Job summary

Scrum Master - 12 month contract - Warton Aerodrome, Lancashire - £61.57 ph UMB or £45.65 ph PAYE (Inside IR35)

Key skills required for this role

Scrum Master

Important

Scrum Master

Job description

The Role

We have several opportunities to join BAE Systems as A Scrum Master within the Air Project Management Team. The roles sit within Dreadnought where you will be at the forefront of modern technology.

Here you will be working with teams of 10-13 like-minded professionals at different levels striving for best practice and operational excellence.

Role Responsibilities:

Not limited to...

• Working closely with product owners and other stakeholders to help them better understand their requirements and help the product owner define and maintain a well refined product backlog.

• Removing impediments so the development team can focus on the work at hand; or guiding the team to remove impediments by finding the right personnel to help them.

• Using data collected from the development team to develop a picture of areas of success and improvement using the chosen system.

• Assessing the Scrum maturity of the team/organisation, and coaching the team to higher levels of maturity, at a pace that is sustainable and comfortable for the team and organisation.

• Building a trusting and psychologically safe environment where problems can be raised without fear of blame, retribution, or being judged, with an emphasis on problem solving

What BAE Systems are looking for, from you:

Essential

• Ability to use appropriate toolsets, such as the Atlassian suite, SharePoint, Microsoft Office applications and develop and act on appropriate metrics
• Knowledge and experience of using Lean/Agile/Traditional techniques and methodologies

• Displays strong leadership behaviours
• Has the ability to keep things simple and remove complexity - Communicates with clarity, brevity and simplicity, sets simple, tangible priorities, eliminates complexity for faster customer delivery
• Explores different ways of doing things by delegating decision making effectively, exploring options in order to overcome obstacles and responds quickly to changing business circumstances.
• Understands and promotes collaboration

Desirable

• PSM1/CSM Qualifications or relevant experience
• APM qualification, or similar

Security Requirements: SC & UK EYES ONLY

This role will require you to hold or be eligible to obtain Security Clearance (SC). You will need to obtain a BPSS check as part of this process. You must be eligible to work in the UK without sponsorship and have lived and worked in the UK for a minimum 5 year period. If you are unsure as to whether you are eligible, please contact me to discuss.

This role also requires you to be a sole British national, in order to apply.

The Umbrella rate quoted above is the Gross Umbrella rate (i.e. the rate we pay to the Umbrella Company inclusive of ALL employment costs). Please note, the rate paid by the Umbrella will be less, as will a Limited Deemed rate or Agency PAYE rate. Please get in touch to discuss the rates via these different payment vehicles.