Agile Scrum Master | £600 - £650pd (Inside IR35) |6 Months
People Source Consulting are currently seeking an experienced Agile Scrum Master to take on 6 month contract (Likely to extend) with a Defence Client in Basingstoke.
The Successful Scrum Master will have the following Skills/experience:
* Detailed Knowledge of / experience in the use of Agile methodologies.
* Ability and experience to Run Sprint ceremonies including daily stand ups, planning meetings, showcases and retrospectives.
* Light-touch leadership that employs a highly collaborative approach to guide people without controlling them but employing authority when the situation requires.
* Facilitating inclusive decision-making and conflict resolution.
* Knowledge or experience with Agile techniques: User Stories, estimating, TDD, continuous integration, pairing, automated testing.
* Guiding and mentoring skills that demonstrate the Agile values and principles.
* Experience Removing impediments preventing delivery
* Growing and facilitating highly motivated and capable teams to deliver innovative software products, as well as less experienced teams.
It would be great if you also had:
* Experience of working on digital by default service standard compliant government website
* A highly developed understanding of government organisations, and how to operate and communicate at the varying levels of management
* Background working in Central Government / Defence Environments
* Will have a background in Technology with proven success in a complex programmes
* Current, valid DV Clearance is a big benefit
* Please note, that as a minimum requirement candidates must be willing and eligible to undertake DV clearance. Work cannot start until DV is Live, which can take up to 6 months*
In return:
* 12 Month contract (Likely to extend to 24)
* ASAP Start
* £600 - £650pd (Inside IR35)
This is an excellent opportunity to secure a Long term contract working on a critical National Defence Programme.
*Candidates must have valid DV clearance prior to starting work. As such, ideal candidates will have current valid clearance and ALL candidates must be a sole UK National willing to undertake DV clearance (Please consider that DV clearance currently take 6 Months).*
To be considered for this role, please send an up to date CV and any supporting information to:
[email protected]
Those chosen to progress will be contacted with 5 working days.
People Source Consulting Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. People Source specialise in technology recruitment across niche markets including Information Technology, Digital TV, Digital Marketing, Project and Programme Management, SAP, Digital and Consumer Electronics, Air Traffic Management, Management Consultancy, Business Intelligence, Manufacturing, Telecoms, Public Sector, Healthcare, Finance and Oil & Gas.
