Kent County Council Job Title: Enterprise & Information Architect Date: April 2012

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1 Kent County Council Job Title: Enterprise & Information Architect Date: April 2012 Directorate: Division: Location: Grade: Responsible to: Business Strategy & Support ICT Division County Hall KR13 Business Solutions Manager Purpose of the Job: Operate as one ICT function delivering to Kent, a coherent service offer with a local and personal presence. Maintain regulatory, legal and professional standards. Develop and be fully responsible for ICT enterprise and information architecture to describe the complete set of components and interfaces to make up an ICT solution in the context of the business requirements of Kent County Council and where appropriate other partners of the Council. Make a contribution to ICT governance through the establishment and maintenance of the architecture and a standards framework. Main duties and responsibilities: 1) Work in partnership with senior management team to plan for emerging changes, strategies or initiatives within the organisation. Provide expertise and extensive knowledge in specialist areas. 2) Engage with and build positive relationships with stakeholders, including at a national level, to establish and maintain joint working policies and practices. 3) Take full responsibility for the development and maintenance of the ICT enterprise and information architecture including significant contribution to the development of the technical architectures that instantiate the enterprise architecture at the infrastructure component and system level. The enterprise architect will take a holistic approach covering the ICT strategy, information architecture, and process architecture for current and new systems to bridge the gap between high level business priorities and the technology necessary to deliver these. 4) Establish technology roadmaps outlining the major systems initiatives applicable to the Directorates and KCC overall business requirements. Ensure that where appropriate the requirements of KCC partners are included in the ICT direction for KCC. 5) Work with partner organisations across the wider public sector to deliver wider public service goals in which KCC participates. Enterprise & Information Architect 1 of 6

2 6) Provide expert advice and consultancy in relation to technology trends and their application to KCC and its partners. This will include assistance with items such as tenders for major business applications and the technology implications of those acquisitions. 7) Production and presentation of reports on technical issues and consultation with key groups, which ensures architectural developments remain aligned with business requirements and strategic objectives Enterprise & Information Architect 2 of 6

3 Corporate Responsibilities: All managers in Kent County Council will fully engage with staff to understand the operational impact of various service delivery models, challenge the practice that exists in order to eliminate unnecessary processes and activities to minimise the resources necessary to deliver services to the people of Kent and act as one Council. All senior staff are Corporate Parents to the Council s Looked After Children and must take an active part in ensuring the needs of these children in our care are met. Take an active role in promoting and ensuring the Council s responsibilities for safeguarding are met for adults and children. All managers will take responsibility for keeping their professional and managerial competencies up to date including learning from best practice elsewhere both internally to KCC and externally. Customers & Partners Engage with and build positive relationships with customers to ensure that their requirements are at the centre of the design and delivery of services in accordance with the Council s customer strategy. Ensure that the needs of everyone in Kent are met by modelling behaviour that fosters equality of opportunity in service provision and employment. Contribute to the development and delivery of the Council brand, enhancing the overall reputation of Kent County Council. Build and promote successful partnership working, with private, voluntary and other public sector organisations and with service users to deliver more cost effective and valued services. Commission effective and efficient services through a range of direct delivery, innovative partnerships and commercial arrangements which meet the three ambitions of the Medium Term Plan Bold Steps for Kent. Managing Services Managers will keep abreast of the Council s changing legal obligations and mandates to ensure that service provision complies with statutory obligations. Managers are responsible for ensuring relevant compliance with the financial regulations and standing orders of the Council. Promote responsibility for cross-organisational team working, and across boundaries with other agencies and partners, to improve services and resolve problems in a coherent and integrated manner. Ensure that relevant and best professional advice, guidance and information is available in an intelligible and timely fashion to Members and senior managers as well as to other stakeholders. Enterprise & Information Architect 3 of 6

4 Ensure that services sustain and improve the overall reputation of the Council and act in the best interests of Kent through effective representations locally and/or regionally. Managing People Demonstrate the Council s managerial competencies providing a positive example to staff, acting with openness, honesty and integrity, and instilling a clear sense of direction, priority and pace. Lead, manage and inspire confidence amongst staff in an inclusive way to deliver strategic and operational objectives. Create an open, challenging, learning environment for staff. Ensure that effective arrangements are in place to secure the overall wellbeing and the health & safety of all employees and people delivering services for the Council. Performance, Finance and Risk Embed a performance culture that delivers results through rigorous open challenge, disciplined execution and continual improvement. Managers are fully responsible for the management of their budgets including commitments, accounting and variance profiling and for ensuring that all services/functions are delivered within budget. Ensure that resources are targeted on the Council s priorities and meeting customer needs. Support overall productivity and value for money to service users through a range of approaches, including: the re-design of services and their costs to maximize the economies available from a One Council approach; the use of business and operational process improvements; effective programme and project management; the smarter use of supply (through out-sourcing, co- sourcing and in-sourcing where appropriate); the better use of demand management; and improved asset management. Ensure that effective risk management arrangements are in place to minimise the Council s exposure to risk and uncertainty. Responsible for resilient business continuity arrangements and robust response and recovery arrangements in the event of emergencies and critical incidents locally in accordance with the requirements of the Council s Emergency and Business Continuity Plans. Promote and ensure compliance with policies and procedures, all Statements of Required Practice for managers and the Council s Code of Conduct. Enterprise & Information Architect 4 of 6

5 Kent County Council Person Specification: Enterprise & Information Architect CRITERIA Qualifications Degree or equivalent professional qualifications and/or experience. Achieved Kent Manager qualification or equivalent qualification and/or experience Experience Substantial professional ICT experience covering a variety of ICT disciplines including a period in a similar or related role. Skills & Abilities Legislation - Aware of relevant national and international legislation. Budgets - Proficient in principles, methods, techniques and tools for the preparation and monitoring of budgets to minimize costs and ensure cost-effectiveness. Business Proposals - Proficient in Methods and techniques for preparing and presenting business cases, invitations to tender and statements of requirements both orally and in writing. Risk Management - Proficient in methods and techniques for the assessment and management of business risk particularly in areas where this could conflict with the enterprise architecture High level analytical skills preferably in the context of policy and strategy formulation Ability to interpret technical issues and express them in a clearly accessible and understandable manner to non-technical people Knowledge Behaviours Business Environment - Familiar with the business environment relating to own sphere of work (own organisation and/or closely associated organisations, such as customers, suppliers, partners), in particular those aspects of the business which the specialism is to support. Corporate, Industry and Professional Standards - Proficient in specific standards associated with the IT practitioner's current role. Indepth and current knowledge of ICT market trends with an understanding of how these trends are being applied by similar organisations. Business Characteristics - Proficient in the functional structure of businesses and other organisations; their mission, objectives, strategies and critical success factors. Knowledge of organisational culture. Legislation - Aware of relevant national and international legislation. Influence, Persuasion and Personal Impact - The ability of an individual to convey a level of confidence and professionalism, positively influencing and persuading others to take a specific course of action when there is no direct line of command or control. Conceptual Thinking - Acquiring understanding of the underlying issues in complex problems or situations by correctly relating these to simpler or better understood concepts, models or previous experiences. Strategic Perspective - Keeping overall objectives and strategies in mind, and not being deflected by matters of detail. Enterprise & Information Architect 5 of 6

6 Kent Behaviours Truth & Judgement Conversation & Compassion Empowerment & Enterprise People & Partnerships Character & Courage Outcomes & Delivery Radicalism & Urgency Tools & Professionalism Kent Values Open Invite Contribution & Challenge Accountable Enterprise & Information Architect 6 of 6