Content Writer/Editor- UK primary teachers with language translation skills

Job Introduction

Location: UK remote (option to work in our Sheffield office)

Annual Salary: £23,000 starting salary

Hours of work: 37.5 hours per week

Contract: 12 months with a view to extend 

Line Manager: Richard Barnett 

Recruiter: Hope Parkin

Are you a teacher looking for an exciting new challenge?

We’re looking for a creative individual who has language skills and primary school teaching experience to join Twinkl’s growing teaching team in an exciting period of international growth. You’ll be joining a team of passionate teachers in the RRRI (Rapid Rapid Response International) team, working to create and edit new resources to support teaching and learning across the curriculum. The role will involve using insights from customer searches across the globe to identify opportunities for new resources to fill content gaps. The aim is to react quickly to insights across Twinkl to create content that meets our customers’ ever-changing needs.

This role involves working on resources on a wide range of subject areas, including resources in other languages and is focused on volume and response time so it will suit someone who likes variety, is passionate about business growth and enjoys working in a fast-paced environment. Every day you will work on creating quick resources to fill content gaps on the website. The resources will be produced for a variety of markets and your work has the potential to reach hundreds of thousands of teachers to help them to manage their time and improve their work-life balance.

Desirable Written Language Skills in any of the following language:

• Italian 

• German

• Spanish

• Portuguese

Ongoing projects/how you’ll spend your day:

• Create high quality, quick resources to fill content gaps on the website.

• Create simple translations from English to another language.

• Check a broad range of new resources for spelling, punctuation, grammar, curriculum relevance and factual accuracy.

• Collaborate with colleagues, and sensitively offer feedback, advice and support where needed, to help elevate resources to an excellent standard.

• Curate existing content on site to ensure that it is up to date and meets customers' needs. This involves administrative duties, such as adding keywords to existing resources to improve search results.

In this role, you will learn:

• how to write and check content and provide feedback for your team;

• how to create diverse, inclusive, engaging and varied resources for children and teachers, from the ideation stage to publication;

• how to collaborate with educational professionals through our company focus groups and customer feedback requests

• about different primary curriculums around the world.

You’ll work with:

• The RRR team who will be identifying content gaps that need new resources on the Twinkl website.

• The RRR Team Leaders who lead team meetings, support staff with ongoing CPD, complete data analysis and support with workflow.

• Our team of qualified teachers, who currently write, edit and produce content for the RRR International team.

• Our amazing design team - collaborating daily to produce the beautiful, polished resources that Twinkl are known for.

To succeed in the role, you will need:

• have completed primary qualified teacher status: PGCE, B.Ed or equivalent;

• Have writing skills in another language;

• have at least two years of full classroom teaching experience after QTS is complete;

• be a fantastic communicator who thrives when working in a close-knit team;

• Have detailed and up-to-date knowledge of how to pitch resources to all age groups in the Primary education setting; this experience could be gained in England or internationally

• be prepared to confidently work between different IT platforms, including Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and GSuite (Docs, Slides, Sheets, etc.);

• understand the teaching community, knowing their unique pressures and current educational trends;

• have a drive for continuous professional development.

We're interested in anyone who meets one, or a combination of the following: 

• Essential - Available to work office hours 7.5 hours per day Monday to Friday (between 7:00 am to 5:30 pm) so that you can collaborate with your team (flexibility will be provided for personal commitments, such as school drops/pick ups)

• Essential for remote working - You will need access to a fast and reliable internet connection of at least 6mb down and 1mb upload. We recommend you use speedtest.net to check.

• Has experience of teaching languages in multiple-year groups in both KS1 and KS2.

• Has experience of leading languages. 

Along with your up to date CV, 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 specific role.

Disclaimer: Potential Closing of Job Application Before Advertised Deadline

Please be advised that in the event of an exceptionally high volume of applications, the job advertised may become unavailable before the originally stated closing date. While we strive to adhere to the published timeline for accepting applications, circumstances beyond our control, such as overwhelming response rates, may cause an earlier closure of the application process.

We encourage all interested candidates to submit their applications at their earliest convenience to ensure consideration. Show less