Student Loans Company is a non-profit making Government-owned organisation to provide loans and grants to students in universities and colleges in the UK. Since 1989, we have enabled our customers to invest in their futures by delivering secure, accurate and efficient assessment, payment and repayment services.
The Associate Delivery Manager is responsible for ensuring that an agile delivery team lives by the values and practices of Agile. Coaching the team, helping the team to perform at their highest level and do the best work it possibly can. Removing any impediments to progress, reporting progress, facilitating meetings and working with the Product Owner to make sure the product backlog is well maintained and ready to be worked on while minimising excess work in progress
- Previous experience performing the role of Associate Delivery Manager (or similar role such as Scrum Master) for a software development team that was applying Agile principles and practices
- Previous experience as a team lead or in any other people management role
- Knowledge of other Agile approaches such as Scrum, XP, Kanban, Crystal, FDD and so on
- Knowledge and/or experience with Agile techniques, for example TDD, BDD, Continuous Integration, Continuous Testing, Pairing, Automated Testing, Usability Testing
- Applicable knowledge of the technologies used by the team
- Relevant experience as a Business Analyst, Tester or Developer
Alongside your salary of £45,000, Student Loans Company contributes £12,150 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
- 28 days annual leave plus 8 public holidays
- Option to buy/sell annual leave
- Flexi-time and flexible working options available
- Option to join the Civil Service pension scheme
- Life insurance cover for 4 x annual salary
- Enhanced company sick pay and family leave including maternity, paternity and adoption
- Contributory lifestyle benefit options including discounts at hundreds of retailers, cycle to work scheme, access to the Civil Service Sports and Leisure Club for discounted gym memberships, and an optional dental insurance scheme
All CV's will be reviewed and shortlisted candidates will be invited to a competency based interview.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.
This job is broadly open to the following groups:
- UK nationals
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- nationals from the EU, EEA or Switzerland with settled or pre-settled status or who apply for either status by the deadline of the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
- relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals working in the Civil Service
- relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals who have built up the right to work in the Civil Service
- certain family members of the relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals
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We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
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Job contact :
Email :
kenneth_love@slc.co.uk
Recruitment team
Email :
kenneth_love@slc.co.uk
If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with the Civil Service Commission’s Recruitment Principles and you wish to make a complaint, you should contact Gillian_Walker@slc.co.uk in the first instance.