1 Information Architect

An Information Architect is required to support the Change Program. They will be responsible for designing structuring and governing business information assets to align with business needs and strategic objectives. It ensures information assets are consistently structured classified governed and integrated across business systems and services.

The Information Architect will support the CER by designing documenting and governing information architectures that support business capabilities service delivery and enterprise information management objectives.

The role will work closely with business and technical stakeholders to understand information requirements develop information models and structures define metadata and taxonomy frameworks support information governance initiatives and ensure information assets are aligned with enterprise and data architecture strategies.

The contractor will contribute to Agile delivery practices maintain work items in Azure DevOps support governance activities and provide knowledge transfer to build internal capability.

Milestones

1. Information Discovery and Assessment

Deliverables

• Stakeholder engagement and information discovery workshops completed.
  
• Current-state information landscape assessment.
  
• Existing information assets repositories and structures documented.
  
• Analysis of information flows dependencies and governance requirements.
  
• Identification of information management risks issues and opportunities.
  

Outcome

Agreed understanding of existing information environments stakeholders and information management requirements.

2. Information Architecture Design

Deliverables

• Information architecture framework developed.
  
• Information models taxonomies and metadata structures defined.
  
• Information classification and content structures established.
  
• Integration and interoperability requirements documented.
  
• Information governance recommendations and standards developed.
  

Outcome

Future-state information architecture aligned with business data and enterprise architecture objectives.

3. Governance and Implementation Support

Deliverables

• Final information architecture artefacts completed.
  
• Information governance documentation and recommendations.
  
• Stakeholder briefings and governance presentations.
  
• Knowledge transfer and handover materials.
  
• Support for implementation and adoption activities.
  

Outcome

Approved and sustainable information architecture supported by governance stakeholder buy-in and operational readiness.

Required Capabilities

The contractor must demonstrate:

Information Architecture Expertise

Proven experience designing implementing and governing enterprise information architectures information models taxonomies metadata frameworks and content structures.

Information Management and Governance

Demonstrated experience developing information management standards governance frameworks classification schemes and practices that improve information quality accessibility compliance and usability.

Stakeholder Engagement and Facilitation

Demonstrated ability to engage influence and collaborate with business and technical stakeholders at all levels including senior executives architects and governance forums.

Information Modelling and Design

Experience designing logical and conceptual information models information classifications metadata standards taxonomies and structures that support discoverability reuse and interoperability.

Enterprise Integration and Architecture Alignment

Experience ensuring information architecture aligns with enterprise data solution and business architecture practices while supporting integration across systems and services.

Communication and Documentation Skills

Strong ability to produce high-quality information architecture artefacts governance documentation briefing papers standards roadmaps and executive presentations.

Regulatory Security and Privacy Knowledge

Understanding of information management obligations relating to privacy records management security classifications information governance and regulatory compliance.

Agile Delivery and Governance Experience

Experience working in Agile delivery environments using tools such as Azure DevOps and ensuring alignment with enterprise governance architecture standards and organisational policies.

The Contractor Personnel will be required to attend quarterly PI Planning in person to support planning collaboration knowledge transfer and other activities as reasonably required by the CER. The CER will not be liable for any travel-related costs or expenses unless it has expressly agreed in writing in advance to reimburse such costs. Unless otherwise agreed in writing by the CER all costs and expenses associated with travel accommodation meals and incidentals incurred by the Contractor Personnel in performing the Services are the sole responsibility of the Service Provider and are deemed to be included in the Fees payable under this Contract.