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Scrum Master at NRF Jobs in Cape Town, South Africa at National Research Foundation
Scrum Master at NRF National Research Foundation National Research Foundation
Permanent Specialist position
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Posted 19 May 2025 by National Research Foundation
Position Summary:
This Scrum Master supports multiple agile teams across diverse, complex projects. They act as mentors, problem-solvers, and agile process guardians, fostering positive team dynamics and removing obstacles to progress.
Key Responsibilities:
Facilitate and lead meetings, including planning, progress, review, retrospectives, and problem-solving workshops, leading one or few teams and ensuring alignment across teams.
Provide coaching to both the team and the manager to help align agile practices with organizational goals.
Identify and implement process improvements on an average scale and help drive organizational change.
Monitor and distribute relevant alerts raised with Operations and RFI Alerts channels. Research and propose new technologies, systems, methods, or approaches for organizational use.
Continuously learn, acquire new skills, and execute a self-development plan.
Collaborate with software engineers, technical leads, and systems engineers to update, review, and automate processes where applicable.
Establish and maintain working relationships with members of other SARAO teams.
Respond to inter-team issues collaboratively.
Engage in public outreach and education activities.
Minimum Qualifications:
Bachelor’s Degree / Advanced Diploma / NQF 7
Minimum Experience:
2-5 years of relevant experience
Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant field (e.g., Computer Science) with 5+ years; OR
Honours Degree with 4+ years; OR
Master’s Degree with 3+ years; OR
Doctorate with 2+ years and Scrum Master Certification.
Additional Experience & Knowledge:
Proficiency in agile methodologies, including scaling frameworks like SAFe.
Experience mentoring and leading multiple agile teams.
Knowledge of Agile techniques such as user stories, TDD, continuous delivery, pair programming.
Servant leadership, facilitation, stakeholder management, and fostering collaboration.
Ability to enable teams to self-organize and deliver effectively.
Additional Notes:
Experience with modern software collaboration tools like Git Hub, Containers, Google Drive, JIRA, Miro, etc.
Experience in project management and systems engineering support.
Ability to collaborate across teams and industry, and report on feature implementation.
Applicants should submit a comprehensive CV, a motivation letter, and at least three referees via the NRF Recruitment Portal.
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Title: Scrum Master at NRF
Company: National Research Foundation
Location: Cape Town, South Africa
Category: IT/Tech (Scrum Master, Systems Analyst, IT Project Manager)
