Tech & Change Delivery Returners - Agile Delivery Specialist

Agile Delivery Specialist - Salary £40,000 to £50,000

Are you ready to return to work after a career break? Do you have a passion for transformation? Do you like to challenge the status quo, think differently and look at ways technology can solve business problems? Then the Aviva Tech & Change Delivery Returner Programme could be just what you’re looking for.

The Programme is now in its fourth year and is for those who’ve had an extended career break of two or more years, as of January 2025. This is a tailored six-month programme, with the opportunity to transition to a permanent role.

We are currently recruiting for an Agile Delivery Specialist to be a part of our team At Aviva, we love to constantly innovate and improve the experience and security for our customers.

For our Tech & Change Delivery Returner opportunities, you will need to have previously worked in a similar role to that being advertised. You don’t need to be from an insurance background though, we’re interested in meeting you irrespective of which industry you’ve previously work in.

**Please note: we are hosting a virtual Insight Event (via Microsoft Teams Webinar) on Tuesday 28th January 2025 from 10:00 - 12:30. Join us to find out more about the roles, the Tech & Change Delivery Returner Programme and Aviva. You’ll get the opportunity to meet and hear from the Programme Leads as well as Programme Alumni
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A bit about the Programme:
- Aviva is offering a paid six-month returner programme starting on Tuesday 13th May 2025, with the expectation of a permanent role at the end.- Our Agile Delivery Specialist role will be offered at Aviva’s Norwich office.- Aviva flexes hours and working patterns to suit its customers, business, and you.-
- Your journey on the programme starts with easing you in on your first day - getting your IT Kit and meeting your Leader and Buddy. This is followed by a Programme Induction where you’ll meet the Programme Leads and the other returners joining. During this time, you’ll find out more about Aviva, the Tech & Change Delivery Returner Programme and you’ll join your first of four Career Returners Coaching Workshops.- You’ll then join your team where you’ll collaborate with lots of forward-thinking people - working alongside, sharing ideas with, and learning from the best in the business.- You’ll get to work (and play) with all the latest tech and be involved in some fascinating initiatives to make life better for our 19.6 million customers or colleagues. Nothing beats the buzz of seeing a project you’ve worked on save a colleague valuable time or put a smile on a customer’s face.- Throughout the Programme, you’ll have a great internal and external support to help you to transition successfully back into the workplace, including a Leader, Mentor and Buddy and specialised returner coaching.- You’ll also enjoy the support of your peers and the Programme Leads on the returner programme and from previous cohorts.
- A bit about the job:
Change delivery at Aviva uses the most appropriate Agile delivery models including Scrum, Kanban and formal and informal scaling approaches to deliver large and/or complex change. Agile and DevOps are core to the way Aviva wants to operate including strong alignment to Systems Thinking and other modern, adaptive and team-centric approaches to delivery and operations.

The Agile Delivery Specialist role supports adoption and adherence of these approaches, developing and continuously improving Agile capability and maturity in the team. Your primary purpose is to inspire teams to deliver great customer outcomes as effectively as possible with quality and innovation in line with Agile values and principles. The Agile Delivery Specialist looks to deliver value optimisation and delivery of change while building an environment of trust and self-organisation within the team to push forward the increasing levels of software engineering maturity.

The Agile Delivery Specialist ensures the path is clear for the team, removing blockers, facilitating discussions, enabling seamless communications and working with Technology Platform Leads and Product Owners to clarify the Product Roadmap, Vision and Backlog.

Skills and experience we’re looking for:
- Experience of delivering IT change ideally in an Agile environment, however, if you have knowledge of different delivery approaches and software development lifecycle & processes, we’d still love to hear from you as we can provide training and development in Agile.- The ability to engage across all business areas, building and facilitating relationships. With great communications skills, you’ll work well with both technical and business professionals alike in bringing complex concepts and solutions to life in a simple way that everyone can understand.- A problem solving and continuous change improvement mindset with the ability to inspire individuals and teams to change and improve through Agile principles.- Experience & ab