Associate Scrum Master

Excellent Opportunity for Associate Scrum Masters!

Opportunity to work for a Uni Client!!!

Duration: Until December 2026

Work Arrangement: Hybrid

Location: Clayton, Victoria

Rates: $600/day + Super

Your new role

The Scrum Master in collaboration with the Product Owners/Product Managers is responsible for helping self-organising, self-managing delivery teams achieve their goals using an Agile Mindset along with a delivery framework like Scrum or Methodology like Kanban.

Accountabilities

• Workshopping Squad Level Ways of Working (WoWs) (which are in line with wider Program WoWs)
• Ensure compliance to WoWs at all levels
• Scheduling & Facilitating the Squad Ceremonies
• Recording Squad Actions and Following up on them
• Work with the Squad to ensure work is broken down & represented at proper levels in Jira.
• Work with the Product Owner to ensure we have a healthy backlog (at least 2 sprints) with clear priorities for the Squad
• Creating, Populating, Starting, Modifying and Completing Sprints
• Ensuring progress towards Sprint Goals
• Creating and maintaining relevant metrics dashboards in Jira
• Producing and monitoring Sprint & Release Burn down charts via Jira - ideally, they will have intermediate to high skill level in tooling, using Confluence, Jira Roadmaps, etc.

What you'll need to succeed

• Demonstrated ability to identify and maintain accountability in an Agile environment to strive for success.
• Demonstrated ability to navigate a diverse and matrixed organisation effectively.
• Highly developed problem-solving skills, including the ability to identify solutions to challenging issues.
• Strong negotiation and influencing skills, enabling effective interaction with stakeholders and users in the provision of advice, guidance of decision-making and acquisition of cooperation in the delivery of services.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrated ability to facilitate groups and deliver engaging and informative presentations to a variety of audiences.
• Project management skills with a record of successfully coordinating and/or supporting small-to-medium projects through to completion in accordance with agreed standards, timeframes and budgets.
• Demonstrated ability to exercise some independence, judgement and initiative within the scope of the role.
• Some understanding and knowledge of the university sector and/or working in a complex environment within a Matrix structure

What you need to do now

If this sounds like you, please click 'Apply Now', or please send your updated CV to [email protected]