Content Writer – Primary Spanish Teacher (Mexico)

Job Introduction

Location: Mexico - 100% Remote / Home Working (Must permanently live in Mexico & have the right to work without restrictions to apply for this role)

Pay Rate: $6 USD per hour

Contract: 6-month initial contract (Highly likely to be extended, but no guarantees) - Self-employed contractor. Responsible for own taxes.

Hours of work: 37.5hours per week

Hiring Manager: Delia Rodriguez

Recruiter: Hope Parkin

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 editable 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 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:

Here at Twinkl, we are currently looking for a content writer/editor for our brand new product “Mexican New Curriculum''. We are looking for creative, innovative, cooperative content writers/editors to join our team and collaborate with making content according to the New Curriculum 2022 from the New Mexican School - NEM”.

You will be helping to create resources  specifically designed for first to sixth grade of the primary level in all the areas for the four formative fields (campos formativos)  which will be part of the new Mexican Program. As a team we are looking to add new creative ideas and engaging resources to Primary level.

In your role as a writer/editor, you will focus on quality when writing content and  help ensure that the content of our resources the writers have written is accurate and well written, helping us to deliver high-quality materials to Mexican students and teachers.

As part of the  Mexican, you will communicate with all the members of the team and other team members from LATAM and attend weekly meetings to stay updated on the progress of our work. 

How you’ll spend your day:

• Creating resources and lesson plans for the primary level following the product scheme, reviewing and editing content that our Writers have created to ensure it is accurate, well written, suitable for the target year group and providing the correct level of challenge and support.
• Meeting, working and communicating with other team members in a scrum team to achieve sprint goals. 
• In this role, you will learn:
• Create and adapt materials for the new Mexican curriculum in Spanish.
• Work collaboratively with other Content Writers and designers to produce educational materials.
• How to create new teacher content for our Mexican 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.

You’ll work with:

• Delia Rodriguez (Mexico - Country Manager) – Delia Rodriguez has been a teacher for 25 years in different levels of the Mexican basic education and she is in charge of the production of good quality material and promotion of the website page in Mexico.
• Other teachers and  team members – the team consists of Content Writers/ Editors and designers, working all together to create material and innovate in Mexican education.

To succeed in the role, you will:

• To be a Spanish teacher in a private or official school.
• To have an excellent understanding of the New Mexican Curriculum (NEM).
• To have a degree in Primary Mexican Education  (no pedagogy).
• To have at least 4 years classroom experience teaching Spanish in  primary levels.
• To have an excellent understanding of the New Program 2022.
• To have fluent and exceptional Spanish language skills.
• To have excellent spelling, punctuation and grammar skills in Spanish.
• To be creative and proactive. 
• To be accurate and able to understand and communicate in English.

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

• Qualifications: Bachelor of Education,  Degree of “Lic. en Educación Primaria or Normalista” (or equivalent)
• Experience: Minimum of 4 years’ classroom experience, currently teaching Spanish in all the grades of the primary level. 
• Experience teaching with the past Mexican curriculums in Spanish.