Junior Scrum Master London, England
Job description
Location: Newbury or London + Hybrid *
Salary: Excellent basic salary plus bonus and Vodafone benefits
Hours: Full time 37.5 hours per week – Mon to Fri}
Hybrid
Who We Are
We’re a global technology communications company that empowers people and businesses to stay connected and thrive in a digital world. With a focus on innovation, sustainability and earning customer loyalty, we leverage cutting-edge technology to offer products and services that enhance communication and improve lives.
At Vodafone UK, diversity isn’t just a buzzword, it is core to who we are as a company. We’re proud to be certified as a Great Place to Work and are committed to driving inclusion for all; creating a workplace that is fully representative of the communities and customers we serve.
Join our Digital teams where we harness the power of digital and embody the spirit of innovation to deliver the best solutions for our customers.
What you’ll do
As a Junior Scrum Master, you'll develop and lead high-performing, multi-discipline teams, instilling in them a clear vision and a passionate drive to succeed. Building great products that delight our customers and transform the way they engage with us (and the way we support them) is why we're here, but we're also building a world-class capability to build and ship high quality products, leading the way across Vodafone to transform the way we deliver our solutions.
- You will be Challenging and improving the operation of the team, driving their performance and capability to succeed.
- You will be regularly embedding operating models that value ownership, responsiveness, predictability and transparency.
- You’ll be responsible for mentoring and executing Agile, Lean, and Continuous Delivery best practices, embedding DevOps behaviours and principles driving a model of continuous delivery.
- You will ensure the path is clear for your team, removing blockers, facilitating discussions, enabling seamless communications and working with the Product Owner to clarify the product backlog ahead.
- You will be ensuring your teams drive their deliveries with quality, innovation and automation at the heart.
Who you are
- You will showcase a proven track record of guiding teams on the use of scrum, self-organisation and continuous improvement by building and coaching teams to high levels of maturity.
- You will possess experience in facilitation, collaboration, situational awareness and influencing across teams and departments.
- You will have excellent communication skills and experience inside and outside of the team, improving transparency and cross-fertilisation of information.
- You will showcase experience of Agile using a scaled methodology
- You will ideally possess a Scrum Master certification or equivalent certification
Worried that you don’t meet all the desired criteria exactly? At Vodafone we are passionate about Inclusion for All and creating a workplace where everyone can thrive, whatever their personal or professional background. If you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align exactly with every part of the job description, we encourage you to apply as you may be the right candidate for this role or another role, and our recruitment team can help you see how your skills fit in.
What we offer
We believe that taking care of our employees is the key to their success. That is why we offer an excellent remuneration and bonus package with up to 28 days holiday entitlement, in addition to bank holidays and paid leave for charity projects. We offer an extensive benefits package that can be tailored to suit you and your family, including employee discounts, retail vouchers, pension plan and share schemes. We take pride in our commitment to supporting you at every stage of your career by providing top of the range learning and development tools, market leading parental leave policies and an innovative Reconnect programme for people who have taken a career break.
Together we can
Vodafone UK are regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and all offers of employment for this role are subject to background checks, including criminal (DBS) and financial checks to meet the regulators standards.
If you require any reasonable adjustments or have an accessibility request as part of your recruitment journey, for example, extended time or breaks in between online assessments, a sign language interpreter, or assistive technology, please refer to the Accessibility section of our Careers website (https://careers.vodafone.com/uk/applying-to-vodafone/) for guidance.
