English Content Specialist
- Lisbon/London/Remote
- Part-time (2.5 days / week) or Full-time
- Freelance contract
- Start: February 2021
Our benefits
- Fast-tracked professional development within a fast-growing company.
- Ability to make a real positive difference in the world: not ‘startup’ impact, but real social impact that genuinely transforms the lives of some of the world’s most vulnerable people.
- Your rate: up to £110 per day, pro rated - based on your level of experience and location.
- Remote work.
A bit about you:
- You have a degree in languages or linguistics
- You have 1+ years experience in English language education (teaching, lesson planning, and/or curriculum development)
- C2 English is essential
- You have experience creating online content and know where to source resources and develop your knowledge
- You have a sense for learning design
- You have great copywriting skills with a fresh and compelling written voice
- You have experience delivering work independently and coordinating with small teams
- Ideal: You have management and/or leadership experience
- You have excellent attention to detail and an eye for visual design
- You are creative!
- You have the courage to apply - we are open to applicants of all experience levels so don’t hesitate to apply if you feel inspired by the position and have the ability to learn quickly
Your mission
This role is ideal for a language or linguistics graduate with a deep interest in online learning and technology. You will leverage your experience of teaching and learning English to develop engaging new syllabi and course content. You will learn to use the best of emerging technology and learner experience design in your work.
This role will give you an opportunity to:
- Craft CEFR aligned course syllabi for adult learners
- Design and create engaging interactive vocab and grammar activities for AI-assisted learning management software (written, visual, audio, interactive activities, etc.)
- Create standards-based assessments
- Test and critique lessons in English and other language courses
- Translate and proofread content to the highest standard
- Take on a leading role within the content team to ensure deadlines are met
- Research best practices and bring creativity and fresh ideas to the course
- Work aside talented researchers, designers and engineers
- Impact refugees and language learners around the world at incredible scale
A bit more about Chatterbox:
Our 7-strong team works remotely in Europe. We’re supported by some of the best product and business accelerators in the world; like AI Startup Studio All Turtles, innovation foundation Social Tech Trust, and Founders Factory. They will become part of your team too.
Some important stuff we would like you to know
We believe in fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. Therefore, we want to make sure that our recruitment process is accessible to everyone. So if you need any reasonable adjustments – at any point in the process – we’ll do our best to help. Just let us know what you need on your application form or reply with your request to the email we send you after you have applied. You might need a reasonable adjustment if you’ve got a disability. Or maybe you live overseas, and you’d prefer to meet us over Skype.
Our Workplace & Culture
The Chatterbox team and founders work remotely, mostly around the sandy beaches of Lisbon and the cityscapes of London. We’re supported by some of the best investors in the world; like AI Startup Studio All Turtles and Founders Factory. They will become part of your team too.
About Chatterbox
Chatterbox's AI-powered platform matches refugees and marginalised people in need of work with opportunities in the digital economy. We’ve won recognition from Forbes, the Financial Times, the BBC, and many more.
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