Job responsibilities
- Lead architectural delivery on key technology initiatives to realise emerging policy objectives aligned to existing and future health initiatives, supporting delivery teams to optimise outcomes and align to the technical strategy and architecture vision and guardrails.
- To be a practical design authority capable of making decisions which take account of immediate priorities and longer-term objectives and be experienced in delivering governance frameworks
- Deliver architectural initiatives that improve efficiency, resilience/robustness and performance in line with enterprise strategy.
- Supporting the Head of Architecture to deliver multiple projects within a complex, matrix management organisation currently in transition and experiencing significant change.
- To engage with multiple stakeholders on various architectural projects across the sphere of responsibility.
- Perform the Senior Architect role for complex IT programmes and projects within UKHSA
- Lead of key technology initiatives to realise emerging policy objectives working with delivery teams to optimise and align to architecture vision.
- To simplify and communicate complex issues, at all levels from Director of Technology down including architectural decisions, plans, goals and strategies
We pride ourselves as being an employer of choice, where Everyone Matters promoting equality opportunity to actively encourage applications from everyone, including groups currently underrepresented in our workforce.
UKHSA ethos is to be an inclusive organisation for all our staff and stakeholders. To create, nurture and sustain an inclusive culture, where differences drive innovative solutions to meet the needs of our workforce and wider communities. We do this through celebrating and protecting differences by removing barriers and promoting equity and equality of opportunity for all.
Essential Criteria:
- Substantial Enterprise Architect Experience
- A broad knowledge of modern architecture technologies including multi-cloud, physical infrastructure, big data, API, digital and mobile
- Ideally experience of work in the Public Sector,
- An existing enterprise architect with significant experience of working across large, complex matrix organisations to specifically define and build Enterprise Architecture capability
- Proven experience of senior level decision-making and directly supporting senior management in decision-making within a complex environment, while delivering results at pace, understanding business drivers, risk management, feasibility and value
- Experience with integration patterns, and designing large scale architectures
- Will have a technology background including software development ensuring that key architecture decisions are made on the basis of practical delivery
- Strong relationship management: excellent communication and influencing skills verbal and written with the ability to liaise at all levels.
- Balance of both technical awareness and business acumen.
- Ability to manage in an ambiguous environment, clarifying strategies and plans, giving a sense of direction and purpose for self and team.
- Ability to drive change and overcome obstacles and resistance.
- Constructive and collaborative but with the ability to step in and take decisions in a timely manner to move the team forward
- Excellent people management skills, able to engage and lead, with a passion for stretching and improving both teams and processes.
- Confident and convincing presentation skills.
- Self-motivated and able to work remotely within a team.
Desirable Criteria :
- Knowledge of Splunk, Salesforce or Service Now would be advantageous.
- Degree Educated (Subject not important).
Selection Process
You will be required to complete an application form. This will be assessed and sifted in line with the essential criteria.
This vacancy is using Success Profiles, and will assess your Behaviours and Experience
Stage 1: Application & Sift
This vacancy is using Success Profiles, and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.
As part of the application process you will be asked to provide a Personal Statement / Statement of Suitability in no more than 1000 words. We will be assessing 3 behaviours at sift.:
- Communicating & Influencing
- Leadership
- Making Effective Decisions
This should outline your skills, experience, and achievements, providing evidence of your suitability for the role, with particular reference to the Experience criteria or the essential criteria (outlined in the person specification section).
You will also be asked to provide information within the Employer/ Activity history section of the application form. This is equivalent to the information you would provide on a CV, setting out your career history. This will be used in the sifting process and will be scored.
If you are successful at this stage, you will progress to interview
Stage 2: Panel Interview
The interview process will be conducted remotely via teams you will not be required to do a presentation at the interview you will be tested on the following behaviours:
- Communicating & Influencing
- Leadership
- Making Effective Decisions
You will also be tested on your broad experience of enterprise architecture
Reserve List:
Candidates who pass the interview criteria but are not offered a post will be kept on a reserve list for 12 months and may be contacted if similar roles become available.
If you are interviewed for the post and do not meet the required threshold for the specified grade, your application may be assessed against a similar, lower grade role and you may be offered the post should one be available.
DBS - People working with government systems must complete Basic Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) checks which includes a disclosure and barring security check. Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed for this role is BPSS however there may be a requirement for this role to be SC cleared and you should familiarise yourself with the criteria of security clearance.
This role is Open to all external applicants (anyone) from outside the Civil Service (including by definition internal applicants. Appointments to roles within UKHSA will be made in accordance with the Civil Service nationality rules. These can be found athttps://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nationality-rulesThis 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 theEuropean Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
- 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
We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's Recruitment Principles.
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.
The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. Read more about prison leaver recruitment.
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Its important to note that there are currently exceptions to applications being considered if your conviction relates to any of the following:
- life sentences
- arson
- sexual offences
- hate and terror offences
Some departments will also consider the specific offence against the nature of the business, i.e., a conviction for fraud may rule you out for a finance role
Contact Details Sophie.Rigney@reed.com
