Business Architect

Job description

Job Title: Business Architect

Band: 5

Salary: 59877- 66869

Location: Liverpool/Newport/Norwich/Birmingham

Terms: Permanent

Hours: Full Time/ Compressed Hours

Closing Date: 19/01/2026

Would you like to play a pivotal role in shaping the future of the Crown Commercial Service (CCS)Do you thrive on turning strategic vision into tangible operational improvements Are you passionate about leveraging innovation to achieve significant strategic goals We are looking for innovative and strategically minded Business Architects to join our newly established Business Architecture function.

Job Summary

This critical and exciting opportunity requires strategic vision to harness innovation and align business strategy to drive operational improvements that deliver our strategic goals. Collaborating across the organisation to model value streams services capabilities and processes building a comprehensive understanding of the current enterprise landscape and mapping strategic change.

Directorate Overview

The Digital & Data Services (DDS) directorate is at the heart of CCSs digital transformation journey responsible for delivering modern efficient and user-centred digital services that support over 30bn of public sector procurement annually. Were building a world-class digital capability that will revolutionise how the public sector buys common goods and services.

Team Summary

In the Business Architecture and Continuous Improvement function you will be working closely with 6 permanent colleagues and as part of a wider Strategy and Architecture domain tasked with developing the CCS Digital Strategy and Enterprise Technology and Data Architecture.

Key Accountabilities

Apply and develop business architecture frameworks principles and techniques within others in using appropriate business architectural tools and methods.

Understand and apply business architectural principles techniques and tools to business scenarios.

Create business architecture artefacts including abstract representations of the organisation.

Develop standard and scalable models to collect aggregate or disaggregate complex information.

Support the definition of vision for business capabilities and value streams using various architecture and collaboration tools used within CCS.

Identify and anticipate business impacts issues and activities supporting the shaping of principles patterns standards processes plans and policies accordingly.

Contribute to the creation of transition plans roadmaps and strategic alignment ensuring investments and initiatives align with business objectives.

Engage with stakeholders to understand requirements and provide recommendations.

Stay informed about external influences that may help or hinder strategic goals.

Support process optimisation and improvement through analysis and design.

Essential Criteria (to be assessed at application stage):

• Demonstrable experience in applying and developing Business Architecture frameworks and principles to model value streams capabilities services and processes.

• Proven ability to translate strategic vision into tangible operational improvements and contribute to the creation of transition plans roadmaps and strategic alignment.

• Strong analytical and modelling skills to collect aggregate or disaggregate complex business information and support process optimisation and design.

• Excellent stakeholder engagement and collaboration skills with the ability to gather requirements provide recommendations and guide others in using appropriate architectural tools and methods.

Success Profiles (to be assessed at interview):

You will be assessed against the following Behaviours:

• Working Together

• Seeing the bigger picture

• Changing and Improving

You will be assessed against the following Technical Skills

(Some of the below technical skills will be tested via a presentation at interview)

• Business Architecture

• Communicating Information

(A link to the Civil Service Success Profiles Framework is provided below)

Success Profiles Framework

Please note that as part of this recruitment process if you are unsuccessful at interview stage but are close to the benchmark score you may be considered for and offered a role at a lower pay band within the same job family.

What we will offer you here are some of the benefits you can expect:

• Competitive salary

• Generous pension scheme

• A discretionary non-contractual performance related bonus

• Working remotely in addition to working in advertised office location

• Flexi time scheme (available for B1-B6)

• Minimum 25 days annual leave to a maximum service related 30 days excluding bank holidays

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Working flexibly delivering outcomes

CCS is a flexible business with a smarter working model where our colleagues benefit from a mix of home and office working. Successful candidates are expected to work from one of the office locations listed. Our current office attendance approach requires a minimum of 26 days per quarter (approx 2 days per week which may be subject to change) in CCS office locations or off site meetings with suppliers customers partners networking / industry events. This is pro rata for those who work part time. Our smarter working principles mean that our people have the advantage of both office and offsite based collaboration and learning as well as working from home. This way of working allows us to honour our commitment to being a responsible business offer flexibility and better work life balance as well as ensuring we deliver our business with confidence and in accordance with our CCS values.

Selection Process

Candidates who are successful at sift will be contacted as soon as possible following the closing date and advised of the interview process in more detail. The sift will commence W/C 2Oth February 2026 either at one of our offices or via video with interview times and dates to be confirmed.

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