Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service

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Office attendance will be required for an initial 2 weeks for

training and development. Attendance will be required twice a

week thereafter or as per business requirements.

Home working and flexible working opportunities are available

under our Agile working policy on agreement with Line

Manager.

About the job

Job summary

We have an exciting new opportunity for someone to join our Information Services Division as our Head of Digital Architecture. COPFS has over 2,500 users located in offices across Scotland and we provide a wide range of IT infrastructure, information systems and digital services to all our colleagues, external customers and criminal justice partners.

Your role will be to define and oversee our infrastructure systems operate in line with our digital corporate strategy as well as provide expert digital architectural governance and assurance.

You will be joining a team of seasoned IT professionals as well as those who are just starting out their career in a Civil Service IT role. You will be a critical member of our ISD Senior Leadership Team and have plenty of opportunities to utilise your skills and expertise to help lead in delivering a more effective and efficient digital service.

Job description

The Information Services Division (ISD) supports and delivers 

a range of efficient, resilient, innovative and secure digital 

services to enable COPFS to deliver its core services.

As our Head of Digital Architecture, you will be directly 

responsible for the design of COPFS digital and IT 

infrastructure systems.

You will contribute, connect and 

enable the implementation of digital corporate strategies and 

visions across COPFS as well as lead and evolve our digital 

architectural governance and assurance, identifying and 

addressing any architectural risks.

Person specification

As one of our Senior ISD Leaders, we’re looking for applicants who can evidence significant IT senior management experience 

having worked in a corporate or enterprise environment.

You should have knowledge and experience in the application of systems such as:

Microsoft Windows, Active Directory Management, Office 365, (Cloud Based) MS Azure, IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, (Domain and 

Applications Server) SAN’s, Network & telecommunications engineering, Firewalls and related security protocols, Virtualisation 

solutions, Desktops/Laptops/Tablets, Secure information architecture, Enterprise Patch Management, Web & Intranet applications 

infrastructure and services. 

Possession of global industry Microsoft, professional skills, IT infrastructure and architecture certification and qualifications such as 

TOGAF (The Open Group Architecture Framework) would also be beneficial.

Essential Criteria

Please note the competencies referred to in our application pack form the key essential criteria for the role. You will also be required to 

demonstrate:

• Experience of leading multiple digital architecture projects in a corporate or enterprise environment
• Broad range of expert technical support and architecture design knowledge across several IT infrastructure disciplines, 

including, server and domain platforms, networking, security, hardware and software

• Experience and application of infrastructure cloud-based architecture
• Understanding and application of architectural components, interrelationships and the principles and guidelines governing 

their design and evolution

• Design authority with the ability to make and guide architectural design authority decisions characterised by high levels of 

risk and complexity

• Ability to communicate with technical and non-technical stakeholders across all levels, including vendors and third party 

relationships.

• Ability to lead and guide others in creating technical designs that achieve organisational objectives.

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £62,701, Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service contributes £18,164 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

• We offer an excellent range of benefits which include:
• 25 days paid holiday + 11.5 public and privilege holidays (rising to 30 days paid holiday after 4 years).
• Generous Civil Service Pension employer contribution, on average over 28.97% of your pay
• £5,000 IT allowance
• Flexible working hours and family friendly approach to work.
• Cycle to Work Scheme and Season Ticket Loans.
• Employee Wellbeing Support with Mental Health First Aiders and access to an Employee Assistance Programme.

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

• Name : Ross McMillan
• Email : ross.mcmillan@copfs.gov.uk

Recruitment team

• Email : recruitment@copfs.gov.uk

Further information

https://www.copfs.gov.uk/about-copfs/careers/

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