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Scrum Master

Employer
LA International
Location
Bristol
Salary
Negotiable
Closing date
2 Mar 2021

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Clearance Level
BPSS
Sector
Information Technology
Job Type
Contract
Our Client is urgently looking for an experienced Scrum Master.

Location: Home-based/ South West England
Contract in the scope of IR35


Skills required for the job

*Coaching: Demonstrated coaching ability, with a strong servant leadership philosophy
*Transformative change delivery: ability to identify business outcomes, manage dependencies and deliver change in complex environments
*Stakeholder management: ability to manage and influence stakeholders with competing priorities
*Business expertise: defined by the project scope
*Software Development Lifecycle: Demonstrated understanding of the software development lifecycle and technical change delivery
*Facilitation: Excellent facilitator, with the ability to communicate and adapt your style based on the situation / context
*Scrum Master Certification preferred (PSM2 / ACSM).

Experience you would be expected to have

3-5 years' experience in the relevant field or equivalent MANDATORY

Experience with one or more agile frameworks (Scrum, Kanban, Scrumban, DSDM) MANDATORY

Practical experience in Agile methodologies MANDATORY

Demonstrated 2-3+ years' experience or equivalent in the role of a Scrum Master delivering cross-functional change using Agile (i.e. across business and technology) MANDATORY

Demonstrated coaching experience, with a strong servant leadership philosophy MANDATORY

Demonstrated experience fostering and empowering high performing teams MANDATORY

What I'll be doing - your accountabilities

*Support the teams in understanding and adopting Agile principles, adapting to their level of experience and knowledge
*Facilitate all scrum ceremonies (daily stand up, sprint review, and sprint retrospective, demos/showcases) in a way that ensures full team engagement and work with the team to continually refine and improve
*Guide the squad on how to use scrum and agile practices and methodologies and when they should be used appropriately
*Optimise team allocation and utilisation by guiding the team on how to get the most of out of self-organization, using team metrics (e.g. team velocity, sprint progress/burn down charts) to drive performance
*Shields the team from external interference and ensure the team is fully functional and productive
*Removes blockers that inhibit team productivity (when individuals themselves cannot reasonably resolve them), escalates as required
*Facilitate the team to become self-organising and cross-functional, fosters close cooperation across all team members, encourage cross-training and supporting each other. Continually inspect and adapt the squad's ways of working
*Supports Product Owner on release planning
*Work with other Scrum Masters to improve the application of Agile practices and cross-collaboration for delivery execution









LA International Computer Consultants Ltd is an HMG Approved Consultancy and operates as an IT & Engineering Consultancy or as an Employment Business & Agency, depending upon the precise nature of the work, for security cleared jobs or non-clearance vacancies, we welcome applications from all sections of the community and from people with diverse experience and backgrounds.

Award Winning LA International Computer Consultants Ltd (Recruiter Awards for Excellence - Best IT, Best Public Sector & Gold Awards) and the most prestigious award that any business can receive The Queens Award for Enterprise: International Trade 2015.

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