Trainee business architect

Band 6 · Business architect · 412 job evaluation points

UK GDaD PCF level: Trainee business architect

Most often performed at Civil Service grade EO or HEO.

A trainee business architect supports the more senior business architect roles. They also receive training on the tasks they support so they can work on their own.
At this role level, you will:
develop your knowledge of the frameworks, practice, and principles of business architecture
work with other business architects to support the production of clear business architecture outputs
support during workshops and meetings with stakeholders in the organisation

Contains public sector information from the UK Government Digital and Data Profession Capability Framework (https://understand-digital-data-roles-skills.service.gov.uk/), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright.

Responsibilities

Learn business architecture methods, such as capability, value stream, and process modelling, through training and practice.
Gather information about services and care pathways through interviews, documents, and observation.
Draft capability maps and process models with guidance from business architects.
Help run workshops with clinicians, care staff, and managers, and write up the outputs.

Skills

Skill	Expected level	What this level means
Business architectureUK GDaD PCF	Awareness (1)	You can: show an awareness of business architecture frameworks, principles and techniques support the application of frameworks to business change in an organisation, under guidance
Communicating informationUK GDaD PCF	Awareness (1)	You can: listen to the needs of design and business stakeholders and interpret information take part in discussions within a multidisciplinary team
ConsultancyUK GDaD PCF	Awareness (1)	You can: show an understanding of the need for consulting in your role, and its purpose work under guidance to identify what advice, guidance and recommendations might be appropriate, usually by referring to previous work by others show an understanding of how to frame problems that need to be solved
Making and guiding decisionsUK GDaD PCF	Awareness (1)	You can: recommend decisions and describe the reasoning behind them identify and articulate technical disputes between direct peers and local stakeholders
Methods and toolsUK GDaD PCF	Awareness (1)	You can: follow advice to apply the most appropriate tools and techniques to support the planning, analysis, development, testing, implementation and improvement of systems and services
Strategic thinkingUK GDaD PCF	Awareness (1)	You can: explain the strategic context of your work and why it is important support strategic planning in an administrative capacity
Understanding health and care servicesThis reference	Working (2)	You can: explain the clinical and care workflows your work supports use common health care terms correctly with clinical and care colleagues recognise when a change could affect patient care and raise it
Clinical risk managementThis reference	Awareness (1)	You can: explain how health IT systems can harm patients, for example through wrong, missing, or delayed information report a possible clinical safety issue through the right route
Equality, diversity, and inclusionThis reference	Awareness (1)	You can: treat colleagues, patients, and the public with dignity and respect follow equality and inclusion policies
Information governance and data protectionThis reference	Awareness (1)	You can: follow the organisation's rules for handling personal and health information recognise and report a data breach or near miss

Typical qualifications and experience

A degree or equivalent experience in business, analysis, or a related subject.
Specialist training in business architecture methods, at postgraduate diploma level or equivalent experience.

Band 6 outline

Knowledge: Specialist knowledge across a range of procedures, built through further training or experience.
Autonomy: Works independently; interprets policy for own area; seeks advice on complex issues.
Scope: A product, service, or workstream.
Leadership: May lead a small team or mentor colleagues.
Accountability: Outcomes of own workstream and quality of advice given.

Job evaluation (illustrative)

Factor	Level	Level summary	Points
Communication and relationship skills	4	Gives complex, sensitive, or contentious information needing persuasion, negotiation, or training skills, or highly complex information.	32
Knowledge, training, and experience	6	Specialist knowledge across the range of the specialism (postgraduate diploma level or equivalent).	156
Analytical and judgemental skills	4	Judgements on complex facts or situations needing analysis, interpretation, and comparison of options.	42
Planning and organisational skills	3	Plans several complex activities, adjusting plans as needed.	27
Physical skills	2	Skills gained through practice, such as standard keyboard use or driving.	15
Responsibility for patient and client care	1	Helps patients, clients, or relatives during incidental contact.	4
Responsibility for policy and service development	3	Implements policies for own area and proposes changes that affect other areas.	21
Responsibility for financial and physical resources	1	Takes personal care of equipment and resources used in own work.	5
Responsibility for people	1	Shows own work routines to new or less experienced colleagues.	5
Responsibility for information resources	5	Designs and develops major information systems, or runs information systems for several services as the main duty.	34
Responsibility for research and development	2	Regularly does research, development, trials, or equipment and system testing as part of the job.	12
Freedom to act	4	Results are defined, but the job holder decides how to achieve them, within broad policy.	32
Physical effort	1	Sitting, standing, and walking, with little physical effort.	3
Mental effort	3	Frequent concentration on unpredictable work, or occasional prolonged concentration.	12
Emotional effort	1	Rare exposure, or occasional indirect exposure, to distressing circumstances.	5
Working conditions	2	Occasional unpleasant conditions, frequent travel or outdoor work, or near-continuous screen use on most days.	7
Total (Band 6: 396 to 465)			412

Banded above the UK GDaD PCF grade suggestion (Band 5): health-sector adverts place this role at Band 6. Knowledge is scored at the level the job needs once training is complete enough to do the work.