About This Role
This role involves owning and developing the Secondary English curriculum in response to Singapore's new SEC examination, which is the biggest change to Secondary English in years. The successful candidate will define what is taught, how teachers deliver it, and how it scales across Singapore and the region. This position includes leading a small team of writers, collaborating closely with teachers, and maintaining a teaching presence in the classroom.
Responsibilities
- Own the scope and sequence and the long-term roadmap for the Secondary 1–4 English programme
- Keep the curriculum aligned with the MOE syllabus and SEC assessment requirements
- Continuously improve the curriculum using classroom performance, teacher feedback, and student results
- Write lessons, worksheets, assessments, rubrics, and answer keys that teachers can use immediately without clarification
- Differentiate materials for mixed abilities while maintaining rigour
- Quality-assure all materials used in the classroom
- Guide 1–2 curriculum writers on quality and deadlines
- Brief and calibrate teachers to ensure consistent delivery across centres and online
- Teach 5–8 classes a week initially, reducing to 2 as the programme grows
- Help grow the Secondary programme, with a goal to triple student numbers over the next 3 years
- Understand the business aspects behind the curriculum, including how trials, conversion, retention, class sizes, and pricing drive growth, and use this understanding to shape curriculum development
- Work with Operations and Marketing on trial lessons, programme materials, and campaigns to attract and retain students
- Adapt the curriculum for regional needs
Requirements
- 3+ years in Secondary English teaching or curriculum development (Singapore context)
- Strong knowledge of the MOE Secondary English syllabus and the SEC/O-Level assessment format
- Excellent writing, editing, and proofreading skills
- Commercially curious: comfortable working with numbers, or keen to learn how an education business grows
- Experience turning curriculum into engaging, classroom-ready materials
- Organised and reliable, able to hit deadlines across multiple projects
Nice to have:
- Experience training, coaching, or briefing teachers
- Curriculum work across online and in-person classes, or across markets
- Confident, thoughtful use of AI tools in content development
- Experience leading or mentoring writers
