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Base pay range
Business Architect
Locations - London, Manchester
A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%.
Overview
In this role, you will work at the intersection of business strategy and delivery, partnering with multidisciplinary teams to drive tangible outcomes that strengthen our public services and national security. You will draw on business architecture principles—like capability mapping, value streams, and operating model design—to create a common language, enabling leaders and teams to spot gaps, opportunities, and interdependencies with ease. Whether you’re developing long-term strategies, supporting portfolio decisions for transformative digital initiatives, or facilitating knowledge sharing within the architecture and business design community, your input will shape how the Home Office functions at every level.
On a typical day, you could be translating high-level policy goals into actionable design artefacts for a new service, or collaborating with technical architects to keep business and technology co-ordinated. Your ability to synthesize complexity, build consensus, and promote structured thinking will help deliver services that are more intuitive, integrated, and resilient - benefiting the public and advancing the Home Office’s overarching mission.
This specific role within NCDS will support New and Emerging innovation discoveries, projects, and strategy development across NCDS services and products. The role will be varied and will require strong stakeholder engagement skills across the users of NCDS services, with partner organisations, and the delivery teams working to deliver crucial law enforcement and UK Intelligence capabilities.
Responsibilities
* Undertake impact assessments against strategic threats, risks and opportunities affecting NCDS services and products and maintain the Operating Model of those services.
* Apply an understanding of Communications Data to ensure the delivery of the five-year roadmap is deliverable and that business architect standards are maintained during delivery.
* Model capabilities, value streams, and operating models using recognized standards (e.g., Bizbok) to ensure clarity and consistency in deliverables.
* Bridge business and IT perspectives, translating strategic objectives into cohesive plans and solutions through collaboration across departments.
* Support transformation initiatives, risk assessment, and investment decisions using structured approaches that drive adoption and stakeholder buy-in.
* Break down complex issues, identify patterns or dependencies, and develop evidence-based recommendations for executive decisions.
* Present nuanced information to varied audiences, foster consensus, and manage conflicting priorities or constraints.
* Demonstrate ongoing professional development toward a Certified Business Architect qualification by the Business Architecture Guild, or hold an applicable qualification.
The essential criteria listed above are reflective of the Home Office Government Digital and Data Profession Career Framework (based on the SFIA8 standard).
Seniority level
* Mid-Senior level
Employment type
* Full-time
Job function
* Information Technology
* Industries: Government Administration
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