Join Police Digital Service as Business Architect starting salary £70,000 pa
About Police Digital Service
The Business Architect plays a critical role in supporting the development, agreement, and implementation of business architecture strategies that enable sustainable digital transformation across the organisation and its partners.
Our Values are:
We value People
We do the right thing
We are innovative
We are one Team
We are proud and passionate
Working Arrangements
We are a remote-first organisation, with occasional national travel for key meetings. We know that flexibility matters - whether that's part-time hours, compressed schedules, or job sharing - and we're happy to explore what works best for you.
We understand that many talented individuals, especially women, may hesitate to apply unless they meet every requirement. If this role excites you and you believe you could make a difference, we warmly encourage you to apply - even if you're not sure you tick every box.
If you have any questions or would like to discuss how the role could work for you, please reach out to us. We're here to support you.
Why Join us?
Balance is important and we want you to take time off to recharge - we offer 28 days' annual leave plus bank holidays, rising to 30 days after 5 years of service. Holiday Purchase also available
Flexible working hours - We trust you to do your job and we appreciate that life doesn't always fit around a 9 to 5 workday. We operate core hours of 10 to 4, Monday to Friday (37hr week)
Put your mind at rest regarding your health - offering remote GP, mental health and physiotherapy appointments via video consultation
Family - Enhanced maternity and paternity pay along with a flexible return to work
You can find out more here:
Benefits - Police Digital Service (pds.police.uk)
As a BA will help shape enterprise-wide direction, engage with business leaders, and advocate for best practices and emerging technologies. As a member of the architecture community, you contribute to architectural governance, collaboration, and continual strategic improvement
Key Responsibilities
Collaborate across domains and programmes to support the development and implementation of business architecture strategy.
Actively engage with stakeholders to communicate strategic direction and highlight areas for improvement, innovation, and risk mitigation.
Design business architectures that integrate people, technology, and processes to meet business outcomes and deliver long-term value.
Influence and contribute to architectural governance and assurance processes, managing risk across complex domains.
Champion the use of architectural patterns, standards, and methods to enable consistent delivery and design excellence.
Provide strategic problem framing and contribute to the design of appropriate solutions that are aligned with organisational objectives.
Support architecture community health and help teams to adopt agile, secure, and interoperable design principles.
Foster collaboration, mentor peers, and help drive continuous improvement in architecture practice and delivery.
What you need to succeed in the role
Proven experience designing and evolving business architectures that align technology, people, processes, and policy to meet organisational goals
Strong stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to communicate complex architectural decisions to both technical and non-technical audiences across teams and domains
Understanding of business architecture frameworks (e.g. BIZBOK) and experience applying architectural principles, patterns, and standards in practice
Understanding of enterprise architecture frameworks (e.g. TOGAF, BCS) and experience applying architectural principles, patterns, and standards in practice
Demonstrated ability to support strategic planning, identify organisational risks, and contribute to long-term technology roadmaps
Experience working in multidisciplinary teams using agile delivery methods, with an appreciation of how architecture supports iterative delivery
Familiarity with governance processes, including managing architectural assurance and contributing to effective decision-making across programmes
Ability to interpret and respond to emerging technologies and trends, translating them into enterprise-level opportunities or mitigations
Excellent collaboration and mentoring skills, contributing to a strong enterprise architecture community and knowledge-sharing culture.
Diversity, equity and inclusion
We are committed to equal opportunities for all and will not discriminate on any grounds. We encourage applications from people from the widest possible span of experience. All applicants will be considered without attention to age, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, parental status, nationality, neurodiversity or disability status.
All applicants must be eligible to undergo NPPV3 (Non Police Personnel Vetting Level 3 )and SC vetting clearances. Successful applicants will require NPPV3 clearance to have been cleared before starting with PDS.
Please note, we may choose to close the advert early if we receive a high volume of applications for this role so please endeavour to to complete your application as soon as possible
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