Proofreader Closing date: Wednesday 28th February 2018 at 18:00 Assessment Day to be held on Saturday 10th March 2018 Interviews to be held on ...
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Proofreader
Closing date: Wednesday 28th February
2018 at 18:00
Assessment Day to be held on Saturday
10th March 2018
Interviews to be held on Saturday 17th
March 2018
Start date: Negotiable
Dear Applicant Classroom Secrets is a fast-growing company that is creating an ever-expanding bank of resources aimed at the Primary age group. Over the past four and a half years, we have grown from one member of staff to a team of sixteen and now have over 1500 differentiated sets of resources on our website. Our company is based in Halifax, West Yorkshire where we meet on a regular basis. We offer highly flexible working hours with some of the work being able to be completed on evenings or weekends if you so wish. We have a strong focus on differentiation and all our resources revolve around this. We have adapted our resources to the New National Curriculum and make appropriate links to events throughout the academic year. Over the past 6 months, we have grown significantly and become even more well-known within the education community for outstanding, quality resources that children enjoy and teachers can trust will promote progress and development in manageable, differentiated steps. We pride ourselves on being a hardworking, dedicated and proactive team who feel passionately about helping teachers reduce their workloads whilst ensuring children of all abilities in a class can access the same learning objectives: from the top performers to children who have yet to reach their full potential. Our aim is to inject fun back into the curriculum through innovative and jam-packed activities that are bursting with rich and exciting content (ensuring relation to the national curriculum objectives). If you can't already tell, we absolutely love our jobs! What our customers say: "You have a range of excellent resources and the differentiation is beyond compare to any other teacher resource website." "Huge range of resources. So many levels of differentiation (know of no other site that does as many as you guys)!" What our employees say: "I have found the perfect job: I get to use my knowledge from my teaching career, I work with a fantastic group of people and I can fit my work around my life. What's not to love?!” "This is a job which allows me to work for lovely people from the comfort of my own home and it gives me the flexibility of choosing when I complete my hours – perfect!” “The staff within the company are friendly and supportive and I enjoy the challenge of taking the lead on projects I am given. After 23 years in a primary school, I feel like I have been ‘liberated’ and have my life back. I enjoy having the option to work flexible hours as this enables me to keep appointments, meet up with friends and generally plan my life to suit me.” “When a stay-at-home mum friend expressed concern that I’d be returning to work from maternity leave shortly, I replied, ‘Don’t feel sorry for me! I love it!’” “I look forward to uploading the resources that we have been working on as a team. It feels like a huge accomplishment, especially when we receive positive feedback from the teachers themselves. Seeing the teachers get excited about a new resource and tagging their colleagues is a great reward!” C Riley Managing Director To apply for this unique opportunity please forward your CV with a covering letter to jobs@classroomsecrets.co.uk.
Job Title Proofreader (12 month contract)
Line Manager Proofreading Manager
Liaising with: Resource Creators, Upload Manager, Proofreading Managers
Salary/Grade: £17,550 (full-time)
Key • To format and proofread a wide range of resources and ensure validity of the information
Responsibilities • To upload resources to the website
Formatting and • Follow company guidelines to ensure consistency across resources
Proofreading • Use and apply current curriculum knowledge to check resources
• Provide constructive feedback to resource creators
• Pay attention to minute details
• Research a wide range of subject matter dependent on topic
• Cross reference content used within resources for accuracy against the curriculum
• Understanding the need for the company to provide high quality resources that
customers would be willing to pay for
• Match current and new resources to the New Curriculum objectives
• Use Microsoft Office effectively
• Correct errors on current resources
• To respond to comments on the website
Uploading • Save documents in appropriate formats in preparation for upload
• Edit webpages in line with new resources
• Follow company procedures to track progress of each resource
• Classify resources for search and filter
• Find and correct broken links
• Summarise individual resource content
• Check website content for spelling and grammar errors
• Upload resources to a third-party site
Professional • Support the vision and mission statement of Classroom Secrets
Standards • Effectively manage own workload and deadlines within the working week
• Liaise with other team members to ensure swift turnaround of work within set deadlines
• Treat colleagues with respect and consideration
• Practice professional conduct across social media, especially if interacting with customers
• Support the aims of the business through willingness to attend corporate events
• Take responsibility for own professional development
• Reflect on own practice as well as the practices of the company with the aim of improving
all that we do and achieving excellence
• Monitor individual progress within interim business plans
• Ensure that all deadlines are met as stated in the company’s working calendar
• Be proactive and take initiative when working independently
• Contribute ideas to both business matters and website content in regular staff meetings
• Organise and prioritise tasks according to specific deadlines
• Proactively seek feedback to improve performance
• Plan working calendars according to the needs of the business
Knowledge and • A clear understanding of current educational issues, theory and practice
Understanding • Have a detailed knowledge of the relevant aspects of the National Curriculum and other
statutory requirements
• A sound knowledge of the objectives relating to specific primary year groups and use this
to correct differentiation and ensure progression across skills
• A strong understanding of how various Classroom Secrets resources are used in the
classroom
• Confidently demonstrate expertise in grammar within the New Curriculum
Professional • Understand the need to take responsibility for their own professional development and
Development keep up to date with research and developments in pedagogy and in a broad range of
subjects including grammar
• Evaluate own productivity critically and use this to improve their effectivenessPERSON SPECIFICATION
KEY CRITERIA ESSENTIAL DESIRABLE
Qualifications & • Holds QTS • Teaching experience
Experience • At least one year’s teaching across KS1 and KS2
experience in KS2
• Recent experience of teaching
the New National Curriculum
• NQT year completed
Knowledge & • An outstanding command of • Recent grammar training
Understanding grammar • Ability to spot and
• A competent knowledge of the remediate errors in
Primary New National website code
Curriculum
• Able to make links across Key
Stages in the Curriculum
Communication • A good communicator –
Skills especially over Skype and email
• Supportive
• Able to work effectively as part
of a team
• Sensitive to the needs of others
• Professionalism
• Ability to coach others
• Able to delegate tasks
appropriately
Personal • Ability to work with others and
Qualities under own initiative
• A high level of organisational
skills
• Inquisitive nature
• Know when to seek guidance
from line manager
• Proactive in keeping up to date
with current teaching trends
• Good memory
• Proactive
• Willingness to plan working
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