Scrum Master

Voluntary Role

This role is only part of the Product Teams responsible for building features that support the day-to-day processes of CYF.

The expected commitment is 5 hours per week for at least three months. This is so you and Code Your Future get the most out of the experience.

Who are you?

• Looking to volunteer in a Product team

• Experience as Scrum Master of at least one year in the role) or someone with experience in the tech world who wants to transition into this role

• Efficient communication skills and great problem-solving to ensure delivery is done effectively

Your responsibilities:

• Work closely with the Product Owner to maintain the team's backlog according to the priority

• Ensure the team understands the project’s goal and user story requirements.

• Raise if the development team requires further clarification on scope and user stories.

• Coaching the development team in self-organisation

• Plan and communicate releases that should happen at least once every two weeks.

• Checking in with the progress of the team at least once every two days, if possible, daily

• Helping to remove obstacles to the team’s progress

• Organising and facilitating Agile processes and Scrum events as needed

  • Sprint Planning (acceptance of stories, estimation, sprint goal, communication)

  • Daily Scrum (i.e. Slack update)

  • Backlog Refinement (support the Product Owner and represent them, if possible)

  • Sprint Demo (organise and support team to be ready)

  • Sprint Retrospective (run sessions every two weeks, ensure actions are reviewed and assigned to team members)