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Scrum Master - Norwich

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Gesuchte Skills: Support

Projektbeschreibung

Scrum Master - Norwich

Purpose:

The Scrum Master is responsible for facilitating the day-to-day running of an Agile team and ensuring that progress is visible to all key stakeholders. They ensure that the team functions as effectively as possible and protects the team from external impacts.

This is a facilitative leadership role. The Scrum Master should seek to promote self-organisation within the team, ie the team collectively optimises itself to achieve the defined Sprint and project goals, rather than the Scrum Master acting as authority and coordinator. The Scrum Master takes ownership that the right things are happening, preferably not ownership of the activities themselves.

Main Skills:

*Strong understanding of Agile
*Strong understanding of Software Delivery Processes
*Strong stakeholder engagement experience. Ability to be able to connect with both technical and non-technical stakeholders

Skills:

* Communication - Able to relate to and communicate with both business and technology people
* Stakeholder management - Able to understand and respond to the drivers and concerns of a wide range of both business and technical stakeholders
* Servant Leadership - Must be able to gain respect from his/her team and be willing to 'get their hands dirty' to get the job done. The Scrum Master must be able to achieve their responsibilities by getting the team to collectively work towards the same goals, rather than through a 'control and command' approach
* Facilitation - Must be able to lead and demonstrate value-add principles to a team
* Assertiveness - Must be able to ensure Agile/Scrum concepts and principles are adhered to, must be able to be a voice of reason and authority, make the tough calls.
* Situationally Aware - Must notice differences and issues as they arise and respond appropriately
* Conflict resolution - Must be able to facilitate discussion and the development of alternatives or different approaches
* Transparency - Must drive transparency to the business about development progress and grow business trust
* Sensitivity to team dynamics - the efficiency of a team can vary significantly depending upon the behaviours and interactions within the team - the SM should be sensitive to dynamics of the team and have strategies for changing behaviours where necessary.
* Political awareness - Be able to work/collaborate/communicate effectively with upper management, stakeholders and other external dependencies.
* Problem solving skills - organizational and analytical skills, and the ability to work round obstacles to get things done
* Partner/Supplier management - Understanding of key processes and how to get the best from Aviva's Partners.

Knowledge

* A solid understanding of Agile values and principles (the "why" and the "how")
* A good overall knowledge of the Scrum process
* A good working knowledge of Agile practices and some of the different applications
* Basic understanding of software development processes
* Business and Commercial Awareness
* QMS and Agile Solution Centre
* Project tools
* Delivery and support management tools and techniques
* Engagement management
* Delivery management
* Capability management
* Release management
* Quality Assurance

Experience

* Experience of working in an Agile project (in any role)
* Experience of software delivery processes
* Building a collaborative team culture
* Facilitation of workshops with business stakeholders and development teams
* Management and development of people within a delivery team.
Capabilities:
* Communicative and social- Must be able to communicate well with teams.
* Enthusiastic - High-energy
* Focus on Continuous improvement - Must continually be looking to improve their own skills and encourage the team to do the same
* Pro-action - the Scrum Master must actively look for issues which are hindering the team, or might hinder the team in the future, and seek timely resolution
* Focus - the Scrum Master must seek the keep the team highly focused on completion of the Sprint goals, while protecting the team from external 'noise' which could dilute that focus
* Attitude of empowerment - Must be able to lead a team to self-organization
* Sound Judgment: Use appropriate strategies to achieve objectives, considering the situation, issues and persons involved. Reach sound decisions and take wise course of action..
* Self-confidence: Be willing to state and defend ideas and convictions while recognizing other options. Have the confidence required to stand alone when this is the best course.. Being willing to adapt and change depending on circumstances.
* Flexibility: Demonstrate sensitivity to the organizational environment. Tolerate ambiguity, shift priorities, change style and respond with new approaches as needed to deal with the demands of changed conditions.
* Initiative: Actively and enthusiastically attempt to influence events. Seek opportunities to originate action. Take action beyond explicit requests and approach work in an optimistic manner. Be a self-starter.

If you haven't received a response regarding your application within 48hrs, then unfortunately you've been unsuccessful on this occasion.

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The Adecco Group UK & Ireland is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

Projektdetails

  • Vertragsart:

    Contract

  • Berufserfahrung:

    Keine Angabe

Geforderte Qualifikationen

  • Kategorie:

    Sonstiges

  • Skills:

    support

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