Product Owner - Scotland Classic

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, customer-facing 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 up-to-date 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 speedtest.net 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

Please be advised that in the event of an exceptionally high volume of applications, the job advertised may become unavailable before the originally stated closing date. While we strive to adhere to the published timeline for accepting applications, circumstances beyond our control, such as overwhelming response rates, may cause an earlier closure of the application process.

We encourage all interested candidates to submit their applications at their earliest convenience to ensure consideration.

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 1 - 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.