[Hiring] Content Editor – Phonics/EYFS (UK teacher) @Twinkl

Location: Option to work remotely from home (must be based in the UK) or in our Sheffield office

Annual Salary: £23,000 per annum

Contract: 12 months with the possibility of extension

Hours: 37.5 hours per week. Flexible working around the core hours of 10:00 am-2:00 pm Monday-Friday

Line Manager: Sophie Clark

Recruiter: Hope Parkin

Are you a teacher with a passion for phonics and the early years? Would you like to join our enthusiastic, innovative and supportive teams? 

If the answer to these questions is yes, we want to hear from you! 

In this role, you will join our Phonics and EYFS teams to create engaging resources, supporting children from nursery to key stage 2. You will work alongside other Content Editors, as well as Content Writers, Designers and Illustrators, to meet our product priorities and facilitate the highest possible quality of teacher content for our customers.

Your weekly activities could include:

• checking a broad range of new resources for spelling, punctuation, grammar, curriculum relevance and accuracy;
• sensitively offering feedback, advice and support to our writers where needed;
• attending and running workshops with other members of your team;
• demonstrating excellent communication skills with the writers, designers and illustrators that you collaborate with;
• reviewing existing content on site to ensure that it is up to date and meets customers’ needs;
• ideating with team members to enhance existing resources or to create new resources;
• supporting customers with questions and queries.

Our ideal candidate will be passionate about giving back to the education community and keen to share their phonics and early years be a confident practitioner using the revised EYFS 2021 Framework to plan, assess and deliver to whole classes/cohorts; expertise with others in their team. This position can take place at Sheffield HQ or it can be a work-from-home, flexible position. The role requires work from 10am-2pm Monday-Friday and remaining hours can be agreed between you, your line manager and your Product team to fit around your current commitments and business needs. For the first 2 weeks, you will be able to commit to 7.5 working hours between 8am and 5pm to enable you to receive training and be supported in your new role.

Requirements

To succeed in the role, you will:

• have completed primary qualified teacher status: PGCE, B.Ed or equivalent;
• have 2 years of full classroom teaching experience after QTS is complete;
• be a confident practitioner in the delivery of phonics;
• be a confident practitioner with a knowledge of the revised EYFS 2021 Framework;
• be a fantastic communicator who thrives when working in a close-knit team;
• have detailed and up-to-date knowledge of the National Curriculum in England;
• be prepared to confidently work between different IT platforms, including Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and G Suite;
• understand the teaching community in England, knowing their unique pressures and current educational trends;
• have a drive for continuous professional development.

In this role, you will learn:

• how to check content and provide feedback for our writers;
• how to work in ‘agile’ teams, allowing you to solve problems and change tasks quickly to meet deadlines;
• how to collaborate with educational professionals based across the UK through our company focus groups and customer feedback requests;
• how to create new products, from ideation stage to publication;
• how to use Project Tracking software as well as other in-house systems. 

You’ll work with:

• Simon Lambert, Becki Porter and Sarah Fullwood (Phonics Product Owners)
• Liz Wragg and Susie Seaton ( EYFS Product Owners)
• Sophie Clark (Phonics Team Leader)
• Our team of qualified teachers who currently write, edit and produce content for the Phonics and EYFS teams
• Our amazing, in-house design and illustration teams, collaborating daily to produce the beautiful, polished resources that Twinkl are known for.

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

• Has confidently taught phonics across EYFS/KS1 and possibly KS2.
• Has detailed knowledge of the requirements of a systematic synthetic phonics programme and content of the English 2014 National Curriculum.
• Has a good knowledge of the content of the 2021 EYFS Framework. 
• Has been a phonics or EYFS subject leader or co-ordinator.

If opting to work remotely, 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.

Your application:

To apply, please submit an up-to-date CV and a tailored cover letter addressing why you are interested in this position and how your skills and your experience will help you to be successful in this specific role (please include details of your experience teaching phonics).

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
• 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.
• From day 1 – Westfield Health, 29 annual leave days per year plus up to four additional days that may be awarded each year by the company, flexible working policy with opportunities to work from home and Twinkl subscriptions.
• After probation – company sick pay and cycle to work scheme
• Long term service reward after 2+ years of service – Life insurance, enhanced pension contribution, enhanced maternity pay, enhanced adoption pay and enhanced paternity pay.