Description
Specialist Content Writer | London | £33,000 – £36,000 |
Are you looking for a content role at a fast-growing, socially-conscious business?
Would you like to develop specialist knowledge of the education sector and use it to help over 120,000 school leaders take decisive action in their schools?
The company
The Key is the country’s most trusted provider of knowledge and know-how to education leaders determined to make a difference. We provide authoritative, up-to-the-minute sector intelligence, tools, services and resources that give leaders the knowledge to act. We are a fast-growing company with big ambitions, but at the heart of everything we do is a passionate commitment to supporting schools in delivering better outcomes for children and young people.
The role
The Key is looking for a person with exceptional writing skills who can deliver at pace, to join us as a specialist digital content writer for our market-leading support services. As a specialist content writer you will research, write and maintain practical and engaging content of exceptional quality to meet the needs of school leaders. You’ll quickly build on your specialist knowledge of the education sector through expert research. You will:
- Research and write about a range of topics, combining rigorous desk research with trustworthy external sources, internal expertise and user research
- Produce content in varied forms, according to our content roadmap, and in response to questions from school leaders, following agreed deadlines – on time and in full
- Enhance your specialised sector knowledge, and use this knowledge to make sure content is kept up to date, as well as to spot opportunities to create new resources
- Respond to incoming questions from our members, and use these insights into what education leaders need to determine when to write new content
- Use qualitative and quantitative feedback and insights (including user research) to adapt our content, so we can provide the most practical and actionable information and resources possible
Requirements
The ideal person
You will have:
- First-class research and writing skills, evidenced by 2+ years of experience in a writing role
- A proven ability to seek out high-quality sources and information, with the confidence and initiative to approach sector leaders and subject-matter experts to get the insights you need
- Strong editorial judgement and decision-making
- A track record in delivering high-quality work to deadlines, and proactively communicating progress towards these
- A creative spark and a strong commercial awareness in spotting opportunities for high-impact content across a range of formats – everything from case studies to model policy documents, checklists, staff briefings and elearning content
- A ‘go-getter’ attitude, embracing new challenges for the sector and how we might solve them, while modelling uncertainty, continuous learning and improvement
- A strong focus on professional learning
It would be nice if you:
- Have an interest in and, ideally, experience of the education sector
- Ideally have a specialist understanding of one or more of the following areas of the education sector:
- Administration, funding and finance
- School inspection and improvement
- Staffing and recruitment
- Behaviour and attendance
- SEND and inclusion
- Strategic school leadership
- Curriculum review and development
- Safeguarding
- Have experience creating digital content in a variety of formats
- Are able to collate and respond to findings, usage trends and user feedback
- Have good team-working skills and a proactive, positive attitude
If you don’t meet all of the above but have a genuine interest in joining our team please get in touch – we’d be very happy to chat.
Benefits
Why work for us
We place huge importance on caring for and developing our people. If you join us you can expect a good work-life balance and the training and support you need to succeed in your role and continue to progress. We are a socially conscious company, but one that also likes to have fun. We offer flexible working, a generous holiday allowance, flexible hours, buying and selling holiday, enhanced maternity pay, free breakfast, fruit, and drinks, regular socials and much more.
This role is based in London, but you can work from anywhere in the UK as long as you can make it into the office 2 times a month for whole-team office days.
How to apply
Please upload your CV and covering letter below. In your cover letter we are interested in seeing how your research and writing skills match, what experience you have with different types of content and why you would like to work at The Key.