Chief Data Architect, Civica
IT solutions for public services
Job no longer available
IT solutions for public services
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
1001+ employees
Company mission
To help organisations achieve better outcomes through more connected and efficient ways of working.
Role
Who you are
- Essential competencies:
- Data modelling
- Data governance
- Data standards
- Metadata and repositories
- Turning business problems into data design
- Advanced knowledge of Sparx EA
- Able to communicate clearly and concisely to onboard new members of the team
- Able to communicate the value of data architecture to those stakeholders who see it as an impediment to delivery
- Understands different modelling notations (UML, Dimensional, NoSQL, Data Vault, ORM, Barker Notation)
- Understands Meta data, reference data, transactional data and master data - able to identify and process meta data, reference data, transactional data and master data from the systems landscape
Desirable
- Communicating data between technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Turn business problems into data design
- Strategic thinking
- Data innovation
- CDMP accredited
What the job involves
- We are looking to recruit an Chief Data Architect for Civica’s Central Government Consultancy Services Team
- A Chief Data Architect sets the vision for the organisation’s use of data and ensures that the data designs meet the needs of the enterprise
- They use these enterprise designs to guide data integration, control data assets and align data investments with business strategy
- Oversee the design of multiple data models and have a broad understanding of how each model fulfils the needs of the organisation
- Accountable for supporting and aligning to the organisation’s data strategy
- Champion data architecture both internally and through collaborating and communicating at the most senior levels across government
- Set the standards and ways of working for the data architecture community
- Accountable for assuring data models at the level of a project or enterprise
- Provide advice to project teams and oversee the management of the full data product lifecycle
- Responsible for ensuring that the organisation’s systems are designed in accordance with the enterprise data architecture
- Commission and lead on the development and maintenance of enterprise data artefacts to build on and expand the Data Architecture Framework
- Lead governance forums on data artefact assurance
- Develop the data strategy
- Lead the team of core and project data architects, ensuring that quality is sustained and measurable against standards
- Work alongside Enterprise and Solution Architecture to ensure that projects and programmes deliver to the needs of the enterprise
- Develop Data Standards for the organisation, including for data modelling and appropriate templates and guidance for the use thereof
- Represent the organisation at cross-government forums and sub-groups
Our take
Advancements in technologies for business operations, including cloud-based solutions and data analytics, are being rapidly adopted by companies, but public services may struggle to allocate the time or funds to research options for innovation. Civica, which has provided IT solutions for public services since 2001, delivers modern technologies designed for the public sector to enable them to better serve citizens.
Civica has consistently delivered IT innovations for public services such as housing and healthcare, in areas from finance to governance to logistics. Recently, the company shifted focus to cloud, digital enablement, software innovation and data analytics, vastly increasing the rate at which these technologies have been adopted in the fields it serves. All-in-all, by finding, designing around, and promoting these latest technologies, Civica has kept itself at the forefront of IT solutions for the public sector.
Civica boasts impressive customer relationships and growth, and in 2019 launched the North Star lab to accelerate applying new advancements for clients. It was acquired by Blackstone in 2024 and as a result, is eying more growth in US markets.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
0% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- Thoughtful environments: Our hubs are comfortable, bright, and designed with you in mind to offer flexible workspaces.
- Be your authentic self: It's not who you know, it's who you are at Civica - you can always bring your full self to work.
- Employee-led Affinity Groups: Our Affinity Groups are where like-minded colleagues come together to make Civica even more inclusive.
- Donate-a-day: Take an extra day off each calendar year to go and support a charity initiative of your choice.
- Health and wellbeing: We have several initiatives in place to make sure you’re supported when you need it most.
- Learning and development: The Civica Academy houses all of our L&D programmes to help retain top talent and develop careers.
Company HQ
South Bank, London, UK
Leadership
Lee Perkins
(CEO (Not Founder))Previously Chair of the Northeast Regional Council for the Council of British Industry, COO at Sage, CEO of M247 and an Advisroy Board Member at Tech North.
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