I’m Kit, and I work in the digital team at the Department for Work and Pensions. I’m really passionate about diversity in the workplace and particularly about increasing the number of women working in digital.
Hi, I’m Poppy. I joined the Digital Engagement team as a content designer in June 2016. Since I joined the team, I’ve worked with many experienced content designers. They’ve given me some brilliant advice along the way, and in turn …
Hi, I'm Zoe Gould. I'm a Lead Product Owner and Deputy Head of Role for the Product Management Profession in the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).
I'm Geraint Williams, Product Owner for DWP's Digital Claimant and Activity Messaging Service (DCAMS) which was launched just over a year ago. The cloud-hosted digital application enables 20,000 Jobcentre Plus work coaches to manage their caseload more effectively, and has improved the …
As a woman working in digital technology and a member of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender* (LGBT*) community, I’m a minority within a minority.
Hi, I'm Michala Hare, product owner for the Apply for a Budgeting Loan service. We launched the private beta of the service on 1 February 2016. Discovery and alpha had taught us to keep the transaction simple, quick and accessible …
Hi, I’m Hayley Goldthorpe, Lead Business Analyst (BA) at DWP. In the 12 months I’ve been at DWP, the team has done a lot of work to bring the community of BAs together, and this culminated in a series of …
Microservices architectures are transforming the way we build our software applications in DWP. It’s something we’ve been successfully using on Universal Credit, which I’m proud to say is one of the largest users of microservices in Europe. The concept – …
Hi, I’m Joy Bramfitt-Wanless, Service Manager for the Check your State Pension service. It’s an online service that helps people plan for and think about their retirement by giving them a personalised view of the amount of state pension they can …
In DWP we’re passionate about inspiring the next generation about technology skills and careers. So earlier this month we worked with pupils from Sacred Heart Primary school, Islington and Clwyd Primary school, Swansea to show how coding is child’s play.
