Home Office HODDaT Head of Information Modelling

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Summary of the work The Home Office is looking for an experienced Information Modeller to setup and lead projects of Information Modellers to document Information Architecture across the organisation. The information models should align to our business Capability Model and identify sources of information aligned to business process. Specialist role Programme manager Expected Contract Length 6 months with the option to extend Latest start date 5th December 2016 subject to clearance Maximum Day Rate £850 for an exceptional candidate but expectation is of a lower rate. Who Speclialist Work With Business leads, Data & Automation Leads, Business Architecture Leads, Change Portfolio Team, wider transformation programmes and business stakeholders. What Specialists Work On Objective: • Create team of information modellers • Lead the documentation of Information Models across the business on an as-is view of the organisational information architecture and provide recommendations for a to-be. Desired Outputs: • Information Model. • Identification of information • Cost. • Ownership. • Duplication. • Recommendations on information stewardship to-be. • Input to work package planning/deliverable format. • Input tothe wider data strategy/logical data model Success Criteria: New team in place. Information models complete across business areas Alignment to • Wider data strategy. • Business Architecture Capability Model. • Existing IA work streams. • Wider initiatives/next steps. Skills & Experience • Experience of Leading the documentation of Information Models across the a complex business structure of similar size and complexity as the Home Office • Experience at setting up and running a team of information modellers • Experience at working with senior business leaders • Have 2+ years’ prior experience of information modelling within the last 4 years • Be experienced in developing information architecture models. • Be experienced of working in a range of project delivery environments, with targets set and reviewed on a weekly basis. • Have the people skills to work with senior stakeholders to secure access to interviewees in their working environment. • Effective workshop set up, facilitation and execution. • Be able to develop domain expertise quickly. • Have excellent interpersonal and influencing skills and a positive approach. • Have ability to think creatively and be able to articulate innovative ideas to solving complex business problems. • Have ability to evaluate information and present in such a way that is easily understood by the target audience, including through written and oral communication. • Have ability to own issues and drive them to resolution. Provide direction to inform sound business decisions based on business priority and technical feasibility. • Actively contribute to the project management community of practice • Have know-how of how to identify and raise project dependencies, whilst working in a wider team with multiple projects in-flight. Nice to Haves Offer wider team support through sharing of professional expertise. Work Location Home Office premises within the M25 – currently 2 Marsham Street, London SW1P 4DF and Metro Point, Sydenham Road, Croydon CR0 2EU Working Arrangments Full time Office Hours with some travel for engagement meetings in the UK. T&S will not be payable for travel to sites within the M25. Travel outside of the M25 will be subject to HO T&S policy Security Clearance SC minimum or ability to be cleared to SC level; and willing to be cleared to DV if required No. of Specialists to Evaluate 6 Cultural Fit Criteria • Demonstrate commitment to excellence and improvement, for example through seeking actionable feedback and setting targets. • Show a commitment to ensuring a team understands the user need over simply delivering work, whilst recognising wider demands and influences on delivery. • Transparent and collaborative when making decisions and recommendations. • Have a no-blame culture and encourage people to learn from their mistakes. • Demonstrate courage (for example, express controversial views, confront reality, make tough decisions, question actions inconsistent with group behaviours, candid about progress/estimates) in an appropriate and professional manner. • Demonstrate vulnerability (for example, declare uncertainty, fear, recognise mistakes, apologise, and acknowledge weaknesses). • Demonstrate responsibility (for example, act like a leader, serve your team, provide solutions to problems, seek the best for the organisation) in an appropriate and professional manner. • Demonstrate simplicity (for example, take simple steps to goals, do less but better, mitigate failures, talk straight with respect). • Demonstrate excellence (for example, seek actionable feedback, set challenging targets, know users, deliver cost effective high level customer satisfaction). • Demonstrate enthusiasm (for example, bring whole self to work, celebrate success, share passion and energy with others, optimistic, and be positive). Evaluation Weighting Technical competence 60% Cultural fit 20% Price 20% Questions from Suppliers 1. We have an colleague who has experience of team-leading and data / information modelling, we feel we can combine the two, but we don't explicitly have experience of setting up/running teams of data modelers. Otherwise we believe this individual is well qualified for this role in every other way. Would you like to see a submission from us? The essential skills/ experience section includes “Experience at setting up and running a team of information modellers”, not data modellers. Setting up and running a team of information modellers is an essential skill / experience for the role and the Digital Marketplace portal will prevent submission of a candidate without this skill / experience. Apologies for this late response. If you feel you need an additional day to respond please email NLEDPCommercial@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk 2. Would you like CVs submitted at the same time as the deadline? Thanks for the kind offer. We will email to request evidence and a CV after the deadline has passed.