Business Architect

Salary: £52,737 (National Framework) or £58,139 (London Framework – if you are London office-based or home-based and live within the boundary of the M25) – There is also an additional homeworking allowance of £553 per annum for those working from home
Hours: Full-time, 37 hours per week or compressed hours/job share will also be considered
Contract: Permanent
Location: Home-based with regular meetings in London, Newcastle or Leeds
Closing date: Sunday 30th June 2024 at 11.59 pm

About Us

We’re the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and we work to improve health and adult social care in England.

Through the dedication of our expert team, we monitor health and social care services to provide England with a safe and compassionate care system, recognising when services perform well as well as encouraging improvements and taking action over poorer care, where necessary.

One of our main commitments is to become a truly inclusive organisation and to role model a diverse and representative culture. To do so, we work with a variety of networks, including the Disability Equality Network, Race Equality Network and LGBT+ Equality Network.

We’re now looking for a Business Architect to join our team on a full-time, permanent basis.

The Benefits

- 27 days’ annual leave, rising with service to 32.5 days, plus 8 Bank Holidays
- NHS pension scheme, with around a 14% employer contribution
- Free employee assistance service 24 hours a day
- Discounts to supermarkets, high street stores, electronics and fleet cars
- Discounted gym vouchers
- Cycle to work scheme
- Internal reward scheme where you could win a voucher or two!
- Equipment for homeworking

Why this could be a great role for you….

This is an incredible opportunity for a high-calibre Business Architect with experience applying Business Architecture frameworks and methodologies in different change contexts to join our essential organisation.

Your expertise will help shape innovative solutions that ensure we can continue to improve the quality of support provided to those most in need, ensuring safe, effective and compassionate care.

What’s more, this home-based role will allow you to balance your professional and personal life effectively while contributing to meaningful work.

So, if you're passionate about improving health and social care in England and want to play a pivotal role in shaping our Business Architecture, apply now!

What you will bring…

To be considered as our Business Architect, you will need:

- Exemplary knowledge of Business Architecture frameworks and methodologies and experience in applying them in different change contexts
- Experience operating at a strategic level across programmes that include complex changes
- Management experience

What you’ll be doing…

As our Business Architect, you will provide expert Business Architecture leadership supporting our Transformation Portfolio.

Using industry-recognised models and methodologies (e.g. Business Model Canvas, Business Function Mapping, etc.) within the design framework, you will capture and link the high-level strategic propositions.

You will also capture strategic and tactical goals and support traceability through to emerging change proposals (mapping to metrics that provide ongoing governance).

Additionally, you will:

- Visualise and create high-level viewpoints based around the current landscape
- Provide direction and guidance to support the business strategy
- Maintain a high-level view of the overarching design of pipeline change
- Conduct planning and prioritisation analysis
- Work with neighbouring disciplines to develop domain roadmaps and a shared understanding of the big picture

Next steps…

If you require any support or assistance with the recruitment process, please contact our team or include a note in your application.

We know diverse teams allow for a more creative and productive environment and therefore encourage applications from everyone regardless of age, gender/sex, gender identity or expression, religion or belief, disability, ethnicity or sexual orientation.

So, if you’d like to join us as a Business Architect, please apply using the button shown.

Other organisations may call this role Business Change Consultant, Business Process Consultant, Business Systems Architect, Solutions Architect, Business Improvement Architect, or Business Solutions Architect.