Product Owner - Secondary - English Conduit (Scotland)

Conduit English Product Owner (Scotland)

Location: Office remote

Annual Salary: £30,000

Contract: 12 months

Line Manager: Kate Guthrie

Recruiter: Chelsea Sharman

Hours: 37.5 (negotiable)

Closing Date: 2nd May 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. We are always looking for opportunities to further support our users and respond to current educational initiatives and, as such, we are now delighted to be focusing on developing our Conduit English resources and team.

Conduit is our Scottish Secondary brand, launched in August 2022. We began with a small team of English teachers to develop teaching and learning resources as well as materials to support skills development to help bridge the gap between the BGE and Senior Phase. We now work on additional subject areas too. The Conduit English team has become so successful that we are ready to grow and develop our Secondary English offering further. As Product Owner you will be responsible for the strategic development of Conduit English and lead the product team in implementing this vision for further success.

This role does not require you to work from the Twinkl office and meetings can be conducted via GoogleMeet/Hangouts when required. This is a remote, flexible position. Working hours can be agreed between you and your line manager to fit around your current commitments but you should have availability for team meetings during office hours.

Ongoing projects/how you’ll spend your day:

• Ideate, plan and develop a vision for innovative Secondary English resources that support educators to deliver high quality and relevant learning and teaching experiences.
• Sprint planning for your product and preparing and delivering monthly product reviews.
• Being the point of contact for all product team members on Conduit English 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 and success of the Conduit English product.

In this role, you will learn:

• A greater understanding of agile working practises
• How to spot data trends to drive decisions
• Understanding of 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 wider Conduit 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 Secondary English with teaching experience in the BGE as well as Senior Phase classes within The Curriculum for Excellence
• 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'

If you require a reasonable adjustment to the application/selection process to enable you to demonstrate your ability to perform the job requirements please include this at the foot of your covering letter. This will help us to understand any modifications we may need to make to support you throughout our selection process.

Benefits

In return for everything you can bring, we can offer you an exciting role in a fast-growing and dynamic business, with plenty of career opportunities.

Here are 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 the 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 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.