Homes and Communities Agency
Development Manager / Scrum Master for GH Projects 2
2 Incomplete applications
2 SME, 0 large
16 Completed applications
15 SME, 1 large
Important dates
- Published
- Friday 17 March 2017
- Deadline for asking questions
- Tuesday 21 March 2017 at 11:59pm GMT
- Closing date for applications
- Friday 24 March 2017 at 11:59pm GMT
Overview
- Specialist role
- Delivery manager
- Summary of the work
- A skilled and experienced Scrum Master required for the delivery of the next phases of product development and release of HIF and DRAM projects within the HCA. Including; sprint planning, stand-ups, retrospectives and whatever other activities are judged necessary to deliver the project work , generally on fortnightly sprint cycles.
- Latest start date
- 03/04/2017
- Expected contract length
- This is a nine week work package.
- Location
- North East England
- Organisation the work is for
- Homes and Communities Agency
- Maximum day rate
- This is an outside IR35 arrangement, attracting a maximum day rate of £500 (including all costs and fees associated with the arrangement).
About the work
- Early market engagement
- Who the specialist will work with
- The current software development service is provided through a combination of in- house resources, as well as contractors and other 3rd party suppliers. You will be expected to work collaboratively with those groups, including within teams made up of a combination of those groups. Typically SCRUM teams are 4-8 people.
- What the specialist will work on
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The delivery of the next phases of product development and release of the system to support the new Housing Infrastructure Fund (HIF) as well as our Decisions Recording and Management System (DRAM).
Managing the overall delivery of the products, written in .NET (WEB) and ORACLE, by a mixed team of in-house and third party resource.
The service should include; sprint planning, stand-ups, retrospectives and whatever other meetings are judged necessary to deliver the project work, generally on a 2 week sprint cycle.
Work setup
- Address where the work will take place
- The worker can generally choose where they work, however the team uses one of our offices in Gateshead as a connection point, and there is an expectation that the worker will use this office for project related activities that need their attendance in person.
- Working arrangements
- The worker will manage their own working arrangements as required to deliver the assignment. For reasons of security, the HCA will provide encrypted laptop loaded with secure software.
- Security clearance
- All team members are subject to Baseline Personnel Security Standards checks and for anyone working at the London office, must also be CTC cleared.
Additional information
- Additional terms and conditions
Skills and experience
Buyers will use the essential and nice-to-have skills and experience to help them evaluate suppliers’ technical competence.
- Essential skills and experience
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- Experience of managing mulitple agile projects
- Knowledge of .net (web and WPF) applications
- Knowledge of Oracle Databases
- Experience working with Team Foundation Server
- Experience of delivering a 'Business as Usual' service
- Nice-to-have skills and experience
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- Experience working in Central Government
- Understanding of the housing sector
How suppliers will be evaluated
- How many specialists to evaluate
- 3
- Cultural fit criteria
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- Work as part of a team with our organisation and other suppliers
- Transparent and collaborative when making decisions
- Flexible to changing requirements and needs
- Open to suggestions and open to make suggestions
- Driven for success with positive and professional attitude
- Assessment methods
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- Work history
- Reference
- Evaluation weighting
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Technical competence
40%Cultural fit
20%Price
40%
Questions asked by suppliers
- 1. ** The rate for this role was incorrectly stated and should have been max rate of £550 (plus VAT). **
- ** The rate for this role was incorrectly stated and should have been max rate of £550 (plus VAT). **
- 2. We submitted our profile on Friday based £500, can we change the rate once we have submitted ? Please advise ?
- We are not aware of the mechanisms for changing submissions within this framework. I would suggest re-submitting again with the correct rate included.
- 3. Please could you advise where this role will be based?
- The worker can generally choose where they work, however the team uses one of our offices in Gateshead as a connection point, and there is an expectation that the worker will use this office for project related activities that need their attendance in person.
- 4. Is BPSS & CTC both mandatory or either or ,if candidate has CTC not BPSS can such ones be considered.
- All team members are subject to Baseline Personnel Security Standards checks, this is mandatory. For anyone working at the London office, they must also be CTC cleared.
- 5. for Location to confirm, candidates can either work in Gateshead or London,or both?
- The worker can generally choose where they work, this includes using any of our other offices (including London). As the current project team uses one of our offices in Gateshead as a connection point, and there is an expectation that the worker will use the Gateshead office for project team related activities that need their attendance in person.