Team Leader - Sheffield, United Kingdom - Twinkl

Twinkl

Verified Company

Sheffield, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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Description

Location:
UK Remote

Salary:
Starting salary of £25,000

Contract:
Permanent

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Line Manager:
Sam Turton

Recruiter:
Claire Bonnett

Closing Date: 28/3/24

As a Twinkl Team Leader in Production, you will work with a group of team members within the Twinkl's Phonics Product.

You will be their Line Manager and will also organise their team sprints and support them to achieve their goals alongside the other Team Leaders.

Due to the fast pace and hard deadlines Twinkl Phonics face, we are looking for potential leaders who can exhibit a very high level of organisational and planning skills.

You will need to plan far ahead and scope projects to meet deadlines. We need someone who faces challenges and tasks head on with a positive attitude.

You will manage a team of designers and illustrators only at first but this could change in the future if needed.

You need to have a solid and comprehensive understanding of being a graphic designer and/or illustrator, including their pain points.

You will coach and empower your team to be the best they can be, keeping them up to date on the latest guidance, business updates and processes.

You will be highly skilled in engagement and communication, disseminating and delegating where necessary.

Role Responsibilities:

Sprint planning in an Agile way, setting priorities, projects and deadlines across the teams using Jira, Tableau, download stats, accuracy stats etc.
General project management/scoping responsibilities such as organisation admin, final sign offs for projects

Line management responsibilities

KPIs & skills matrices, supporting with 11 individual team member development, daytoday support and troubleshooting
Monthly reporting on the overall performance of the team/s
Working with the Product Owners to ensure deadlines are met
Working closely with the other TLs
Monthly reporting to the Production Manager on the data for the overall product
Organising reviews, mid sprint reviews and retrospectives where necessary
Updating individual templates points values
Daytoday troubleshooting with team members
Reviewing reallocation of human resources for extra resource or too much resource any requisitions for new hires
Answering questions and offering support to roles and team members from designers, writers, editors and illustrators
Facilitating the organising and running of team training
Hosting daily standups and other meetings
Setting team weekly priorities
Onboarding new starters
Completing pay/probation/contract reviews
Jira and web/admin support

Your weekly activity could include:
Performance

Creating and maintaining a culture of problem solving and positivity;
Tracking and supporting with team member productivity;
Creating measurable targets with team members;
Setting sprint goals and deadlines;
Making contract recommendations to the People Team (where necessary), based on collected evidence of performance;
Inspiring, motivating and empowering individuals;
Building on preexisting line management support provided by previous experienced TLs;
Proactive and confident decision making that align with the business goals/KPIs;
Working SMART and challenging yourself as well as your team to better themselves and maximise morale and output.

Communication

Keeping to diary engagements wherever possible and being flexible with availability to team members;
Being inclusive to all team members, encouraging engagement with social events at Twinkl;
Creating a feeling of safety within the team, so that individuals are comfortable coming to you with difficult conversations;
Creating a feeling of safety within the team, so that individuals are open to healthy levels of challenge;
Showcasing all the Twinkl values and portray this when leading your team. A key emphasis on Leading the Way.

Training

Onboarding and training new starters, where necessary;
Encouraging, disseminating or innovating with further training for existing team members;
Encouraging engagement and participation by creating activities for the team to be involved in. An example of this could be workshops explaining a process.

Wellbeing

Maintaining high levels of wellbeing support for the team members;
Creatively celebrating productivity and development successes with individuals through the use of quality specific feedback;
Developing positive relationships in the team and modelling best practice;
Celebrating success no matter how big or small the achievement.

In this role, you will learn: