Senior Specialist: Scrum Master Full-time Job

Senior Specialist: Scrum Master

Purpose

Responsible for enabling and supporting a squad to develop products utilising an Agile methodology, that integrates the business needs of the Chapter and removes any impediments inhibiting the squad from achieving their goals.

Minimum Experience

3 - 5 years experience in a similar environment, of which 1 -2 years at a junior specialist level

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor`s Degrees and Advanced Diplomas [NQF Level 07] in Information Technology and Computer Sciences

Additional Minimum Qualifications

Outputs

Process

• Provide constructive and timeous feedback on work progress and problems encountered to relevant stakeholders.
• Ensure that all decisions taken are documented and available to the organisation.
• Facilitates Scrum team events e.g. Daily Stand-Ups; Iteration Planning; Managing Backlogs; Iteration Retrospectives; etc.
• Identify and remove any impediments that the squad experiences in achieving their goals.
• Facilitate the squads progress toward squad goals through helping the team focus on daily and Iteration Goals.
• Lead squad efforts in relentless improvement utilising appropriate problem-solving techniques.
• Support the Product Owner to manage the backlog and guide the squad while facilitating a healthy team dynamic with respect to priorities and scope.
• Promote Agile quality practices to assist the squad in constantly improving the quality of their deliverables and meeting the Definition of Done (DoD).
• Coordinate interaction with other squads through participating in Scrum of Scrums meetings, and passing information from that meeting back to the squad.
• Facilitate squad preparation and readiness for Programme events.
• Guide the squad in establishing normalised estimates and help the squad understand how to estimate Features and Capabilities.
• Support the squad through facilitating open communication channels within the squad as well as between the squad and the rest of the organisation.
• Facilitate collective decision-making, goal-setting and conflict resolution within the squad.
• Accountable for the improvement of quality, service and work outputs, continuously recommending improvements.
• Plan for the organisation of work outputs and process improvement activities in light of a specific situational context related to the area of specialisation.
• Proactively identify area of specialisation related problems, determine cause and effect and recommend the best option to implement corrective action based on previous experience.

Customer

• Provide specialist expertise and advice to internal/external customers, that builds strong relationships and creates a favourable impression aligned to Treating the Customer Fairly (TCF) principles.

Finance

• Adhere to financial controls, governance and compliance policies and processes throughout an area of specialisation, contributing to cost efficiency.

Learning and Growth

• Coach squad improvement using Lean-Agile values, principles, and best practices.
• Build a high-performing squad through focusing on ever-improving squad dynamics and performance.
• Contribute positively to human capability improvement, related to knowledge optimisation and associated with area of specialisation.

Governance

• Comply to risk and governance policies, implement and provide subject matter input to the development of related processes, applicable to the area of specialisation.

Competencies

Liberty Values

Technical Competencies

• IT programme Management (Intermediate)
• IT Knowledge (Proficient)
• Research and Information Gathering (Intermediate)
• IT Strategy and Planning (Intermediate)
• Programme And Project Management (Intermediate)

Behavioural Competencies

• Professional/Technical learning (Intermediate)
• Organisation and Attention to Detail (Intermediate)
• Relationship Management and Networking (Intermediate)

Liberty Group Limited is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. In compliance with the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998 and the group's Transformation Strategy, preference will be given to suitable candidates from designated groups whose appointments will contribute towards the achievement of equitable demographic representation of our workforce profile and add to the diversity of the organisation.

Vaccination Policy & Hybrid Working Model

We are evolving the way we work and will be launching a Hybrid working model, in line with this Liberty has implemented a Mandatory vaccination policy which is applicable to all employees, this is to further strengthen our commitment to the safety of all employees. Right of refusal to be vaccinated against COVID-19, either on constitutional and/or medical grounds, is taken into consideration and will be dealt with through an objection process. More information about our Hybrid working model and Mandatory vaccination policy will be discussed during the recruitment process for this position.

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At Liberty, we employ more than 6 000 people across 7 businesses in 18 African countries. Every day, our employees grow their knowledge by working with diverse groups of people who specialise in a wide range of skills across insurance, asset management, investment and health products. We continually seek to engage, develop, recognise and reward the people who make our business great.