Program Specialist ELAHumanities

As a Program Specialist you will help shape the future of K12 learning by designing innovative research-informed and classroom-relevant educational experiences. Reporting to the VP Content & Curriculum you will partner closely with subject-area Product Managers and cross-functional teams to create high-quality digital learning solutions for teachers and students.

This role is ideal for an experienced educator with strong subject-matterexpertise a deep understanding of the student developmental trajectories in ELA/Humanities a passion for teaching and learning and curiosity about how technology including AI can meaningfully enhance classroom experiences. You will serve as a trusted voice of the classroom ensuring product decisions are grounded in authentic instructional practice and focused on improving student outcomes.

You willoperateas both a pedagogical expert and strategic thought partner helping translate curriculum goals classroom realities and market insights into engaging effective and scalable teaching and learning experiences.

Why This Role Matters

This is a high-impact opportunity to influence learning at scale. Yourexpertisewill directly shape the quality relevance and effectiveness of educational experiences used by teachers and students every day. You will help ensure innovation in EdTechremainsgrounded in what matters most: real teaching real learning and real classroom success.

Shape Product Vision & Instructional Design

• Partner with Product Managers during discovery and development to define product vision learning outcomes and instructional approaches

• Ensure alignment to curriculum standards effective pedagogy subject integrity and authentic classroom application

• Apply classroom experience to guide how content is structured delivered and experienced

• Identifyopportunities to improve learning design through innovation including thoughtful use of emerging technologies such as AI

Lead Content Creation & Quality

• Serve as a subject-matter expert and educational advisor across a portfolio of K12 products

• Oversee content quality ensuring accuracy instructional integrity and classroom usability

• Guide content contributors authors and reviewers by providing feedback andmaintaininghigh standards

• Develop content for prototypes validation activities and core product components as needed

• Continuously improve content using performance data educator feedback and market insights

Collaborate Mentor & Build Capability

• Support onboarding and training for content creators and contributors to ensure alignment with pedagogy product vision and classroom best practices

• Mentor content creators and reviewers in developing high-quality instructional materials

• Help define contributor skill sets and staffing needs in collaboration with Product Managers

Bring the Voice of the Classroom to the Market

• Engage with teachers students and education stakeholders tovalidateneeds and gather insights

• Participate in classroom observations user research conferences and educator conversations to stay connected to evolving practice

• Support development of materials for RFPs presentations and go-to-market initiatives

Drive Continuous Improvement

• Analyze content effectiveness andidentifyopportunities tooptimize enhance update reuse and scale high-performing assets

• Contribute to a continuous improvement mindset grounded in data educator feedback and student impact

What You Bring

• University degree; ideally a certified educator with 10 years of K12 classroom teaching experience
• Deep subject-matterexpertisein ELA/Humanities with strong understanding of curriculum and assessment practices
• 5 years of experience in content developmentandlesson creation within K12 EdTech or digital learning environments
• Strong instructional designexpertiseand the ability to translateand interpretcurriculum into engaging learning experiences
• Experience working with digital content workflows (e.g. templating HTML-based systems or similar tools)
• Familiarity with emerging educational technologies including AI and interest in their classroom applications
• Strong communication collaboration and mentoring skills
• Highly organized adaptable and comfortable working in a fast-paced environment
• Strong commitment to improving student outcomes and educator experiences
• People management experience is an asset

Compensation

The base salary range for this position starts at $80000 per annum based on experience. Compensation is part of our broader Total Rewards package which includes benefits and programs that support employee well-being and growth.

What We Offer

At Nelson we believe in taking care of our people.

Your well-being growth and work-life balance matter to us which is why we offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support youprofessionally and personally.

Health & Wellness

• Flexible and customizable health dental and paramedical plans for employees and their families
• Health Spending Account (HSA) for medical hospital or dental costs not covered by insurance
• Personal Spending Account (PSA) for wellness expenses including fitness and health related products
• A comprehensive Employee Assistance Program (EAP) providing confidential support spanning from mental health services to financial counselling and many things in-between

Financial & Professional Wellbeing

• Pension plan with company matching contributions
• Registered Retirement Pension Plan to help secure your future
• Annual educational reimbursement for professional development
• Access to LinkedIn Learning for continuous skill growth

Flexibility & Time Off

• Hybrid work model with remote and in-office options
• Flexible work hours (divisional dependent)
• Generous paid time off policies including vacation time sick leave parental leave top-up personal days and more
• Annual paid volunteer day to support causes you care about
• Holiday closure from Christmas to New Years
• Summer Fridays
  

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Our EDI Statement

Nelson teaches the world by learning from everyone in it.

We are committed to fostering an equitable diverse and inclusive workplace environment. This is an integral part of our companys culture and mission that aligns with our four key pillars of Employee Diversity Developing Authentic and Accurate Content Amplifying External Voices and Supporting the Local Community and Beyond.

We believe in the power of education and our ability to impact social change. Truth honesty integrity and respect guide our decisions and actions in the development of learning solutions that empower success for all educators and learners.

We value a respectful inclusive and safe workplace that nurtures belonging and represents many different cultures backgrounds perspectives and opinions. Everyone is free to be who they are.

We foster and continue to build relationships that are equitable diverse and inclusive with existing and future partners in education.

We commit to holding ourselves accountable by creating measurable short and long-term goals that place equity diversity and inclusion at the core of what we do in our resources the workplace the educational community and in the larger society.

We strive to build an inclusive world for everyone. We are stronger together.

AI and Automated Hiring Tools
Nelson uses AI support tools in our applicant tracking system to help with tasks such as summarizing points and anonymizing applications. All candidate screening assessments and hiring decisions are done by people.

Interview Outcome Notification
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Our Commitment
Nelson is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to Inclusion Equity and Diversity. As part of this commitment we do not discriminate on the basis of age race sex gender gender identity colour religion national origin sexual orientation marital status citizenship veteran status or disability status.

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