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Content Writer and Editor - Bahrain

Manama, Capital Governorate, Bahrain Twinkl Educational Publishing Part-time
almost 2 years ago
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Job Description:

Location: Work from home

Annual Salary: 7 USD per hour

Contract: 15 hours per week, initially 6 months

You’ll be helping to build a new team of passionate professionals working flexibly to write and edit content for Twinkl’s emerging Bahrain market. This team will create a wide range of resources for use in Primary School (Grade 1 to 5). This will include PowerPoints, display materials, activity sheets, assessments and planning. For this role, the majority of your time will be spent predominantly creating Arabic content for all ages in Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 (Grade 1 to 5).

Requirements

How you will spend your week:

  • meeting with other Twinkl writers or the Bahrain Country Manager to discuss new ideas;
  • writing content for the Bahraini market;
  • developing new product ideas with the Bahrain Country Manager.

Bahrain 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 Bahraini teaching community, sharing their experiences and expertise with others. It is an exciting time for this market. The successful candidate will be vital in ensuring that these ambitious plans for Bahrain become a reality. This is a work-from-home, flexible position, and hours can be agreed upon 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 local Bahraini curriculum along with a basic understanding of the British, American & Indian curriculum;
  • have an excellent understanding of the needs of teachers in the primary section (Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2) and support staff delivering learning within the classroom or at home.
  • have professional fluency in English and excellent fluency in Arabic.

In this role, you will learn:

  • how to create new teacher content for our Bahraini 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.

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

  • Qualifications: Bachelor’s Degree or higher in the subject currently being taught with teaching qualifications approved by Bahrain Ministry of Education.
  • Experience: Minimum of 5 years’ classroom teaching experience with the Bahraini local curriculum, currently teaching or classroom teaching within the last 12 months.
  • Personal: Do you run marathons? Are you a great baker? Great! Please include this in your covering letter so we can find out more about you.

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+, 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.

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.