Design once, reuse everywhere
Design once, reuse everywhere
We’ve helped build the Gov Reuse Library, a digital library storing reusable design products and services for colleagues across central and local government to use.
Running our first remote design crit
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Mariana Viegas Bennett, Sue Spevack, Interaction Designer and Karwai Pun, Posted on:
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Content, Design
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 …
Want to work on digital services that matter?
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 …
Sharing Cyber Expertise
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Robert Flanders, Posted on:
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controlling exposure, cyber security, digital risk and intelligence, Threat hunting, threat intelligence
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 …
Apprentices - making an impact at Home Office Digital Data and Technology
With skills in Digital, Data and Technology in high demand, the Home Office has a vision to establish a sustained, high quality flow of entry-level resources across all DDaT job families. Building our Civil Service workforce We know we need …
DDaT Apprentices demonstrate an amazing level of skill
I’m the Director of Enterprise Technology, responsible for technology strategy delivering cross-cutting services in the Home Office. When the opportunity arose to have an apprentice, I jumped at the chance as I was building a new function in the …
Developing my career
I first joined the Home Office in 2013. Prior to that I was an Administrative Officer at the Ministry of Justice. I’ve been and Administrative Officer in Asylum Casework and a Safeguarding Manager, protecting vulnerable asylum seekers from harm. I …
Bridging the gaps - kick starting my career as a Business Analyst
Jen Byrne, Business Analyst Apprentice talks about her experience as a Business Analyst Apprentice working in the Cyber Security Programme. My career has taken many twists and turns; I studied Ancient History at university but quickly realised that it was …
Riddle me this: ‘Ooo, advanced, clearly!’
Who would put ‘Croydon’ and ‘Ada Lovelace’ together? Well, if you solved this riddle - you! If you spotted the anagram in the title and you know what’s special about 9 October, it might be time for a new career. …
Twists Interns into Digital - welcome to our new cohort
Last week I hosted the Home Office DDaT induction week for our 5th cohort of interns. As the programme lead I feel privileged to be guiding our new digital interns through the first phases of their civil service careers. Over …
Getting meta in Research Operations: researching researchers
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Lisa Perez, Posted on:
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Data, Design, Recruitment, Research Operations, User research
How do you improve a service? By making sure that you understand your users' needs. In the Home Office, this type of understanding comes through conducting user research. But what if your users are researchers? Then you’re probably working …