Clarion Housing Group
Clarion Housing Group
1,001 – 5,000 Employees
Non-profitReal EstateSocial Impact
Clarion Housing Group is a housing association working across real estate, nonprofit services, and social impact. It provides homes for around 350,000 people and develops more than 2,000 new homes each year. Through Clarion Futures, its charitable foundation, the organisation also helps residents access employment opportunities, improve neighbourhoods, and support sustainability initiatives. Its work is focused on expanding access to affordable, suitable housing and strengthening the life opportunities that a secure home can provide.

AI Architect – Microsoft AI Governance | Clarion Housing Group

Shape Clarion Housing Group’s safe and governed adoption of Microsoft AI. Lead Copilot architecture, security, compliance and responsible AI operating models.

Description

  • Build the foundations for safe, responsible and scalable AI adoption across Clarion.
  • Create standards, controls and assurance methods that support reliable AI delivery.
  • Translate data readiness, identity, security, licensing, compliance and user-enablement needs into practical delivery requirements.
  • Design AI solutions that are secure by default, technically robust and consistent with enterprise architecture.
  • Direct AI demand toward valuable opportunities, including Microsoft Copilot and emerging agentic AI applications.
  • Limit duplicated effort, uncontrolled experimentation and fragmentation across the AI estate.
  • Develop AI engineering capability through mentoring within the Modern Workplace team.
  • Collaborate with architecture and engineering colleagues to deliver AI across a governed Microsoft 365 environment.
  • Coordinate with Digital Governance, Commercial, Risk, Legal, Data Protection and Information Security stakeholders.
  • Increase confidence in responsible AI and help teams develop ideas into controlled, sustainable solutions.

Requirements

  • Microsoft AI certification or equivalent practical expertise.
  • Demonstrated experience designing and delivering enterprise AI and Microsoft Copilot solutions.
  • Working knowledge of putting AI governance into day-to-day operation.
  • Experience identifying and managing risks involving data protection, hallucinations and bias.
  • Ability to establish sound foundations for data, identity, security and compliance.
  • Comfortable partnering with Risk, Legal, Data Protection and Information Security functions.
  • Experience developing AI impact assessments and operating models.
  • Strong command of Microsoft 365 Copilot, Copilot Studio, Purview, sensitivity labels, DLP, Entra ID and tenant boundary controls.
  • Programming literacy in PowerShell and Python.
  • Familiarity with prompt engineering and agent design.
  • Must have UK work eligibility; visa sponsorship is unavailable.
  • Must live in England or Wales throughout the employment period.

Benefits

  • Hybrid working model.
  • Flexible working arrangements.
  • Flexible options for a 36-hour working week.
  • Opportunities to join in-person team meetings, workshops and stakeholder engagement events.

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