Content Writer / Editor - ESL Teacher (South Africa)

Content Writer and Editor - ESL

Location: Work from home

Pay Rate: US$ 6.50 per hour

Contract Length: Initially 6 months

Hiring Manager: Samantha Reeve

Recruiter: Claire Bonnett

Hours: 37.5 hours a week. (Flexible working available as long as you can attend some meetings during office hours)

You’ll be helping to build a new team of passionate professionals working flexibly to write and edit content for Twinkl’s ESL users. This will include PowerPoints, interactive games, worksheets, planners, classroom displays and more. For this role, your time will be spent creating content for all ages ( kindergarten to adult learners) and a range of levels (beginners to upper-intermediate learners).

How you will spend your week:

• meeting with other Twinkl writers or the ESL segment managers to discuss new ideas;
• writing content for the ESL market;
• Spotting emerging needs and developing new product ideas with the segment managers.
• Editing and correcting materials written by other members of the team.

ESL is a rapidly growing market for Twinkl. You will have the creative freedom to shape the content we offer to our customers. Our ideal candidate will be going further than writing content by suggesting new product ideas, identifying needs in the ESL teaching community, sharing their experiences and expertise with others. The ESL team at Twinkl aims to become the most responsive provider of fun, engaging and pedagogically up-to-date ESL materials available. The successful candidate will be vital in ensuring that these ambitious plans become a reality. This is a work from home, flexible position, and hours can be agreed between you and your line manager to fit around your current commitments.

To succeed in the role, you will:

• 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 ESL teaching landscape;
• have an excellent understanding of the needs of ESL teachers and support staff delivering learning in person or online.

In this role, you will learn:

• how to create new teacher content for our ESL 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.

Please apply with your CV and covering letter.

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.

Requirements

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

• Qualifications: 120h TEFL, CELTA or similar teaching qualification.
• Experience: Minimum of 3 years’ classroom experience, currently teaching or classroom teaching within the last 12 months.
• Experience in one of the following areas is a huge plus;
  • Curriculum planning/writing
  • Teaching phonics to ESL students
  • Teaching adult ESL students
  • Preparing students for Cambridge English qualifications and similar exams

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+, People of Colour, 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.