Time left to apply End Date: February 28, 2025 (30+ days left to apply)
job requisition id JR4921
Closing Date: 01/03/2025
Key Purpose:
The Scrum Master will guide and coach the team in the effective use of Scrum, fostering a culture of continuous improvement, collaboration, and self-organization. They will ensure adherence to Scrum principles, maximize value delivery, and cultivate a positive and productive work environment.
Accountabilities:
* Facilitate Scrum Events: Lead Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review, and Sprint Retrospective meetings, ensuring they are productive, time-boxed, and achieve their intended outcomes.
* Empower the Development Team: Coach the team in self-organization, cross-functionality, and continuous improvement, promoting ownership and effective collaboration.
* Support the Product Owner: Assist in maintaining a healthy Product Backlog, ensuring clear communication of product vision, goals, and priorities.
* Remove Impediments: Proactively identify and resolve obstacles that hinder the team’s progress, escalating issues when necessary.
* Champion Scrum Adoption: Promote Scrum values and principles within the team and organization, advocating for its benefits and addressing misconceptions.
Experience, Knowledge, and Capability Requirements:
* 2+ years as a Scrum Master for a software development team delivering successful software solutions.
* Proficiency in applying Scrum principles, practices, and theory.
* Familiarity with agile methodologies such as Kanban, XP, or Lean; experience with agile scaling frameworks (e.g., LeSS, SAFe) is advantageous.
* Certified Scrum Master / Professional Scrum Master qualifications preferred; experience in the utility or water sector desirable.
Scrum Mastery:
* Deep understanding of Scrum principles, values, and practices.
* Ability to guide and coach teams in self-organization and effective Scrum event facilitation.
* Skill in identifying and resolving impediments, shielding the team from distractions.
Coaching and Mentoring:
* Strong coaching and mentoring skills to foster continuous improvement and team performance.
* Capacity to address individual and team skill gaps, guiding towards high performance.
Collaboration and Communication:
* Excellent interpersonal, communication, and conflict resolution skills.
* Ability to build trust and rapport with team members and stakeholders.
* Proficiency in facilitating collaborative workshops and discussions.
Agile Mindset:
* Embraces agile values and promotes a culture of experimentation and learning.
* Adaptable to change, committed to continuous improvement in agile practices.
Technical Proficiency:
* Familiarity with agile project management tools (e.g., Jira, Azure DevOps).
* Understanding of software development practices and technologies; knowledge of DevOps practices beneficial.
Problem-Solving:
* Proactive approach to problem-solving, with the ability to analyze situations and implement effective solutions.
Continuous Learning:
* Commitment to ongoing learning and professional development in agile methodologies.
* Active participation in the agile community and staying updated with industry trends.
SFIA (Skills Framework for the Information Age) Capabilities:
* Organisational Facilitation (OFCL): Facilitates workgroups, improves team performance, and implements team principles and practices.
* Stakeholder Relationship Manager (RLMT): Manages stakeholder relationships, facilitates communication, and supports business decision-making.
* Organisational Capability Development (OCDV): Identifies capability improvement opportunities, plans improvement activities, and supports organizational development.
* Employee Experience (EEXP): Leads employee engagement strategies, ensures a productive working environment, and promotes health and wellbeing.
* Measurement (MEAS): Establishes measurement objectives, enhances measurement capability, and advises on effective use of measures.
* Learning Delivery (ETDL): Prepares and delivers learning activities, enhances learner experience, and tailors learning delivery approaches.
* Methods and Tools (METL): Provides guidance on methods and tools adoption, tailors processes, and improves tool usage.
Interested in the role?
We reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications so if you are interested in the position please do send your application over today to ensure consideration.
Every Body Welcome
We value diversity and are committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. If you require any reasonable adjustments to facilitate your participation in the recruitment process, please do not hesitate to let us know. We are dedicated to ensuring that all candidates have an equal opportunity to showcase their skills and experience.
We succeed together
Our customers are at the heart of everything we do, because delivering water for life is our core purpose. To achieve this, we need 24/7 support in place to resolve incidents quickly and efficiently. All our employees understand the importance of out-of-hours incident support – because when problems appear, fixing them is our top priority. That’s why our people join together and support when and however needed to make sure our customers get the service they deserve. Joining the Southern Water family means you’ll become part of our incident support team. During your interview, your manager will speak to you about any incident support rotas that apply to your position.
* Company and performance-related bonus
* Generous pension with up to 11% company contribution
* Life assurance payment equal to four times your annual salary
* Health benefits through a Cash Plan
* Two paid community volunteering days a year
* 25 days annual holiday
* Occupational health service
* Perkbox benefits offering discounts and savings on several products and experiences
* Study support may be available for job-related qualifications
* We offer competitive maternity leave and flexible return to work options
Need flexibility in your work?
Does this opportunity excite you but you’re not 100% sure if you meet all the requirements for the role? Or are you concerned that ‘normal’ office hours aren’t possible given your personal circumstances? Whilst we can’t accommodate every flexible working request, we’ll try to find a practical solution. So why not engage with us and find out more about this role? #LI-Hybrid
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