Offer summary

Qualifications:

Teaching qualification with 3+ years experience in teaching, Experience with quality assurance, High English standard for communication, Competence with various technologies.

Key responsabilities:

Review curriculum packages for alignment to Oak's approach

Update Subject Leads and Quality Assurance Manager on required changes

Collaborate with Subject Lead for consistency in compliance and quality

Meet tight deadlines for digital education content production

Job description

Oak National Academy is a unique educational platform, created by experts, that aims to improve pupil outcomes and close the disadvantage gap. Our partners, alongside Oak, have been working hard to put the best curriculum thinking, deepest subject expertise and smartest learning design at the fingertips of teachers, and we now need your help.

We welcome applications from anyone who meets our criteria, but are particularly keen to receive applications from people with a D&T: Cooking and Nutrition background.

This opportunity is for a self-employed freelancer (sole trader, NOT a limited company or agency).

DUE TO THE VOLUME OF APPLICATIONS WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO CLOSE THE ROLE EARLY.

Scope

Review the subject and pedagogical elements of full curriculum packages (lessons, quizzes, etc), for Primary and Secondary, ensuring alignment to Oak’s approach.
Review the technical (spelling and grammar, Oak style guide, etc) elements where requested.
Keep the relevant Subject Leads and Quality Assurance Manager up-to-date with changes required, and work towards actioning those changes.
Work closely with Subject Lead and other Oak colleagues, to ensure consistency of approach, and that both compliance and quality are in place throughout.
Work towards tight deadlines to ensure the production and release of digital education content in line with Oak timelines.

Knowledge, skills and experience

Teaching qualification, and 3+ years of post-qualification direct experience of teaching primary/secondary in your subject. Secondary is preferred due to volume of lesson production.
Previous quality assurance experience, with an ability to review content at pace and meet tight deadlines.
Excellent attention to detail, able to efficiently review and spot errors in content.
Have a high standard of English, including punctuation and grammar, in written and verbal communication.
Competent working with and adapting to a variety of technologies - Oak is a tech-driven organisation, primarily using Google workspaces.
Previous editorial experience would be beneficial but is not essential.
Previous curriculum design experience would be beneficial but is not essential.

Rate: £200 per day - some flexibility in hours and days may be available with a minimum of 15 hours required of the role. Hours to be delivered during core working hours preferred.

Assignment period: September 2024 - July 2025

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