Who we are: interactive investor is an award-winning investment platform that puts its customers in control of their financial future. We’ve been helping investors for nearly 30 years. We’ve seen market highs and lows and been resilient throughout. We’re now the UK’s number one flat-fee investment platform, with assets under administration approaching £75 billion and over 450,000 customers. For a simple, flat monthly fee we provide a secure home for your pensions, ISAs and investments. We offer a wide choice of over 20,000 UK and international investment options, including shares, funds, trusts and ETFs. We also bring impartial, expert content from our award-winning financial journalists, highly engaged community of investors, and daily newsletters and insights. PURPOSE OF ROLE: We are recruiting for a Junior Scrum Master to join the Solution Delivery team, and help coach and facilitate our agile squads as we continue to drive agile practises within interactive investor. In this role you will help the team perform at their highest-level vs agreed goals. This involves removing any impediments to progress, facilitating agile ceremonies, and doing things like working with the product owner to make sure the product backlog is in good shape and ready for the next sprint. KEY RESPONSIBLITIES: Providing all support to the team using a servant leadership style whenever possible, and leading by example. Guiding the team on how to use Agile/Scrum practices and values to deliver business benefit. Guiding the team on how to get the most out of self-organisation. Coaching the team to higher levels of agile and scrum maturity, and helping them define their ways of working Facilitating getting the work done without coercion, assigning, or dictating the work and facilitating discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution. Building a trusting and safe environment where problems can be raised without fear of blame, retribution, or being judged, with an emphasis of healing and problem solving. Removing impediments or guiding the team to remove impediments by finding the right personnel to remove the impediment. Assisting with internal and external communication, improving transparency, and radiating information. Building great relationships with the product owner and other stakeholders. Supporting and educating the Product Owner, especially with respect to grooming and maintaining the product backlog. Arranging and facilitating agile ceremonies such as, daily stand-up meetings, reviews, demo’s, planning meetings, and retrospectives in order to ensure quick inspection and proper use of adaptation process. Acts as safeguard for the team. Requirements Knowledge of agile methodologies and frameworks Previous experience as a team lead an advantage Previous experience of collaborating with or within an agile/scrum team an advantage Previous experience of delivering change in and I.T function or working with and I.T function. Basic knowledge of software development processes and procedures Jira/Confluence experience an advantage Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to build relationships with a wide range of stakeholders Benefits Group Personal Pension Plan – 8% employer contribution and 4% employee contribution Life Assurance and Group Income Protection Private Medical Insurance – Provided by Bupa 25 Days Annual Leave, plus bank holidays Staff Discounts on our investment products Personal & Well-being Fund – Supporting your physical and mental wellness Retail Discounts – Savings at a wide range of high street and online retailers Voluntary Flexible Benefits – Tailor your benefits to suit your lifestyle Please Note: We will do our utmost efforts to respond to all applicants. However, due to the high volume of applications we're currently receiving, if you haven't been contacted within 30 days of application, please consider unsuccessful. interactive investor operates in accordance with the UK Equality Act 2010. We welcome applications from individuals of all ages, disabilities, gender identities, marital status, pregnancy/maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation. We are committed to treating all applicants fairly and making reasonable adjustments where needed to support disabled applicants. We actively prevent all forms of discrimination, harassment, and victimisation—whether direct, indirect, associative, or perceptive