Enterprise Architect

On behalf of Crown Commercial Services, we are looking for an Enterprise Architect (Inside IR35) for a 12 month contract based in Lomdon 3 days per week.

Crown Commercial Services (CCS) is the largest public procurement organisation in the UK.

As a trading fund and executive agency of the Cabinet Office, we implement procurement policy on behalf of the government.

We use the collective buying power of our customers and our commercial expertise to help public sector organisations achieve value for money and provide great outcomes for taxpayers.

The Enterprise Architect (EA) will embed the vision of EA function, and create strategies and road-maps for business, data, applications, and technology by consulting and supporting collaboration across the business, understanding the organisation's ecosystem, its interdependencies and constraints.

As an Enterprise Archiect, your main responsibilities will be:
. Guide, develop, and govern the CCS Enterprise Architecture function to support the organisation's long-term strategy and future state architecture
. Shape relationships between organisational structures, processes, technology, and people, both within and outside the enterprise, to transition to the new state.
. Ensure alignment of technical governance with broader governance, mitigating risks and assuring corporate services
. Understand and anticipate business impacts, issues, and activities, shaping principles, patterns, standards, and policies accordingly
. Implement vision for business and digital capabilities using various architecture tools and collaboration tools used in CCS.
. Drive the creation of transition plans, roadmaps, and strategic solutions that prioritise outcomes.
. Offer strategic insights for business and technical strategies, crafting solutions for high-level challenges
. Foster connections with senior stakeholders, actively seeking improvement opportunities and best practices
. Stay attuned to emerging technologies and external influences while inspiring other architects toward organisational goals.

Essential:
. Strategic Alignment: Proven capability to align enterprise architecture efforts with the long-term business strategy, effectively translating strategic goals into actionable architectural plans and solutions.
. Leadership: Demonstrated track record of successfully guiding architecture teams, cultivating a professional practice, and optimising sourcing strategies to drive architectural excellence.
. Governance and Risk Management: Strong expertise in aligning technical governance with broader organisational governance, effectively mitigating risks, and ensuring compliance while assuring the delivery of corporate services
. Stakeholder Engagement: Exceptional ability to foster meaningful connections with senior stakeholders, actively seeking improvement opportunities, promoting best practices, and communicating complex architectural concepts in a clear and impactful manner.
. Innovation and Technology Insight: Proven aptitude for staying abreast of emerging technologies and external influences, using this insight to inspire architectural innovation, drive digital transformation, and lead the organisation toward its strategic objectives.

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.

At CCS, we actively support, promote, and celebrate our differences for the benefit of our employees, suppliers, and customers. CCS is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. CCS believes that diversity and inclusion is critical to our success, and we seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most talented people.

Disability Confident

As a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, CCS guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.

Armed Forces Commitment

Crown Commercial Services guarantees to interview veterans or spouses/partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates/military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.

In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following "this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different".