Personal Finance Writer - South Africa English language

nudge; South Africa; On-site; ZAR 30 000 - 60 000; Part time

Job summary

Join a dynamic and fast-growing FinTech company dedicated to improving financial literacy across the globe. As a Personal Finance Writer, you'll leverage your expertise in South Africa's financial landscape to create compelling content that demystifies complex financial concepts. This role offers a unique opportunity to contribute to meaningful financial education initiatives while working in a supportive and collaborative environment. Embrace the chance to grow your skills and make a positive impact on people's financial wellbeing. If you're ready to thrive in an innovative startup culture, this is the perfect fit for you!

Qualifications

• Expertise in South Africa's personal finance landscape.
• Excellent writing skills with attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Create engaging personal finance content for various platforms.
• Update articles to ensure relevance and accuracy.

Skills

Personal Finance Expertise

Content Creation

Writing Skills

Attention to Detail

Job description

Were looking for a Personal Finance Writer to help us improve the financial literacy and wellbeing of the world's population, all 8 billion of us!

By combining data and behavioural psychology, our technology empowers users with personalised financial knowledge and skills.

Were a fast-paced and even faster-growing SaaS FinTech providing financial education to employees, customers, and communities across 100 countries.

This is a unique opportunity to make the world a better place, develop your skills, interests, and experiences, and have a lot of fun along the way!

Role Overview

You will be our expert on South Africa's personal finance landscape, delivering content and insight into the wider business. We cover subjects ranging from everyday finances and budgeting to buying a home and estate tax—anything that impacts the money in people's pockets.

This will be a varied and dynamic role, involving the following key responsibilities:

1. Be our personal finance expert for South Africa, understanding the marketplace and asking/answering everyday questions people have around money.
2. Lead the creation of emails, nudges, and content including daily social media posts as well as time-specific and evergreen articles.
3. Ensure content remains relevant, timely, and accurate by updating articles alongside changing legislation.
4. Pitch ideas for relevant personal finance content, both timely and evergreen.

Skills and Experience

We are a close-knit family, so a willing, friendly, and collaborative personality is very important to us. We are exceptionally nimble, and things move fast, so we value athletic minds and a 'let's give it a go' attitude.

For this role, the ideal candidate should have:

1. Expertise in personal finance for South Africa, with a history of creating content that demystifies and explains complex financial matters in a digestible way, writing in English.
2. Excellent writing skills, rigorous attention to detail and accuracy, and an understanding of different audiences.
3. Availability to work at least 2 days per week (Monday to Friday).
4. A track record of creating compelling content from idea to execution.
5. Desire to work with a growing startup and thrive in a fast-moving, innovative environment.

What we offer

At nudge, we put people first. Our values include friendship through thick and thin, embracing differences, supporting individuals, leading and sharing, and always learning.

We have an open, friendly, and supportive work environment that we hope you'll be proud of. Our fast growth offers great opportunities for you and your team to gain broad and diverse experience alongside some of the brightest minds in the industry.

We are committed to creating a culture that fosters a sense of belonging, reflected in our values of learning, growth, embracing differences, and supporting individuals.