Senior Enterprise Architect (Enterprise Transformation) - Birmingham Regional Centre - Arena Central

Senior Enterprise Architect (Enterprise Transformation) - Birmingham Regional Centre - Arena Central About the job \n
Job summary \n
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\nThe Enterprise Transformation Architecture (ETA) team sits within the broader Enterprise Architecture (EA) function within Chief Technology & Design Office (CT&DO), part of HMRC‘s Chief Digital & Information Officer (CDIO) Group.\n
\nCT&DO is responsible for setting the strategic direction for technology design and architecture across HMRC, ensuring that digital and technology investment is coherent, aligned to organisational priorities, and delivers real outcomes for customers and colleagues. Within this, the ETA team provide enterpriselevel architectural consultancy, analysis and early strategic impacting & shaping services, helping HMRC to make informed decisions about how it transforms in line with the Future Operating State (FOS) & 2030 Vision and the Unconstrained Target Architecture articulated in the IT Strategy.\n
\nThe ETA team works across a number of HMRC‘s major initiatives within the Transformation Portfolio, operating at the very earliest stages of the change lifecycle to understand impacts, dependencies and options. By applying enterprise architecture principles and IT Capability-based impacting, the team connects business and technology strategy, commercial choices and delivery plans into a holistic, coherent view.\n
\nETA team work closely with colleagues across CDIO (including UCD, Solution Architecture, EA Platform Architecture, CDPO and CEPO) as well as with Business, Change Delivery, Commercial and Policy partners. As such, the team provide a unique enterprise lens, enabling collaboration across organisational boundaries and supporting better, earlier decisionmaking.\n
\nA core part of the team‘s ethos is to champion stewardshipbased leadership and new ways of working, encouraging collaboration, transparency and learning across multidisciplinary teams. ETA is focused on building sustainable enterprise architecture capability, strengthening how the organisation shapes, sequences and delivers change in support of its longterm vision and strategic goals.\n
Job description \n
\nAs a Senior Enterprise Architect within the Enterprise Transformation Architecture (ETA) team, you will play a key role in shaping HMRC‘s enterpriselevel transformation at the earliest stages of change. Working as part of a dedicated crosscutting team, you will collaborate across CDIO, business, delivery and commercial partners to apply capabilitybased impacting and enterprise architecture methods to inform strategic choices, articulate options and impacts, and influence decisionmaking. Operating at pace and across organisational boundaries, you will provide a true enterprise lens that connects business strategy, technology direction and delivery planning, helping HMRC to shape coherent, valuedriven change aligned to the IT Strategy and longterm Future Operating State.\n
Person specification \n
Responsibilities \n
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• Embed and drive the development of structured IT Capability-Based Impacting and architectural modelling to identify overlaps, synergies, and common needs across the organisation. Apply these proactively strategically shape and articulate the true value of change and positively influence IT change throughout the E2ECL, in line with HMRC‘s IT Strategy.

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• Identify and make informed recommendations for mitigating or addressing key enterprise-level constraints, risks, assumptions, and dependencies to inform decision-making and early strategic shaping of IT and Business Roadmaps and scope, aligned to roadmaps or T-Maps.

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• Articulate the size, complexity, and cost driver implications of options on early or in-flight enterprise-level IT impacts, considering emerging technologies and aligned to strategic outcomes.

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• Present, or support the team in presenting, enterprise-level IT impacts and progress updates in a manner that is tailored to the audience. Actively seek and welcome constructive feedback to drive continuous improvement.

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• Provide strategy-based direction and consultation to solution architects on solution designs, technology choices and governance requirements. Providing an early view on deliverability that informs and influences the transition from baseline to target architecture for delivery planning.

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• Provide enterprise-level architectural consultancy to improve proactive adherence to enterprise-level guardrails and efficiency of corporate and architectural governance throughout the E2ECL.

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• Research various subjects and topics using internal and external resources (e.g. Gartner, AI) and prepare and support the team in preparing for briefings, findings, options & recommendations. This includes supporting Chief and Enterprise Architecture with ad-hoc commissions (both strategic and transitional), via a standardised and repeatable impacting methodology using approved reference models.

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• Supporting, and embedding the articulation through Roadmaps or T-Maps that support business readiness and help set business expectations.

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• Show commitment to nurturing a collaborative culture, encouraging open dialogue, idea-sharing, and continuous improvement across the team.

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Essential Criteria: \n
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• Proven ability to apply enterprise architecture principles to shape strategic options and assess enterprise-level impacts across complex programmes, portfolios or transformation initiatives.

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• Experience of enterprise-level architectural analysis and shaping, including use of reference models and methodologies to inform early-stage decisions, trade-offs and recommendations.

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• Ability to translate business strategy into enterprise IT capability outcomes, identifying strategic implications through capability-based planning and early-state design.
  \n Strong stakeholder engagement and influencing skills, with the ability to clearly communicate complex architectural concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.

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• Solid foundation in IT and architectural domains, with understanding of commercial/sourcing approaches, commitment to continuous professional development, and either holding or willingness to obtain TOGAF certification.

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Desirable Criteria: \n
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• Demonstrates experience using enterprise architecture modelling approaches or tools (e.g. capability models, ABACUS).

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• Demonstrates knowledge of one or more HMRC business domain, platform or transformation area.

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• Demonstrates foundational awareness of commercial contracts, procurement or sourcing strategies.

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• Demonstrates experience contributing to and influencing outcomes at architecture governance forums.

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• Demonstrates experience of adopting best practice to shape informed design decisions.
  \n Either holds or is willing to acquire a professional IT qualification such as BCS Business Architecture/BCS Practitioner certificate in Enterprise & Solutions Architecture.

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Further Location Information \n
\nPlease ensure that you only apply for a location that you are willing and able to work from, as we will only make one offer of employment. Any additional notes included in a ‘Further Location Preferences (optional)‘ field within the application form, will not be considered. Please be aware that you cannot change your location preference after submitting your application.\n
Office Closures \n
\nIf your location preference is for one of the following sites, it‘s important to note that these are not long-term sites for HMRC and we will require you to move to a new building in the future, subject to our location strategy and the applicable employee policies at that time.\n
\nFor more information on where you might be working, review this information on our locations (opens in a new window)\n
\nThese sites are:\n
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• Benton Park View, Newcastle - moving to Pilgrims Quarter, Newcastle

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• Telford Plaza, Telford - moving to Parkside Court, Telford

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\nYou will be given more information about what this means at the job offer stage.\n
Leeds Location \n
\nMoves Adjustment Payment will be available for this role, provided the successful applicant is a current HMRC colleague in Bradford and meets the eligibility requirements outlined in the HMRC‘s Moves Adjustment Payment guidance.\n
Capability Allowance \n
\nThe advertised role is part of the Government Digital and Data Profession and has access to a Capability-Based Allowance. Any allowance awarded will be based on an assessment, at interview, of your capability against the skills advertised for this role. Please see the attached candidate pack for more information. \n
\nThe allowance values are set by HMRC, subject to remaining in a qualifying role, and are non-pensionable. This allowance is non-contractual, subject to an annual review and could be withdrawn at any time. \n
\nFor both new entrants and existing civil servants, the total reward compensation offer is a combination of base salary and, if applicable, a capability-based allowance. New entrants to the Civil Service will start on the pay range minimum. For existing civil servants, our policies on level transfer and promotion will apply.\n
\nFor more information please visit the Government Digital and Data Profession Capability Framework (opens in a new window).\n
Benefits \n
\nAlongside your salary of 58,541, HM Revenue and Customs contributes 16,959 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides (opens in a new window).\n
\nHMRC operates both Flexible and Hybrid Working policies, allowing you to balance your work and personal commitments. We welcome applications from those who need to work a more flexible arrangement and will agree to requests where possible, considering our operational and customer service needs.\n
\nWe offer a generous leave allowance, starting at 25 days and increasing by a day for every year of qualifying service up to a maximum of 30 days.\n
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• Pension - We make contributions to our colleagues‘ Alpha pension equal to at least 28.97% of their salary.

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• Family friendly policies.

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• Personal support.

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• Coaching and development.

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Things you need to know \n
Artificial intelligence \n
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Selection process details \n
How to Apply \n
\nAs part of the application process, you will be asked to provide the following:\n
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• A name-blind CV including your job history, qualifications and previous experiences.

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• A 500-word Personal Statement, describing how your skills and experience would make you suitable for the role, and how you meet the Essential Criteria and Person Specification.

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\nPlease evidence any Desirable Criteria where applicable (up to 250 words max). This is not essential for the role but may be considered by the vacancy holder where candidates have the same score at interview.\n
Sift \n
\nAt full sift your CV and your Personal Statement will be assessed, with the successful candidates being invited to interview.\n
\nWe may also raise the score required at any stage of the process if we receive a high number of applications.\n
Interview \n
\nDuring the panel interview you will be asked Experience questions which will be based on the Enterprise architect - Government Digital and Data Profession Capability Framework\n
\nInterviews will take place via video link. Sift and interview dates to be confirmed.\n
Eligibility \n
\nPlease take extra care to tick the correct boxes in the eligibility sections of your application form. Mistakes sometimes happen but if you contact us later than two working days (Monday-Friday) before the vacancy closes, we may not be able to reopen your application for you. If you do make a mistake with your eligibility form, or have withdrawn yourself in error and need your application reinstated whilst the campaign is still live, please contact us via: - Use the subject line to insert appropriate wording for example - ‘Please re-open my application - (insert vacancy ref) & vacancy closing date (insert date)‘. \n
\nTo check that you are eligible to apply for this role, please review the eligibility information before submitting your application.\n
Sponsorship \n
\nWe have assessed this role against both Home Office and HMRC criteria and we are unable to offer sponsorship for a Skilled Worker Visa. This means the vacancy is not open to applicants who require visa sponsorship.\n
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