Vacancy
Scrum Master
Your job
Do you have excellent organisational skills, and do you enjoy optimising work processes and cooperation within teams? Are you a people-person and like to work on team- and individual development? Do you also have affinity with contributing to our education? Then this role might be the one for you.
We are looking for a talented professional to take on the combined role of Scrum Master for two of our teams: Educational Media, and Society Based Education (0.8 FTE).
Our Educational Media team (currently 12 colleagues) is responsible for producing thousands of in-studio, on-location, and streamed knowledge clips (videos) and events on behalf of the university each year.
Our Society Based Education team (currently 7 colleagues) connects society and education at WUR by translating real questions into research projects that students of the university work on within their courses.
- you will help two Agile teams to become high-performance teams by facilitating the project/work planning and monitoring progress. You will also help the teams to work transparently, with an emphasis on value creation in an educational context;
- you will coach team members in self-organisation, effective cooperation, behavioural change, and collaboration;
- you will organise and facilitate Agile methodologies (e.g., Retrospective, Planning, etc.), as well as the Kanban board (Jira), the knowledge matrix, and the backlog used by the team;
- you will have HR tasks such as doing the Performance and Development talks with the team members, give learning & development support (both team and individual level), and tasks in recruitment and absenteeism;
- you will provide pro-active support for other relevant tasks, e.g., the organisation of brainstorming sessions, as well as events or workshops within TLC;
- you will be an active member of the organisation’s support network (e.g., Scrum/Flow Master’s guild, Peer Coaching group, support from internal team coaches) for developing competences, exchange of experiences and sharing knowledge. You will participate in regular departmental meetings for all our Scum Masters and Product Owners.
Your qualities
- you have at least a HBO Bachelor’s degree;
- you have at least five years of work experience in a relevant field (e.g. Scrum master, project management with an emphasis on education-oriented products, media development, Team lead, educational advisor, etc.);
- you have an excellent command of written and spoken English (C2). Proficiency in Dutch language is a strong pre;
- excellent communication, organisation, documentation, coaching, learning and group facilitation skills (soft skills).
We offer you
Wageningen University & Research offers excellent terms of employment. A few highlights from our Collective Labour Agreement include:
- sabbatical leave, study leave, and partially paid parental leave;
- working hours that can be discussed and arranged so that they allow for the best possible work-life balance;
- the option to accrue additional compensation / holiday hours by working more, per week;
- there is a strong focus on vitality and you can make use of the sports facilities available on campus for a small fee;
- a fixed December bonus of 8.3%;
- excellent pension scheme.
Wageningen University & Research encourages internal advancement opportunities and mobility with an internal recruitment policy. There are plenty of options for personal initiative in a learning environment, and we provide excellent training opportunities. We are offering a unique position in an international environment with a pleasant and open working atmosphere.
You are going to work at the greenest and most innovative campus in Holland, and at a university that has been chosen as the Best University” in the Netherlands for the 19th consecutive time.
Do you want more information?
For more information about this position, you can contact Femke Gordijn (Team Coach and HR Support Officer, TLC): femke.gordijn@wur.nl
For more information about the procedure, please contact Edvard Jongschaap, corporate recruiter, by email: recruitment@wur.nl
Do you want to apply?
You can apply directly using the apply button on the vacancy page on our website which will allow us to process your personal information with your approval.
This vacancy is open up to and including the 27 of May 2024.
The first round of job interviews are planned on Tuesday afternoon 11 June.
Procedure
Because you will work with two teams, we will schedule 3 rounds of job interviews.
Equal opportunities
Wageningen University & Research (WUR) employs a large number of people with very different backgrounds and qualities, who inspire and motivate each other. We want every talent to feel at home in our organisation and be offered the same career opportunities. We therefore especially welcome applications from people who are underrepresented at WUR. For more information please go to our inclusivity page. A good example of how WUR deals with inclusiveness can be read on the page working at WUR with a functional impairment.
We are
The mission of Wageningen University & Research is “To explore the potential of nature to improve the quality of life”. Under the banner Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen University and the specialised research institutes of the Wageningen Research Foundation have joined forces in contributing to finding solutions to important questions in the domain of healthy food and living environment.
With its roughly 30 branches, 7,200 employees (6,400 fte) and 13,200 students and over 150.000 participants to WUR’s Continuing Education, Wageningen University & Research is one of the leading organisations in its domain. The unique Wageningen approach lies in its integrated approach to issues and the collaboration between different disciplines.
Education and Student Affairs
‘Education and Student Affairs’ (ESA) is – as central department in Wageningen University and Research – responsible for the strategy, the implementation as well as the support for and innovation of its education. The department matches supply and demand in education, is responsible for all the administrative processes, guarantees the quality of its education and develops and implements the university’s vision for education. In addition to its accredited educational BSc and MSc programmes, ESA initiates and develops new educational activities, including an online education portfolio and professional education. More than 200 employees work at the department of Education and Student Affairs. Since 15 years, Wageningen University and Research has a leading position in the Netherlands for its quality education and education facilities.
The Teaching and Learning Centre
As part of TLC, the Teaching and Learning (TLC), aims at optimising learning and teaching and educational innovations at our university. TLC seeks to inspire lecturers, facilitate and support their teaching and the education environment and finally to enhance lecturers’ professional teaching competences. The Teaching and Learning Centre employs around 75 staff members in 6 teams:
- Training & Advice - offers pedagogical advice and educational training, workshops and courses, such as the University Teaching Qualification (Basis Kwalificatie Onderwijs).
- Lifelong Learning Creation (3LC) - supports creation of continuing education beyond the bachelor and master phases, as well as curriculum development.
- Online Learning Environment - offers functional management of the digital learning environment (Brightspace) and emerging educational technology applications.
- Educational Media - supports the production of media and associated capture and distribution technologies.
- Digital Assessments - responsible for all the digital assessments in education and associate technologies.
- Society Based Education - stimulates and organises real life cases in education offered by societal partners (from business, governmental-, to civil society organisations).
We will recruit for the vacancy ourselves, so no employment agencies please. However, sharing in your network is appreciated