Twinkl Educational Publishing Looking for Product Owner – New Zealand Classic at Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand Full Time

Location: New Zealand; remote

Pay Rate: NZD $29.50-$33.50 per hour

Contract: 25 hours per week, 6 months fixed term (with potential to extend)

Hiring Manager: Rebecca Usherwood Recruiter: Frazer Morton

First things first! What is Twinkl? What is Twinkl’s mission?

Twinkl is here to “help those who teach.” It’s what brings us to work every day. We’re proud to create educational resources that can be used at each step of a child’s learning journey.

Our award-winning resource collection – created by teachers for teachers – provides unlimited supplementary digital and printable teaching resources at an unbeatable value.

We have over a million resources, and new content is added every day. Don’t see what you need? Just ask! We make bespoke resources for our members as part of our world-class customer service promise to help those who teach.

We support educators and children across New Zealand and around the world, and we’re committed to transforming lives through education.

Whoever you are, whatever you teach, Twinkl is here for you!

The Role:

We are looking for a candidate who has a specialism and keen interest in creating rich, inclusive New Zealand-specific education, and who is looking for a new challenge in leading and developing a range of New Zealand teaching resources and services to support teachers, parents and children.

Product Owners at Twinkl are responsible for driving forward the vision and aims of established resource collections, along with creating innovative and exciting materials that are at the forefront of the education market. They work closely with the product development team to create the right resources at the right time to support the needs of educational professionals.

The successful candidate will carry out their role whilst communicating extensively with key stakeholders within and outside the business to achieve the company’s core values and focus. This exciting and varied role will give you the opportunity to play a key role in the development of Twinkl’s teaching materials and help to meet the needs of thousands of New Zealand educators.

Day-to-day, you’ll be:

• Communicating with the development team to share product vision and priorities;
• Collaborating with the New Zealand Country Manager, other Product Owners, customer-facing teams and key areas of the business;
• Understanding pain points affecting our customers and identifying ways of addressing these within the New Zealand Curriculum;
• Reporting on product performance and implementing a product strategy;
• Overseeing the product journey and communicating this with stakeholders;
• Researching and developing innovative concepts within the market

Requirements

Core Skills:

• Relevant background and market awareness;
• Quick thinking, accurate and high level of timekeeping, ability to work towards strict deadlines;
• Teamwork. Effective listener and communicator;
• Able to present the work completed and the detail in the value the product provides;
• Spotting trends and acting upon them;
• Able to understand educational needs and make informed decisions from this;
• Problems solving, finding solutions

To succeed in this role, you will have the following skillset:

• Experienced primary school teacher (with qualification);
• Proficient with Google Drive products
• You are self-motivated and willing to push yourself out of your comfort zone;
• Is good fun to be with and has the ability to communicate well with others;
• Is organised, able to work to deadlines, and manages time effectively;
• Is able to communicate with colleagues and our external partners effectively;
• Has a hard work ethic, is passionate, driven and loves what they do;
• Is honest, trustworthy and reliable;
• Produces quality work and is ready to learn new skills

If this sounds like you, we’re looking forward to reviewing your application!

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’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
• Flexible working with opportunities to work from home
• Twinkl are 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. 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
• Continuous Professional Development (CPD) – Our ever-evolving program includes: Monthly progression reviews, Twinkl’s Management Scheme, commercial awareness training, leadership coaching quads, career chats and mentoring
• Collaboration across continents! You’ll plug into a global team working to help improve the lives of educators around the world

Our Recruitment Process: