Content Writer - USA 1st/2nd Grade
Twinkl, United States

Location: Remote work-from-home position

Annual Salary: $15.00 per hour

Contract: Self-employed contractor /15 hours per week. Sixth-month contract with extension possible.

Line Manager: Jude Schroeder Recruiter:Zoi Pisourika

Closing date for applications: 27th May 2021 Start Date: 12th July 2021

As a 1st/2nd Grade Content Writer creating standards-aligned educational resources for U.S. educators, you will create innovative, engaging new printable and digital teaching resources to address key curriculum objectives that meet the needs of those who teach across the United States. The content you write will be turned into professional Twinkl products by our highly skilled design and illustration team.

You will be part of an agile working team that communicates via email, messaging, and video meetings. To fulfill this role, you will need to provide your own technology and have reliable high-speed internet access.

It can be challenging to complete this role while working another full-time job; therefore, we suggest that only part-time workers apply for this role. You will need to complete 15 hours per week, every week.

Ongoing projects/how you’ll spend your day:

• Writing grade-aligned content for ELA, math, science, social studies, and other curriculum areas, as required.
• Researching educational resource trends for your designated grades to ideate new resources that will be instant hits with our millions of global members.

In this role, you will learn:

• Content planning.
• Content creation.
• Using Jira, our project tracking system.

Requirements

To succeed in the role, you will:

• Show a creative, innovative, and tech-driven approach to teaching and learning.
• Take pride in your excellent spelling, punctuation, and grammar skills.
• Demonstrate excellent time management, organization, and technology skills.

You’ll work with:

• Jude Schroeder - Country Manager
• Content Editors, Content Writers, Designers, Illustrators

We're interested in candidates who meet the following criteria:

• Certified U.S. elementary teacher (license must be in good standing)
• Experienced classroom teacher with a minimum of two years recent experience in a 1st or 2nd grade classroom setting.

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 reviews, Twinkl’s Management Scheme, commercial awareness training, leadership coaching quads, career chats and mentoring.
• Collaboration across continents! You’ll plug into a global team working to help improve the lives of educators around the world.

Job Rewards and Benefits