Content Developer

Content Developer at EDGE EDUCATION

Contract Type: Full-time, 12 months contracts

Who we are 

At EDGE Education, we specialise in designing, developing and delivering purposeful educational content that’s contextualised and interactive, and that’s delivered digitally, with features that promote engagement and contribute to the empowerment of economically active citizens. We value people (in terms of both employees and clients) at EDGE, and this is reflected in our culture. We strive for excellence in our deliverables to clients, but we strive together, supporting one another along the way. 

About the position 

We are looking for a dynamic content developer to join our technical content development team. If you’re passionate about using your expertise to create various educational materials that are accessible to students and have a firm grasp of the English language and educational principles, then this role is for you. Previous tutoring, lecturing, or teaching experience and a knack for writing would make you the ideal candidate for this role. 

As a content developer, you will be tasked with moderating, updating, creating, reviewing and reworking educational content relating to commerce courses or modules of varying NQF levels. 

As a content developer, your role will consist of the following key responsibilities:

• Moderating, updating creating, reviewing and reworking (i.e. rewriting and rearranging) deliverables, including the following: 

○ Chapters/units in textbooks 

○ Study guides 

○ Assessments (exercises, corresponding solutions, and case studies)

○ Educational figures and diagrams

• Applying sound educational principles and in-house best practices in the development of all deliverables.
•  Researching topics and sourcing academically relevant content, including images, to effectively develop -content. 
• Applying academic concepts and principles consistently throughout the development.
• Ensuring alignment between the content and the outcomes stipulated. 
• Creating custom academic figures to visually illustrate or complement the content. 
• Liaising with and providing professional constructive feedback and clear direction to internal and external resources working on a development (including authors, other content developers, editing, layout, and multimedia teams).
• Effecting changes based on peer and client feedback. 
• Assisting with departmental administrative tasks (e.g. downloading icons, updating databases, scanning textbooks) where necessary.
• Contributing to the development, maintenance, updating and improvement of all guides, templates and processes, if applicable.
• Resolving internal and external queries related to content, and ensuring that all affected developments are updated accordingly. 
• Participating in initiatives to ensure continuous improvement in the department and/or organisation.
• Performing any duties as requested from time to time by either Content Development Team Leads or Academic Design Specialist(s), such as any coursebook-related work, reviewing or developing textbook outlines, assisting with training, and writing prefaces and blurbs for new textbooks.

Our requirements

Minimum education requirement for this role: 

• SAICA accredited NQF level 8 Accounting qualification awarded by a faculty of commerce (Bachelor of Commerce Honours in Accounting, Postgraduate Diploma in Accounting  or equivalent)

Advantageous work experience includes, but is not limited to:

• Teaching
• Lecturing
• Tutoring
• Writing
• Content reviewing/moderation
• Assessment creation
• Quality assurance
• Authoring

Hard skills required for this role include:

• Impeccable attention to detail 
• The ability to follow instructions and adhere to conventions
• Excellent academic writing abilities
• Sound academic research abilities
• The ability to create simplicity from complexity
• Storytelling abilities
• Creativity and problem-solving abilities
• Good visual aesthetics

Soft skills required for this role include:

• Being self-motivated
• Good communication skills
• Effective time management skills
• The ability to work under pressure
• Being open-minded and willing to learn
• Being a good team player and collaborator
• Being trustworthy and reliable

We also require basic proficiency in the following software:

• MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint, and Adobe Acrobat 
• Internet browser 
• Google Docs/Sheets 
• Accounting software (e.g. Pastel)