Scrum Master​/Agile Coach

DVLA requires a Scrum Master/Agile Coach to support the Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) Reform Project with the delivery of a series of high-profile changes aimed at meeting the commitments outlined in the Summer '15 budget and facilitating a strategic shift away from legacy technologies.

Expected contract length 4 months / 20 weeks (from 19th September 2016 to 3rd February 2017)

Organisation the work is for Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency

The successful candidate will be working within a product-centric environment utilising agile, and iterative development practices. There are currently 3 scrum teams (Business; Transform and MVP) supported by the following roles;

• Product Owner/Business SMEs
• Business Analysts
• Interaction Designers
• Developers
• Testers
• Domain/Solution Architects
• User researchers

The Transform and MVP Work streams both have blended Development / Dev Ops Teams. The Business Workstream is made up of various Subject Matter Experts from relevant Business Areas throughout the DVLA.

The VED Reform Project is looking for a highly experienced Scrum Master / Agile Coach who will ensure:

• the Agile Delivery Team adheres to the software engineering process whilst facilitating the removal blockers.
• The Scrum Master / Agile Coach must have experience in scaling Agile across multiple work streams, and have the ability to motivate and enhance the existing teams, whilst having experience of maintaining a cross Project view of risks and dependencies.
• The Scrum Master / Agile coach will be required to guide, mentor and optimise the Agile teams and support the definition and structuring of future transformation initiatives.

DVLA, Morriston, Swansea, SA6 7JL

Onsite 5 days a week. 8 hours per day exclusive of lunch and travel. T&S charges only apply for staff that commutes over a 75 mile journey in each direction. This is based on the distance that would be reasonable to expect a person to commute to the principal location(s). T&S is only applicable at the following maximum rates (excluding VAT): i.

For T&S including travel but no overnight stay:
Suppliers plain day rate plus £45.00. ii. For T&S including overnight stay:
Suppliers plain day rate plus £90.00.

Individual must be SC Cleared

• SC Clearance is a minimum requirement
• Must have experience of multiple projects, delivering products and services in line with Government Digital Services (GDS) Digital by Default Service Standards and methods
• Substantial experience delivering software with Agile methods
  
  Experience using various techniques to focus plans and roadmaps on Business value
• Will be from a technical background, being able to work closely with the technical team members to plan an appropriate approach
• Must have experience in Government programmes, aligning multiple teams of differing agile maturity levels
• Must have experience of working on Legacy transition projects / programmes
• Must be available to be on site 5 days a week
• Must be able to quickly embed and gather trust within the established teams to enable rapid improvements and an increased pace of delivery
• Must have experience of scaling agile across multiple teams and locations, with dependencies on other programmes and external suppliers
• Will have excellent experience of Coaching multiple teams in Agile ways of working
• Good understanding of software development practices and agile software testing techniques (such as TDD, BDD, CI)
• Experience in JIRA Agile tools for backlog tracking, burn-up/burn-down metrics, velocity etc.

• Experience working with sensitive data, ideally within Government
• Knowledge of lean and XP techniques in relation to software development
• Active involvement in Agile communities
• Ideally worked with distributed teams
• Has seen the transition from traditional Waterfall to Agile working, understanding both cultures

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.