Job Description

This is a fantastic opportunity for an established Senior Solution Architect to join the English Heritage Technology Services (IT) team. Our vision and aim is to ensure our organisation is able to drive forward its corporate strategy by becoming a trusted partner for all technology needs, delivering end to end solutions that add tangible value and benefit to our internal customers and ultimately improve engagement with our visitors and members to enhance their overall experience of English Heritage.

The role is within a multidisciplined team which is geographically dispersed. It offers hybrid working, however you will be asked to attend an English Heritage Office or site for meetings and work groups as required. Our head office is in Central London however our architecture practice is centred in our historic office in Swindon, Wiltshire.

You will be responsible for the success of the solution which is devised to solve the business problems including functionality, accuracy, stability and performance, whilst aligning with English Heritage enterprise objectives.

You will take responsibility for understanding business stakeholder requirements, collecting relevant data, delivering analysis and problem resolution, identifying, evaluating and recommending options, and in some limited scenarios implementing if required.

You will be creating architecture description documentation that accurately reflects the current state of the Enterprise Architecture as well as future state Solution Architecture artifacts.

You\'ll be supporting an ambitious portfolio of IT change across all departments including marketing, asset management, retail, curatorial, business development and other capabilities. You\'ll be preparing technical plans and applying design principles, aligning solutions with enterprise and solution architecture standards (including security).

We would be delighted to hear from you, if you would like to talk to us about this role before you apply, please contact Lee Garner, Lead Architect at english Heritage.

Everyone is welcome at English Heritage and we are always looking for people who reflect the diversity of the country today, to help us make it more relevant to the diversity of the people, communities and places we serve. From remote sites to inner city monuments, from regional teams to our Head Office, the diversity of our teams is critical to making sure our heritage is inclusive, exciting and accessible.

We continually look for new ways to promote the past in a way that is inclusive to all and that celebrates the cultural diversity of England\'s heritage. By joining English Heritage, you will be part of a charity that is already on an exciting journey to tell everyone\'s story.

You can find out more about us and what we do here, https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/about-us/ here. Meet some of our People and hear about why they enjoy working with us here https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/about-us/jobs/working-at-historic-places/.

You\'ll find it\'s a workplace like no other - taking you behind the scenes of these extraordinary sites and supporting you to share your ideas, inspire others and make a difference.

By joining us, you\'ll enjoy the rewards of a great team environment in inspiring locations, helping to make our sites a wonderful place to visit. You\'ll also be joining our charity, which through our 400+ historic monuments, buildings and sites, brings the story of England to life for over 10 million visitors each year.

Benefits include:

-The opportunity to progress your career within the heritage sector;

-Apprenticeship opportunities

-Subscriptions to professional bodies

-Free access to all English Heritage sites for you another adult and up to 6 children (under 18 in the family group)

-25% discount in our shops and cafes;

-Enhanced Maternity/Paternity/Shared Parental leave

-25 days holiday plus Bank Holidays pro rata rising to 28 days after 3 years, with the option to buy additional leave

-Matched pension contributions up to a maximum of 10% which can be paid via salary exchange or salary deduction

-Flexible hours

Interviews will be held from 02/08/2023 initially on Microsoft Teams, followed by a face to face second interview in our Swindon office.

Closing date: 26/07/2023 23:59:59

You will need to refer to the following documents when completing your application.

English Heritage