Summary: The Junior Agile Coach will support feature teams in adopting and improving agile practices under the guidance of senior Agile Coaches. This role involves collaborating with Scrum Masters, Product Owners, and stakeholders to enhance workflow and agile maturity. The position is a contract role with potential for permanent placement, requiring a hybrid working model in Cheshire. The ideal candidate will have a basic understanding of SAFe and a willingness to learn and support agile teams.
Key Responsibilities:
- Assist Scrum Masters and Product Owners in improving agile ways of working within feature teams.
- Support Program Increment (PI) Planning and ART-level ceremonies by helping coordinate and prepare materials.
- Help teams with backlog prioritization, breaking down work items, and supporting estimation activities.
- Provide coaching support at the team level and escalate issues or opportunities to senior Agile Coaches.
- Work alongside Customer Journey Lab leads to encourage agile practices within teams aligned to customer journeys.
- Promote agile best practices and support the smooth running of agile events.
- Support Scrum Masters and Product Owners in understanding and fulfilling their roles effectively.
- Build positive relationships with stakeholders and communicate agile concepts clearly.
Key Skills:
- Basic understanding of SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework) or willingness to learn.
- Some experience or exposure to agile teams, preferably in Scrum or SAFe environments.
- Interest in coaching and supporting agile teams to improve their practices.
- Familiarity with agile ceremonies and backlog management.
- Good facilitation skills or eagerness to develop them.
- Clear and effective communication skills, able to explain agile concepts simply.
- Ability to build relationships and work collaboratively with different team members.
- Analytical mindset to observe team dynamics and suggest improvements.
- Proactive and adaptable, comfortable working in a fast-paced environment.
- Willingness to learn and model agile best practices.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Cheshire West And Chester
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Role: Junior Agile Coach (Contractor)
Start: March 2026
Contract Duration: Till the end of July (inside IR35), with potential to convert to permanent.
Benefits package to be discussed with Recruitment Team.
Location: Cheshire
Hybrid Working Model – with 2/3 days in client office (must be within commutable distance to Cheshire)
About Deloitte
Deloitte is a leading global provider of audit and assurance, consulting, financial advisory, risk advisory, tax, and related services. Operating in over 150 countries, we serve four out of five Fortune Global 500® companies. Our professionals are dedicated to making an impact that matters by delivering excellence in a dynamic environment. This role offers an exciting opportunity to support Deloitte Operations and work with a leading Tier 1 Banking client to improve ways of working.
Role Overview
The Junior Agile Coach will support feature teams by assisting in the adoption and improvement of agile practices. Working under the guidance of senior Agile Coaches, this role will help teams enhance their workflow and agile maturity. Experience or exposure to Agile Release Trains (ARTs) is a plus but not mandatory. The Junior Agile Coach will collaborate with Scrum Masters, Product Owners, and other stakeholders to foster continuous improvement.
Key Responsibilities
- Assist Scrum Masters and Product Owners in improving agile ways of working within feature teams.
- Support Program Increment (PI) Planning and ART-level ceremonies by helping coordinate and prepare materials.
- Help teams with backlog prioritization, breaking down work items, and supporting estimation activities.
- Provide coaching support at the team level and escalate issues or opportunities to senior Agile Coaches.
- Work alongside Customer Journey Lab leads to encourage agile practices within teams aligned to customer journeys.
- Promote agile best practices and support the smooth running of agile events.
- Support Scrum Masters and Product Owners in understanding and fulfilling their roles effectively.
- Build positive relationships with stakeholders and communicate agile concepts clearly.
Basic understanding of SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework) or willingness to learn.
Some experience or exposure to agile teams, preferably in Scrum or SAFe environments.
Interest in coaching and supporting agile teams to improve their practices.
Familiarity with agile ceremonies and backlog management.
Good facilitation skills or eagerness to develop them.
Skills and Competencies
Clear and effective communication skills, able to explain agile concepts simply.
Ability to build relationships and work collaboratively with different team members.
Analytical mindset to observe team dynamics and suggest improvements.
Proactive and adaptable, comfortable working in a fast-paced environment.
Willingness to learn and model agile best practices.
Reporting and Collaboration
The Junior Agile Coach will report to the Agile Delivery Lead or a senior Agile Coach and will work closely with Scrum Masters, Product Owners, ART leadership, and Customer Journey Lab leads to support agile transformation and team maturity.
