Community Writers Programme Manager
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We are looking for a brilliant community writers programme manager to grow the number of Multi Academy Trust (MAT) and school leaders writing short articles about their work inside our online community of 18,000+ school leaders and teachers.
Your role will be to design the community writers programme, invite MAT and school leaders to write about their work on our platform and support them to write their very best stuff so they can achieve their writing and career goals.
Why?
So MAT and schools can learn what’s working (and what isn’t) from each other and deliver the best education possible to their students.
About We Are In Beta.
We Are In Beta is an online community of 18,800+ school leaders and teachers which helps them share and learn how they get the best outcomes for their students.
We believe most of the solutions to schools’ problems are in schools already. Or at least, in the minds of the brilliant people who work in them.
Our job is to find them and share them widely, so nobody has to figure it out on their own.
Imagine a day when you can find someone - or something - that can help solve any problem you’re facing, whenever you need it.
A day when every student has leaders and teachers who are equipped with the most successful strategies and networks to improve their education.
Join us to help us build that future for our schools.
We - schools - Are In Beta - always learning.
What do we do?
To work towards that future:
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We research great practice so our members can discover it and be inspired by it.
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We produce and share practical content with great schools through events, webinars, podcasts and resources - so they can learn from others’ successes (and the failures too).
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We build communities of practice so colleagues can meet and grow together
Some stats we’re really proud of:
In just 4 years we’ve grown the online community to over 18,800 school leaders and teachers.
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3,400 - MATs and schools we are connected to
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2500+ resources have been shared by our members - if each one on average takes two hours produce - in reality it's probably more - that’s more than…
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3.1 years' worth of others’ work each and every one of our members can access just by being a part of the community
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3,710 policies and resources from successful schools and MATs we have curated, analysed and shared.
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£1,500 - the amount we save a school each time they access the research they ask us to do for them.
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870,000 hours - the number of hours it would have taken members to discover the insights we've shared with them had they done the research on their own in silos.
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£25 million - the amount it would have cost schools had they funded those research hours themselves
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1.5 million - the number of miles our members would have had to have travelled to meet our expert presenters in case study schools had our community not existed online.
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8,500 people came to the National INSET Day in Dec 2020 when the government left schools with almost no time at all to plan an end of term INSET.
We are just getting started. Join us to write the next chapter.
What's the role?
Your job will be to design and deliver the community writers programme with the aim of maximising the number of MAT and school based writers who share their work on our platform so that members can learn how they achieve their results.
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Designing and delivering the community writer programme
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Designing the partnership offer between writers and our community
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Producing materials that communicate what the programme is about: its aims, benefits and how it works
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Define editorial guidelines which help us achieve our mission in line with our values
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Building the ultimate edu-blogging database
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Design, build and maintain a list of serving MAT and school leaders who write online and their blogs
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Add to the database by reading and sharing the blogs you find via social media
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Grow the database through reader nominations and writer submissions
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Post about the database on social media
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Developing relationships with MAT and school-based writers
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Reach out to MAT and school-based writers to learn more about their work
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Invite them to join the community and the programme
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Work with them to evolve the programme
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Supporting MAT and school-based writers to write their best stuff and achieve their career aspirations
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Understand why they write and help them to do it even better
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Offer supportive accountability, feedback and resources you have created to help them generate as much engagement as possible
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Promote their work to the widest audience possible so they can make the biggest impact possible
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Managing content schedules
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Planning which topics writers can and should be writing about and when
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Evaluating the impact of the programme
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Define the measures of success
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Evaluate the performance of the programme against them
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Improving how it operates
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Who are you?
- You love education and/or teaching with a particular interest in MAT leadership
- You love researching and finding great practice in schools
- You are always learning (and professionally nosey)
- You believe the answers to most of education's problems are in schools already
- You value diversity in all respects
- You enjoy developing relationships from scratch often by email or social media
- You're happiest when you are helping others achieve their goals while bringing people together
- You have a spreadsheet for pretty much everything and like design systems and processes
- You relish using new technologies
- Yuo have a keen eye for good writing
What experience and track record do you have?
It’s not essential you tick every box. But the more boxes you can tick the better. We can help you gain and learn from the experiences you haven’t had yet.
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Education and/or school leadership and teaching: Knowing how the MAT and school system works is a must. Knowing who does what role in MATs will help bring the right writers into the right conversations at the right time. Knowing and understanding the kinds of problems and types of conversations school leaders and teachers is also essential for this role
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Edu blog and press reading: Reading education blogs and press is something you love and do in your spare time to fuel your curiosity and keep you learning and meeting new people.
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Programme/partnership/volunteer management: Understanding what one side of a partnership needs and designing what the other side will deliver for mutual benefit is something you are good at. Tracking the impact is also important.
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Project management: Planning, tracking and delivering on project objectives across several workflows on time, every time is what gets you going. Managing multiple audiences who are likely to be at different stages of their engagement cycle.
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(Copy)writing: Writing is something you do and/or have dabbled with. Designing and writing posts and emails that convert - whether they be writer invitations, promotional posts or writer support materials. You have a keen eye for good writing and articulating why it’s good.
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Editorial / journalism experience: Having a keen eye and nose for a story. Setting expectations for delivery of writing, communicating those expectations and helping either to work within them and improve their game
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Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) - Having an understanding of SEO, key word research and on page SEO will help.
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Creating support materials: Designing and producing material that lays out expectations and provides frameworks to help others deliver and improve is something you excel at.
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Social media use/management: Using social media platforms to find and learn from MAT and school leaders, who tweet, post and write about their work and careers is something you are experienced in.
What are the benefits?
- Exposure to the most inspirational and impactful MAT Education Leaders in the country
- Opportunity to work within an early-stage, mission-driven organisation and shape its direction
- Flexible working culture/flexible working hours
- Pro rata £29,000-£34,000 dependent on experience. Initial temporary 12 month contract.
- Project-based and/or part-time contract based on performance milestones for the right candidate available - this role is approximately 1-2 days a week with scope for it to grow from there based on success
- Free membership to all of our premium spaces across the community worth up to £1,197+VAT
We are an equal opportunity employer and consider all qualified applicants equally without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status or disability status.
Location:
- We are a fully remote team.
- We check in daily online.
- We meet monthly face-to-face in London.
Can this role be shared on a part-time basis?
We’re open to the role being shared by more than one person if we can find the right mix of people and their availability to work part-time and openness to share it.
Project Scope and Time Commitment?
We plan to evolve this role in 3 phases.
- Phase 1 - focus on building a community of Directors of Education and School Improvement Leaders writing inside the community (1 day a week for 3-6 months)
- Phase 2 - widen the focus on building a community of secondary school leaders writing inside the community (additional 1 day a week from 3-6 months following the start of phase 1)
- Phase 3 - expand the role to make it a nearly full-time role managing multiple communities of writers who focus on different aspects of education.
The more successful each phase is, the greater the scope to expand the role is. We'd love to grow it with you.
Timeline:
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Applications open: 28th August 2024
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Deadline for applications: midnight Sunday 15th September
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Invitations to interview and complete assessment task: weeks beginning 2nd September; 9th September and 16th September.
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First round interviews: Week beginning 16th September
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Second round interviews: Week beginning 23rd September
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Notification of decision /appointment: week beginning 30th September or 7th October
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Start date: as soon as possible.
We expect this to be a popular role.
We will be inviting people to interview on a rolling basis.
We advise submitting an application early.
How do you apply?
To apply for the role please
- register your interest via our website no later than midday on Thursday 5th September AND/OR
- complete the application form by the deadline above
For the application form you’ll need:
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CV - max 2 sides
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Covering letter - outlining
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why you want to apply
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how your values, knowledge, skills and experience make you the best person for the role.
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a PS section at the bottom with confirmation of where you saw the job role; confirmation of your current salary and notice period; whether you have the right to work in the UK and a valid criminal check with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS); any links to any portfolios/bodies of work you have completed in the past to demonstrate what you are capable of (this could be reports, writing, performance figures, social media campaigns, articles, videos); and indication of whether your availability will be limited during the recruitment period.
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Contact details of references
For an informal and confidential discussion about the role prior to application, please contact the Founder @niallalcock on X/Twitter or DM Niall Alcock on LinkedIn
We exist to help school leaders and teachers share and learn how they get the best outcomes for their students
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