Business Architect Outside Ir35 - London

Business Architect (Education Sector)

Rate - £750 a day

Duration - 6 Months initially

Location - London (Hybrid)

IR35 - Outside IR35

As a Business Architect you will lead the development of our clients Target Operating Model (TOM) and also engage in other activities such as Student Experience and Continuous Improvement programmes. You will use your experience of operating model design to identify the key business problems to be resolved, identify and validate the options and draw together a full description of how the organisation will operate in its future state. The ability to work at pace and under your own initiative is essential.

You will work with internal stakeholders, professional service teams, internal IT and BI resources to support the design of our clients Target Operating Model. You will deliver a range of appropriate artefacts to support the definition of the operating model and the programme's success.

Key Responsibilities

• Taking business users through a structured engagement process to deliver required change
• Use a range of tools and techniques including Lean, Systems Thinking, Business Analysis and Business Process Reengineering to identify improvements in customer experience and reductions in cost
• Reviewing operating model options on your own, as part of a team or leading a workstream
• Identify and analyse problems and issues that may affect the successful adoption of change initiatives.
• Demonstrable experience of implementing operational improvements/improving services and processes in the public or private sector services industry (e.g local and central government, utilities, financial services industry police and justice, and social care)
• Construct business-level artefacts to raise the level of understanding of how an organisation works (in terms of capabilities and processes)
• Broad base consultancy experience covering a range of business analysis, organisation design and technology solution development so that you can provide a whole solution view
• Experience of designing business and operating models for major organisations
• Strategic problem solving & innovative thinking to shape complex business solutions
• An ability to visualise solutions from concept to implementation
• Engagement Delivery experience, for example as the lead consultant on a project
• Solution design, delivery planning & commercial awareness
• Understand, explain and present complex business problems, at all levels of the organisation, in a persuasive and convincing manner, including bridging the gap between business user and technical design/development teams.
• Liaison with business stakeholders in order to elicit, analyse, communicate and validate requirements and processes.
• Quantifying benefits, and seeking out/tackling issues that will prevent the delivery of business benefits
• Apply proven communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills responsible for ensuring that the programme's plans and objectives are achieved.
• Liaise with other Business Analysts, Business Architect and Project Managers to understand and manage project dependencies, to plan analysis work and highlight risks and issues.
• Participate in and facilitate project team and business meetings.
• Building client capability through joint working, delivering training, and coaching/ mentoring