Job Description

Job Advert Summary

Eduvos is looking to hire the services of four Data Science and Robotics Content Writers, on an Independent Contractors agreement (flexiblle and remote work agreement). Type of contract: Independent Contactor (flexible and remote agreement) Purpose of the role: To develop course material, including module guides, study manuals, video content and assessments and ingest (where needed) on an ongoing basis for Eduvos.

Minimum Requirements

Minimum qualification required:

• BSc IT Hons degree
• A Masters degree in IT will be preferable

Minimum expereince required:

• Two to three yearsxe2x80x99 experience of lecturing and / or developing study materials in the Higher Education sector
• Publishing of academic journals will be advantageous

Additonal requirements:

• Strong background in scientific programming using Python and R
• Strong background in applied robotics, machine learning, data mining and administration, as well as statistical forecasting
• Strong background in control systems, digital electronics, and micro-controllers
• Working knowledge of Moodle

Duties and Responsibilities

Responsibilities: As a Content Writer, you would be responsible for the following:

• Develop new learning material for students (study material and assessments), in collaboration with subject matter experts within the faculty by way of establishing communities of practice:
• Follow development guidelines
• Develop material to program specifications and Eduvos brand
• Review material with moderator for quality assurance
• Submit developed material for Copy Editing via the approved process
• Upload / release material in required format to relevant platform
• Review and update learning material and assessments
• Resolve content related queries
• Ingesting of module content where needed

Functional and Behavioural Competencies

Technical / Functional Competencies

• Writing skills
• Proficiency in MS Office
• Competence in field for which development takes place
• Proficiency in a LMS system
• Setting up a module page

Behavioural Competencies

• Initiative and responsibility
• Constructive teamwork
• Relations and networking
• Effective communication (verbal and written)
• Analysis and judgment / problem solving
• Innovation and change
• Systematic approach (planning and organising)
• Execution