an excellent understanding of the needs of pre-school teachers, primary school teachers and support staff delivering learning within the classroom or at home.

We’re are especially interested in anyone who also meets one, or a combination of the following:

• Qualifications: PGCE, BEd or equivalent;
• Experience: Minimum of 5 years’ classroom experience, currently teaching or classroom teaching within the last 12 months;
• Personal: Do you run marathons? Are you a great baker? Great! Please include this in your covering letter so we can find out more about you.

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).

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