👋 An important new role here: Principal Service Designer - Service Transformation, to join a supportive team in the Chief Digital Office at Defra. The closing date to apply is 3 September. Do take a look or share 👀 #GovDesign #ServiceDesign www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi...

🚨 6PM, WED 25 June 🚨 Join us for the seventh TGT at the MoJ or online, with: * Antonio Weiss on his new book, "AI Demystified" * ​Becky Miller, Defra, on designing policy with complex evidence lu.ma/jkd8jbzu Please share! Thanks 🙏.

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Speakers Antonio Weiss on his new book, "AI Demystified" Becky Miller, Defra, on designing policy with complex evidence live stream will be here : …

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Afternoon all :) After 5 years in my role in Defra, I'm going to be leaving this June to take up a new role as Director General of Civil Service Reform and Efficiency in the @cabinetofficeuk.bsky.social

Good blog post by Becky, Anne and Robin at Defra: ‘Designing policy with complex evidence’ Shows the value design can co-create in the policy space when tackling ‘wicked problems’ (and aren’t they all in government). publicpolicydesign.blog.gov.uk/2025/05/08/d...

Designing policy with complex evidence

Farming policy design experts from Defra get to grips with making sense of complexity.

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Brilliant there’s a new design principle for sustainability: Point 11. Minimise environmental impact. Well done to all involved 💚 #GovDesign #ServiceDesign services.blog.gov.uk/2025/04/02/a...

Adding sustainability to the Government Design Principles

We’re adding a new design principle for sustainability. This will help teams take responsibility and ownership for the sustainability of services.

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✨ The Government Design Principles have been updated, adding 'Minimise environmental impact' 🌳 🪨 They are an invaluable cornerstone for government's user-centred digital work. 👀 Blog post: services.blog.gov.uk/2025/04/02/a... 👀 Principles: www.gov.uk/guidance/gov... #govdesign

GDS is hiring a senior content designer to work on the Service Standard and Service Manual. £56,070 - £70,219 Deadline end of Wednesday. www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi... #govdesign

🚨 ONE WEEK TODAY 🚨 Data Bites #54, an environment/sustainability special! With: - DWP's Ishmael Burdeau on digital sustainability - @climateemergencyuk.bsky.social @mysociety.org on climate scorecards - @lizlutgendorff.bsky.social on tracking waste Join us: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/data-bites...

Data Bites #54

Data Bites #54

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I am looking for a Lead Product Manger to come and work with us on the Funding service. The Funding Service is the whole end-to-end system for delivering education funding to providers. This year, the service will play a role in delivering £76bn to 25,000 education providers. lnkd.in/eTEZhm7H

Service patterns can offer ways to design services more effectively and efficiently. Read more in this new ‘Services in Government’ blog post by #GovDesign collaborators and feedback on the prototype they are sharing this #ServicesWeek services.blog.gov.uk/2025/03/19/d...

Developing service patterns - reusable designs for building government services

This blog post describes what a service pattern is, how this one was made, how we think it could help design better services, and what we’d like to do next.

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Brilliant and insightful #ServicesWeek session on 'designing for people who've experienced domestic abuse' by @peterscottreid.bsky.social and the LAA team today. Services Week is such a valuable way of learning about what work is being delivered across public sector, from the teams actually doing it

DfE has published a plain language standard to support teams in digital delivery. We worked in the open, shared with GDS, and are exploring whether it can help add weight to the use of plain language: dfedigital.blog.gov.uk/2025/03/19/i...

How can we protect our practice in these unsettling times? In our opening talk at the #UserNeedsFirst Amsterdam conference, @karakane-kk.bsky.social and I will be talking about how not to let things get undone. Join us and hundreds of #GovDesign​ers on 9 April! userneedsfirst.yellenge.nl/program/

The Cabinet Office Test, Learn and Grow team are hiring 11 roles across product, delivery management, data analysis and design. Come work with us on public sector reform! www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/index.cg...

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Hey UK #GovDesign​ers, Looking at the schedule for next week’s #ServicesWeek, I’m getting a massive FOMO here. You folks are so lucky to have such terrific sessions coming your way!

Get involved with Services Week 2025

Services Week is back 17 March to 21 March 2025 and the theme for 2025 is people-centred services. Designing effective public services starts with innovation, a strong understanding of what people nee...

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I'm running some 🗺️ #MapsInServices sessions for #ServicesWeek 2025! Running 17-21 March, there will be 5 sessions, running from 9.30am-10.30am Monday-Friday. We'll be aiming to draft a page of Map Design principles for the GOV.UK Service Manual. 🎟️ Sign up: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/maps-in-se...

Maps In Services: Services Week workshops

Join our Services Week workshops and help us create some design principles for the use of maps in public services.

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🎉 We've just published big new Service Manual guidance, defining what a government service is. This helps people know when their work is part of a service, and what standards and guidance apply. 💪 www.gov.uk/service-manu... #govdesign #gds

#ServicesWeek 2025, 17-21 March, will feature around 80 sessions from 20+ organisations. Great the annual event series for people working in the public sector is returning for the seventh year to grow skills, knowledge and networks 👍 Get involved: services.blog.gov.uk/2025/01/30/g...

Get involved with Services Week 2025

Services Week is back 17 March to 21 March 2025 and the theme for 2025 is people-centred services. Designing effective public services starts with innovation, a strong understanding of what people nee...

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Devastated by the sudden loss and passing of our dear friend Vicky. She was a kind, thoughtful and all round amazing person. So much integrity and sincerity Thinking of you Vicky ❤️ @vickytnz.bsky.social

Hello 🙂 I'm looking for my next public sector role and would appreciate your support. Let me know if you hear of anything or wanna catch up. #OpenToWork 💼 Preferably agile delivery manager. 📜 Open to contract, permanent or temporary roles. 🌎 Remote or based in Manchester, London or Sheffield.

#ServicesWeek to return for its seventh year ✨ Please share and save the date: 17 to 21 March 2025 This event series aims to grow service literacy and is open to all UK public servants. Take part if you can! #ServiceDesign #GovDesign #LocalGov #LocalDigital services.blog.gov.uk/2024/12/19/s...

Services Week is back for 2025

Services Week is an annual event hosted by the Government Digital and Data community, bringing together professionals from across the UK public sector.

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It's me! And, more importantly, my Policy colleague Holly. Because Policy should be embedded in every cross-functional team in gov.

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🚨 NEW @transformgovtalks.bsky.social EVENT 🚨 5.30 for 6pm, Thu 5 Dec With: - @cthimon.bsky.social & Holly Simpson, MoJ, on Product development in a changing policy landscape - Isadora Schappell & Anna Goulden, @ucl-iipp.bsky.social, on missions & capability Join us at MoJ or online lu.ma/4gdplw35

We're expanding the Service Manual on GOV.UK to all user groups + all service transformation topics. It needs to be broader to be effective. And gaps to fill include leadership, sustainability, continuous improvement when live... Help keep it up to date: www.gov.uk/service-manu... #govdigital

Propose a change to the Service Manual - Service Manual - GOV.UK GOV.UK

How to suggest an addition or improvement to the Service Manual.

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I'm excited to share that we're looking for 2 passionate and motivated senior service designers to join the Home Office Policy and Innovation Lab (CoLab). One is a permanent role, and the other is a fixed-term 12-month role. Apply by Wed 27th Nov www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi...

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I am loving the blogging activity from MHCLG lately, and this is a great provocation for a post-Budget Friday mhclgdigital.blog.gov.uk/2024/10/30/w... - skipping to the weekend with daydreams of solve-a-whole-problem systems-level policy design bouncing round my brain.

What might a Policy Standard in government look like?

Government is becoming more familiar with doing user-centred policy design, whether in creating programmes, support interventions, funding or even legislation. This post discusses the potential for a ...

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5 x Senior (G7) Service Designer roles now live in DfE Digital, Data and Technology £56,353 (National) / £60,373 (London) With up to an allowance of up to £19,400 capability-based pay. See advert for more information. Closes 30th October 2024 www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/index.cg...

Senior Service Designer - Civil Service Jobs - GOV.UKGOV.UK

Search and apply for jobs in the UK Civil Service

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Designer Becky Miller from Defra writes about the challenges and opportunities of designing greener public policies and services 🌱 #GovDesign #ServiceDesign #SystemsThinking publicpolicydesign.blog.gov.uk/2024/09/26/h...

How can we design greener policies?

Designer Becky Miller from Defra writes about the challenge of designing greener public policies and services.

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This is great from Defra - "In Defra we’re testing a new approach to service ownership […] This is our priority, to better understand whole services, how they’re performing and how we’ll make strategic decisions about how best to deliver them to our users" defradigital.blog.gov.uk/2024/10/08/d...

Defra group digital and data transformation strategy: how we’re making our services better

David Caldwell, Defra’s Deputy Director for Digital Transformation, provides an update on the work underway to transform digital services in Defra. It has been a while since we last shared what we’re ...

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Some reckons tl;dr capability building is Change. E-learning, memorising terminology from Agile Frameworks or chalk and talk will not get us where we need to be. medium.com/21st-century...

What should Digital* Government do next

My Reckons for Jeni

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