Responsibilities:

• Be aware of delivery commitments 
• Guiding the team and organization on how to use Agile/Scrum practices and values 
• Guiding the team on how to get the most of our self-organization 
• Guiding the team on self-organizing to fill in the intentional gaps left in the Agile/Scrum frameworks 
• Assessing the Scrum Maturity of the team and organization and coaching the team to higher levels of maturity, at a pace that is sustainable and comfortable for the team and organization 
• Removing impediments or guiding the team to remove impediments by finding the right personnel to remove the impediment. 
• Building a trusting and safe environment where problems can be raised without fear of blame, retribution, or being judged, with an emphasis of healing and problem solving. 
• Facilitating getting the work done without coercion, assigning, or dictating the work. 
• Facilitating discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution 
• Assisting with internal and external communication, improving transparency, and radiating information 
• Supporting and educating the Product Owner, especially with respect to grooming and maintaining the product backlog. 
• Providing all support to the team using a servant leadership style whenever possible, and leading by example 

Skills/Experience:

• First level Scrum Master certification (CSM, PSM I) 
• Experience playing the Scrum Master role for at least one year for a software development team that was diligently applying Scrum principles, practices, and theory. 
• Good skills and knowledge of servant leadership, facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution, continual improvement, empowerment, and increasing transparency 
• Knowledge of numerous well documented patterns and techniques for filling in the intentional gaps left in the Scrum approach(example: numerous Burndown techniques, numerous Retrospective formats, handling bugs, etc)
• Experience playing the Scrum Master role for a software development team
• Experience applying a wide variety of well documented patterns and techniques for filling in the intentional gaps left in the Scrum approach- Knowledge of other Agile approaches: XP, Kanban, Crystal, FDD, etc 

We offer attractive remuneration, 5-day work week, 13-month salary, 14 days Annual Leave, free lunch and medical insurance to the right candidate. Interested parties please send your full resume with date of availability, present and expected salaries to email hrm @M800. com

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