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Scrum Master
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Rate: £450 - £500
Clearance Required: BPSS
Duration: 6 months
Location: Telford 2 to 3 days onsite
Job Description
This is ideally a 12-month assignment and the applicant must be able to attend Telford (@Phoenix) 2 days a week minimum. For Contractors - we would be looking at 6 months initially:
Fantastic opportunity for an experienced, delivery savvy, senior Scrum Master to join a two-year project to modernise one of the client's largest and most critical services (COTAX = Corporation Tax) in Tax Admin, on the client's Account.
The Scrum Master will work closely with: Delivery Leads, PM, Architects, Business Analysts, QA Leads, Lead Engineers and their whole scrum teams.
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Key Responsibilities
- Facilitate Agile ceremonies across two scrum teams including:
- Scrums
- Sprint planning
- Backlog Refinement
- Reviews and Retrospectives
- Actively drive cross-team learning, knowledge sharing and best practice
- Ensure effective and consistent use of Jira and Confluence across teams, considering all stakeholder needs
- Work hand in hand with the Delivery Lead to understand, track and communicate progress and issues
- Protect teams from distractions and foster a high-performing, motivated environment
- Drive pace and urgency to meet delivery milestones
- Drive a culture that embraces change to ways of working e.g. development and interception of AI solutions
- Embed a culture of ownership and accountability, in relation to delivering against commitments.
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We Are Looking For
- Proven experience as a Scrum Master
- Strong facilitation and stakeholder management skills
- Experience working in multi-disciplinary teams on complex projects and / or programmes
- Extensive experience with agile tooling e.g. JIRA and Confluence including for progress reporting
- Experience of scrum mastering in new teams, building from the ground up, as well as in mature teams
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