Content Writer and Editor - Twinkl Symbols

Twinkl Educational Publishing; Sheffield; Remote; GBP 26,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading educational publishing company is seeking a passionate Content Writer and Editor to create resources for students with SEND. This remote role requires qualified teacher status and teaching experience, with flexible working hours and numerous benefits. Join a vibrant team dedicated to enhancing educational experiences for learners.

Benefits

33 days of annual leave

Paid charity day

Learning and development opportunities

Free Twinkl Subscription

Qualifications

• Hold QTS with at least 2 years full-time primary teaching.
• Experience with learners with SEND/SLCN.
• Confident in IT platforms.

Responsibilities

• Create educational resources supporting teaching across the curriculum.
• Check and provide feedback to improve content quality.
• Collaborate with colleagues to develop new resource ideas.

Skills

Communication

Collaboration

Time Management

Education

Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) obtained through a PGCE, B.Ed, or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Word

PowerPoint

Google Workspace (G Suite)

Job description

Content Writer and Editor - Twinkl Symbols

Content Writer and Editor - Twinkl Symbols

Twinkl Educational Publishing provided pay range

This range is provided by Twinkl Educational Publishing. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Base pay range

Location: UK remote (options for office/hybrid working available)

Annual Salary: £25,500 per annum

Contract: 12 months fixed term

Recruiters: Lydia Bowden and Hope Parkin

Hours: 37.5 hours per week (core hours 10am-2pm Monday-Friday)

You’ll be joining a passionate team of members working to create Twinkl’s online Symbols content for practitioners and parents across the UK. Twinkl Symbols aims to support children and young people with SEND and speech, language and communication difficulties. It offers an app, an online web tool and ready made, downloadable resources that use carefully designed symbols to support a child’s receptive and expressive language, provide access to the curriculum and enable them to be active participants in daily life. The majority of your time will be spent working with other Content Writers and Editors, engaging with product priorities to facilitate the highest possible quality of teacher content for our customers.

Your Weekly Activities Could Include

• Creating new resources to support teaching and learning across the curriculum.
• Responding to editorial feedback and working alongside colleagues to elevate a resource to an excellent standard.
• Checking content and providing feedback to other writers.
• Sharing knowledge with the team about how to write a variety of resources which engage learners and appeal to teachers.
• Using your own knowledge of the primary curriculum and SEND/SLCN to support the team with their resource content.
• Producing resources which respond to customer needs and current teaching methodologies.
• Meeting with other members of the team to discuss and develop new ideas.
• Reviewing Twinkl Symbols illustrations and sensitively providing feedback.
• Running workshops with other members of your team.
• Curating existing content on site to ensure that it is up to date and meets customers' needs.
  
  

Our ideal candidate will be passionate about giving back to the education community and keen to share their understanding of the curriculum and experience of learners with SEND/SLCN with others in their team. This position is remote and the hours can be worked flexibly with the expectation that you will have good daytime availability for training, meetings, collaboration and ongoing CPD, particularly in your training period/first month. You would need to be available around our core hours (10am-2pm) Mon-Fri.

To Be Considered For This Role, You Must

• Hold qualified teacher status (QTS), obtained through a PGCE, B.Ed, or equivalent;
• Have at least two years of full-time classroom teaching experience post-QTS;
• Be a confident and effective practitioner of the primary curriculum, with experience supporting learners with SEND and/or SLCN;
• Be an excellent communicator who thrives in a collaborative, close-knit team;
• Be able to manage your time independently and meet deadlines effectively;
• Have up-to-date and detailed knowledge of the National Curriculum;
• Be confident working across multiple IT platforms, including Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Google Workspace (G Suite);
• Have a sound understanding of the UK teaching landscape, including current pressures and trends;
• Demonstrate a commitment to ongoing professional development;
• Have the permanent Right to Work in the UK;
• If opting to work remotely, you will need access to a reliable internet connection (minimum 6 Mbps download / 1 Mbps upload). You can check your speed at speedtest.net.
  
  

In This Role, You Will Learn

• How to ideate and create diverse, inclusive, engaging and varied resources for children and teachers;
• 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 apply your teaching experience 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

• Kerry Trow - Educational Content Lead of Twinkl Symbols.
• Emily Smith - your own direct Line Manager and Symbols Team Leader.
• Our team of qualified teachers who currently write, edit and produce content for Twinkl Symbols.
• Our amazing in-house design and illustration teams, collaborating daily to produce the beautiful, polished resources that Twinkl are known for.
  
  

Recruitment Process

Apply Online – Submit a tailored cover letter and up-to-date CV.

Shortlisting – If selected, you’ll be invited to complete a remote task.

Initial Call – Informal conversation with a Twinkl recruiter.

Interview – Video interview with our Inclusion Team.

What's In It For You

• A rewarding opportunity to contribute to providing valuable support to learners with SEND and their educators.
• A friendly, welcoming, and supportive culture- we believe work should be fun and always put people before process.
• Flexible working with fully remote and hybrid working options.
• 33 days of annual leave per year (pro rata) with the freedom to decide which public holidays to observe. After two years, your allowance increases yearly, up to 38 days.
• An additional Me Day per year- a paid day off for yourself.
• A charity day to volunteer and support a registered charity of your choice.
• Westfield Health (including Health Club discount and Westfield Rewards discount and cashback).
• Learning and Development Opportunities- access internal training opportunities to support your growth.
• 4x annual salary death-in-service life assurance.
• Enhanced pension and parental/adoption leave after long service.
• Quarterly awards to reward and recognise our wonderful Twinkl employees.
• Seasonal events for all UK employees to catch up with colleagues in person.
• Free Twinkl Subscription- enjoy full access to our resources!

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Contract

Job function

• Job function

  Marketing, Public Relations, and Writing/Editing

• Industries

  Primary and Secondary Education

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