Enterprise Architect in City of London

Job title: Enterprise Architect

Department: IT

Location: Hybrid working Between office location (2 days) and home

Hours of work: 37.5 hours

Contract: Permanent, full time

Salary: £60,000 per annum

Closing date: 26th May 2025 @11.59pm

Annual leave: 33 days (plus eight bank holidays)

Benefits:

• enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave, and shared parental pay
• family-friendly policies
• 8% employer pension contribution (Aviva) or opportunity to continue NHS pension
• free health cashback plan (Medicash): employee cover plus up to four dependent children
• 24/7 virtual GP access (UK registered), plus access to Best Doctors
• free, confidential employee assistance programme (Medicash)
• access to a wellbeing app
• flexible working options including hybrid working, flexible working patterns such as part-time, compressed hours, and more*
• learning and development opportunities including bespoke training and access to Linked In Learning)
• commitment to employee health and wellbeing. We have a Menopause Friendly accreditation and are a Disability Confident employer

Background

Every three minutes someone in the UK develops dementia: a progressive and complex condition that can be devastating for the whole family. One in two of us will be affected by dementia in our lifetime either by caring for someone with the condition, developing it ourselves, or both.

Dementia UK is the specialist dementia nursing charity that is there for the whole family.Our specialist nurses, known as Admiral Nurses, provide free, expert advice, support and understanding to help families care for their loved one.Every day, Admiral Nurses help families up and down the country to have the best life possible,for as long as possible.

Purpose of the job/about the role

This is an exciting opportunity to join Dementia UK in a newly created role as an Enterprise Architect, where you will play a vital part in ensuring that our IT systems and strategies effectively support the organisations objectives.

As an Enterprise Architect, you will bring significant value by aligning IT strategy with wider business goals. Your work will ensure that our technology investments deliver maximum impact and are fully integrated with our mission. By providing a structured framework for evaluating and enhancing our IT systems, processes and infrastructure, you will help improve efficiency and reduce costs.

The role will also support strategic decision-making by offering clear insight into the organisations technology landscape, identifying gaps, proposing improvements and enabling scalable growth. Contributing to the development of our solution architecture becomes ever more crucial as Dementia UK continues to expand year-on-year.

In addition, you will play a key role in managing technology risks, ensuring compliance with relevant regulations, driving innovation and enabling the organisation to adapt and grow effectively.

This position is informed by BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, and the SFIAplus IT Skills Framework specifically in areas such as Enterprise and Business Architecture (STPL), Strategic Planning (ITSP), Business Process Improvement (BPRE), and Solution Architecture (ARCH).

The ideal candidate will hold a degree-level qualification or equivalent industry certification, with substantial experience in enterprise architecture frameworks and methodologies such as TOGAF. Your strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, along with proficiency in a range of technical evaluation tools, will set you up for success in this role.

If youre ready to use your skills to make a meaningful impact, join us and help improve the lives of those affected by dementia.

Our culture

In addition to a competitive salary anda generous benefits package, we truly value our people. Its important for us to create a working environment that looks after our workforce to support them in achieving their full potential. You will become part of a diverse and dedicated team who are supported to use and develop their skills. We recognise and value the key role you will play in delivering our strategic plans for the benefit of those living with dementia.

Our staff have a voice. Representatives from different roles and levels across the organisation positively contribute to and lead on our working groups around health and wellbeing, menopause, and equity, diversity and inclusion.

Dementia UK is proud to welcome everyone. We aim for a truly inclusive culture with talented, diverse teams that represent a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We celebrate difference and individuality and encourage everyone to join us and be their whole selves always.

Dementia UK is a Disability Confident employer.

By applying to join Dementia UK, youacknowledge that in the event you are successful for the role, any offer and your ongoing employment will be conditional on youhaving or obtaining the right to work in the UK.

*Please note that any decision on flexible working is based on business needs

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