Job Description

One of our Federal government is seeking to engage Scrum Master

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Location of work: Adelaide

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Length of contract: 12 months

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Security clearance: Australian citizen with Baseline Clearance preferred.

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You will work closely with Software Architects, Project Managers, Product Owners, Analysts, Testers and Developers, sharing the purpose of building straightforward, helpful, respectful and transparent services for everyday Australians.

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Key Duties and Responsibilities

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- Build the team's knowledge of Agile values, principles, techniques, processes and tools.
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- Collaborate with the team to develop a mutually agreed social contract outlining team behaviours, practices and Agile process rules.
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- Plan and facilitate Agile ceremonies, including daily stand-ups, sprint planning, sprint reviews and retrospectives.
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- Assist the Product Owner with reviewing and refining the product backlog, including reprioritising and reassessing the relevance of tasks and stories to ensure alignment with Agile principles.
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- Anticipate, address and remove blockers and impediments that may impact the team's ability to achieve its goals.
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- Negotiate with Product Owners and stakeholders to protect the team from external influences that may affect delivery of agreed goals.
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- Coordinate with other teams as required to manage dependencies and support delivery.
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- Oversee new starters and ensure a smooth transition into the team, including introducing them to the team's social contract.
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- Help the team manage conflicts and challenges and play a key role in improving team cohesion, motivation,



dynamics and performance.
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- Create an environment of trust and respect where issues and concerns can be raised safely.
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- Ensure adherence to agreed Agile process rules and help the team remain effective by addressing conflicts and challenges.
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- Conduct Agile rituals and events and actively participate in communication and change activities involving stakeholders.
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- Research Agile trends, industry dynamics, frameworks and tooling to guide and improve the team's use of Agile methodologies.
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- Build team capability through coaching and mentoring.
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- Facilitate teams and enable them to become self-managing and self-organising.
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- Develop and implement changes in workplace practices and business improvement strategies and assist teams through the transition to change.
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Technical Skills

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- Extensive experience as a Scrum Master.
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Measurement — SFIA Level 4

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- Identifies and prioritises appropriate measures, scales and targets.
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- Supports projects, functions or teams in the development of measurement methods.
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- Specifies base and derived measures that support agreed information needs.
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- Specifies how data should be collected and stored for each required measure.
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- Designs reports and reporting formats.
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Methods and Tools — SFIA Level 4

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- Provides advice and guidance to support the adoption of methods and tools and adherence to policies and standards.
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- Tailors processes in line with agreed standards and evaluation of methods and tools.
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- Reviews and improves the usage and application of methods and tools.
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Organisational Facilitation — SFIA Level 5

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- Facilitates workgroups to deliver defined goals and outcomes.
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- Provides support, guidance and suggestions to workgroups and teams to enable collaborative problem solving and improve team performance.
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- Creates shared responsibilities and sustainable agreements with the team.
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- Implements and improves agreed team principles, practices, processes and ceremonies.
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- Recognises and works with the strengths and constraints of team dynamics.
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Employee Experience — SFIA Level 4

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- Supports assigned co-workers in areas of uncertainty, including organisational contacts, communication channels, processes, job expectations and manager relations.
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- Provides detailed and specific advice regarding the application of their specialist knowledge to organisational planning and operations.
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- Actively maintains knowledge in one or more identifiable areas of specialism.
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- Recognises and identifies the boundaries of their own specialist knowledge.
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- Where appropriate, collaborates with other specialists to ensure advice provided is appropriate to organisational needs.
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📌 Scrum Master (South Australia)
🏢 Strategic Partners Australia
📍 South Australia