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Strategy and Architecture - grade 9

Example job roles: Senior Solution Architecture, Senior Technical Leadership, Technical Services Management, Design Principal, Head of functional area

Level: SeniorÌý

Experiences

Activities and responsibilities likely to be required when working at this level

  • Managing a team
  • Validating designs
  • Setting standards
  • Setting goals and strategies
  • Collaborative working with other technologies and areas
  • Horizon scanning
  • A good level of sector experience
  • Working with others outsideÌýof the organisation
  • Managing budgetary responsibilities
  • Working on complex/high impact activities
  • Influencing senior stakeholders whether in ISD or in other areas of ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº
  • Contributing to the strategic direction of ISD as a department
  • Participating as a member of architectural working groupsÌý

Personal and professional development

Development options to consider when working towards this level

Learning on the job

  • Designing and introducing a new service
  • Project technical leadership
  • Taking on a service operations manager role
  • Looking for secondment opportunities
  • Developing service improvement plans.
  • Technical leadership of a project

Learning from othersÌýÌý

  • Leading a Community of Practice (CoP)
  • Membership of the architecture sub-groups
  • Conference attendance and presentations
  • Maintaining networks

Formal learning

  • Appropriate technical accreditation e.g. Microsoft, Cisco, Oracle, VM Ware
  • Methodological e.g. PRINCE2, Scrum, Agile, ITIL
  • TOGAF, Archimate.

Transferable skills and competencies

¹û¶³Ó°Ôº uses the Universal Competency Framework (UCF) to discuss transferable skills. Find out moreÌýdetails on the framework.

Relating and Networking

  • Building rapport
  • Networking
  • Relating across levels
  • Managing conflict
  • Using humour

Formulating strategies and concepts

  • Thinking broadly
  • Approaching work strategically
  • Setting and developing strategy
  • Visioning

Leading and supervising

  • Providing direction and co-ordinating action
  • Supervising and monitoring behaviour
  • Coaching
  • Delegating
  • Empowering staff
  • Motivating others
  • Developing staff
  • Identifying and recruiting talent

¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Ways of Working

These describe expected behaviours in line with ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº culture and values.Ìý For Ways of Working indicators and steps to development please refer to theÌýWays of Working website.Ìý

“Career Pathway roles are indicative and are not intended to be a description of the role in terms of responsibilty and duties.