Agile Coach

Please ensure you have Right to Work in UK status confirmed as we are unfortunately unable to provide sponsorship for this position. We’re making zero carbon happenWe’re OVO Group, a big family of companies united by a single vision: to get to zero carbon, fast.We call this Plan Zero - and it shows how we’ll be fighting the climate crisis and transforming the way people use energy over the next decade. To do this, we need the sharpest minds. Are you up for the challenge?Do great green things with OVO Energy So much has changed since we launched in 2009. Our goal remains the same though: make energy cheaper, greener, and simpler. Just as it was on day one. Everyone belongs at OVOOur aim is to build a diverse and inclusive movement: teams of brilliant people, with unique talents, skills, passions, and experiences. We encourage everyone to join us, whatever your gender identity, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age, life experience, or background. So please come as you are - we can’t wait to meet you. Where in the world of OVO will I be working? This role is an Agile Coach position working within OVO’s fantastic Tech Team. We as an Agile Team are focused on trying to improve the way we work across OVO Tech. This could involve improving ways of working at all levels, to teams to whole value streams & as well company wide. Our vision for how we work is below. We are open to all ways of working which can support us in achieving this. Vision for ways of working in OVO: Time is precious. At OVO we use it wisely, by aligning on delivering value to the customers and the planet. We are empowered, take ownership and have what we need in order to continuously improve.It is transparent how value flows through the business, and we always look to improve this flow. We are thought leaders. What will I be doing? Key responsibilities include: 121 & group coaching. E.g. a team health check coaching workshop, or 121 coaching for individuals to support their evolution of their ways of working. Facilitating workshops e.g. retrospectives (for teams & larger distributed groups), team dynamic workshops, chartering of vision & mission and sometimes refinement, user story mapping, and various other workshops. Create & deliver training on Agile & various ways of working. E.g. training on Agile, Scrum, Kanban, Lean, how to measure your impact as a team, how to split user stories, user story mapping. Organising events to support our innovative Agile culture. E.g. organising Hackathons, Green Days (innovative days to support our Plan Zero mission across OVO Tech), team days, Agile Community of Interest sessions. Mentoring others & sharing your experience with individuals & through team meetings. Celebrating the impact we have as an Agile team, e.g. gathering feedback, presenting at show & tells, village halls, company meetings, in slack channels & emails. Increase the connection with OVO Tech & the rest of OVO through various conversations & workshops to join the dots. Is this the job for me? Ideally you will have: Agile Mindset. A deep knowledge, understanding and experience of living the Agile Mindset, as well as embedding the Agile mindset with the values & principles. Facilitation & training skills, including train the trainer knowledge and experience. Knowledge and understanding of various frameworks & ways of working: Scrum, Kanban, Chartering, story splitting, user stories, user story mapping, Hackathons, running communities. Coaching Skills. The ability and experience of doing 121 coaching as well as running group coaching sessions. Be very organised and a great communicator. Keen to share thought leadership internally & externally & always looking to learn and continuously improve. The ability to travel to London/ Bristol ideally once a month. Does this sound like you? From us you’ll get* Brilliant benefits for a world-changing team Our people are at the heart of Plan Zero. That’s why we offer plenty of green benefits and progressive policies to make you feel at home. For starters, you’ll get 34 days of holiday (including bank holidays). Then there’s Flex Pay. It’s an extra 9% of your salary on top of your core pay to use as you like. You can take it as cash, add to your pension, or choose to spend it on a huge range of flex benefits. Here’s a taster of what’s on offer: For your healthWith benefits like a healthcare cash plan or private medical insurance depending on your career level, critical illness cover, life assurance, health assessments, and more For your wellbeingWith gym membership, gadget, travel and cyber insurance, workplace ISA, will writing services, DNA testing, dental insurance, and more For your lifestyleWith extra holiday buying, discount dining, culture cards, tech loans, and supporting your favourite charities with give-as-you-earn donations For your home Get up to £300 off any OVO Energy plan (when you pay by Dire