Job Description:

Job information Scrum Master from the Company Financial Conduct Authority, this latest Scrum Master job vacancy is located in the city Hybrid work in Leeds located in the country United Kingdom . This latest job opening is open to job seekers who have the latest education / graduate GCSE . Job Vacancies in this Scrum field have been opened and published up to the specified time.

Job Responsibility:

Scrum Master Salary: National ranging from £57,600 to £72,000 Are you interested in stimulating and innovative work to help solve the biggest technical challenges facing financial regulation? The team/department We are currently looking for Scrum Masters to be part of our exciting new Digital Delivery Hub in Leeds. You will be accountable for the effective delivery and oversight of key products and services delivered through the Digital Delivery Hub and provide delivery leadership to your workstream, acting as the key point of engagement with a number of teams and business partners. The Scrum Master is part of the delivery team and is responsible for the quality and optimization of software development and technical delivery. Ensuring that the planned releases are appropriately tested, delivered to the release timeline whilst meeting the quality expectations and protecting the integrity of the Live environments. What you will be doing (the role)

• Lead Agile ceremonies (Sprint Planning, Reviews, Daily Scrums, Refinements, Retrospectives)
• Optimise backlog and squad throughput
• Resolve risks, issues, and interdependencies
• Manage internal and external relationships for delivery teams
• Foster a collaborative, conflict-free environment
• Align releases with product managers, stakeholders, and project timelines

What you will get from the role

• The Digital Delivery Hub is growing its capabilities in delivering technical excellence within the FCA - This role is integral to managing and embedding Agile working practices to enable successful and self-sufficient teams serving the business
• The chance to be part of a team that focuses on Getting it Right first time, On time and Every time
• Stimulating, innovative and collaborative focus enable us to solve the biggest technical challenges facing financial regulation and the opportunity to make a tangible impact on the organisation's development function

Our competitive flexible benefits scheme gives you the opportunity to create a personalised benefits package, tailored to suit your lifestyle. You can use this allowance to purchase additional benefits such as dental or cycle to work or you have the option top up your base salary by taking this as cash. Core benefits that you will receive as standard are:

• 25 days holiday per year plus bank holidays
• Private healthcare with Bupa
• A non-contributory Pension of at least 8% of basic salary each month (there are several contribution levels that increase depending on your age - up to 12% a month once you reach age 35)
• Life assurance of eight times your basic salary
• Income protection

We support hybrid working which means you will be able to work from home up to 60% of the time over a month with the remainder of your time in one of our three office locations. The skills and experience you will have Minimum We are a signatory to the Government's Disability Confident scheme. This means that we will offer an interview to disabled candidates entering under the scheme, who best meet the minimum criteria for a role.

• Certified Scrum Master or willingness to work towards this
• Demonstrable knowledge of Jira utilising reporting metrics and governance
• Experience in providing coaching and expertise in a full range of delivery skillsets, including Agile delivery methodologies, governance, DevSecOps and UCD practices

Essential

• Excellent communication and organisational skills
• Experience of co-ordinating complex agile developments in a form that can be reliably communicated to the wider business, enabling the business to schedule activity with a degree of confidence
• Understanding of metrics of incremental delivery
• Experience of implementing Agile methodologies business-wide
• Experience as a Scrum Master in an Agile environment

About the FCA The FCA regulates the conduct of nearly 45,000 firms in the UK to ensure our financial markets are honest, fair and competitive. We do this to make sure markets work well for individuals, businesses and the economy as a whole. For more information on what we do, our three-year strategy can be found here. The FCA's Values & Diversity Our ambition is to cultivate a culture of inclusion for all employees that respects their individual strengths, views, and experiences. We believe that our differences and similarities enable us to be a better organisation - one that makes better decisions, drives innovation, and delivers better regulation. The FCA is committed to achieving greater diversity across all levels of the organisations. Given this, we particularly welcome applications from women, disabled and minority ethnic candidates for our lead associate role. Flexible working We welcome applications from candidates who are looking for flexible arrangements. Many of our staff work flexibly including working part-time, staggered hours, and job shares. We can't promise to give you exactly what you want but we won't judge you for asking. Useful information Applications for this role close at 23:59 on 30th October 2024 This role is graded as Lead Associate - Regulatory Got a question? If you are interested in learning more about the role please contact: For internal applicants, please contact Sara Holland at Sara.Holland2@fca.org.uk For external applicants, please contact Asha Gladis at Asha.Gladis@fca.org.uk What to expect from our interview process The assessment process consists of an initial screening call with the Hiring Manager. If successful, you will be invited to attend a competency-based interview in our Leeds office. Interviews are taking place from 7th November. Application support We want to remove any possible barriers and are committed to providing a wide range of reasonable adjustments so that you can keep the focus on your conversations and be at your best. If you have an accessibility requirement, disability, or condition that means you might require changes to the recruitment process, please contact your recruiter to discuss this further. Our aim is to make your application as easy and comfortable as possible, and your recruiter will be happy to work with you to make any necessary arrangements where possible. Please note that all applications must be submitted through our online portal, applications sent via email will not be accepted.

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Closed Date : 2025-02-02