• Application Deadline: Fri, 24 Jun 2022 00:00:00 GMT
• Position: Agile-Scrum Master


• Job Type Full Time


• Qualification BA/BSc/HND


• Experience 2 - 5 years


• Location Lagos


• Job Field ICT / Computer 
  


• Salary Range ₦500,000 - ₦750,000
  

Roles & Responsibilities Description

• Extract value from what we already have by focusing on optimizing processes within the Unit/Department in line with the value creation philosophy.  This includes individual contributions and recommendations to improve existing business project/initiative.


• Drive Innovation by identifying and taking advantage of new business opportunities, e.g., by stimulating and encouraging new business opportunities, launch of products, product/process innovation, business model innovation etc.


• Maintain leadership in the ICT/Digital industry by partnering with the Organization’s Partners to improve their processes which in turn will improve the efficiency of the Organization’s operations. 


• Enhance/expand Oragnization’s role in the larger national macro environment by participating in CSR projects and/or NGO’s, involvement in recognized professional institutions, participating in think-tank activities etc.


• Sustain the right organizational culture and behaviors by demonstrating the vital behaviors every time.

Overall Objective: Anticipates problems and proffers solutions before the problems occur by gathering and analysing data.

• Demonstrates the purpose of the Organization in response to particular situations/cases/customers


• Ensures that standards are met


• Incorporates supervisory area of work


• Time span for outcome of work/ decision to come to fruition 1 year – with milestones within year 1.


• Assist with demand delivery within budget (time and financial) and within defined quality criteria.


• Provide Demand Manager with up-to-date financial position on all projects.

• Assist in compiling project charter including projecting project scope, problem statement and goal statement.


• Establishing the required scrum ceremonies for assigned teams


• Assist with planning and organizing in line with recommended tool sets


• Work with the Product owner to define Product roadmap for the Tribes


• Coach team members in Agile frameworks and practices


• Coordinate all Scrum activities including sprints, retrospective meetings, and daily stand-ups


• Be the point of contact for external communications (e.g., from customers or stakeholders)


• Work with product owners to handle backlogs and new requests


• Remove impediments and coach the scrum team on removing impediments


• Ensure adherence to all PSCOM processes towards delivering Epics and User stories


• Resolve conflicts and issues that occur


• Help the scrum team achieve higher levels of scrum maturity


• Lead the scrum and development teams in self-organization


• Measure progress per Scrum team by identifying team velocity, story-points, estimation, and other agreed parameters


• Gather relevant status and assist in providing with up-to-date information on all active sprint deliverables (where applicable) to Agile Manager


• Track sprint activities in compliance with planning guidelines and plans


• Develop Sprint plans for all assigned scrum team


• Ensure proper maintenance of the Product backlog of the assigned scrum team with the alignment of the product owner


• Capacity and resource management skills towards managing internal capacity and resources with the Sprint delivery


• High level understanding of the telecoms enterprise architecture. 


• Schedule and track quality assurance reviews within the Scrum team and assist with formal success reviews


• Organize and facilitate meetings, sessions and workshops and document minutes of meetings, weekly reports or any other reports identified as relevant to the demands.


• Prepare and circulate status update reports including burndown chart, burn-up chart


• Track and monitor identified risks and proactively escalate risks in accordance with related escalation rules (where applicable) and procedures.

Competencies

• JIRA


• Scrum ceremonies


• Agile way of work


• Kanban


• Confluence


• Problem Solving


• Reporting


• Resource Management


• Stakeholder Relations Management


• Vendor Management


• Change Management

Education:

• First degree in any related discipline


• Fluent in English


• Certification in Scrum Master

Experience:

• 2-5years’ experience in an area of specialisation; with experience with working with others


• Experience working in a small to medium organization


• Candidates must have good use of computer and JIRA + Confluence software packages


• Experience in managing small to medium sized teams


• Strong analytical and reporting skills


• Ensures/Facilitates all scrum ceremonies - Daily Stand Ups, Sprint Planning, Sprint Review, Sprint Retrospective


• Supports & helps the Product owner to manage product backlog


• Evangelize scrum practices & principles


• Scheduling and facilitating scrum events, meetings, and decision-making processes


• Monitoring progress and performance and helping teams to make improvements


• Resolving issues that hinder the teams' work


• Ensure deliverables are up to quality standards at the end of each sprint


• Ensuring the proper use of collaborative processes and removing impediments for the scrum team


• Ensure all Scrum events are productive, effective, and timeboxed.


• Ensure the Product Backlog is the single, centralized source of work for the Team.


• Contribute to establishing the Sprint Goal; monitor Sprint Progress; resolve and remove impediments to Sprint Workflow; drive In-Progress items to Done by collaborating with the Developers.


• Manage and optimize the Workflow to improve Throughput while maintaining a sustainable pace.


• Measure, analyse, and report on Project and Team progress, including - Sprint Status, Team Velocity, Sprint Progress, Blockage Patterns, WIP, Cycle Time, Throughput metrics, Burndown Charts, Burn Up Charts.


• Help determine Project Estimates and Service Level Expectations and other forecasts of Delivery by utilizing Agile metrics and empirical methods.


• Enable change within the Team and the organization to continually drive efficiency and achievement of business goals.