Proc 207 Business Architect x 3 Role

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Summary of the work The roles are for experienced Business Architects working with Agile teams to design operating models and associated business architecture artefacts in order to deliver a more efficient, user-focused immigration service. The roles will work closely with Product Owners, Technical Architects and Scrum Teams, and oversee the work of Business Analysts. Specialist role Designer Expected Contract Length 12 Months Latest start date 10 March 2017 plus/ minus a week Who Speclialist Work With Home Office civil servants, contractors and suppliers. What Specialists Work On The Business Architects will work on projects in the Immigration IT Portfolio which are focused on improving the technology and services used to deliver the immigration service. The roles will work as part of the Agile delivery team, with accountability for ensuring appropriate future end to end services are designed to support technology delivery. The roles will encourage alignment to standardised ways of working through business architecture and support the team in articulating a coherent end state and transition states. Deliverables will include value streams, customer journeys, capability models, business processes, delivery roadmaps and other elements of target operating models. Skills & Experience • • Significant experience in Business Design / Business Architecture • • Excellent communication skills (written and oral) • • Ability to decompose complex problems • • Experience working in an Agile environment Nice to Haves • • Experience managing a team of Business Analysts • • Experience working in the public sector Work Location Metro Point, Croydon (2 x role) Vulcan House, Sheffield (1 x role) Working Arrangments The Business Architects should be physically on site Monday-Friday (may involve moving between Home Office sites from time to time). Approximate hours are 9:00 – 18:00. Occasional evening and weekend working will be required. Security Clearance CTC No. of Specialists to Evaluate 5 Cultural Fit Criteria • • Work as a team with our organisation and other suppliers • • Nurture more junior members of the team • • Transparent and collaborative when making decisions • • Have a flexible attitude • • Have a no-blame culture and encourage people to learn from their mistakes • • Be proficient at working in a flexible, agile environment Evaluation Weighting Technical competence 60% Cultural fit 10% Price 30% Questions from Suppliers 1. Is this a readvertisement for the Business Architect roles IE1, IE2 and IE3 that were previously published from the Home Office? These roles are for the Immigration Platform Technologies (IPT). 2. What is the maximum day rate for this role? At this time the Authority does not wish to disclose the budget envelope as we believe this will encourage more competitive rates from the market. 3. Will you require work histories for these roles or just CV's that fit the criteria? CVs that fit the criteria will be sufficient 4. Is the security requirement the same as for Proc 206 Business Change Managers ? "The candidate must have BPSS as a minimum before starting. They will be able to apply for CTC clearance on their first day of work, if they haven’t yet started the application before." The candidate must have BPSS as a minimum before starting. They will be able to apply for CTC clearance on their first day of work, if they haven’t yet started the application before 5. Can you confirm what Technical Skills are required? All details are within the published requirement including but not limited to the Essential skills and experience, the Nice to have skills and the Cultural fit criteria. Please refer to the DOS guidelines for further information.