Contract type: Permanent

Working Pattern: This post is available on a Full Time, Part time basis (Flexible working hours can be accommodated)

Location: London, Darlington, Norwich

Salary: London: £58,760 - £65,000 / National: £55,760 - £62,000. This role typically attracts an ICT allowance of up to £10,000 for eligible individuals. Confirmation of eligibility will be provided to the successful applicant on appointment.

Are you looking for an exciting and meaningful opportunity to influence technology innovation at the heart of Government? If you're interested in the challenge, we'd love to hear from you!

About the Team

The Treasury Business Solutions (TBS) are a friendly, flexible and varied team, responsible for HM Treasury's technology, security, places and knowledge and information management services. Collaborating with our partners, we lead and run technology-enabled change; taking forward programmes and projects that improve services, enabling our customers to deliver outstanding services to Government.

About the Role

We’re looking for a Senior Technical Architect to join our Technology team; someone with a good understanding of a broad range of technologies and great problem solving and communication skills.

Working directly with the Chief Technology Officer, you'll help us make a real change to the way HM Treasury operates; driving technological innovation to deliver change and benefit to our users. You will be a key player in crafting the way HM Treasury works, engaging with high profile activities and making a real difference to the way this great department operates.

Key accountabilities

1. Leading on technical change and delivering solutions that meet user needs. Collaborating with customers, partners and suppliers to ensure that solutions are supportable and delivered into service in line with good industry practice.
2. Providing analysis, prototyping and/or solutions to support the development of business cases. Input into business case developing by clarifying the cost/benefit case for technology spending. Scoping appropriate proof-of-concept projects to confirm the feasibility of change to existing and new applications and technologies.
3. Defining and presenting policies and guidance for users acquiring and operating new technologies.
4. Producing a strategy for technology that meets business needs. Developing and communicating the technology roadmap to the Senior Management Team, users and collaborators. Assess and communicate risks associated with investments and purchases.

For a full list of accountabilities, please follow the apply link.

About you

Our successful candidate will have a recognised certification in technology or architecture. As you’ll be provide technical leadership to all of our users, you’ll also have an excellent understanding of a broad range of technologies; can converse easily with, and translate between, non-technical stakeholders and technical practitioners, and will be able to switch between a variety of problems and responsibilities.

About us

HM Treasury is proud of a diverse and inclusive work environment, committed to fairness and the promotion of equality of opportunity for all. We welcome applications from candidates who have not previously worked for the Civil Service, mid- and late-career changers with transferrable skills, people from all backgrounds and circumstances.

Some of the Benefits our people love! 

• 25 days annual leave (rising to 30 days after 5 years), plus 8 public holidays and the King’s birthday (unless you have a legacy arrangement as an existing Civil Servant). Additionally, we operate flexitime systems, allowing you to take up to an additional 2 days off each month.
• Flexible working patterns (part-time, job-share, compressed hours). 
• Generous parental leave and adoption leave packages. 
• A Civil Service Pension which provides an attractive pension, benefits for dependants and average employer contributions of 27%
• Access to a cycle-to-work salary sacrifice scheme and season ticket advances.
• A Rental Deposit Advance Scheme to help met the total costs of deposits for privately rented homes.
• A range of active staff networks, based around interests (e.g. analysts, music society, sports and social club) and diversity

For more information about the role and how to apply, please follow the apply link.  If you need any reasonable adjustments to take part in the selection process, please tell us about this in your online application form, or speak to the recruitment team at .uk