Digital Product Officer (FTC 23 Months)
- Location:
- GENERAL TEACHING COUNCIL FOR SCOTLAND CLERWOOD HOUSE 96 CLERMISTON ROAD, EH12 6UT
- Salary:
- £39,492 per year
- Contract Type:
- Temporary
- Position Type:
- Full Time
- Hours:
- 35 hours per week
- Work From Home:
- Hybrid
The Role
What you will do
You will be responsible for coordinating the technical operation and ongoing improvement of the organisation’s digital products, including the effective flow of data between integrated solutions. With a strong focus on the registrant user journey, you will be responsible for connecting business requirements, user experience and technology and bringing these elements together to create useful, useable, and feasible digital products. You will take a lead role in defining technical requirements for digital products and coordinating the planning, development, and deployment of updates.
What you will need to be successful
- You have experience in a product owner or product management (or related) role with experience in developing software products.
- You have experience of translating business and user needs into meaningful product requirements.
- You understand digital design principles including user-centric design, prototyping and software development technologies.
- You have experience working with agile methodologies.
- You have excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
- You are a good communicator with experience of building effective working partnerships with internal and external users and partners.
- You have a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent qualification (SCQF Level 9) or equivalent attested vocational or work-based training.
- Product management and/or Agile training and certification would be an advantage.
- Familiarity with task management systems and tools such as JIRA,Azure DevOps and Kanban is also desirable.
We don’t expect perfection. If you don’t meet 100% of the requirements but you share our values and you believe you have the potential to be successful in the role, we encourage you to still apply.
We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive team where people can bring their whole selves to work. We want to hire the best person for the role, irrespective of their background. We use a recruitment platform which aims to reduce any unconscious bias.
Working Hours / Pattern
We see this role being based on full time working hours of 35 hours per week, however we would still like to hear from you if you are interested in the role but have alternative needs in relation to working hours or pattern.
Application and Selection Process
- Apply via the Applied Platform (URL provided) by the closing date of 12 noon on Monday 11 March 2024.
- Invites to interview issued by Wednesday 20 March 2024.
- Interviews will take place via Microsoft Teams on Wednesday 27 March 2024. We advise you to hold this date in your diary.
If you have a medical condition or other individual need which you believe may affect our interview / assessment arrangements, or your ability to be at your best please, let us know so we can discuss how we can support you and make any adjustments that may be required.
Please note that GTC Scotland is unable to provide sponsorship for work visas.
If you have any questions about the role or about the application process, please contact recruitment@gtcs.org.uk