Junior Scrum Master

-Introduction

Momentum Health Solutions (MHS), an entity of the Momentum Metropolitan Group (MMG), delivers sustainable, integrated health solutions that meet the needs of clients in different segments and maximise lifetime client value. We build and maintain a culture of innovation, and create value through unique insights into how to achieve specific outcomes by using a defined set of Health capabilities.
Role Purpose

A challenging opportunity awaits a self-starter with a lot of initiative and a high level of integrity. The Junior Scrum Master provides a link between the product owner and the development team and is responsible for facilitating the delivery process as per the various Agile methodologies.
Requirements

**Qualifications**:

- Grade 12 (desired)
- Certified Scrum Master / Scrum Practitioner qualification

Experience
- Experience working in an Agile environment (1-2 years)
- 2 to 5 years of work experience (desired)
- Exposure to IT operations and delivery of technical systems (very advantageous)

Behavioural Requirements
- Self-Starter: ability to identify and own a deliverable/challenge.
- Customer Service: ability to meet and strive to exceed the needs of internal and external customers by producing quality work and service.
- Drive for Results: able to go the 'extra mile' to achieve tasks, objectives, and targets.
- Demonstrates good attention to detail across all areas of work.
- Teamwork: able to work together with colleagues to pool skills, ideas, and resources to achieve objectives and resolve problems.
- Initiative and Problem Solving: able to take ownership of the area, accepts issues, and follow up with actions to rectify.
- Planning and Organising: able to work to important deadlines and manage time effectively.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Facilitate and maximize team productivity by supporting the agile team(s) as a Junior Scrum Master and helping/enabling them to grow and develop as a high-performance team.
- Work closely with Platform Owners to track project deliverables using appropriate tools.
- Identify and address any issues that may affect the team's morale and productivity in order to reach goals and objectives.
- Support team to be self-sufficient by creating a self-organizing team.
- Conduct accurate capacity planning.
- Report on team progress on each objective/deliverable through defined metrics.
- Communicate effectively within the agile team and to stakeholders and maintain full transparency.
- Assist product owner and other team members in refining backlog and ensuring a steady stream of work is available for the team.
- Organise and assist with facilitating daily stand-up meetings, sprint review, and retrospective meetings, sprint and release planning meetings, demos, and any other Agile-related tasks that are required for the successful execution of this Agile development methodology.
- Build and maintain strong working relationships with key business users, colleagues, and support bodies in order to provide a professional customer service approach.
- Work positively and communicate professionally across teams in order to make an effective contribution to team tasks and team spirit.
Competencies

Personal Attributes:

- Interpersonal savvy - Contributing through others.
- Decision quality - Contributing through others.
- Plans and aligns - Contributing through others.
- Optimises work processes - Contributing through others.

Core Competencies:

- Cultivates innovation - Contributing through others.
- Customer focus - Contributing through others.
- Drives results - Contributing through others.
- Collaborates - Contributing through others.
- Being resilient - Contributing through others.

Desired Skills:

- Scrum master
- Agile

Policy

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