Product Owner - Scotland, United Kingdom - Twinkl

Twinkl

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Scotland, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

CfE Product Owner (Scotland)

Location:
Remote

Annual Salary:
£30,000

Contract:
Permeant

Line Manager:
Michele McGarvey

Recruiter:
Chelsea Sharman

Hours: 37.5 per week including core hours 10am-2pm (negotiable)

Closing Date: 24th April 2024

At Twinkl Scotland, we pride ourselves on creating quality content for all ages and stages of Scottish education.

From ELC, through Primary and now into Secondary, we aim to provide content that engages learners and supports Scottish educators in getting it right for every child.

Due to the expansion of our product range for Scotland we are now looking for someone to lead our established CfE product.

Our CfE product contains over 15,000 resources, covering all curricular areas across Early, First and Second levels.

We are looking for someone with a passion and vision for Scottish education who can continue to develop this successful product.

You will be leading a large production team of writers, editors, designers and illustrators and identifying priorities for the team that reflect current educational initiatives.

Ongoing projects/how you'll spend your day:

Ideate, plan and develop a vision for Curriculum for Excellence teaching and learning resources.
Sprint planning for your product and preparing and delivering monthly product reviews.
Being the point of contact for all production team members on your product and working as part of an agile working team to achieve sprint goals.

To succeed in the role, you will:

Ensure high quality content and customer satisfaction
Use data and customer insights to inform current and future product planning
Work through the Product and Services Roadmap (PSR) to ensure the development of our CfE product.

In this role, you will learn:

A greater understanding of agile working practises
How to spot data trends to drive decisions
Understanding pain points affecting our customers and identifying ways of addressing these
Reporting on product performance and creating a product strategy
Overseeing the product journey and communicating this with stakeholders
Researching and developing innovative concepts within the market

You'll work with:

Collaborating with the Scotland team, other Product Owners, customerfacing teams and key areas of the business

Your product team

Content Writers, Editors, Designers and Illustrators.

Requirements:

We're interested in anyone who meets a combination of the following:

5 Years teaching experience within The Curriculum for Excellence
Sound knowledge of CfE across Early, First and Second levels
Thorough and uptodate knowledge of key strategies and policy drivers within Scottish education
Experience of working within an agile product team, with secure knowledge of the production process
Experience of delivering projects; from ideation through to completion
Be an effective listener and communicator
Be able to present the work completed and the detail in the value the product provides
Ability to spot trends and be comfortable acting upon them
Is organised, able to work to deadlines, a good communicator and manages time effectively
Essential for remote working
You will need access to a fast and reliable internet connection of at least 6mb down and 1mb upload. We recommend you use to check'
We want to ensure that everyone has an equal chance to demonstrate their abilities to us. To let us know about any support/adjustments you may require throughout the recruitment process and information on how we will provide this, please use _this form

Twinkl is proud to be an Equal Opportunities Employer.

We celebrate diversity within all of our teams and are committed to continuing to build an inclusive workplace for all.

_ Disclaimer:
Potential Closing of Job Application Before Advertised Deadline_

Benefits

Here's a couple of the things that make Twinkl a great place to be:

A friendly, welcoming and supportive culture. We believe work should be fun and always put people before process
Diversity, inclusion and belonging our Employee Network Program includes working groups for LGBTQ+, People of Colour, Disabilities (visible and invisible), Women in Tech and Working Parents.

From day

Westfield Health, 29 annual leave days per year plus up to four additional days that may be awarded each year by the company, flexible working policy with opportunities to work from home and a Twinkl subscription.
After probation company sick pay and cycle to work scheme.
Long term service reward after 2+ years of service
Life insurance, enhanced pension contribution, enhanced maternity pay, enhanced adoption pay and enhanced paternity pay.