Would you like to play a pivotal part in shaping and delivering the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency's (DVLA’s) enterprise architecture strategy?
If you have a strategic mindset, strong leadership skills, and a passion for innovation, we would love to hear from you.
As a Lead Enterprise Architect at DVLA, you will be instrumental in helping to define and maintain the organisation’s enterprise architecture vision, strategy, and roadmaps; covering current, transitional, and future states. You will lead efforts across multiple architectural domains, ensuring alignment with DVLA’s objectives and fostering continual improvement.
In addition, there is an exciting opportunity to support a function that may require DV clearance. While this is not a mandatory requirement for the role, with your agreement, DVLA will apply for it on your behalf once you are in post, offering further scope for professional growth and influence.
Key Accountabilities;
* Strategic Leadership: Help shape, uphold, and continuously refine the DVLA enterprise architecture vision, strategy, and roadmaps
* Architectural Model: Maintaining the Enterprise Architecture model
* Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement: Network and communicate with senior stakeholders, championing opportunities for innovation and improvement
* Best Practices & Emerging Technologies: Identify and support the adoption of emerging technologies, driving digital capabilities and innovation across the organisation
* Team Leadership: Lead, support, and mentor teams of architects, ensuring their objectives are aligned with organisational goals
* Horizon Scanning: Identify external influences, risks, and industry trends that could impact or create opportunities for the organisation
Responsibilities
Your responsibilities will include but will not be limited to:
* Network and communicate with senior stakeholders across enterprises, and seek opportunities for improvement
* Support at least one community or team, or a combination of both
* Find and use best practice and emerging technologies and approaches
* Lead teams including enterprise architects and help them understand how to deliver the team’s objectives to meet organisational goals
* Horizon scan for influences or risks
* Support successful delivery of the long-term strategy
* Take a leading role in the overall direction of business and digital capabilities
For further information about the role please see the attached role profile.
Would you like to find out more about the role, the digital team and what it’s like to work at DVLA? If so, we are organising a familiarisation session where you can virtually 'meet the team' on Tuesday 15th April 2025 at 12:00pm.
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Additional Information
Applications will be accepted from full time/part time/job sharers. Full time roles at DVLA consist of 37 hours per week. Part time and/or flexible working may also be available subject to the needs of the business. If you have a flexible or part time working requirement, you should contact the vacancy holder in advance of making an application to avoid possible disappointment later in the process should your desired working arrangements not be compatible with the requirements of the role. To contact the vacancy holder, please use the job contact details listed under ‘Contact point for applicants’.
Great line management is important to us as an organisation, and we will equip and support line managers to develop the skills set out in the Civil Service Line Management Standards. We aim to empower line managers to create teams where people can flourish and deliver excellent outcomes for the public.
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