Are you an experienced Agile Coach with a strong background in Public Sector? Do you have experience supporting teams within a multiple-team environment?
We're looking for an Agile Coach for an initial 12 month contract. This position can be worked remotely, but will require up to 4 visits on-site in Victoria BC to facilitate in-person facilitations.
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Advantages
- Competitive market rates
- Work primarily remote with visits to Victoria BC
- Long-term contract with potential for extensions
Responsibilities
Coaching & Mentoring
Coach teams, product owners, scrum masters and leaders in Agile values, principles, roles, and ceremonies.
Mentor product owners in backlog prioritization, refinement, and engagement with stakeholders.
Support teams in self organization, collaboration, continuous improvement, and constructive conflict resolution.
Team of Teams / Connected Services Support
Facilitate cross team alignment across streams delivering connected services.
Lead or support multiteam planning, roadmap sessions, reviews, and retrospectives.
Identify and assist in resolving cross team dependencies, risks, and delivery challenges.
Assessment & Continuous Improvement
Assess team structures and delivery processes and recommend improvements.
Recommend and help implement Agile frameworks, tools, and practices that enhance collaboration and delivery flow.
Introduce or refine delivery metrics (e.g., velocity, flow measures, predictability) to track progress and improvement.
Change Management & Organizational Support
Support organizational adoption of Agile practices and alignment with public sector governance frameworks.
Facilitate workshops and large group planning or visioning sessions with internal and external stakeholders.
Ceremonies & Facilitation
Lead or support Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, stand ups, reviews, and retrospectives.
Facilitate workshops and coordination meetings to support alignment and delivery.
Documentation & Tools
Support teams in documenting requirements, decisions, and delivery artefacts using tools such as Jira, and Confluence.
Anticipated Deliverables
Coaching plans and Agile maturity guidance for multiple delivery teams.
Facilitation of cross team planning, retrospectives, workshops, and alignment sessions.
Recommendations and documentation for team structure, process improvements, and Agile practice alignment.
Regular reporting on Agile maturity, delivery metrics, and progress across teams.
Documentation of decisions and processes using Agile tools.
Knowledge transfer to internal staff to ensure sustainable Agile adoption.
Required Skills and Experience
Qualifications
Minimum 5 years of experience providing Agile coaching services.
Advanced Agile certification.
Demonstrated experience coaching teams in Agile values, principles, ceremonies, and roles.
Experience assessing and improving team structures and delivery processes.
Experience facilitating large scale planning and strategic workshops.
Experience in or understanding of public or regulated sector environments.
Strong communication, facilitation, collaboration, and conflict resolution skills.
Desired Skills and Experience
Minimum 5 years experience coaching in scaled Agile or multiteam environments (minimum 5 teams).
Experience working with connected services, cross ministry programs, or complex delivery environments.
Experience with Agile product and delivery tools (Jira, Confluence, digital delivery frameworks).
Summary
If you're an experienced Agile Coach looking for your next opportunity, apply today or reach out to your Randstad representative!
Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.
Randstad Canada is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible workplace for all its candidates and employees by supporting their accessibility and accommodation needs throughout the employment lifecycle. We ask that all job applications please identify any accommodation requirements by sending an email to accessibility@randstad.ca to ensure their ability to fully participate in the interview process.
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Are you an experienced Agile Coach with a strong background in Public Sector? Do you have experience supporting teams within a multiple-team environment?
We're looking for an Agile Coach for an initial 12 month contract. This position can be worked remotely, but will require up to 4 visits on-site in Victoria BC to facilitate in-person facilitations.
Advantages
- Competitive market rates
- Work primarily remote with visits to Victoria BC
- Long-term contract with potential for extensions
Responsibilities
Coaching & Mentoring
Coach teams, product owners, scrum masters and leaders in Agile values, principles, roles, and ceremonies.
Mentor product owners in backlog prioritization, refinement, and engagement with stakeholders.
Support teams in self organization, collaboration, continuous improvement, and constructive conflict resolution.
Team of Teams / Connected Services Support
Facilitate cross team alignment across streams delivering connected services.
Lead or support multiteam planning, roadmap sessions, reviews, and retrospectives.
Identify and assist in resolving cross team dependencies, risks, and delivery challenges.
...
Assessment & Continuous Improvement
Assess team structures and delivery processes and recommend improvements.
Recommend and help implement Agile frameworks, tools, and practices that enhance collaboration and delivery flow.
Introduce or refine delivery metrics (e.g., velocity, flow measures, predictability) to track progress and improvement.
Change Management & Organizational Support
Support organizational adoption of Agile practices and alignment with public sector governance frameworks.
Facilitate workshops and large group planning or visioning sessions with internal and external stakeholders.
Ceremonies & Facilitation
Lead or support Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, stand ups, reviews, and retrospectives.
Facilitate workshops and coordination meetings to support alignment and delivery.
Documentation & Tools
Support teams in documenting requirements, decisions, and delivery artefacts using tools such as Jira, and Confluence.
Anticipated Deliverables
Coaching plans and Agile maturity guidance for multiple delivery teams.
Facilitation of cross team planning, retrospectives, workshops, and alignment sessions.
Recommendations and documentation for team structure, process improvements, and Agile practice alignment.
Regular reporting on Agile maturity, delivery metrics, and progress across teams.
Documentation of decisions and processes using Agile tools.
Knowledge transfer to internal staff to ensure sustainable Agile adoption.
Required Skills and Experience
Qualifications
Minimum 5 years of experience providing Agile coaching services.
Advanced Agile certification.
Demonstrated experience coaching teams in Agile values, principles, ceremonies, and roles.
Experience assessing and improving team structures and delivery processes.
Experience facilitating large scale planning and strategic workshops.
Experience in or understanding of public or regulated sector environments.
Strong communication, facilitation, collaboration, and conflict resolution skills.
Desired Skills and Experience
Minimum 5 years experience coaching in scaled Agile or multiteam environments (minimum 5 teams).
Experience working with connected services, cross ministry programs, or complex delivery environments.
Experience with Agile product and delivery tools (Jira, Confluence, digital delivery frameworks).
Summary
If you're an experienced Agile Coach looking for your next opportunity, apply today or reach out to your Randstad representative!
Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.
Randstad Canada is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible workplace for all its candidates and employees by supporting their accessibility and accommodation needs throughout the employment lifecycle. We ask that all job applications please identify any accommodation requirements by sending an email to accessibility@randstad.ca to ensure their ability to fully participate in the interview process.
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