Enterprise Architect
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IT business analysts, architects and systems designers
Occupation Code Skill LevelHigher Skilled
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£54,900
(£28.15 per hour)
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About The Role
Enterprise Architect
Fixed Term, Full Time
£66,313 to £78,015 per annum
Location: Chelmsford
Working Style: Anywhere worker
Please note this vacancy is available as a fixed term contract or secondment opportunity for up to 6 months.
Join a Council Shaping the Future of Public Services
Essex Digital Service is at the forefront of supporting Local Government Reorganisation across Essex - shaping how services are delivered not just within Essex County Council, but across the entire public sector landscape. We’re building digital foundations and shared capabilities that make it easier, safer, and more joined up for residents and colleagues to get things done, wherever they are in Essex.
In this strategic, timebound role, you will play a pivotal part in shaping how technology, data, and digital capabilities enable Local Government Reorganisation (LGR) across the whole of Essex. This is a unique opportunity to influence the future operating model for an integrated, efficient, and citizen focused local government system.
As an Enterprise Architect, you will lead the development of cross organisation technical architectures, shared capabilities, and system designs that support collaboration and interoperability across councils and partners. You will help create a coherent, modern, and sustainable technology landscape that underpins a seamless experience for residents and a more connected set of public services across Essex.
You will bring deep technical expertise, strategic thinking, and a strong ability to challenge assumptions and offer new perspectives. Working across organisational boundaries, you will bridge the gap between high level reform ambitions and practical delivery, enabling evidence-based decision making and systemwide change.
To read more about our business area, please visit: Corporate Services
Key Responsibilities:
Enterprise Architect
Fixed Term, Full Time
£66,313 to £78,015 per annum
Location: Chelmsford
Working Style: Anywhere worker
Please note this vacancy is available as a fixed term contract or secondment opportunity for up to 6 months.
Join a Council Shaping the Future of Public Services
Essex Digital Service is at the forefront of supporting Local Government Reorganisation across Essex - shaping how services are delivered not just within Essex County Council, but across the entire public sector landscape. We’re building digital foundations and shared capabilities that make it easier, safer, and more joined up for residents and colleagues to get things done, wherever they are in Essex.
In this strategic, timebound role, you will play a pivotal part in shaping how technology, data, and digital capabilities enable Local Government Reorganisation (LGR) across the whole of Essex. This is a unique opportunity to influence the future operating model for an integrated, efficient, and citizen focused local government system.
As an Enterprise Architect, you will lead the development of cross organisation technical architectures, shared capabilities, and system designs that support collaboration and interoperability across councils and partners. You will help create a coherent, modern, and sustainable technology landscape that underpins a seamless experience for residents and a more connected set of public services across Essex.
You will bring deep technical expertise, strategic thinking, and a strong ability to challenge assumptions and offer new perspectives. Working across organisational boundaries, you will bridge the gap between high level reform ambitions and practical delivery, enabling evidence-based decision making and systemwide change.
To read more about our business area, please visit: Corporate Services
Key Responsibilities:
- Act as a trusted technical advisor to senior leaders across ECC and wider Essex partners, providing expert guidance on the future technology landscape required to support Local Government Reorganisation.
- Develop an integrated, system‑wide view of technology, digital capabilities, infrastructure, platforms, and data flows to inform shared planning, investment, and decision‑making across LGR workstreams.
- Translate ECC’s existing Enterprise Architecture principles, standards, patterns and reference models into clear guidance for LGR workstreams, ensuring all proposals and designs align with established direction.
- Review and assure LGR technical and digital proposals to ensure they are interoperable, scalable, secure, and consistent with ECC’s architecture and strategic priorities.
- Develop and maintain a shared understanding of the technology, data, integration and digital capability impacts of LGR across councils and services.
- Analyse complex cross‑organisation technology challenges, assess digital maturity, and recommend future‑state architectures that strengthen interoperability, reduce duplication, and increase resilience.
- Shape the technical elements of high‑level business cases, ensuring proposals reflect LGR priorities, shared capabilities, integration requirements, and long‑term sustainability.
- Educated to degree level or equivalent in a relevant subject, with extensive experience in business architecture within digital services or public sector environments.
- Extensive experience as an enterprise or senior solution architect, ideally within a large public sector environment or multi‑organisation transformation programme.
- Accredited in TOGAF 9.2 (or similar), with working knowledge of frameworks such as ArchiMate, BPMN, COBIT, and IT4IT.
- Strong understanding of enterprise‑level architecture practices, technical standards, integration patterns and how they support organisational strategy.
- Proven ability to analyse complex, multi‑organisation technology landscapes and develop clear, pragmatic, scalable recommendations.
- Experience assuring or guiding major technology initiatives, programmes or business cases.
- Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence, challenge constructively and explain technical concepts in accessible ways.
- Experience leading enterprise business solutions, including process reengineering and organisational design programmes.
- Knowledge of change management tools and techniques, with experience supporting transformation initiatives.
As one of the largest and most dynamic UK local authorities, Essex offers a stimulating public service environment. Covering over 1,420 square miles and serving 1.8 million residents, we’re committed to transformational change and delivering better quality at lower cost. Recognised in the top three of the latest IMPOWER index for productivity, we ensure everyone matters in Everyone's Essex. With flexible working options and a focus on innovation, whether you are looking to develop your career or contribute to the local community, Essex is the ideal place for you.
In February 2025, Greater Essex was accepted onto the Government’s devolution priority programme, which will see local authorities in Essex work towards establishing a Mayoral Combined County Authority by May 2026. You can read more about devolution and local government reorganisation (LGR) on our careers site.
Essex County Council is proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. We’re committed to interview all disabled applicants who choose to apply under our Job Interview Scheme if they meet the minimum requirements of the job. Please speak to our Recruiters if you require any reasonable adjustments during the process.
We’re also committed to interview all veterans and care leavers, who meet the minimum requirements of the role for which they are applying.
Once you’ve secured your role within Essex County Council you will receive many great employee benefits, including support for unpaid carers and flexible working arrangements to accommodate their needs.
At Essex County Council, we value integrity and ethical behaviour. We kindly ask that you embrace our code of conduct and the Nolan principles, including throughout the recruitment process. Your commitment to these standards helps us maintain a positive and respectful workplace for everyone.
As part of employment with Essex County Council (ECC) should your role require a DBS check you will be required to register with the DBS update service. The DBS update service ensures all registered DBS certificates are kept up to date and allows authorised parties to view the status of your certificate. This is an annual subscription, and you will be responsible for ensuring this is maintained. For further information on the DBS update service please go to https://www.gov.uk/dbs-update-service
Essex County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment.
Once you’ve secured your role within Essex County Council you will receive many great employee benefits, including support for unpaid carers and flexible working arrangements to accommodate their needs.
At Essex County Council, we value integrity and ethical behaviour. We kindly ask that you embrace our code of conduct and the Nolan principles, including throughout the recruitment process. Your commitment to these standards helps us maintain a positive and respectful workplace for everyone.
As part of employment with Essex County Council (ECC) should your role require a DBS check you will be required to register with the DBS update service. The DBS update service ensures all registered DBS certificates are kept up to date and allows authorised parties to view the status of your certificate. This is an annual subscription, and you will be responsible for ensuring this is maintained. For further information on the DBS update service please go to https://www.gov.uk/dbs-update-service
Essex County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment.
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If you have queries on this role or require anything further, please email resourcing.team@essex.gov.uk
Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn. Further details can be found on our careers page.
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