Agile Coach

**Location**: Newbury + Hybrid*
**Salary**: Excellent Basic Salary & Vodafone benefits
**Working Hours**:Full time 37.5 hours per week - Mon to Fri
**Duration**:9 Month Fixed Term Contract
- **Hybrid**

At Vodafone UK we believe that through collaboration and connection we can achieve great things. Our hybrid working approach allows our people to work both in the office and at home, providing the flexibility and resources you need to succeed in your role. Our “Office in a Box” home working kit will provide you with everything you need, no matter where you are.
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Who We Are**
You may have already heard of Vodafone - We're a leading telecommunication company in Europe and Africa. But you might not know is that we are continously investing in new technolgies to improve the lives of millions of customers, businesses and people around the world, creating a better future for everyone.

At Vodafone UK, diversity isn’t just a buzzword, it is core to who we are as a company. We’re proud to be certified as a Great Place to Work and are committed to driving inclusion for all; creating a workplace that is fully representative of the communities and customers we serve.

The Business Automation & Simplification team act as the Centre of Excellence to drive automation and simplification for VBTS UK. This is a critical function to make sure that our transformation activities are as Agile as possible and that we lead VBTS UK on how to simplify ways of working. These activities will improve performance and help VBTS UK in achieving business goals.

**What You'll Do**

As an Agile Coach you have the crucial role in helping and supporting the transformation of our organisation; VBTS UK is the Enterprise Build organisation for our fixed and converged products.. You are responsible for shaping and implementing Vodafone’s Agile way of working and increasing the business agility of our organisation. You coordinate (personal leadership), implement, coach, consult, train, and inspire others to work Agile and improve the way of working further based on clear feedback and data driven from our Agile way of working surveys and colleagues.

The work will require a strong background in the use of Agile frameworks, this includes, but is not limited to DevOps, Kanban, Scrum & SAFe. You should also be proficient and knowledgeable with at least the Lencioni pyramid and Tuckman model. We currently use both JIRA & Azure so a working knowledge of these is required.

You must be capable of designing and implementing a new operating model.

**Key Accountabilities**
- Efficient and effective running of Agile coaching
- Drive engagement with Agile teams to increase use & awareness of Agile
- Responsible for development of Agile adoption across VBTS UK
- Define and implement the Agile operating Model within our customer deliver arena, creating a Service Description for future blueprinting

**Who You Are**
- Manage and support the agile transformation and guide the organisation and teams through the agile journey and maturity growth by
- Building and supporting teams to increase their maturity, e.g. against SAFe’s 7 Key Scaled Agile competencies
- Defining standards and creating playbooks for agile ceremonies, e.g. PI-Planning, daily stand-ups, Portfolio Sync etc
- Provide training and coaching on agile ways of working and adoption e.g. SAFe, Scrum, Kanban) to all relevant stakeholders and teams and advise on set-up of value streams for delivery
- Train all levels of the organisation on agile principles, practices, roles, artefacts and ceremonies to maintain consistency of adoption and continuously improve performance
- Manage and facilitate knowledge sharing of best practices throughout the organisation and capture it in a useable, easily accessible format for all
- Manage and lead the usage of agile adoption measurements to evaluate and report the performance and adherence of the organisation on a regular basis
- Data-driven assessment of agile maturity
- Data-driven assessment of delivery performance
- Work with and guide delivery functions on an on-going basis
- Teach and promote Catalyst Leadership within VBTS UK while shaping our current Practice Program Curriculum**What We Offer**

We believe that taking care of our employees is the key to their success. That is why we offer an excellent remuneration and bonus package with up to 28 days holiday entitlement, in addition to bank holidays and paid leave for charity projects. We offer an extensive benefits package that can be tailored to suit you and your family, including employee discounts, retail vouchers, pension plan and share schemes. We take pride in our commitment to supporting you at every stage of your career by providing top of the range learning and development tools and market leading parental leave policies.

**Together We Can