Summary
Location
Johannesburg
Type
full-time
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About this role
Join TIH, home to some of South Africa’s leading financial service providers, and grow your career while being part of an organisation with purpose.
Job Purpose
Manage the process for how information is exchanged in order to successfully facilitate the work stream to ensure the successful delivery of a project.Responsibilities
Network of InfluenceParticipate actively in the development and nurturing of networks and relationships internally and externally to support successful implementation of digital initiatives. Continuously promote open communication channels within the scrum team to ensure alignment. Build and maintain solid relationships with the product owners and stakeholders to ensure delivery.
Project Management
Facilitate projects while working within an established program management plan. Organise and facilitate Scrum related meetings i.e. sprint planning, scrum stand-ups, backlog refinement, sprint review, sprint retrospective.
Training development and delivery
Design and develop content for training courses to fill gaps in established program, and run complex or customised training courses to improve employee performance. Involves focusing on a specific functional area. Ensure work teams have an up to date understanding of Scrum best practices.
Digital Strategy / Transformational Projects Execution
Build and populate dashboards and reporting mechanisms to capture results and improvement opportunities for digital initiatives. Ensure that impediments are raised by the team and timeously resolved. Create a clear understanding of user stories to ensure efficient delivery.
Performance Management
Respond to personal objectives and use performance management systems to improve personal performance. OR Monitor the performance of the team; allocate work and review completion, take appropriate corrective action to ensure timeliness and quality. Foster an environment with high team morale through celebrating small wins and accomplishments whilst reminding the team of mission/value statements for each project. Encourage and protect a self-organising scrum team.
Digital Vision and Strategy
Support strategy formulation for digital by exploring how information technology can be used to help the organisation become more responsive to customer needs and changing business requirements.
Digital Talent Development
Help to prepare training for digital areas within existing programs. Deliver targeted, standardised training programs (or pieces of larger training programs) for digital areas using prepared content and working under the supervision of senior colleagues.
Improvement / Innovation
Identify shortcomings in existing agile processes and procedures, and use established change management programs to address them. Continually improve team delivery using the Scrum methodology.
Personal Capability Building
Develop own capabilities by participating in assessment and development planning activities as well as formal and informal training and coaching; gain or maintain external professional accreditation where relevant to improve performance and fulfill personal potential. Maintain an in-depth understanding of technology, external regulation, and Scrum best practices through ongoing education, attending conferences, and reading specialist media.
Education
Grade 12/ SAQA Accredited Equivalent (Essential); Scrum Master Certification (Essential); Degree or Diploma in Education (Advantageous)Experience
2 – 3 years’ experience fulfilling Scrum Master role (Essential); 3 or more years’ experience in the digital environments (Essential); 2-3 years experience Facilitating multi-location scrum teams (Advantageous); Training or facilitation experience (Advantageous); Experience within the Financial Services Industry (Advantageous);.Think you have what it takes to be part of an unstoppable team who constantly finds better ways to give peace of mind? Don't wait, apply now.
Other facts
About Telesure Investment Holdings (TIH)
Telesure Investment Holdings (Pty) Ltd (TIH) is the holding company of some of South Africa’s leading and innovative financial institutions.
These financial institutions are licensed to provide financial products and/or services ranging from short-term, long-term and health insurance as well as a comparison and investment platforms.
Our origins go back to 1 June 1985, when Auto & General Insurance was launched into the South African market. We have since grown into a group of subsidiaries of which Auto & General now forms a part.
Today, we own some of South Africa’s most loved and recognisable brands, each finding a better way to give their unique group of customers peace of mind.
We exist to continuously find better ways to give people peace of mind, whether it is to protect what they own, their loved ones or their greater ambitions and life plans they’re working so hard for.
We’re proven pioneers with a hunger for doing and being the best we can, bringing customer-focused innovation and service excellence to the financial services industry.
We’re an undivided team of diverse thinkers and doers who believe in leading through technology and pushing past their limits.
TIH is a licensed controlling company.
What you'll do
- The Scrum Master will manage the process of information exchange to facilitate project delivery and promote open communication within the scrum team. Responsibilities include organizing scrum meetings, training development, and ensuring alignment with product owners and stakeholders.
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