Lead Enterprise Architect (£54,857 - £80,400)

Government Recruitment Service; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A government agency in Nottingham is seeking a Lead Enterprise Architect to lead the direction of business and digital capabilities. You will collaborate with various architects to provide enterprise solutions, support digital transformation, and assess trends impacting the organization. Benefits include an extensive pension contribution and flexible working options.

Benefits

Employer pension contribution of 28.97%

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Flexible working options

Qualifications

• Experience in enterprise solutions for business problems.
• Ability to design and communicate high-level structures.
• Coaching skills to guide others in identifying trends.

Responsibilities

• Provide enterprise solutions across Enterprise Architecture domains.
• Assist with Digital Transformation work and business cases.
• Assess societal trends impacting the organisation.
• Work with external stakeholders to inform policies.

Job description

The Lead Enterprise Architect will report to the Chief Architect you will work in a team consisting of Lead Enterprise Architects, Lead Technical Architects and Lead Solution Architects and play a pivotal role within the Architecture Management Office leading the overall direction of business and digital capabilities.

Joining our department comes with many benefits, including:

• Employer pension contribution of 28.97% of your salary. Read more about Civil Service Pensions here
• 25 days annual leave, increasing by 1 day each year of service (up to a maximum of 30 days annual leave), plus 8 bank holidays a privilege day for the King’s birthday
• Flexible working options where we encourage a great work-life balance.

Read more in the Benefits section below!

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• Provide enterprise solutions to specific business problems and challenges across one or more Enterprise Architecture domains.
• Assist with requests of new Digital Transformation work and support in the building of business cases.
• Responsible for the design and communication of high-level structures to enable and guide the design and development of solutions that meet current and future business needs, encompassing changes to service, process, organisation and operating models.
• Assess how trends in society and industry practices might impact the organisation.
• Work with people outside of your organisation to inform to inform policies, strategies and standards.
• Anticipate changes to policy and build resilience through your architecture work.
• Coach others in identifying important trends.

Great line management is important to us as an organisation, and we will equip and support line managers to develop the skills they need. We aim to empower line managers to create teams where people can flourish and deliver excellent outcomes for the public.

For further information on the role, please read the attached role profile. Please note that the role profile is for information purposes only - whilst all elements are relevant to the role, they may not all be assessed during the recruitment process. This job advert will detail exactly what will be assessed during the recruitment process.