Army - Enterprise Architect - #144881

Warminster, BA12 0DJ

We are passionate about Smarter Working and believe that a combination of flexible working practices, digital technology and modern workspaces will give you the opportunity to enjoy a healthy work-life balance, while ensuring you deliver your outcomes effectively and efficiently – we expect you to know where to be to have the most impact, balancing your individual needs with that of your team and the organisation.  However, recognising the benefits of face-to-face working, there is an expectation that you would be in the office at least 60% of the time (3 days a week).

Job Summary

The Land Warfare Centre (LWC) is responsible for the delivery of military trade and collective training (UK and overseas) focussed on ensuring our military personnel are appropriately prepared to meet their operational commitments in response to the needs of the Field Army. To achieve this there are eight Operational Groups under the command of the Director Land Warfare (DLW). The training schools achieve their objectives through a combination of MoD trainers (military and civilian) and Industry partners under contract.

The Land Warfare Centre (LWC) Business Centre is responsible for ensuring that a holistic approach is taken to LWC’s business through the strategic oversight, governance, effective delivery and performance management of LWC’s portfolio of programmes, projects and business outputs.

The Business Centre supports the LWC Headquarters and respective training schools in ensuring that military training is delivered to the best effect. It delivers programmes to help improve training. It also provides recommendations regarding future adjustments to LWC’s business through the strategic oversight, governance, effective delivery, and performance management of key outputs across LWC’s portfolio of programmes, projects and business outputs.

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

Job Description

The role leads on improving training through the capture and exploitation of data and improving integration between the myriad of MOD and Army Management Information Systems (MIS) and Learning Management Systems (LMS), improving situational awareness and highlighting risk at all levels. You will provide digital leadership and support by being a key adviser on best practices and use of enterprise architecture.

Key Responsibilities:

• Line Management of x 1 Higher Executive Officer (Civil Servant).
• Contribute to future restructuring and business process reviews.
• Lead on information exploitation transformation to support Land Training System (LTS) delivery.
• Assist in the development, strategy and operational direction of the LWC Digital Centre to:
• Cohere digital/data initiatives.
• Ensure best use of resources.
• Support strategic priorities and required business benefits, and effectively communicate these to stakeholders.
• Cohere with Field Army Digital strategy and direction.
• Maintain Director Land Warfare’s License to Operate through assurance/safety data exploitation.
• Leverage emerging technologies such as Artificial Intelligence.
• Understand the architecture of the current digital framework and support colleagues in their understanding and engagement with digital optimisation activity.
• Research and create a Target Architecture Model and transition road-map to support digital transformation requirements.
• Inform design of future digital landscape.
  
  

The role leads on improving training through the capture and exploitation of data and improving integration between the myriad of MOD and Army Management Information Systems (MIS) and Learning Management Systems (LMS), improving situational awareness and highlighting risk at all levels. You will provide digital leadership and support by being a key adviser on best practices and use of enterprise architecture.

Key Responsibilities:

• Line Management of x 1 Higher Executive Officer (Civil Servant).
• Contribute to future restructuring and business process reviews.
• Lead on information exploitation transformation to support Land Training System (LTS) delivery.
• Assist in the development, strategy and operational direction of the LWC Digital Centre to:
• Cohere digital/data initiatives.
• Ensure best use of resources.
• Support strategic priorities and required business benefits, and effectively communicate these to stakeholders.
• Cohere with Field Army Digital strategy and direction.
• Maintain Director Land Warfare’s License to Operate through assurance/safety data exploitation.
• Leverage emerging technologies such as Artificial Intelligence.
• Understand the architecture of the current digital framework and support colleagues in their understanding and engagement with digital optimisation activity.
• Research and create a Target Architecture Model and transition road-map to support digital transformation requirements.
• Inform design of future digital landscape.
  
  

Person specification

Essential Skills Required:

• Knowledge of Enterprise Architecture tools such as Archimate, Sparx or Prolaborate.
• Experience of working collaboratively with application developers.
• Experience of translating business requirements into technical instructions for application development colleagues/suppliers.
  
  

Desirable Skills:

• Previous experience of managing app development/new technology.
• Experience of user-centred design and user testing to inform business priorities and benefits realisation.
• Understanding of digital tool exploitation opportunities within Defence and Industry partners.
  
  

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Changing and Improving
• Making Effective Decisions
• Seeing the Big Picture
• Managing a Quality Service
  
  

We only ask for evidence of these behaviours on your application form:

• Changing and Improving
• Making Effective Decisions
• Seeing the Big Picture
  
  

Alongside your salary of £44,590, Ministry of Defence contributes £12,917 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

The Army prides itself on being a supportive employer and where possible encourages flexible working, helping you to maintain a great work/life balance.

Other Benefits For Army Civil Servants Include:

• 25 days paid annual leave rising (1 day per year) to 30 days upon completion of 5 years’ service
• Highly competitive pension scheme
• Personal and professional development of skills
• Alternative working patterns for many roles
• Access to the Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), a free service that assists you with achieving a productive, healthy environment that is conducive to a healthy lifestyle.
• Enhanced parental and adoption leave
• 6 days special leave per year which can be used for volunteering activities
• Learning and Development
  
  

We believe that everyone has the potential to make a difference and you will be supported to help you learn and advance in your career. This includes working towards membership of a professional body and/or undertaking a modern apprenticeship as part of your role.

A modern apprenticeship is a combined package of work and training. Through the schemes available you will gain a professional qualification, practical experience, and the broader skills required to develop in your current role and pave the way for your future career.

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.

The post does not offer relocation expenses.

External recruits who join the MOD who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to a six-month probation period.

Please Note: Expenses incurred for travel to interviews will not be reimbursed.

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.

Any move to MOD from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax-Free Childcare. Determine your eligibility at https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk/.

The Ministry of Defence is committed to providing a safe and healthy working environment for its staff which includes educating them on the benefits of not smoking, protecting them from the harmful effects of second-hand smoke and supporting those who want to give up smoking. Under the Smoke-Free Working Environment policy, Smoking and the use of all tobacco products (including combustible and chewing tobacco products) will not be permitted anywhere in the Defence working environment however some exemptions are in place, please refer to local guidance. The policy is Whole Force and includes all Defence personnel, contractors, visitors and other non-MOD personnel. All applicants seeking, considering, or accepting employment with the Ministry of Defence should be aware of this policy and that it is already in place at a number of Defence Establishments.

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 Policy Notice sets out how we will use your personal data and your rights.

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.

At application stage you will be assessed against the following:

• CV
• Behaviours
• Changing & Improving
• Making Effective Decisions
• Seeing the bigger picture
  

Applications will be sifted using the Behaviours and CV that have been chosen for this campaign, but in the event of a high number of applications, a sift will be conducted on the lead behaviour 'Changing & Improving'

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.

At interview stage you will be assessed against the following:

• Behaviours
• Changing & Improving
• Making Effective Decisions
• Seeing the bigger picture
• Managing a Quality Service
  

Application sifting will be scheduled to take place within 7 days of the application closing date. Interview dates are to be confirmed and will be held via Teams. We endeavour to keep to these time frames, 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: [email protected] .

As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came in to 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. This role does not meet that category and we will not sponsor a visa. It 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.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.

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.

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.

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).

This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans (opens in a new window) initiative.

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Contact point for applicants

Job Contact :

• Name : Aaron Varnals
• Email : [email protected]
  
  

Recruitment team

• Email : [email protected]
  
  

Further information

Please ensure you read the attached candidate information document prior to completing your application. If you are dissatisfied with the service you have received from DBS, or believe that DBS has failed to follow the recruitment process in line with the Civil Service Commission principles of selection for appointment on merit on the basis of Fair and Open competition, you can raise a formal complaint by writing to DBS at the following address: Defence Business Services, Scanning Hub, Room 6124, Tomlinson House, Norcross Lane, Blackpool, FY5 3WP. If after raising your complaint with DBS you remain dissatisfied you can complain directly to the Civil Service Commission at the following address: Civil Service commission, Room G/8, 1 Horse Guards Road, London, SW1A 2HQ Or by email: [email protected].