Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service
Strategic Business Architect
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Strategic Business Architect
Strategic Business Architect
Grade 7 (£44,075 – £48,226 per annum) 37 hours per week Permanent Joint Headquarters, Sherwood Lodge, Arnold, Nottingham NG5 8PP
About the Role
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Are you passionate about shaping how organisations work and driving meaningful transformation? We are looking for a highly skilled Strategic Business Architect to support the delivery of organisational design and transformation initiatives that enable the Service to achieve its strategic objectives.
This role focuses on ensuring that change is well planned, aligned with organisational goals, and delivers real benefits. It is a unique opportunity to influence organisation-wide decision-making, strengthen business planning, and support the delivery of long-term transformation aligned with the Community Risk Management Plan.
You will work across teams to understand current processes, identify improvements, and turn plans into clear, practical actions.
Key Responsibilities
- Leading comprehensive stakeholder engagement to understand current practices, identify strengths and areas for improvement, and gather insight to guide the consolidation, redesign or realignment of processes and ways of working across the Service.
- Working with strategic leaders to translate organisational insight, evidence, and strategic priorities into a coherent strategic vision, ensuring alignment with The Community Risk Management Plan, strategy, and clearly defined target state for the Service.
- Collaborating closely with the Project Management Office to assess and strengthen Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue’s change portfolio, evaluating cross-departmental interactions, identifying interdependencies, and supporting improved governance approaches.
- Analysing organisational needs and translating them into clear, actionable requirements that inform change design, ensuring solutions are evidence-based, strategically aligned, and deliver measurable value.
- Translating strategic priorities into coherent, delivery-focused change programmes by defining required capabilities, processes, structures, and outcomes to support the Service’s long-term goals.
- Providing key insights in developing and delivering the Community Risk Management Plan, ensuring organisational design, capabilities, and processes are aligned with risk-based evidence and strategic intent.
- Supporting the Annual Delivery Planning process, ensuring each ADP is deliverable and aligned with strategic objectives and the Community Risk Management Plan.
- Offering expert business architecture insight to senior leaders and decision-making forums, clearly communicating organisational impacts, dependencies, and options to support effective strategic and operational decision-making.
- Collaborating with ICT, Digital, and Data functions to ensure technology, data, and digital solutions are aligned with business capabilities and support strategic and operational requirements.
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Experience & Qualifications
- Proven experience working within public sector or similarly regulated environments
- Experience operating at a strategic level, working with senior stakeholders in complex organisations
- Strong background in business architecture, organisational design, or transformation
- Experience in business process modelling and implementation of business and ICT initiatives
- Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to explain complex concepts clearly
- Ability to influence and challenge constructively at senior levels
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making capabilities
- Project management certification (e.g., PRINCE2) or equivalent experience
- Degree in IT, Business or related discipline, or equivalent professional experience
- Business Analysis qualification (or equivalent experience)
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Why Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service?
- Agile Working – Flexible blend of office and home working to support work-life balance.
- Flexible Work Patterns – Family-friendly. Open to considering varying working patterns, including part-time options.
- Annual Leave – 26 days plus bank holidays and a Christmas concessionary day.
- Health & Wellbeing –
- Bupa membership & access to a dedicated Occupational Health team.
- Free gym access for employees.
- Blue Light Discount Card for shopping and dining.
- Professional Development – Access to both formal and informal training programs.
- Pension – Public service defined benefit pension scheme.
Further Information
We are an equal opportunities and Disability Confident employer, committed to fostering diversity. Applications are welcome from under-represented communities, and we are a Gold Employer for Armed Forces Covenant Commitments.
NFRS is committed to safeguarding children, young people, and adults at risk. The safer recruitment process applies.
The successful candidate will undergo a Standard Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check and Police Vetting, with applicants needing 3 years continuous UK residency for thePolice Vetting check.
No CVs accepted—application forms must be submitted.
Closing date: 17 July 2026 Interview dates: 3–6 August 2026
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