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Grade: SEO
Total remuneration: £50,411 to £59,353
Pay Supplement:The base salary for this role is £46,677- £54,957. This job qualifies for Digital, Data and Technology Annual Pay supplement of 8% which is included in the salary band above.
Pension:28.97% of base salary (RoS contribution)
Duration: Permanent
Working Pattern: 35 hours per week. We are a flexible employer and will consider a variety of working patterns on a case-by-case basis. For example, compressed hours, term-time working or part-time working.
Annual leave: 38 days annual holiday, increasing to 42 days with length of service.
Location: Hybrid working model, we value in-person collaboration and anticipate this to take place at least weekly or whenever there is a business need. Contractual base either at Meadowbank House, Edinburgh (EH8 7AU), or St Vincent Plaza, Glasgow (G2 5LD).
Department:Product, Business Analysis and Agile
Directorate:Digital, data and technology
Role Reports to:Agile practice lead
Closing date:Sunday 11th May 2025 at 11.59pm
Number of vacancies:3
Registers of Scotland (RoS)
Join an award-winning organisation recognised for its technology and innovation. Registers of Scotland is a world-leading pioneer in land and property registration. Our full-stack teams design, architect, and build all our registration products in-house. We work to create digital solutions for the people of Scotland. You will get an opportunity to nurture your creativity and develop with us through access to the latest data, software engineering and product delivery techniques.
The Role
An Agile Delivery Manager (ADM) works closely with one or more delivery teams, whether they're developing software products, digital services, or core business outputs like completed property deed registrations. The ADM's job is to help the teams work effectively using Agile principles.
These roles will initially be in IT Enablement, which delivers digital hosting, security, and workplace services, or in product teams building and supporting software for our colleagues and customers.
An ADM collaborates with product managers, business analysts, technical leads, developers, testers, and other team members, while also communicating with stakeholders across departments to remove any obstacles from the team's delivery.
The ADM coaches the team to own and improve its delivery process, guiding them through continuous improvement with controlled experimentation, using flow data and other metrics. The ADM also ensures that the team's delivery process aligns with departmental and organizational standards.
In addition to managing technical processes, the ADM focuses on team relationships, ensuring everyone works well together, and facilitating team meetings and workshops.
On a typical day you will…
* Support the delivery process, using rapid feedback to help teams focus on delivering value and quality.
* Coach and guide teams to inspect and adapt their process through continuous improvement.
* Coach team members in relevant Lean and Agile practices.
* Act as servant-leader in teams, helping them become more effective.
* Foster an open and trust-based environment in teams.
* Measure and analyse flow in teams, using flow metrics to suggest improvements and experiments.
* Support identification and removal of blockers in teams’ work.
* Work closely with Product, IT Enablement or business managers and other stakeholders to ensure that the team(s) are delivering the right work in the best possible manner and that dependencies are managed.
* Support teams through the discovery, alpha, beta and live phases when delivering new services under the Digital Scotland Service Standard.
* Prepare to be move at short notice across Registration, Product and IT Enablement teams, or in other areas of the organisation, wherever there is a need.
* Provide support on Agile-related matters in response to one-off requests from any part of the organisation.
* Work with Agile colleagues to surface systemic impediments and support action to increase organisational agility.
* Actively contribute to the Agile Community of Practice, coaching and sharing knowledge.
* Provide training and support in Lean and Agile practices to colleagues across the organisation when required.
* Coach, mentor and line-manage HEO Associate Agile Delivery Managers.
* Help with selection and interviewing of candidates for Agile roles.
This job is for you if you want…
* Work with purpose: working for the people of Scotland to set the bar for land and property registration worldwide.
* Flexible and hybrid working: depending on the role and team requirements, work when and where it’s best for you and your stakeholders.
* Benefits: enjoy pay progression, pension contributions of up to 28.97%, up to a year’s parental leave, and 38 days annual holiday, increasing to 42 days with length of service.
* Investment in professional development: we invest in all our people so that they have the right skills to be productive and confident in their job.
* Diversity and Inclusion: We are an ‘Investor in People’ and a ‘Disability Confident’ employer. We are inclusive, stronger together, and committed to putting our people first.
* Positive work culture: RoS is an agile, digital organisation using leading-edge technology. Colleagues understand their role in achieving our strategy and have the autonomy to deliver.
To learn more about RoS and what we offer visit our careers pages or watch this short video.
Hear from our colleagues about their experience of working within our Digital, Data and Technology teams on our website.
Essential criteria - Your Skills and Attributes for Success
Experience/Technical:
We will assess you against the following Experience and Technical skills during the application and assessment process:
* Minimum of two years’ experience working in a Delivery Manager/Lead, Agile Team Lead or Scrum Master role.
* Experience of coaching and supporting teams to deliver through application of Lean and Agile principles, not just applying a specific framework.
Behaviours
At application stage, you will be scored against Changing and Improving, Working Together and Developing Self and Others. At assessment your will be assessed against all four Behaviours:
Changing and improving
* Encourage ideas for change from a wide range of sources and clearly explain the reasons for change to colleagues and how to implement them, supporting individuals with different needs to adapt to change.
Making effective decisions
* Analyse and use a range of relevant, credible information from internal and external sources to support decisions.
* Invite challenge and where appropriate involve others in decision making. Display confidence when making difficult decisions, even if they prove to be unpopular.
Working together
* Encourage joined-up teamwork within own team and across other groups establishing professional relationships with a range of stakeholders.
* Invest time to develop a common focus and genuine positive team spirit where colleagues feel valued and respect one another.
Developing self and others
* Take time to coach, mentor and develop other colleagues to support succession planning.
* Reflect on own work, continuously seek and act on feedback to improve own and team’s performance.
Stage one - application process
To apply, click on 'Apply now’ and complete our online application form, you will need to submit:
• A CV setting out your career history and how you meet the Responsibilities and Technical criteria required in the role (we recommend no more than 4 pages in length).
• Provide an example for each Behaviour listed below (150 - 400 words per answer):
1. Changing and improving: coaching a team to try an experiment in changing their process and what your learnings were.
2. Making effective decisions: supporting a team to deliver a product and how you handled any challenges.
3. Working together: resolving any interpersonal issue or conflict either within a team or with stakeholders.
Please note
* If we receive a high volume of applications, we may complete an initial sift on Changing and improving.
* We reserve the right to invite candidates to participate in a telephone interview prior to being further assessed.
* Applications that are not accompanied by CVs will not be scored. Applications or responses outside the 150-400 words per behaviour will not be considered.
* We would strongly recommend that your statement is written in the STAR format (Situation, Task, Action & Result) and suggest preparing your answers using software such as MS Word or Google Docs, and then uploading the file.
* We strongly advise you review our policy on responsible use of AI in the application process. RoS may check answers with an AI detection tool and will contact you for a pre-screening call to verify your responses.
* Applications and appointments are subject to a strict merit-based assessment process, in line with the Civil Service Recruitment Principles.
Stage two – Assessment
If successful at application stage, you will be invited to an in-person interview (Meadowbank House, 153 London Road, Edinburgh, EH8 7AU) which will include the following:
* Behaviour based interview
* Case study exercise
Information on Success Profiles
For further information on success profiles, visit our Success Profiles.
Indicative Recruitment Timetable
Closing date: Sunday 11th May 2025
Application Sift: wc Monday 12th May 2025
Invites to assessment: wc Monday 19th May 2025
Assessment: wc Monday 26th March 2025 (subject to change)
* Please note dates may be subject to change.
Feedback
Feedback will only be provided if you progress to interview stage.
Reserve List
In the event that further posts are required, a reserve list of successful candidates will be kept for up to 12 months.
Nationality and immigration status
In general, only nationals from the following countries (and associations of countries) are eligible for employment in the Civil Service: the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland, and the Commonwealth. EU nationals (with settled or pre-settled status), certain EEA nationals, Swiss and Turkish nationals are also eligible for employment. Detailed provisions on determining eligibility on the grounds of nationality and, where relevant, immigration status can be reviewed here.
Security
Successful candidates must undergo a Disclosure Scotland check.
Individuals working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard checks.
Equality, diversity and inclusion
As a proud member of the Disability Confident Scheme, we welcome applications from disabled candidates. RoS is a diverse and inclusive workplace, and we want to help you demonstrate your full potential whatever type of selection process is used. To learn more about diversity at RoS please see our EDI strategy.
As part of the application process, we would like to invite you to please complete our diversity monitoring form. This information is not shared with recruitment panels.
If you require any adjustments to our recruitment process, please let us know via resourcing@ros.gov.uk. Please see this page for more information on adjustments.
DDaT supplement
This post is part of the Digital, Data and Technology profession (DDAT) and attracts a pay supplement. This is a tool which RoS uses to benchmark our salaries against current market rates. A review of the benchmark is undertaken every two years, this means that the supplement may go up or down depending on market activity. Advance notice will be given of any changes.
Further information
For further information relating to RoS, including:
* Additional details on pay & benefits
* The Civil Service Code
* Complaints process
* Use of AI in the application/recruitment process,
Please view our additional information page online.
If you have any questions, please contact resourcing@ros.gov.uk.
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