Contents Location About the job Benefits Things you need to know Apply and further information Location Abbey Wood North, Stoke Gifford, Bristol, South West About the job Job summary Are you a dedicated person who is passionate about making a difference? Would you like to work for the Ministry of Defence? Defence Business Services (DBS) is one of the largest shared service organisations in Europe that provides a wide range of corporate services, to over 1.2 million end users, including serving and past military and families, as well as MoD civil servants and industry. DBS delivers large scale administration and smaller specialist services to enable the wider MOD to focus on its core aims, maintaining the UKs Defence and Security. Services include Human Resources, Pay, Veterans, Finance and Procurement. Our Vision - To support UK defence customers with outstanding service every time. Our Mission Together we will proudly support Defence, continuously improving and delivering flexible, timely, sustainable and value for money services that underpin the whole force and enhance operational capability. DBS is committed to creating a great place to work for all our colleagues. We are building an inclusive culture and respectful environment that reflects the diversity of the society. We want to maximise the potential of everyone who chooses to work for us through opportunities to develop your skills and experience. We also offer a range of flexible working patterns and support to make a fulfilling career accessible to you and offer a Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 28.97%. Where your role permits, we support a blended working approach alternatively known as hybrid working. Where business needs allow, some roles may be suitable for a combination of office and home-based working. This is a non-contractual arrangement where all office-based employees will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of their working time in office, subject to capacity and any required workplace adjustments. Requirements to attend other locations for official business, or work in another MOD office, will also count towards this level of attendance. Applicants can request further information regarding how this may work in their team from the Vacancy Holder (see advert for contact details). Defence Business Services cannot respond to any questions about working arrangements. Come and join the DBS community today Job description DBS Enterprise Architects support DBS with the design and transition of shared service capabilities to meet the needs of UK Defence and its stakeholders. DBS Enterprise Architects ensure that Defence procurement, financial and human resource capabilities are designed and delivered in line with effective standards and strategies to meet Defence shared service capability and technology modernisation goals. The roles work as an integral part of the DBS Architecture Profession team to ensure all delivered services integrate cleanly into DBS business, technology, application, and data architecture layers. DBS Enterprise Architects support the implementation of the Digital, Data and Technology (DDaT) strategy for DBS and the vision set by the Chief Technology Officer. The post holder will: Collaborate with architects across the enterprise to assess change impacts and ensure a coherent delivery approach. Providing support and advice to other architects who are undertaking the design of new business solutions Design solutions in line with MoD design and security policy and gain approvals through the DBS Technical Design Authority governance forum. Design models and reference artifacts enabling re-use of solution components supporting other architects to conform to required processes and standards. Ensure that new business capabilities are designed for clean integration with existing services. Considering service, applications, data and technology architectural layers and including through life compliance with business and technology policy and strategy Support development of governance, processes, and tooling to monitor and manage new business design, delivery and usage across the DBS enterprise Engage with MOD, industry, and government wide leaders and technical / service experts to identify and implement best architecture practice solutions to meet business needs. Support proofs of concept for technologies and services new to DBS. Support, coach and mentor colleagues in adapting to new delivery approaches as a result of architectural design changes. Ensure architectures are compliant with DBS technical principles and contribute to achievement of the DBS Digital, Data and Technology Strategy aims Person specification In addition to essential Digital, Data and Technology (DDaT) skills described below, all DBS architects will be expected to have, or develop, the following core technical skills for the effective delivery of DBS business. Communication skills. To listen to the needs of technical and business stakeholders and interpret them. Manage stakeholder expectations and be flexible. Manage proactive and reactive communication. Facilitate difficult discussions within the team or with diverse senior stakeholders. Understand the appropriate mediums to communicate findings. Shape communications for the audience. Architectural governance. To support the evolution of architecture governance, and take responsibility for collaborating and supporting in wider CSM governance. Assure and integrate capabilities to meet the needs of multiple business services. Working proactively to ensure the organisation designs coherent infrastructure architecture. Technical innovation. To understand the impact of emerging technology trends on the organisation and adopt as appropriate. Architecture modelling. To understand the concepts and principles of architecture modelling and can produce relevant models to describe capability interrelationships. Know how to reverse-engineer models from a live system. Understand industry recognised modelling patterns and standards and know when to apply them. You can compare and align different architecture models. Architectural standards. To develop and set standards for new business implementation across DBS. Act as the escalation point for non-compliance with standards providing advice and guidance on roadmaps to resolution. Problem resolution. To ensure that the most appropriate actions are taken to resolve productivity problems as they occur. You coordinate teams to resolve problems and implement solutions and preventative measures. Strategic thinking. To work within a strategic context and communicate how activities meet strategic goals. DDaT Essential skills Commercial perspective. You can identify appropriate contractual frameworks and approaches. You can identify, evaluate and select appropriate suppliers. (Skill level: practitioner Communicating between the technical and non-technical. You can listen to the needs of technical and business stakeholders, and interpret them. You can effectively manage stakeholder expectations. You can manage active and reactive communication. You can support or host difficult discussions within the team or with diverse senior stakeholders. (Skill level: practitioner) Community collaboration. You can work collaboratively in a group, actively networking with others. You can adapt feedback to ensure its effective and lasting.You can use your initiative to identify problems or issues in the team dynamic and rectify them. You can identify issues through Agile health checks with the team, and help to stimulate the right responses. (Skill level: practitioner) DDaT perspective. You can demonstrate an advanced understanding of design, technology and data principles. You can identify and implement solutions for assisted digital. You can apply knowledge to work with other digital, data and technology (DDaT) job families. (Skill level: practitioner) Enterprise and business architecture. You can support and advise on the development of a future state architecture aligned to strategy. You can lead on the translation of business drivers, goals and constraints into business objectives. You can define the capabilities required to create or develop operating models that meet business objectives. (Skill level: practitioner) Governance and assurance. You can evolve and define governance. You can take responsibility for working with and supporting other staff in wider governance. You can assure services across sets of services. You can use tools such as standards, guardrails and principles to effectively govern delivery. (Skill level: practitioner) Making and guiding decisions. You can make decisions characterised by medium levels of risk and complexity, and recommend decisions as risk and complexity increase. You can build consensus between services or independent stakeholders. (Skill level: practitioner) Problem definition and shaping. You can define strategies and policies, providing guidance to others on working in the strategic context. You can evaluate current strategies to ensure business requirements are being met and exceeded where possible. (Skill level: practitioner) Strategic design and business change. You can demonstrate a good understanding of business issues, events and activities, and their short to long term impact. You can support defining principles, patterns, standards, policies, roadmaps and vision statements. You can effectively focus on outcomes rather than solutions. You can help to develop, maintain or update strategy in response to feedback and findings. (Skill level: practitioner) Behaviours We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process: Making Effective Decisions Leadership Technical skills We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process: DDaT Communicating between the technical and non-technical DDaT Community collaboration DDaT Governance and assurance DDaT Problem definition and shaping Benefits Alongside your salary of £59,690, Ministry of Defence contributes £17,292 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides. An environment with flexible working options Monday-Friday 25 days paid annual leave rising (1 day per year) to 30 days upon completion of 5 years service (pro rata). In addition to 8 public holidays per year, you will also receive leave for HM The Sovereign's birthday Hybrid working where role permits An opportunity to be considered for Reward and Recognition - £250-£5000 per year Family-friendly policies including - parental leave and adoption leave Learning and development tailored to your role Professional and personal development of skills A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity Minimum of 15 days special leave in a rolling 12 month period for volunteer reserve commitments Special paid leave to volunteer up to 6 days per year A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27% Allowances The post does not offer relocation expenses. Please be advised that the Department is conducting a review of all pay related allowances which could impact on those allowances that the post currently being advertised attracts. External recruits who join the MOD who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to a six-month probation period. This post is eligible for a Digital Skills Allowance of up to £15,300 per annum. Eligibility for this allowance will be assessed at interview against the 4 core technical skills only and reviewed annually in line with departmental policy. Employment Hours This position is advertised at 37 hours per week. Things you need to know Selection process details This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills. When choosing your Behaviour examples, please make sure you use real life scenarios that relate to your own experiences. Whilst technology may help to enhance your written submission, presenting the ideas of others or those generated by technology, could result in your application being rejected. Please ensure that at the application and interview stages of the campaign you review the Success Profiles Framework to assist you in the demonstration of your skills and experience. Your suitability for the role will be assessed using the Success Profile elements that have been chosen for this campaign. Each element will be scored accordingly, and the successful candidate will be appointed on merit. Applications will be sifted on all Success Profile elements, but in the event of a high number of applications, an initial sift will be conducted on your Primary: Career - Personal Statement. In this instance the remaining elements will be tested at interview. At application stage you will be assessed against the following: Experience: CV Personal Statement: in no more than 1000 words The ideal candidate should have strong experience in performing enterprise technology architecture roles in large enterprise environments. At interview you will be assessed against the following: Behaviours: Making Effective Decisions Leadership Technical: Level - Practitioner DDaT Communicating between the technical and non-technical DDaT Community collaboration DDaT Governance and assurance DDaT Problem definition and shaping https://ddat-capability-framework.service.gov.uk/role/enterprise-architect In the rare case where individuals have exact matching scores, the order of merit will be determined based on the behaviour scores at interview in the following order: Behaviour - Communicating and Influencing Behaviour - Leadership Technical - DDaT Problem definition and shaping Technical - DDaT Governance and assurance Technical - DDaT Community collaboration Technical - DDaT Communicating between the technical and non-technical If candidate scores are still exact, the merit order will then be determined on the sift score in the below order or priority: Career - Personal Statement Behaviour - Making Effective Decisions Behaviour - Seeing the Big Picture Technical - DDaT Governance and assurance Technical - DDaT Problem definition and shaping Career - Job History We want to offer opportunities to all who are successful at interview for our roles, but this isnt always possible, so we do hold candidates on an active reserve list for 12 months. Application sifting to take place early January. Interviews are currently taking place via MS Teams and will be conducted mid - late January. A minimum of 2 full working days notice will be provided for interviews. We endeavour to stick to these dates, but these are subject to change around business needs. The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. There is a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria. If you need to advise us that you need additional help or reasonable adjustments for the recruitment process, please contact: DBS-EnhancedRecruitmentTeammod.gov.uk MOD Recruitment Satisfaction Survey we may contact you regarding your experience to help us improve our customer satisfaction. The survey is voluntary and anonymous. You may however be given the opportunity to provide additional information to help us improve our service which includes the collection of some personal data as defined by the United Kingdom General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR). The MOD Privacy Notice sets out how we will use your personal data and your rights. As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came into effect on 1 January 2021, the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa under the points-based system, where a role has been deemed to be business critical. The role currently being advertised has not been assessed as business critical and is therefore NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points-based system. Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected, and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn. To assist with your application please find attached - DBS Candidate Information Guide - Working for Defence Business Services - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) (26) UK Ministry of Defence: Life, LinkedIn Technical framework is DDaT Lead Enterprise Architect https://dfe-digital.github.io/dfe-job-descriptions/architects/lead_enterprise_architect/index.html & skills at https://ddat-capability-framework.service.gov.uk/role/enterprise-architect Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment. Security Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check. Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window). See our vetting charter (opens in a new window). People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks. Nationality requirements This job is broadly open to the following groups: UK nationals nationals of the Republic of Ireland nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window) nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020 Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window) Working for the Civil Service The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants. We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window). 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 also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy. Diversity and Inclusion The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window). Apply and further information This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans (opens in a new window) initiative. Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records. Contact point for applicants Job contact : Name : peter summerfield Email : peter.summerfield732mod.gov.uk Recruitment team Email : DBS-EnhancedRecruitmentTeammod.gov.uk Further information Appointment to the Civil Service is governed by the Civil Service Commissions Recruitment Principles. If you feel a department has breached the requirement of the Recruitment Principles and would like to raise this, please contact DBS-EnhancedRecruitmentTeamMOD.gov.uk in the first instance. If the role has been advertised externally (outside of the Civil Service) and you are not satisfied with the response, you may bring your complaint to the Commission. 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