Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Scrum Master

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Job summary

A Scrum Master is a servant leader, coach, mentor, and facilitator. They will encourage and facilitate continuous improvement of the design team, coaching and mentoring both team members and others, to apply the most appropriate agile and Scrum framework.

This role will build and maintain relationships, ensuring that the team is motivated, collaborating, and working well by engaging with key stakeholders to meet the changing demands on health and social care.

They are responsible for the performance and output of the team. The Scrum Master will identify obstacles, and remove blockers or impediments in order to help the team to overcome them, focusing the team on what is most important to the delivery of products/projects.

Main duties of the job

Suitable for someone who has proven knowledge/experience of working as a servant leader and being able to deliver high profile/high value/high-quality projects. They will need to be a confident communicator who is able to influence, inspire and lead others from different backgrounds and all levels of seniority. They will recognize when something does not work and encourage a mindset of experimentation. They are able to use a blended approach depending on the context and can measure and evaluate outcomes. This role will suit someone who likes a challenge and who has the drive, enthusiasm, and ability to motivate individuals to deliver exceptional outcomes in a constantly evolving environment.

About us

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We also provide social care services for people with a learning disability in Croydon and ASD and ADHD assessment services in Hampshire.

We actively seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the mental wellbeing of the local population. We work closely with other NHS and voluntary sector organisations who provide services and support people who use services and carers.

Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast.

Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach.

For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.

Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.

Working from home contracts do not attract high cost area payments.

We look forward to receiving your application!

Date posted

24 August 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£45,753 to £52,067 a year including HCAS

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

8 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

325-5587198-CORP

Job locations

18 Mole Business Park

Randalls Road

Leatherhead

KT22 7AD

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please check the job description & person specification document for more information on the requirements for this job

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please check the job description & person specification document for more information on the requirements for this job

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Significant recent experience as a Scrum Master or as a Project Manager in an Agile Delivery environment
Educated to degree level or equivalent relevant experience

Desirable

Significant recent experience as a Scrum Master or as a Project Manager in an Agile Delivery environment
Knowledge and experience of delivering projects across organisational boundaries.
Experience of coaching and facilitating teams to ensure all are working to the agreed project delivery framework/methodology

Skills

Essential

Excellent relationship management skills and experience.
Demonstrable ability to provide and receive highly complex plans and to present these to a wide and varied audience in order to gain the agreement and co-operation required.

Desirable

Attention to detail, applying quality standards to all tasks undertaken.
Direct working experience of Microsoft Office Applications and project planning and management tools
Strong initiative and ability to recognise the appropriate time to escalate and involve others

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Significant recent experience as a Scrum Master or as a Project Manager in an Agile Delivery environment
Educated to degree level or equivalent relevant experience

Desirable

Significant recent experience as a Scrum Master or as a Project Manager in an Agile Delivery environment
Knowledge and experience of delivering projects across organisational boundaries.
Experience of coaching and facilitating teams to ensure all are working to the agreed project delivery framework/methodology

Skills

Essential

Excellent relationship management skills and experience.
Demonstrable ability to provide and receive highly complex plans and to present these to a wide and varied audience in order to gain the agreement and co-operation required.

Desirable

Attention to detail, applying quality standards to all tasks undertaken.
Direct working experience of Microsoft Office Applications and project planning and management tools
Strong initiative and ability to recognise the appropriate time to escalate and involve others

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.