Agile Coach
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| Job Type | |
| Location | Edinburgh |
| Area | Scotland, UK |
| Sector | Programme & Project Management |
| Salary | £450-£500 |
| Start Date | ASAP |
| Advertiser | Leanne Howlett |
| Telephone | 07597378032 |
| Job Ref | LH-RoS |
- Description
- Job Title Lean / Agile Coach
Department / Team IT Development
Reports to Deputy Digital Director
Number of hours per week Full time
Location/s Mainly Edinburgh – some work from Glasgow
Scope
Services of an Agency to provide one Lean / Agile Coach and Trainer
Information about the department / team
The client has 9 software development teams built up over the previous 3 years, delivering valuable software using a range of open-source technology and delivery practices.
There are around 55 developers, 35 testers and Bas and a full complement of POs, PMs, ScrumMasters, specialists and other assorted business and IT people in the Digital Directorate, around 180 people in all. We are growing our permanent capacity in development, but it currently sits at around 30% of our overall membership.
The cross-functional agile teams have historically been aligned to projects, but we are moving towards taking a service-aligned/product management approach. The teams are unevenly distributed between our Glasgow office (St Vincent’s Plaza) and our Edinburgh headquarters (Meadowbank House), with the majority being in Edinburgh, so the bulk of the work will be there.
Role purpose Experienced practitioners of Lean / Agile are required to support teams in ensuring:
Continuous Improvement
Improvement of flow and value
Introduction of additional lean tools and practices
Visibility of work
End to end process as opposed to team optimization.
Main duties of the post
Nurture an agile culture using techniques from a wide range or agile and lean methodologies and frameworks, but be methodology agnostic.
Help to create an open and trust based environment, which enables a focus on delivery and facilitates continuous improvement
Assess the culture of a team or organisation and delivery processes in place to identify improvements and facilitate these improvements with the right type of support.
Showcase relevant tools and techniques, such as coaching, advising, workshops and mentoring
Engage with stakeholders at all levels of the organisation
Develop clear lines of escalation, in agreement with senior managers
Ensure any stakeholder can easily find out an accurate and current project or programme status, without disruption to delivery
Work effectively with other suppliers, departments and agencies
Apply best tools and techniques to: team roles, behaviours, structure and culture, agile ceremonies and practices, knowledge transfer and sharing, programme management, cross team coordination, and overall governance of digital service delivery.
Ensure key metrics and requirements that support the team and delivery are well defined and maintained
Equip staff with the ability to coach others
If organisation level, executive coaching on the fundamental considerations of digital service delivery design.
Essential criteria
Agile and lean experience
Deep understanding of different agile and lean approaches and supporting context, such as behaviours, governance, process and culture across: portfolio management, programme and project team approaches
Evidence of embedding agile tools and techniques and be able to use the most relevant tools and techniques as needed
Understanding of agile product and software development in and the enablers required to cultivate an agile organisation
Broad knowledge and understanding of agile product and software development and the enablers required to cultivate an agile organisation is essential.
Understanding of agile governance for service design
Broad understanding of project and programme management techniques
Digital and service experience
An excellent understanding of good digital service delivery design
Experience of defining appropriate portfolio, programme and project structures in the context of digital services delivery
Broad experience of different industries, private and public, transactional digital services, redefining customer interaction and case studies of what good looks like
Coaching and transformation
Demonstrable experience of creating lasting change towards agile and lean ways of working for the better in an organisation
Proven ability to quickly assimilate organisational strategy and operating context
Ability to showcase relevant tools and techniques, such as coaching, advising, workshops and mentoring
Ability to work in environments that are undergoing complex change, working in an iterative manner, evolving conversations and understanding how far to challenge and when
Excellent stakeholder management and proven ability to engage and influence all levels of seniority
Experience of coaching, developing and delivering training in government
Cultural fit
Ability to work as part of a team, collaborating and sharing knowledge and decision making
Ability to quickly win trust and influence senior leaders at the highest levels of the organisation
Ability to work flexibly, this is a broad brief and the successful Coach will need to be able to work in a fluid and responsive environment
Ability to embed rapidly and effectively into diverse project environments, at different stages of delivery and seamlessly moving between projects.
Ability to work in environments undergoing complex change
Be framework agnostic, use the right tools and techniques for the situation
