Skip to content
Updated How AI-exposed are the skills employers are hiring for? See the data →

From the employer's careers site First seen 26 Oct 2026

Business Architect

Office for National Statistics Newport and 6 other locations
All 7 locations
  • Newport, Caerphilly County Borough, South East, Wales
  • Titchfield, Hampshire, South East, England
  • Manchester, Greater Manchester, North West, England
  • City of Westminster, Greater London, England
  • Darlington, County Durham, North East, England
  • Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland, Scotland
  • Belfast, Antrim, Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland
Hybrid senior Flexible

Salary

GBP 56,861 - 66,704 per year

Apply on Office for National Statistics

Description

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) is recruiting an experienced Business Architect to support the Census 2031, a once-in-a-decade opportunity to capture a complete picture of everyone living in England and Wales.

As a Business Architect, you will lead business architecture across the programme, translating strategic objectives into effective business design and delivery. You will work with senior leaders, shape transformation initiatives, support decision-making, and provide expert guidance on complex business challenges and solutions.

Responsibilities:

  • Support executive-level work and management of the business architecture practice
  • Guide others in using business architectural tools and methods
  • Understand and apply business architectural principles, techniques, and tools to business scenarios
  • Create business architecture artefacts, including abstract representations of the organisation
  • Develop standard and scalable models to collect, aggregate, or disaggregate complex information

Person Specification:

  • Business architecture (Practitioner): Apply and develop business architecture frameworks, principles, and techniques
  • Methods and Tools (Practitioner): Build capability in methods and tools
  • Stakeholder relationship management (Practitioner): Work with stakeholders to develop and implement communication strategies
  • Strategic design and Business Change (Practitioner): Demonstrate understanding of business issues and their impact
  • Strategic thinking (Practitioner): Define strategies and policies, providing guidance to others

Benefits:

  • Salary: £56,861 - £66,704 per year
  • Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme contribution: £16,472

Inclusion & Accessibility:

  • ONS is an inclusive, equal opportunities employer and a Disability Confident Leader

Skills

Required

  • business architecture
  • strategic design
  • stakeholder relationship management

Nice to have

  • Business Architecture Guild membership

Ready to apply?

You apply with the employer directly. Their original posting is here: https://www.jobsgopublic.com/job/business-architect-109053

Apply on Office for National Statistics