About The Role
For informal enquiries, please contact Roland Ingram (Agile Lead/Coach) at [Confidential Information].
The Scrum Master serves as a crucial bridge between development teams, product owners, and other stakeholders in the University. Their primary purpose is to facilitate agile practices, promote collaboration, and ensure the team adheres to an Agile framework. By removing impediments, fostering continuous improvement, and championing the Scrum values of transparency, inspection and adaptation, the Scrum Master enables efficient delivery of high-quality products.
The Scrum Master is part of a team of Delivery Managers and helps to develop and promote Agile practice across the Information and Digital Group and wider University. They work together with other roles in Portfolio Delivery, including Product Managers, Business Analysts and Business Change managers, helping to embed those skillsets into the Agile process to maximise value for stakeholders across the University.
About You
You are an experienced Agile Coach / Scrum Master, confident to act as servant leader to new or mature Agile teams. You are passionate about driving continuous improvement within your teams and beyond.
You will be accustomed to managing colleagues from different teams, including technical experts, in a matrix arrangement. You will be equally comfortable managing upwards to remove impediments, communicate progress and set expectations.
You will be an enthusiastic Agile advocate with a track record of winning over new practitioners and collaborating with other experienced coaches.
For further information regarding the skills required for this role please see the personal specification section of the attached job description.
About The Department
The Information & Digital Group is responsible for a new University Digital Strategy to support the Universitys ambitions to be world-class in all it does. IDG is central to the delivery of the University strategy by providing a high-quality service to all of our stakeholders, enabling the University to prioritise its requirements, and to deliver this service in a manner that maximises value at every stage.
IDG strives to provide excellent, highly responsive relationships and partnerships, to be innovative leaders with vision and strategy, to provide enterprise architecture that drives innovation across the institution, to deliver products and projects on time, cost and quality through services that always meet service level agreements. We need to operate in an increasingly agile, digital-first environment, being able to quickly assess risk and seize opportunity.
The IDG Portfolio Delivery team defines the processes, tools and standards for all IDG programmes thereby ensuring delivery to time, cost & quality. The team ensure the delivery of projects, products and platforms that provide tangible value, outcomes and benefits to the university. Portfolio Delivery also creates great experiences by delivering at the right speed and in close collaboration with the University.
About The University
Born in the 60s with a mindset of boldness, imagination and collaboration, the University of Warwick is a world-leading research-intensive university with the highest academic and research standards. Were one of the worlds top universities, ranked 67th in the world and 10th in the UK*, with 92% of our research assessed to be world leading or internationally excellent**.
You'll be joining a diverse, innovative and globally connected community committed to igniting real world progress. Here at Warwick, we offer you opportunities to follow your ambitions as long as you bring the energy and determination to succeed.
- QS World University Rankings 2024
- Research Excellence Framework 2021
To find out more about us visit our website.
How to Apply
CLOSING DATE: Wednesday 07 August 2024 at 11.55pm
To apply, please click Apply below and submit an application form by the closing date. Please plan for any potential delays as
you will not be able to submit an application past this deadline (even if you opened the form at, say, 11.30pm).
Please attach a CV and cover letter.
- Your CV should include your most recent employment experience, any other relevant experience, and education history.
- Your cover letter must detail how you meet each of the essential criteria found in the Job Description document below (desirable criteria too, where possible).
Please see here for guidance on writing a cover letter. We
highly recommend using individual criteria as headers and giving examples below, though you are free to format the letter as you wish.
To streamline our hiring processes, we can only accept applications via our official website, warwick-careers.tal.net.
Interview Date: TBC
Start Date: TBC
What we Offer
We will provide you with a great range of benefits, which include an attractive pension scheme, 30 days holiday plus Christmas closure, excellent learning and development opportunities, and savings on a wide range of products and services. We offer a generous maternity/paternity/adoption/parental leave policy, and onsite childcare facilities.
We recognise the importance of a healthy work/life balance and offer you access to flexible working, for more information click here.
We are proud to say that we are a Living Wage employer.
If you are considering relocating to the UK, read our Relocation Guide to find out more about what Warwick has to offer and what might be involved in the process.
Our Commitment to Inclusion
Warwick is committedto building an organisation ofmutual respectanddignity, promoting awelcoming, diverse, and inclusive workingand learning environment. We recognise that everyone is different in a variety of visible and non-visible ways, and that those differences are to berecognised, respected, and valued. Where possible, we go beyond legislation to provide a place where everyone can thrive, supporting all staff to achieve their full potential. We aspire to remove economic, social, and cultural barriers that may otherwise prevent people from succeeding.
We therefore welcome and encourage applications from all communities regardless of culture, background, age, disability, sex/gender, gender identity or expression, ethnicity, religion/belief, or sexual or romantic orientation. To find out more about our social inclusion work at Warwick visit our webpageshere.
The University currently holds aRace Equality Charter Bronze Award,Athena Swan Sliver Awardand aDisability Smart Bronze Award.The University of Warwick is also one of the six founder institutions of theEUTOPIA European University Alliance.
Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS)
The University of Warwick complies with the DBS Code of Practice and undertakes not to discriminate unfairly against anyone who makes a Disclosure relating to a conviction or other information revealed. More information is available on the Universitys Vacancy pages and applicants may request a copy of the DBS Code of Practice.
Job Description
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