Scrum Master – ID2024 – 9692

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Dundee, Glasgow

About the job

Job summary

Social Security Scotland currently have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Scrum Master to join our Cloud Engineering branch.

In this role, you will be responsible for coordinating and reporting on the successful delivery of technical outputs within the delivery teams. Collaboration is essential, as you will work closely with colleagues across the organisation and will attend senior management meetings to provide updates and recommendations. This role offers the means to continually develop your skills and experience and provides numerous progression opportunities alongside a great work/life balance.

This role involves collaboration with colleagues from various technical teams as well as the wider organisation. This includes attending senior management meetings to provide updates on progress and recommendations based on potential risks. You will maintain boards, plans, and reports that allow stakeholders to easily track the progress of their projects.

Additionally, you will have the opportunity to develop and lead a team consisting of Developers, Business Analysts, and Quality Assurance Analysts. Collaborating closely with other Scrum Masters, you will work together to deliver business objectives.

We aim to develop within Social Security Scotland, a positive and inclusive culture, which supports our people to flourish, by embedding a working environment where we all treat each other with dignity and respect and recognise each other’s contributions.

The Chief Digital Office (CDO) division within the Social Security directorate is delivering an ambitious digital programme to support the transfer of welfare powers to the Scottish Government, supporting the strategy of a leading digital organisation and ensuring Scotland becomes a leading digital nation. The CDO is responsible for delivering the cloud infrastructure, capability and solutions that will support the Social Security Programme and ultimately Social Security Scotland, an Executive Agency of the Scottish Government.

DDaT Pay Supplement 

This post attracts a £5,000 DDaT pay supplement after a 3 months DDaT competency qualifying period. The payment will be backdated to your start date in the role. Pay supplements are temporary payments designed to address recruitment and retention issues caused by market pressures and are subject to regular review. This post is part of the Scottish Government DDaT profession. As a member of the profession, you will join the professional development scheme, currently BCS RoleModel plus. 

Job description

• Manage and co-ordinate the outputs of one or more engineering teams using appropriate and agreed Agile methodologies, learning & iterating frequently
• Work prioritisation and decision making within the assigned team(s)
• Report progress, delays, risks and issues to relevant governance boards and stakeholders
• Review, challenge and adjust performance levels to ensure quality outcomes are delivered on time, rewarding success
• Assist in resolution of delivery blockers
• Champion and coach Agile Delivery Methodology within the team(s)
• Act as escalation point for delivery teams
• Work with other SCRUM Masters to ensure output dependencies are identified and logged
• Support the Product Owner(s) and Infrastructure Delivery Manager(s) in the management of a pipeline of potential new initiatives/projects, determining whether (and how) these can be executed within the finite development resources in a specified time
• Fundamental to pipeline management is the ability to align the decision-making process for estimating and prioritising new projects with the Transformation strategy
• Support the Product Owner in the management of the overall Cloud Engineering product roadmap, ensuring project outputs and programme outcomes are captured and tracked and dependencies managed and effectively communicated

Person specification

1. Strong Agile experience, balancing priorities, leading teams, facilitation skills, and strong communication.

2. Experience of balancing multiple priorities and dealing with ambiguity within a digital environment.

3. Experience of leading Agile teams across both business and technical environments.

4. Meeting and workshop facilitation skills, including problem analysis and retrospection.

Benefits

Annual Leave – You will receive 25 days annual leave on joining us. This will increase to 30 days after four full years of service. You will also have 11.5 public and privilege days of leave every year. We also offer Flexi-time. Any extra hours you’ve worked can be taken as leave when suitable.

A Civil Service Pension – This job comes with a Civil Service pension. New joiners to the Civil Service will join a career average pension scheme as standard. Read more here – www.civilservicepensionscheme.org.uk.

Healthy work life balance – We can offer the possibility of full-time, part-time, term-time, and job shares. We also encourage flexible working.

Discounts – You can enjoy a vast range of retail, travel and lifestyle discounts through our benefit scheme.

Personal support for you – Our Employee Assistance Programme gives you confidential, independent information and guidance 24/7.

Volunteering special leave – Up to six days paid special leave a year for volunteering. We support our staff to help causes important to them.

Great locations – Our bright and modern offices in the heart of Dundee and Glasgow have been designed with staff in mind. Both locations are ideal for public transport.

The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. Read more about prison leaver recruitment (opens in new window).

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

• Name : Nyree Faulkner
• Email : Nyree.Faulkner@socialsecurity.gov.scot
• Telephone : 08001577194

Recruitment team

• Email : Recruitment@socialsecurity.gov.scot

Further information

https://www.socialsecurity.gov.scot/jobs/how-to-make-a-great-application

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