Job summary
We're looking for a Technical Design Authority to work closely with senior leaders, IT colleagues and the organisation, to help shape strategic transformation by aligning business goals with changes in people, process, data, and technology. You'll develop and maintain high-level models and blueprints that support business strategy and serve as a Technical Design Authority throughout projects & programmes as well as Business As Usual tasks.
Main duties of the job
Engage with stakeholders to understand business strategy and capability maturity.
Define target business architectures and roadmaps aligned to strategic goals.
Lead the development of integrated models across people, processes, and information domains.
Guide delivery teams by socialising architecture artefacts and ensuring alignment through all phases.
Participate in governance forums and provide architectural direction and decision support.
Support business process redesign, transformation, and assurance activities.
Help build internal architecture capability and support business development efforts.
Identify and mitigate risks related to business architecture to keep programmes on track.
About us
Just as we care about our patients' wellbeing, we care about yours!
We can offer you:
- A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role
- Car lease scheme *T&C's apply
- Flexible working options
- Annual travel card loan
- Training, support and development in your career
To have a full look at our benefits and what it's like working for us please go here: https://www.clch.nhs.uk/job/pay-and-benefits
Job description
Job responsibilities
**Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full roles and responsibilities.**
Job description
Job responsibilities
**Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full roles and responsibilities.**
Person Specification
Eduatrion and Qualifications
Essential
- A masters degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field or equivalent experience
- Certifications such as TOGAF and relevant cyber security qualifications e.g. CISSP or equivalent experience
Experience
Essential
- Extensive experience in a technical design or architecture role, ideally within the public sector or healthcare environment.
- Experience of working with the NHS
- Experience of working with diverse stakeholders, including clinicians, leadership, and administrative staff.
- Experience of working in partnership with suppliers and partner organisations.
- Demonstrable experience designing and reviewing complex IT solutions, including cloud-based services, applications, and network infrastructure.
- Strong understanding of cyber security principles and NHS-specific standards and regulations.
- Strong familiarity with NHS-specific standards, particularly regarding information governance and cyber security.
- Proven experience of working with and instructing a multi-supplier environment (e.g., SIAM model) to deliver digital services.
Desirable
- Experience of community services
- Experience of working with colleagues in NHS Trusts, ICSs, and Local Authorities
Skills and knowledge
Essential
- Good working knowledge of the NHS and the work of a community Trust
- Expertise in designing IT systems and solutions, with a strong understanding of architecture frameworks such as TOGAF
- Strong understanding of cyber security principles, NHS security guidelines, and regulatory frameworks e.g., DSPT
- Understanding of NHS Information Governance, DSPT, GDPR, and data protection standards
- Up to date knowledge of digital and data capabilities and emerging technologies, and how these can be applied operationally within complex organisations
- Excellent IT skills including advanced keyboard skills and a high level of proficiency in the Microsoft Office suite, Adobe and other common business software products
- Good presentation and communication skills - ability to engage with all levels of staff, and lead, as well as contribute in, meetings
- Proven ability to gather, document, and translate business requirements into technical deliverables
- Ability to balance technical excellence with budgetary constraints, ensuring cost-effective solutions without compromising quality or security
- Strong stakeholder management and leadership skills with experience managing relationships between technical teams, suppliers, and internal stakeholders.
Desirable
- Experience with NHS Shared Tenant architecture and related technologies is highly desirable.
- Skilled in facilitating design workshops and technical discussions, engaging diverse stakeholders to drive consensus and ensure alignment
Key Attributes
Essential
- Ability to translate business requirements into technical designs, ensuring alignment with organisational goals, and similarly translating technical concepts into terms that are accessible to non-technical and clinical stakeholders.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders, ensuring clear understanding and alignment.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to anticipate and mitigate potential risks and challenges in the technical design process.
- Ability to provide leadership and guidance across the Trust and its providers' digital and technical teams, fostering a collaborative and results-oriented culture.
- Confidence to make pragmatic technical decisions even in the context of limited data for decision making
Desirable
- Able to influence decision-making processes at all levels, ensuring that technical designs support the Trust's overall strategic direction and priorities.
Person Specification
Eduatrion and Qualifications
Essential
- A masters degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field or equivalent experience
- Certifications such as TOGAF and relevant cyber security qualifications e.g. CISSP or equivalent experience
Experience
Essential
- Extensive experience in a technical design or architecture role, ideally within the public sector or healthcare environment.
- Experience of working with the NHS
- Experience of working with diverse stakeholders, including clinicians, leadership, and administrative staff.
- Experience of working in partnership with suppliers and partner organisations.
- Demonstrable experience designing and reviewing complex IT solutions, including cloud-based services, applications, and network infrastructure.
- Strong understanding of cyber security principles and NHS-specific standards and regulations.
- Strong familiarity with NHS-specific standards, particularly regarding information governance and cyber security.
- Proven experience of working with and instructing a multi-supplier environment (e.g., SIAM model) to deliver digital services.
Desirable
- Experience of community services
- Experience of working with colleagues in NHS Trusts, ICSs, and Local Authorities
Skills and knowledge
Essential
- Good working knowledge of the NHS and the work of a community Trust
- Expertise in designing IT systems and solutions, with a strong understanding of architecture frameworks such as TOGAF
- Strong understanding of cyber security principles, NHS security guidelines, and regulatory frameworks e.g., DSPT
- Understanding of NHS Information Governance, DSPT, GDPR, and data protection standards
- Up to date knowledge of digital and data capabilities and emerging technologies, and how these can be applied operationally within complex organisations
- Excellent IT skills including advanced keyboard skills and a high level of proficiency in the Microsoft Office suite, Adobe and other common business software products
- Good presentation and communication skills - ability to engage with all levels of staff, and lead, as well as contribute in, meetings
- Proven ability to gather, document, and translate business requirements into technical deliverables
- Ability to balance technical excellence with budgetary constraints, ensuring cost-effective solutions without compromising quality or security
- Strong stakeholder management and leadership skills with experience managing relationships between technical teams, suppliers, and internal stakeholders.
Desirable
- Experience with NHS Shared Tenant architecture and related technologies is highly desirable.
- Skilled in facilitating design workshops and technical discussions, engaging diverse stakeholders to drive consensus and ensure alignment
Key Attributes
Essential
- Ability to translate business requirements into technical designs, ensuring alignment with organisational goals, and similarly translating technical concepts into terms that are accessible to non-technical and clinical stakeholders.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders, ensuring clear understanding and alignment.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to anticipate and mitigate potential risks and challenges in the technical design process.
- Ability to provide leadership and guidance across the Trust and its providers' digital and technical teams, fostering a collaborative and results-oriented culture.
- Confidence to make pragmatic technical decisions even in the context of limited data for decision making
Desirable
- Able to influence decision-making processes at all levels, ensuring that technical designs support the Trust's overall strategic direction and priorities.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
