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.
o See https://ddat-capability-framework.service.gov.uk/role/enterprise-architect
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
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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.
