G2 Business Architect

Summary Digital, data and technology is at the heart of everything we do within the NCA, from operations to the back-office, enabling the agency to lead the UK’s fight against serious and organised crime. The pace of change within the digital and tech world means we need to be agile and innovative in how we respond to threats while exploiting the opportunities this presents. The Digital Data and Technology (DDaT) Directorate is responsible for creating a cutting-edge technology and information environment that connects, empowers and enhances our officers’ crime fighting capabilities. Job description Based in our London hub you will be working with internal and external senior stakeholders, business leads and colleagues in Digital, Data, Technology and other enabling functions to: • Provide specialist business architecture expertise to the Chief Architect, other members of the architecture team, and the wider NCA; leading on working with business directorates across the agency. • Build the enterprise business capabilities model, working with the team to help. • Define and maintain enterprise wide business standards, practices, and design patterns, ensuring these align with the enterprise architectural plan HMG strategies, policies, standards and industry good practise. • Create and maintain a roadmap for business strategy for operational needs and ensure these align with strategic direction. • Build artefacts such as business capability maps and value streams to help bridge the gap between strategy and execution • Establish and embed standards for business quality and its measurement. • Collaborate with the EDA team on design assurance, standards, practices and making recommendations to design authorities as needed. • Lead workshops and similar consultations with users and others to identify business needs. Look across the agency and externally to identify and learn from business information architecture developments and trends. Responsibilities You will need to demonstrate the below behaviours: 1. Making effective decisions 2. Working Together 3. Changing and Improving 4. Delivering at Pace 5. Seeing the bigger picture 6. Leadership You will also need to demonstrate the below technical criteria: • Practical experience of leading the business architecture and design elements of complex, large-scale programmes and projects. • Practical experience of business architecture and design as applied to assessing impact of change and ensuring effectiveness of business change. • The ability to build and lead the process of deriving a business architecture blueprint, explaining the components required and suggesting techniques, models and tools that assist in that process. decision has been reached. The ability to understand and resolve technical disputes across varying levels of complexity and risk. You will also have the below qualification: Essential: • The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF) qualification As a leader in the NCA you will also: • Lead your team or work stream effectively, through being flexible and open in thought and action. • Communicate with transparency, involving your team members in the agency’s transformation journey. • Role model the agency’s values and mission. • Be passionate about diversity and developing people inclusively, strengthening their ability to deliver and enabling them to grow in their roles and careers. You will actively coach and engage people, building their resilience through supporting them in their roles and enabling their wellbeing. • Be threat led and data-driven in decision making, navigating your team members through ambiguity by making evidence and/or values-based decisions to prioritise strategically. You are proactive and ambitious on efficiencies, finding opportunities to remove duplication and standardising and simplifying where possible. Doing so, you will balance financial and people resources to deliver against changing priorities. Behaviours We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process: Making Effective Decisions Working Together Changing and Improving Delivering at Pace Seeing the Big Picture Leadership Technical skills We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process: Practical experience of leading the business architecture and design elements of complex, large-scale programmes and projects. Practical experience of business architecture and design as applied to assessing impact of change and ensuring effectiveness of business change. The ability to build and lead the process of deriving a business architecture blueprint, explaining the components required and suggesting techniques, models and tools that assist in that process. decision has been reached. The ability to understand Security Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check . Selection process details This vacancy is using Success Profiles , and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths and Technical skills. To apply for this post, you will need to complete the online application process which includes entering the information outlined below. This should be completed no later than 23:59pm, on 20th April 2020: 1. Enter your CV details setting out your career history, including key responsibilities and achievements. It is essential that your CV reflects the role you are applying for. Please ensure you have provided reasons for any employment gaps within the last two years. Please ensure your CV demonstrates how you meet the essential criteria. 2. A personal statement (of no more than 1200 words). Please provide details of your suitability for the post by addressing the following criteria: - Outline your motivation for applying for this role - Outline how you meet the leadership requirements for this role (please see the person specification page for further information) - Outline how you meet the technical requirements for this role (please see the person specification page for further information) Please click on the below link to apply. Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.