Senior Solution Delivery Specialist- Scrum Master

Exciting opportunity for an experienced Scrum Master
- Be part of our organisation's Agile journey
- Work for a flexible and inclusive working organisation
- 2 full-time positions available.

Kōrero mō te tūranga - About the role
You will join our Survey & Title Enhancement Programme; an upgrade of the Landonline app, which is crucial in supporting the New Zealand way of life. There is no other way to buy land or a house in New Zealand, and it provides important information to be able to respond to emergencies, natural disasters and biosecurity concerns. We are looking for a motivated Scrum Masters to join our team, you will be supporting our squads and Agile Release Train as we redevelop Landonline using the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe).
He pūkenga tou | Skills & Experience
You will draw on your previous experience as a Scrum Master for a software development team in a SAFe environment to empower our squads to self-organise, self-manage, and deliver. As a servant leader, you'll champion agile ways of working as you coach other squad members to communicate, coordinate, and cooperate to meet their delivery goals. You'll foster an environment to drive high-performing squad dynamics, continuous improvement, and value to the customer. A strong technical understanding will allow you to quickly resolve impediments for the squad by actively addressing and blocking any issues that are beyond the team's authority, allowing the squad to stay focused on Sprint objectives.
With your excellent communication, facilitation and organisational skills, you'll enjoy facilitating the scrum process, meetings and workshops (e.g. Retros, Planning, Refining) in an engaging manner.

**Your key responsibilities will include**:

- Coaching and educating the team and others in the project around Agile ways of working, practices and principles.
- Resolving impediments for the team by actively addressing and blocking any issues that are beyond the team's authority, or which may require support from other teams.
- Supporting the Product Owner/Business Owner to ensure the product backlog is in good shape and prioritised.
- Holding teams accountable for their commitments, removing roadblocks to their work, helping them to identify, mitigate and resolve issues/risks, and ensuring they comply with any reporting requirements.
- Organising and facilitating the Agile ceremonies.
- Developing and delivering training collateral to people and teams in the business.

The annual salary range for this position is $99,246 - $134,274 (based on skill and experience)
Ngā mea e tukuna ana e tātau - What we offer our employees.
- Intellectually stimulating work in a supportive and collegial team environment
- Learning and Development opportunities
- Flexible working arrangements
- Eye & ear care reimbursements
- Annual flu vaccinations
- Reduced health insurance premiums
- Diverse groups and networks
- Active in-house social club membership
- If eligible for paid parental leave, you will be entitled to a top up payment for the first 18 weeks of the 26 weeks
- A minimum of four weeks and three days annual leave
- Kiwisaver contribution

If you are passionate about driving innovation in the government IT sector and possess the skills to excel in a fast-paced environment, we invite you to apply. Join us in making a meaningful impact through technology in the public sector.
Te Tākinatanga - Our Story
Toitū Te Whenua plays a vital role in understanding, developing and caring for New Zealand's whenua, moana and arawai (land, sea and waterways). Whether you're developing our products and services to support our customers, managing the Crown estate, engaging with our iwi partners, or helping us be an effective regulator, your contribution can make a difference. Our mahi helps New Zealanders have confidence that the development of our land, communities and country is being planned from an informed and expert position that balances environmental, social, cultural and economic considerations. Now and for future generations.
Our Kia Toipoto Intentions - Public Service Gender, Māori, Pacific and Ethnic Pay Gap Action Plan

Tono mai - How to Apply
At Toitū Te Whenua we design our roles around shared capabilities (rather than focusing on tasks) and so you'll notice our role profiles are broad. This allows us to be responsive to our customers and to strengthen the connections across our organisation. It also gives us the flexibility to provide wider opportunities to our people, to further their careers. The broad-based role for this position is “Solution Delivery Specialist level 2”.