Educational Content Writer & Editor - Chile / Redactor/a y Editor/a de Contenidos Educativos - Chile (English Speaking - Essential Requirement)

Job Introduction

Location: Chile, remote

Pay rate: $9 USD por hora

Contract: 17-20 hours per week, initially 6 months

First things first! What is Twinkl? What is Twinkl’s mission?

Twinkl is here to “help those who teach.” It's what brings us to work every day. We're proud to create educational resources that can be used at each step of a child's learning journey.

Our award-winning resource collection - created by teachers for teachers - provides unlimited supplementary digital and printable teaching resources at an unbeatable value.

We have over a million resources, and new content is added every day. Don’t see what you need? Just ask! We make bespoke resources for our members as part of our world-class customer service promise to help those who teach.

We support educators and children across Chile and around the world, and we’re committed to transforming lives through education.

Whoever you are, whatever you teach, Twinkl is here for you!

The Role:

You’ll have the opportunity to join the production team of passionate professionals working flexibly to write and edit content for Twinkl’s Chile market. This team will create a wide range of resources for use in children from preschool to 6th grade of basic education. This will include PowerPoints, display materials, activity sheets, assessments and lesson plans. For this role, the majority of your time will be spent creating content for all ages between 4 and 16 years old. 

How you will spend your week:

• Meet with other Twinkl writers or your Chilean Production Team Leader to discuss new ideas;

• Editing and write content for the Chilean market, the first 6 months will be heavily focused on editing and writing lesson plans and assessments;

• Develop new product ideas with the Chilean Production Team Leaders

As Chile is a rapidly growing market for Twinkl, we are looking for teachers with in-depth knowledge of assessments and lesson plans. Our ideal candidate will go further than writing content by suggesting new product ideas, identifying needs in the Chilean teaching community, and sharing their experiences and expertise with others. It is an exciting time for this market.

The successful candidate will be vital in ensuring that these ambitious plans for Chile become a reality. This is a flexible position where you can work from home, and the working hours can be agreed between you and your line manager to suit your current commitments. 

To succeed in the role, you will:

• Apply Twinkl’s editorial guidelines consistently when creating and editing content, ensuring all resources meet Twinkl’s quality, accuracy, and editorial standards.

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

• Be focused on collaboration, using feedback to make our resources the best they can be;

• Have detailed knowledge of the Bases Curriculares de Educación Parvularia and the Curriculum Mineduc from 1°básico to II Medio

• Have experience in developing assessments and lesson plans from scratch;

• Have an excellent understanding of the needs of teachers in Educación Parvularia and Educación Básica and support staff delivering learning within the classroom or at home.

• Strong editing skills are essential.

• Experience in editorial review, content editing, or quality assurance of educational content is highly desirable.

• Apply Twinkl’s editorial guidelines consistently when creating and editing content, ensuring all resources meet Twinkl’s quality, accuracy, and editorial standards.

In this role, you will learn: 

• How to create new teacher content for our Chilean team, from ideation stage to publication on the site; 

• Remote collaboration, working closely with team members across this market;

• How to develop greater commercial awareness so we can understand the needs of those we want to help.

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

• Qualifications: Profesores de matemáticas, profesores de ciencias y profesores de lenguaje.

• Experience: Minimum of 2 years’ classroom experience, classroom teaching within the last 12 months, experience in editing or in an editorial.

• Editing: Any past experience with content editing is highly desirable, as we work through high-quality, assessment-related content.

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 cover letter. This will help us to understand any modifications we may need to make to support you throughout our selection process.

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 the process. 

• Flexible working with opportunities to work from home. 

• Diversity, inclusion and belonging - our Employee Network Program includes working groups for LGBTQ+, People of Colour, Disabilities (visible and invisible), Women in Tech and Working Parents. 

• Collaboration across continents! You’ll plug into a global team working to help improve the lives of educators around the world.