Senior Enterprise Architect WCC621111

Job Details:

Salary range: £76,554 - £80,859 per annum 
Work location: Westminster City Hall, 64 Victoria Street, Westminster, SW1E 6QP
Hours per week: 36 
Contract type: Permanent  
Closing date: 29 May 2025

About Us:

THE EXTRAORDINARY STORY OF 809 CONNECTED BUSINESSES

Digital and Innovation in Westminster City Council is a world of extraordinary stories, where creative and enterprising people put local residents and businesses first.

Today, Westminster is the most connected borough in London. But, when David joined us in the mid-2010s, small businesses were still struggling to get connected to fibre. Without gigabit-capable broadband, some companies even resorted to biking memory sticks around the city, simply to share files with clients.

Although still in a junior role, David took the initiative and successfully made the business case for £2.8 million of European funding to support connectivity for small businesses across Westminster. Feedback from businesses has been overwhelmingly positive as the project has enhanced their communications with clients. The new connectivity allows them to make video calls and work remotely. As the pandemic hit and many more people needed to work from home, it became clear just how vital this investment had been. 

Fast-forward a few years. Westminster is leading the way for connectivity, as a result of the project businesses are thriving, and David is heading up a service of his own responsible for delivery of the Smart City strategy.

The Role:

As a Senior Enterprise Architect, you can make your own powerful contribution to Westminster’s success. You’ll be a part of the Digital and Innovation Department, where you will be a pivotal leader in shaping the Council’s digital future. You will develop a holistic view of the organisation, covering business architecture, technology capabilities, information flows, and strategic direction. By understanding the needs of the Council and its users, you will help design and deliver scalable, sustainable solutions that drive meaningful change.

Your role will focus on building and maintaining an enterprise architecture that aligns business outcomes, operational models, and technology investments. This means designing target states, creating architectural roadmaps, and ensuring that all technology capabilities and business processes are strategically connected. You will develop and oversee design principles, models, and guidelines, making sure they meet user needs and drive organisational excellence.

Collaboration will be at the heart of your work. You will engage with stakeholders across the Council to understand their priorities, support product development, and ensure the successful application of architectural designs. As a trusted advisor, you will help shape strategies, lead innovation forums, and guide the experimentation of new technologies. Your expertise will enable the Council to make informed, benefits-led technology investments.

You will also play a key role in ensuring compliance with regulations, standards, and best practices, providing clear direction and mentorship to teams. As a coach and mentor, you will support colleagues in building their understanding of architecture, helping them solve complex problems and develop effective solutions.

Balancing current architecture with future innovation, you will ensure that technology investments are both cost-effective and value driven. Your work will directly contribute to the Council’s mission of delivering high-quality, user-centred services that make a real difference in the lives of Westminster’s residents and staff.

Please refer to the Job Description for more information. 

About You:

To excel in this role, you will bring a deep and comprehensive understanding of organisational design, planning, and architecture methods, including Design Thinking and agile governance. You are experienced in developing and implementing architecture frameworks in pragmatic and enabling ways, ensuring that technology and data strategies directly support business outcomes.

Your knowledge spans across enterprise and application design patterns, as well as industry-standard technology, security, and data standards. You understand the capabilities of a wide range of solutions, from open-source to proprietary, cloud, on-premises, and hybrid environments. This expertise allows you to design scalable, secure, and innovative solutions that align with the Council's goals.

A strategic thinker with a talent for problem-solving, you are comfortable navigating complexity and ambiguity. You can identify strategic and operational challenges, think laterally, and apply both analytical and creative skills to develop solutions. Your planning experience enables you to maintain a global view while contributing to multiple streams of programmes and projects.

Leadership is at the heart of your approach. You understand how to motivate and develop high-performing teams, providing clear direction and thought leadership. Your leadership style is adaptable, balancing empathy with accountability, and you are skilled at creating a culture of continuous learning and growth.

Collaboration is second nature to you. You build strong, trusting relationships with diverse stakeholders, including end users, colleagues, and senior leaders. Your commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion is evident in everything you do, and you have a proven track record of designing services that are accessible and responsive to diverse user needs.

You thrive in dynamic environments, staying calm under pressure and performing effectively even when faced with uncertainty. Your strong communication skills allow you to present complex technical concepts in clear, concise language – whether in strategy documents, technical blueprints, or presentations. You are a natural influencer, capable of inspiring others with your vision and linking innovative ideas to practical business outcomes.

Above all, you are passionate about learning, self-development, and ethical leadership. You seek out new ideas, embrace change, and maintain the highest level of integrity, embedding ethical practice and organisational values into your work and your team’s culture.

Westminster City Council is committed to supporting Care Leavers into the workplace. Care Leavers seeking their first job and who wish to be considered under our scheme, will automatically be invited to interview should they meet the essential criteria for the role. 

The Council is committed to achieving diverse shortlists to support our desire to increase the number of staff from underrepresented groups in our workforce. We especially encourage applications from a Global Majority (GM), people who are Black, Asian, Brown, dual-heritage, indigenous to the global south, and or have been racialised as 'ethnic minorities' (formally known as B.A.M.E , Black, Asian and multiple ethnic) background and, while the role is open to all applicants, we will utilise the positive action provisions of the Equality Act 2010 to appoint a candidate from a global majority background where there is a choice between two candidates of equal merit. If you are from a Global Majority background you can self-declare this to the hiring manager as part of our positive action commitments.

What We Offer:

Westminster is an amazing place. We are home to more than 200,000 residents from all backgrounds, over 50,000 vibrant and vital businesses and three-quarters-of-a-million people work in Westminster. Westminster City Council’s strategy is to work towards a Fairer Westminster. A Fairer Westminster is one in which our communities are at the heart of our decision-making and help to determine the city’s future. By working directly with our communities and other partners, we can build a more inclusive city that celebrates our diverse communities, and where residents, workers and visitors from all backgrounds will feel welcome and safe.   
 
At Westminster City Council, we pride ourselves on being an inclusive workplace and employer of choice. We encourage and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and aim to have a workforce that, at all levels, represents the communities we serve. We champion equality, diversity, inclusion and wellbeing and aim to create a workplace where everyone feels valued, has a sense of belonging and is empowered to be their best, that is the Westminster Way. To find out more about how we do this visit  https://www.westminster.gov.uk/health-and-social-care/public-health-strategy-policies-and-reports/equality-duties  
 
As a forward-thinking Council we appreciate that people work in different ways, therefore our staff benefit from working a range of flexible working patterns as well as Agile working.  
 
The Council is a Disability Confident Employer. If you have declared a disability in your application, we guarantee an interview if you meet the essential criteria of the job. If you are invited for interview, you will be asked if you need any reasonable adjustments in order to attend, and we will make these wherever possible.