Scrum Master/Project Manager - 6708

We're looking for a Scrum Master / Project Manager to join our CRM Programme team on a 6-month Fixed Term Contract!

About Us 

Save the Children UK believes every child deserves a future. In the UK and around the world, we work every day to give children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm.  When crisis strikes, and children are most vulnerable, we are always among the first to respond and the last to leave.  We ensure children's unique needs are met and their voices are heard. We deliver lasting results for millions of children, including those hardest to reach. 

About the role 

As Scrum Master / Project Manager, you'll be joining in a busy and varied role project managing online webform integrations, Integrations and Reporting design, development and testing, as well being the Scrum Master on the Integrations and Reporting project, all supporting our Salesforce CRM implementation.

The CRM Programme is made up of dedicated resources and is formed of a number of workstreams split across business and technology teams. You'll liaise with multiple users and Subject Matter Experts, other Project Managers, Business Analysts  and Developers, as well as other teams and third parties where needed.

In this role, you will: 

• Shape, scope and manage the implementation of the Supporting Technology project workstream from initial framing of the work through to completion
• Ensure that agreed milestones for project delivery are aligned with the overall Programme timelines and met
• Be accountable for the delivery of agreed change requests and enhancements required on the projects you will be allocated to
• Within the project, be accountable for the management and motivation of multi-disciplinary resources who will be working with you to ensure optimum project delivery (Business Analysts, Developers, Testers etc)
• Manage supplier dependencies, taking corrective action to keep the project(s) on-track where needed
• Be accountable for ensuring that all risks are adequately addressed, and mitigation strategies are put in-place for each risk.

About you 

You'll be an experienced Project Manager and Scrum Master, with ability to facilitate discussion and drive decisions on appropriate solutions. You'll be a creative problem solver who predicts challenges and seeks to proactively head-off obstacles.

With experience working in a highly collaborative environment, you'll promote a teamwork mentality, and regularly share knowledge and experience on project management ways of working.

To be successful, it is important that you have:

• Industry recognised qualification in Project Management and Scrum Management
• Strong track record of successfully project managing CRM cloud infrastructure projects to time, budget and quality within a technically complex and dynamic environment
• Hands-on experience of managing projects/programmes that include data manipulation, integration, ETL processes and CRM tools
• Good hands-on knowledge of high-level technical architecture
• High level understanding of one of the following: Microsoft Azure, Azure Data Factory, Synapse and Power BI
• Practical experience of software development lifecycles and project methodologies (Waterfall, Agile, Prototyping etc.) and associated documentation
• Practical experience of Agile Principles, processes and techniques (iterative development, backlog tracking, burndown charts, task definition, sprint planning, retrospectives and velocity, daily stand-ups, Kanban boards)
• Commitment to Save the Children's vision, mission and values.

What we offer you: 

Working for a charity provides one of the best benefits there is – a sense of purpose and reward for helping others. However, we understand the importance of giving back to our employees to ensure a happy and healthy working environment and work/life balance. 

• We focus on flexibility, inclusion, collaboration, health and wellbeing both in and outside of work.
• We provide a wide range of benefits which will reward your hard work, motivate you, and inspire you to work to improve the lives of children every day. You can read more about our benefits here.

To learn more about the position, please review the Job Description in the attached Documents.

Please note: To avoid disappointment, you are advised to submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received. This is to ensure that we can manage application levels whilst maintaining a positive candidate experience. Unfortunately once a vacancy has closed, we are unable to consider further applications.

Ways of Working:

The majority of our roles can be performed remotely in the UK, but there are likely to be times when you will be required to come to your contracted office in London (up to 2-4 days per month or 6-8 days per quarter).  This will be agreed with your Line Manager and team and is intended to be time spent on collaborating with colleagues and relationship building. 

Please note: travel costs to your contracted office will be at your own expense. 

Flexible Working - We are happy to discuss flexible working options at interview.

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion: 

Save the Children UK believes in a world that is fair, inclusive and equitable where all children have the opportunity to change their world. We apply this to our workforce and we are committed to developing and supporting a diverse, equitable, and inclusive organisation where all employees have a sense of belonging and feel that they can be "Free to Be Me". We are not looking for just one type of person - we want to recruit people who can add fresh perspectives, innovative ideas or challenge that disrupts the risk of group think. 

We are especially interested in people whose childhood experiences - of life on a low income, of migration, of being in a racialised community, of the care system, of being LGBT+ or in an LGBT+ family or living with (or with someone with) a disability - help us to see things we might otherwise miss. Whatever your story is we want to hear it because we know that different voices, ideas, perspectives and knowledge, working together will enable us to better the lives of children around the world. This is the reason why we are all here. 

To see our full statement please visit this link: https://jobs.savethechildren.org.uk/our-policies/diversity/

Salary Structure: 

Save the Children is committed to paying staff in a fair and equitable way and will benchmark all salary offers in line with the pay of existing staff. To see our full offer please visit this link: https://jobs.savethechildren.org.uk/what-we-offer/

Interview Expenses: 

Candidates should note that unfortunately it is not our policy to reimburse expenses accrued when attending interviews at Save the Children UK unless you are requested to attend an interview in an alternative location to where the role is based.

Pre-employmentChecks:

Any Employment with Save the Children UK will be subject to the following checks prior to your start date:

• a satisfactory police record check to include a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and/or an International Criminal Record Check (If applicable)
• receipt of satisfactory references
• proof of eligibility to work in the national location for this role

If you have any questions, we have an FAQ section here. For anything else you can email us on: careers@savethechildren.org.uk