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About
NHS England leads the NHS in England to deliver high quality care for all. We support NHS organisations to deliver better outcomes for our patients and communities, work to get the best possible value for taxpayers, and drive improvement across the NHS.
Through our seven regional teams, NHS England supports local integrated care systems, made up of public services that provide health and care – NHS organisations, primary care professionals, local councils, social care providers and the community, voluntary and social enterprise sector – to improve the health of the population, improve the quality of care, tackle inequalities and deliver care more efficiently.
Senior Enterprise Architect
Accepting applications until: 02-Oct-2025 23:59
Vacancy status: Open
Accepting applications until: 02-Oct-2025 23:59
Key details
Location
- Gwefan
- Any NHS England office
- Tref
- Nationally
- Cod post
- LS1 4AP
- Major / Minor Region
- West Yorkshire
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Fixed term: 10 months (Secondment only for current NHS Employees. Until 31/10/2026.)
- Oriau
- Full time
- Flexible working
Salary
- Cyflog
- £92,358 - £106,418 per annum (exclusive of HCAS) this includes a RRP payment of 20%
- Cyfnod cyflog
- Yearly
- Gradd
- (NHS AfC: Band 8c)
Specialty
- Prif leoliad
- Administration
Our Organisation
The NHS is building a culture that is positive, compassionate and inclusive – and we all have our part to play.
As employers we are committed to protecting and promoting the physical and mental health and wellbeing of all our colleagues. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution and supports us to be an Employer of Choice, while helping our colleagues to deliver high quality services for our patients and communities.
As a flexible employer, we want to support you to work in a way that is best for the NHS, our patients and you. Talk to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time, hybrid working or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a ‘home’ office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
We are an accredited Living Wage Employer which means that every colleague working for our organisation and third-party contractors will earn a real Living Wage. We are one of over 15,000 organisations, who voluntarily chose to pay the real Living Wage.
Trosolwg o'r swydd
Are you ready to be at the forefront of one of the most ambitious digital transformations in England? Do you want to shape the future of health & care for millions of people, driving innovation that improves lives every day?
We’re seeking experienced & forward-thinking Senior Enterprise Architects who thrive in complex environments and are passionate about driving meaningful change. You’ll bring a strong foundation in architectural principles, an understanding of the digital health & care landscape, & the ability to translate strategic vision into practical delivery.
You will work across programmes, products, & services, spanning architectural domains & leading discussions to ensure delivery is aligned to strategy. You could be assigned to many & varied initiatives including for example, defining the re-establishment of architectural governance & embedding related processes, supporting cohesive product & service delivery by NHSE programmes to the wider health & care ecosystem, or assisting in corporate programmes such as exploring operational efficiency opportunities, resulting from recent & upcoming organisational change.
As a Senior Enterprise Architect, you will help create a smarter, more connected health & care service that delivers better care, faster services, & more equitable outcomes. You’ll be influencing how digital tools support frontline staff, how data drives decision-making, & how innovation becomes embedded in everyday healthcare.
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To undertake this role, you will use your strong analytical & architectural design skills along with a proven ability to challenge assumptions & drive consensus across roles & functions. You will have excellent communication skills & an ability to collaborate effectively with diverse stakeholders within a complex environment. Your experience working in the digital delivery space will ensure that our portfolio is aligned to the overall organisational strategy, that agreed architectural principles are adhered to, & that initiatives successfully navigate the relevant architectural governance processes.
You will:
• Develop & maintain enterprise architecture artefacts, including target state models & transition plans.
• Conduct architectural design reviews & propose improvements to enhance products & mitigate risk through to solution implementation.
• Support governance forums, ensuring compliance with NHS architecture principles & policies.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to support development of an actionable future state of architecture across England.
• Collaborate with solution & data architects, engineers, & clinical teams to deliver integrated solutions.
• Identify opportunities for operational & financial efficiency through proposals to rationalise the estate, collaborating cross-functionally to support implementation & improve adoption.
• Contribute to business process improvement & digital innovation initiatives.
Gweithio i'n sefydliad
Our work supports the NHS to deliver high quality services for patients and best value for taxpayers.
Our staff bring expertise across hundreds of specialisms — including clinical, operational, commissioning, technology, data science, cyber security, software engineering, education, and commercial — enabling us to design and deliver high-quality NHS services.
We lead the NHS in England by:
- Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities
- Making the NHS a great place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential
- Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care
- Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation
- Delivering value for money
Earlier this year, the Government announced that NHS England will gradually merge with the Department of Health and Social Care, leading to full integration. The aim is to create a smaller, more strategic centre that reduces duplication and eliminates waste.
If successful at interview, we will initiate an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) via the Electronic Staff Record (ESR). This retrieves key data from your current or previous NHS employer to support onboarding, including competency status, Continuous Service Dates (CSD), and annual leave entitlement. You may opt out at any stage of the recruitment process.
Swydd-ddisgrifiad a phrif gyfrifoldebau manwl
Applicants from within the NHS will be offered on a secondment basis only, agreement should be obtained from their employer prior to submitting the application.
Please note that the reason for the fixed term of this contract is - short-term vacancy.
The post of Senior Enterprise Architect has been awarded a Recruitment and Retention Premia (RRP) in response to current labour market conditions. In recognition of this, the role attracts an additional monthly RRP payment equal to 20% per annum.
Please be aware that RRP is non-contractual and subject to review.
If you like what you have read and think you have the skills and experience, we need then don't delay, apply today! We get lots of applications for our roles and so we sometimes have to close our posts early. Don't miss out!
You can find further details about the role, including key responsibilities and accountabilities, alongside the organisational structure and person specification in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.
Secondments
Applicants from within the NHS will be offered on a secondment basis only, agreement should be obtained from their employer prior to submitting the application.
Applicant requirements
Person specification
Qualifications
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Educated to Master’s level or equivalent experience
- TOGAF 9 Certified or working towards
Skills
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Advanced knowledge of EA domains (business, data, application, technology), with proven expertise in at least one, and a solid understanding of how domains interconnect within complex environments
- Understanding of financial planning principles, business case development, and experience in procurement and commercial processes within programme delivery
Experience
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Experience contributing to architecture governance, actioning policy, and strategic planning at programme or organisational level, with the ability to support alignment to national priorities
- Demonstrable experience in governance, stakeholder engagement and influence, assurance, business process improvement and the creation of enterprise architecture models & artefacts to consistent standards, using an architecture repository
- Experience supporting the management of initiatives and contributing to team leadership, including coordination of people, processes, and risk within multidisciplinary environments
Documents
- Job description and person specification (PDF, 440.6KB)
- Occupational functional requirements form (PDF, 224.4KB)
- NHSE - Verification of ID and RTW Guide (PDF, 306.6KB)
- Guide to Completing Your Application (DOCX, 42.7KB)
- Note for Existing NHS Employees applying for Fixed Term vacancies (DOCX, 26.2KB)
- Redundancy Clawback (PDF, 16.7KB)
Further details / informal visits contact
- Enw
- Li Jenkins-Twist
- Teitl y swydd
- Chief Enterprise Architect
- Cyfeiriad ebost
- [email protected]
- Rhif ffôn
- 07768025840
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