In line with our ‘Digital First’ agenda, we’ve modernised the Home Office caseworking process by digitising the customer journey through greater automation and better system integration.
Looking for an apprenticeship as a project manager, business analyst or infrastructure engineer? Want to work on some of the most fascinating digital, data and technology programmes in the market and in government? Apprenticeships are now open at the Home Office.
The Software Developer Accelerated Apprenticeship scheme at DDaT at the Home Office in both London and Manchester is now open for applications from existing civil servants. Career switcher, Ajay Mungur, recently graduated with distinction from his apprenticeship. He now works as a full-time associate software developer at the Home Office. He talks about his journey …
Sulthan Ahmed, Technical Lead and Lead Developer for DDaT at the Home Office, writes about never having to remember another password since the creation of a new design pattern to securely identify users. It’s been created by the Home Office and endorsed by the Government Digital Service (GDS).
People in DDaT at the Home Office are working on cutting edge stuff: Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform and Amazon Web Service across a number of platforms. Will McGeehin, Head of Software Engineering, talks about the evolving interpretations of DevOps at the Home Office and what you can do to get involved.
Deputy Director for Design and Research, Katy Arnold, describes the structured and repeatable approach CoLab in the Home Office uses to solve problems. Utilising a combination of user research and knowledge of Home Office operations, the approach is flexible, can be applied to a range of different problems and delivers diverse solutions.
As the DDaT Home Office Policy and Innovation Lab, called CoLab for short, celebrates its first birthday, user-centred design leaders, Adam Hardy and Katy Arnold, talk about what CoLab is and how it came to be.
Why Home Office Digital, Data and Technology are replacing commonly used cyber security terminologies ‘whitelisting’ and ‘blacklisting’ with racially neutral terms such as ‘allow list’ and ‘deny list’.
Life in lockdown has affected working practices in many ways. As the DesignOps team at the Home Office, we provide tools, resources and training to content and interaction designers. Right now, this means we’re busy trying to keep regular design …
The Home Office Digital Career Development programme offers an 18-month paid accelerated learning experience to those with a passion for user-centred digital services. You’ll follow a structured development path tailored to your chosen role with access to senior mentors and …
Robert Flanders, Cyber Programme Technical Lead talks about sharing cyber expertise and cross government collaboration. Sharing Cyber Expertise Cyber Security skills and capability are both key areas in which the Home Office is investing. As we do so, we have …
