Content Writer - Classic English (Primary Teacher)
Twinkl, United Kingdom

Content Writer - Classic English

Location: UK Remote
Annual Salary: 10.50 per hour
Hours: 15 hours per week
Contract: Initially 6 months (with a view to extend)
Recruiter:Helen Brooks and Hope Parkin

As a Content Writer for our Classic English team, you’ll be joining a team of passionate professionals working flexibly to write content for Twinkl’s thriving English product. This excellent team creates and updates a wide range of creative and innovative resources to support English teaching in primary schools. This includes planning and assessment materials, intervention packs, activity sheets, PowerPoints and display materials.

The successful candidate will have a strong, current working knowledge of the English National Curriculum and would ideally be working as a teacher in an English primary school. You will use your knowledge and experience to develop resources and your content will be turned into a finished product for Twinkl by our highly skilled design team.

The hours can be worked on whatever days of the week suit you best. You will need to have some daytime availability during the working week to enable online meetings with the Classic English team. This role is suitable for those working part-time in the classroom.

If you’re passionate about helping those who teach, we’d love to hear from you!

Your weekly activity could include:

• Creating new resources to support teaching and learning of English, including Reading, Writing and SPaG.
• Creating innovative materials to accompany popular themes and events.
• Producing resources which respond to customer needs and educational developments.
• Meeting with other members of the team to discuss and develop new ideas.

The role of Content Writer is varied and exciting. You will be working on different resources depending on the needs of our customers and this can change quickly. As part of the product development team, you will have close contact with other writers, and our team of Editors, Designers and Illustrators will bring your creations to life before they then appear on the website.

Requirements

To succeed in the role, you will:

• Have at least 5 years’ current experience of teaching as a qualified classroom teacher.
• Have a sound, current, working knowledge of the English National Curriculum.
• Bring fresh ideas and a good insight into what teachers want and need, and how to execute this.
• Have excellent spelling, punctuation and grammar skills.
• Be passionate about the teaching and learning of English in primary schools.

In this role, you will learn:

• How to work as part of an Agile Scrum team.
• How to use your teaching experiences to create Twinkl approved resources for educators across the world.

We're interested in anyone who meets the following:

• Holds a relevant teaching qualification: PGCE, BEd or similar, and relevant, recent teaching experience.
• Is organised, able to work to deadlines, and manages time effectively.
• Is able to communicate with colleagues and our external partners effectively, both written and verbally.
• Has a hard work ethic, is passionate, driven and loves what they do.
• Is honest, trustworthy and reliable.
• Produces quality work and is ready to learn new skills.
• Is good fun to be with and has the ability to communicate well with others.

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!

If you require a reasonable adjustment 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.
• 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

Job Rewards and Benefits