Head of Digital Architecture Services

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you'll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the 'Supporting Documents' heading. So that you're even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you'll need to take time to read the 'Candidate Essentials Guide' that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how 'we care for you as you care for others'. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you'll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating, and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.

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Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Master's qualification or equivalent level of experience within Digital or equivalent IT relevant experience
• Certification in an Enterprise Architecture framework e.g. TOGAF/Zachman
• Evidence of Personal Development

Desirable criteria

• ITIL Practitioner Qualification
• PRINCE 2 /Agile Accreditation
• Qualification in Project Management Methodologies

Experience / Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Evident experience in the management of enterprise scale IT services with good levels of technical understanding across a broad range of applications and infrastructure, with significant experience in leading IT architecture teams and strategy efforts.
• Evidence of having scoped complex business problems and shaped an effective architecture approach in advance of implementation and deployment activity.
• Direct, hands-on experience with architecture and design methodologies
• Have good relevant knowledge and awareness of market/industry trends
• Substantial experience in a management role
• Ability to engage across operations and clinical teams
• Proven experience of articulating tangible benefits for solutions, documenting and presenting solution designs
• Ability to challenge established views and think differently to deliver the business goal.

Desirable criteria

• Experience in use of a variety of administrative and clinical systems within healthcare
• Previously worked within the NHS

Skills

Essential criteria

• Demonstrate high standards of documentation and record keeping.
• AAble to convey complex information across multiple audiences, including senior and external partners. Communicate enthusiastically and motivate others by adapting your style to fit the audience.
• Ability to make judgements on multi-stranded or complex IM&T problems which may have no precedent or where there are conflicting opinions
• Ability to plan and organise broad range of complex activities, formulate and adjust plans which impact beyond own area
• Ability to manage, motivate and develop staff, leading diverse teams with ability to provide direction, understand resource capability and successfully get results working with direct reports, dotted line and/or internal or external resources.
• Ability to coach and mentor staff to support good collaborative team working. creating a recognised and respected talent pool
• Ability in making timely, difficult decisions to ensure project priorities meet critical business needs. (makes balanced risk decisions, taking full accountability)
• Able to deliver with and through others. With the ability to build team cohesion, understanding team dynamics and interpersonal relationships.
• Excellent interpersonal skills

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Documents to download

• Head of Digital Architectural Services (PDF, 320.4KB)
• Functional Requirements for Head of Architectural Services (PDF, 920.2KB)
• Candidate Essential Guide Non Medical (PDF, 1.3MB)