Job Description

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Location

Brighton, UK###

Hours

Full-time considered up to a maximum of 1.0 FTE (37.5 hours) Requests for flexible working options will be considered (subject to business need).###

Salary

Grade 8 up to 63,606 per annum, pro rata if part time. Please note: this role is currently subject to an additional market supplement taking the maximum salary to 79,084 until December 2026, when it will be reviewed.###

Contract Type

Permanent
About the role



Please note that this is a re-advertisement of this role - previous applicants need not re-apply. This is not a Data Engineering role.


University of Sussex has an exciting strategy over the next decade, and this is your opportunity to help shape and deliver a new data-focused future for our researchers, students and staff.


As a Data Architect you will be working across our project portfolios and initiatives to help people structure and use data more effectively, unlocking the value in the data to benefit the organisation.


You will work with data models and mappings, standards and products, build on plans to advance our data-related, reporting and analytic technologies, including use of AI, and provide lead support in projects around data migration and integration efforts.


You will be working with business stakeholders, Business Analysts, IT Services colleagues and across the wider University, including stakeholders at a variety of levels. There will also be opportunities to be involved in the development of data-related initiatives aligned with the Sussex 2035 strategy.



About you



You will come with demonstrable experience of working as a Data Architect (or similar role), with excellent knowledge and understanding of data and data-related solutions, models and approaches.

You will have excellent business and data analysis skills, communication skills suitable to work across all levels and be able to build a network of data-minded professionals across the University. You will also have relevant experience in data processing, reporting and analytics tools.

Working knowledge of Entity Relationship Modelling, DAMA-DMBOK, Archimate, BPMN, DMN, TOGAF and other architecture / process related standards would be helpful, as would experience of modelling tools.

About our Division





Led by our Chief Digital Technology Officer and his Leadership team, we are now embarking on an ambitious programme of change. Over the coming years, this digital transition will be an ever-developing programme supported by senior stakeholders both financially and strategically. This University will be a very different world in years to come and aspires to achieve levels of performance and digital delivery yet unseen in the sector.



All of this is underpinned by major construction and estate renewal, an exciting programme of work to add thousands of accommodation spaces, and a network replacement project to install the latest digital infrastructure as part of the journey towards a fully data-enabled organisation.



Why work here



Our university is situated off the A27, next to the beautiful South Downs where you will enjoy everything that our 150-acre campus has to offer. We are accessible by public transport; Falmer train station is a five-minute walk to campus and several bus stops are located within campus. We also have dedicated cycling paths and encourage our staff to use these with our offering of a cycle to work scheme.


Sussex is a renowned, multi-accredited, research-led International University and this is only possible because of the people that work here. Whether you are a member of Faculty, part of a Professional Services team or a Student, it's our people that make us great and we want you to be part of that.



Find out about our equality, diversity and inclusion



Further Key Information



Please contact Peter Collier (p.collier@sussex.ac.uk) for informal enquiries.


The University of Sussex values the diversity of its staff and students, and we welcome applicants from all backgrounds.



The University requires that work undertaken for the University is performed in the UK.


Visa Sponsorship Queries: This role may be eligible for sponsorship. Please consult our Skilled Worker Visa information page for further information about Visa Sponsorship.###


October 20, 2025 5:59 PM###

Expected Interview Date

To Be Confirmed. Via MS Teams###

Expected Start Date

As Soon As Possible###

Fixed Term Contract Duration

Not Applicable