Enterprise Architect

Department EngineeringSalary £84,687 with an additional recruitment retention allowance of £10,637Job description This role is available full-time for 37 hours per week Monday – Friday or part-timewith a minimum coverage of 30 hours Flexible or compressed working hours available Opportunity to work from home (typically 1 day a week on average)Shaping the future of the […]

Department
Engineering
Salary
£84,687 with an additional recruitment retention allowance of £10,637
Job description
This role is available full-time for 37 hours per week Monday – Friday or part-time
with a minimum coverage of 30 hours
Flexible or compressed working hours available
Opportunity to work from home (typically 1 day a week on average)
Shaping the future of the engineering specialists at the heart of UK National
Security
You will join a team of systems thinkers and problem solvers working with leaders at
all levels in a fascinating national security technology & engineering organisation.
You’ll support both creation of strategy and its implementation by identifying
challenges the organisation faces, how it should engage with them, and then
applying the right amount of architectural control over the organisation as those
choices are implemented. You will help our leaders to get the balance right between
rigour and pace, so that HMGCC continues to provide the astonishing diversity of
operational technology that the UK’s most iconic national security organisations need
to keep the country safe and prosperous. This comes at a time when HMGCC is
changing to embrace more open ways of working with industry, academia, and wider
government, so that it achieves a step change increase in how much of its delivery is
through working with others. If organisational strategy and/or architecture is your
thing, and you care about doing something that genuinely makes a difference, it
doesn’t get much better than this.

More About You
To apply for this role, you will already have:
 Experience in working effectively with and influencing others in the absence of direct
hierarchical authority or mandate, such as can arise when working across
organisational teams or across organisational boundaries, and where there are
significant differences in perspectives and understanding.

 Experience in working effectively in contexts where both the situation at hand and
how to deal with it are unclear and/or not well understood by stakeholders.
 Experience in applying systems thinking approaches, particularly in an
organisational context.
 Experience of working at Practitioner level across the eight Government recognised
Enterprise Architect skills predominantly in the context of business architecture.
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It would be beneficial if you also have one of the following (although these are not
essential):
 Familiarity with TOGAF.
 Familiarity with ArchiMate.
 Experience in Business Change.

Your Personal Skills
You will be someone who:
 Recognises wider priorities in how they approach their work.
 Is effective at engaging constructively and respectfully, challenging, influencing, and
learning from a wide range of stakeholders.
 Displays behaviours that promote a collaborative working environment which
supports equality, diversity and inclusion.
 Is adept at using data, evidence, and knowledge in providing advice and engaging in
decision making.
 Seeks out opportunities for experimentation, and positively engages in feedback,
learning, change, and improvement.

Putting your skills to use
Using your diverse range of skills within the Strategy Development & EA team, you
will:
 Shape, inform, and assure organisational decision making.
 Work with stakeholders to identify the goals and objectives associated with realising
visions and how meeting them will be measured.
 Work with stakeholders to engage them in the need for controlled and coherent
change to the enterprise architecture and supporting them in designing and
implementing changes.

What we Offer

Now that we’ve explained a bit about what you will we be doing, here’s what we can
offer you:
 A positive, collaborative and inclusive work environment.
 25 days annual leave, rising to 30 after 5 years’ service.
 8 Bank Holiday days off in addition to your annual leave.
 2 ½ additional days leave (set dates through the year).
 Pension. Our Government Pension scheme is Alpha. It’s a competitive, defined
benefits scheme.
 Flexible or compressed hours to support you to balance your life with your work.
 Paid overtime or time off in lieu. Your salary is for your contracted hours. If you
work more, we believe you should be rewarded for that.
 Paid parental and adoption leave and neonatal policy.
 On site nursery (subject to availability).
 Free secure parking.
 Training.
 Opportunities for mentoring and coaching.
 3 days paid leave a year to support a registered charity of your choice.
 Free onsite gym, open 24 hours a day.
 Bike to work scheme.
 Affinity groups – whether you are a person with a disability, part of the LGBTQIA+
community and/or from an ethnic minority background, we provide an inclusive
environment, support and a variety of networks for everyone.
 Multi-faith Prayer room. This is a quiet contemplation room for staff to use for prayer
or reflection.
 Sports & Social Society. Whether its classic cars or baking, golf or crafting, we have
a society for you. We offer regular subsidised theatre tickets and on-site activities.
 On site café and restaurant.
 Relocation Loan*.

About HMGCC
We are HMGCC, the engineering specialists at the heart of the UK’s national
security.
We work with the national security community, UK government, academia, private
sector partners and international allies to bring engineering ingenuity to the national
security mission, creating tools and technologies that drive us ahead and help to
protect the nation.
We invest in our people, not only with training but also support throughout your
career with us; to allow you to reach your full potential at work, as well as enjoy the
work/life balance many aspire to.
To find out more about us and if we’re right for you, please visit our website.
Equal Opportunities
Inclusion and diversity really matter to us. It’s not just about numbers or visible
differences.

HMGCC are committed to providing equal opportunities and encourage applications
from candidates of all backgrounds, ethnicities, gender identities, sexual orientations,
and those with disabilities or who are neurodiverse.
We’re not looking for any one type of person. We’re looking for talent from all
different backgrounds to join our organisation, where we genuinely respect and value
each other’s differences, as well as our similarities. It makes us even better at what
we do.
To find out more about our culture and inclusion and diversity, please visit our
website.
We are proud to offer candidates the opportunity to apply through the Offer of
Interview Scheme. The scheme ensures eligible candidates are selected for an
interview as long as their application meets the minimum criteria for the role.

Apply now
Discover more by clicking ‘apply’.
Our recruitment team will process your application once the role has closed and
everyone will get a response.
Please note dependent on the recruitment requirements, we withhold the right to
bring forward the closing date for this role from the original closing date.
*If you are relocating to the area and renting a property then we can offer an interest
free relocation loan of up to £2,500, which is to be repaid in instalments over a
period of 24 months.