Senior Agile Coach (12 month FTC)

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• Salary banding:  £60,000 - £86,500
• Experience: Mid-level/Expert
• Working pattern: Full-Time
• Reporting to: Kelvin Moore - Agile Delivery  Director
• Sponsorship: Unfortunately we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.
• This role in 3 words: Coach, Influencer, Advocate

Top 3 qualities for this role: Expert Coaching & Mentorship, Leadership Influence & Advocacy, Deep Agile Knowledge & Experience

Where You’Ll Work:

Depending on the needs of your business area, we expect hub based people to be in the office at least once a week, and to go to OVO Connection events in-person. 

You’ll be assigned to the closest one of our three hub offices, Bristol, Glasgow, or London; unless your role requires field-based work. Each hub has accessible spaces to park your laptop, is designed to inspire people, help them connect and bring big ideas to life.

Everyone belongs at OVO

At OVO, we are on a mission to solve one of humanity's biggest challenges, the climate crisis. And we know it takes all of us to change the world. That's why we need diverse people from all abilities, gender identities, ethnicities, ages, sexual orientations, life experiences and backgrounds to join us.

Teamworking for the planet

Everything we do here spins around Plan Zero. So, naturally, the team you’ll be joining plays a gigantic role in making that happen. Here’s how:

Team Strategy Goals:

• Elevate Functional Agile Maturity: Drive the adoption and refinement of agile practices within their specific functional area, demonstrably improving team effectiveness and delivery.
• Empower Agile Leadership: Equip leaders within their remit with a deep understanding and championing of agile principles and practices.
• Cultivate High-Performing Teams: Mentor and develop agile teams to foster collaboration, continuous improvement, and the effective implementation of agile frameworks.

Team Vision:

• To establish their functional area as a beacon of agile excellence, characterised by empowered teams, engaged leadership, and a relentless pursuit of value delivery.

Impact To Create:

• Noticeably improved agile maturity and performance metrics within their functional area.
• Leaders who actively support and enable agile teams, fostering a more adaptive and responsive environment.
• Teams that are more collaborative, self-organising, and consistently delivering high-quality outcomes.

This Role In A Nutshell:

A Senior Agile Coach drives agile initiatives within multiple teams or a functional area, influencing leaders and mentoring teams to adopt agile mindsets. This role focuses on coaching leaders, delivering training, and advocating for agile best practices, contributing to agile maturity within specific areas of OVO.

Your Key Outcomes Will Be:

• Improved Agile Maturity within a Functional Area: Drive the adoption and refinement of agile practices within a defined area, leading to increased team effectiveness and product delivery.
• Enhanced Leadership Understanding of Agile: Influence and guide leaders within the functional area to understand and champion agile principles and practices.
• High-Performing Agile Teams through Mentorship: Develop and mentor agile teams fostering a culture of collaboration, continuous improvement, and effective agile implementation.
• Effective Agile Training and Knowledge Sharing: Design and deliver agile training programs and workshops, enhancing the agile knowledge and skills of teams and leaders.
• Data-Driven Agile Optimisation: Promote a data-driven approach to agile improvement, encouraging teams to use metrics and feedback to optimise their processes.

Key Responsibilities:

• Coach Leaders and Teams: Provide expert coaching on Agile principles, frameworks, and tools to leaders and teams, supporting their growth and Agile maturity.
• Lead Agile Adoption: Drive Agile implementation within a functional area, tailoring practices to context while aligning with OVO’s broader strategy.
• Design and Deliver Training: Create and facilitate engaging Agile training sessions and workshops to uplift skills and foster shared understanding.
• Promote Agile Culture: Champion Agile values and practices, influencing stakeholders to embed agility across ways of working.
• Assess and Improve Agile Maturity: Conduct Agile health checks and provide actionable recommendations to enhance team effectiveness and outcomes.
• Mentor Across Frameworks: Guide teams in the practical application of Agile frameworks, adapting approaches to meet team and organisational needs.
• Contribute to the Agile Community of Practice: Actively support OVO’s Agile Community of Practice by sharing knowledge, creating content, and contributing to cross-team learning and continuous improvement.

You’ll be a successful in this role at OVO if you...

• Agile Expertise: Deep knowledge of Agile principles, practices, and scaling frameworks, with a strong track record of delivering business outcomes through Agile adoption.
• Change Leadership: Proven ability to drive organisational change, influence senior stakeholders, and support Agile maturity across teams and functions.
• Coaching & Facilitation: Skilled in coaching, training, and facilitation, with the ability to engage and uplift individuals and teams at all levels.
• Strategic & Analytical Thinking: Strong problem-solving, decision-making, and strategic thinking skills, with a holistic understanding of business and technology.
• Adaptability & Collaboration: Proactive and outcome-focused, with excellent communication and collaboration skills. Thrives in dynamic, fast-paced environments.
• Continuous Growth Mindset: Committed to continuous improvement, professional development, and mentoring others within a learning-oriented culture.

Let’s talk about what’s in it for you

We’ll pay you between £60,000 and £86,500, depending on your specific skills and experience. If your expectations are a little different, have a chat with us!

We keep our pay ranges broad on purpose to give us, and you, flexibility to match your experience to our zero carbon mission.

You’ll be eligible for an on-target bonus of 15%. We have one OVO bonus plan that focuses on the collective performance of our people to deliver our Plan Zero goal. 

We also offer plenty of green benefits and progressive policies to help you feel like you belong at OVO…and there’s flex pay. We'll give you 9% Flex Pay on top of your salary – 4% of this is auto enrolled into your pension, and the remaining 5% is yours to do what you like with. You can use this to buy from our extensive range of flexible benefits, including our green benefits which we've put at the heart of our offering, add to your pension or even take it as cash.

Here’s a taster of what’s on offer: 

For starters, you’ll get 34 days of holiday (including bank holidays).

For your health
With benefits like a healthcare cash plan or private medical insurance depending on your career level, critical illness cover, life assurance, health assessments, and more

For your wellbeing
With gym membership, travel insurance, workplace ISA, will writing services, dental insurance, and more

For your lifestyle
With extra holiday buying, discount dining, home & tech loans, and supporting your favourite charities with give-as-you-earn donations

For your home 
Get up to £400 towards any OVO Energy plan, plus great discounts on solar, smart thermostats and EV chargers

For your commute
Nab a great deal on ultra-low emission car leasing, plus our cycle to work scheme and public transport season ticket loans

Want to hear about our full range of flexible benefits and progressive people policies? Our People Team can tell you everything you need to know.

For Your Belonging

To find better ways to support our people, we need to listen to each other’s experiences and find ways to build a truly inclusive and diverse workplace. As part of this, we have 8 Belonging Networks at OVO. Led by our people, for our people - so when you join OVO, you can play a part - big or small - with any of the Networks. It's up to you.

Oh, and one last thing...

We’d be thrilled if you tick off all our boxes, yet we also believe it’s just as important we tick off all of yours. And if you think you have most of what we’re looking for but not every single thing, go ahead and hit apply. We’d still love to hear from you!

If you have any additional requirements, there’s a space to let us know on the application form; we want to make the process as easy and comfortable for you as possible..