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🚀 We’ve recently launched a new technology strategy for Parliament. Read our interview with PDS’s Chief Technology Officer, telling us how it was developed and what big changes we might see > pds.blog.parliament.uk/2025/…
PDS’s Head of Architecture blogs about enterprise architecture and explains why this approach is crucial in guiding a complex organisation like Parliament to make the right technology decisions > pds.blog.parliament.uk/2025/…
The latest stage of PDS’s work to improve Parliament’s transparency registers has focused on improving how the information is presented to those most interested in analysing it, for example researchers and journalists.
Read our new blog ⬇️ pds.blog.parliament.uk/2024/…
Interested in working for PDS?
Parliament is holding a recruitment fair on 7th Nov. The PDS recruitment team will be there to talk to you about different roles, the skills you’ll need, and what it’s like to work here.
Register for a free ticket 🎟️: tickets.parliament.uk/timesl…
ALT Recruitment Fair 7th November 24 Westminster Hall Tech makes Parliament happen Pictured is Westminster Hall with stalls and people visiting them.
Parliament publishes a lot of different content for lots of different audiences. It’s really important that all our content is clear and accessible. So today we’ve launched our first content policy. Find out more from our Head of Content, Joe > pds.blog.parliament.uk/2024/…
Find out about PDS’s Transforming Digital team, the things we’ve been working on in this area and where we're headed next > pds.blog.parliament.uk/2024/…
Being open about mistakes doesn’t come naturally to a lot of people. In many areas of life, we’re encouraged to always present the best version of ourselves. Showing fallibility at work can be particularly tough. [1] 🧵
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It's not that we celebrate mistakes, but we do approach them with a growth mindset. We learn from them. And spotting mistakes early can allow us to fix issues quickly, saving time and money in the long-term. [5]
Libby Kurien blogs about her team's experience of creating a healthy mistakes culture, promoting a growth mindset, and improving the health of the team.
Read the full blog > pds.blog.parliament.uk/2024/… [6]
We’re excited to launch the UK Parliament’s new Information and Digital strategy today.
For the first time, we’re bringing together information, data and digital into one strategy – a huge milestone for Parliament.
Read our blog post to find out more ⬇️
pds.blog.parliament.uk/2024/…
We’re hiring a management accountant. Could this be you?
Working across departments, you’ll manage budgets and ensure financial compliance, helping the UK Parliament to run smoothly, function efficiently and operate transparently.
Find out how to apply:
housesofparliament.tal.net/v…
ALT Management Accountant. £41,340-£47,975. Apply by 29 April. Tech makes Parliament happen. UK Parliament Digital Service. A woman is pictured. She is sitting at a table, looking at her laptop and talking on the phone.
We’ve been thinking recently about how we can attract and retain digital talent. 👩🏻💻👨🏾💻
Our aim is to reach people who might not think of Parliament as a place to have a digital career.
Read our blog post to find out how we're doing this ⬇️
pds.blog.parliament.uk/2024/…
Interested in working in a team that’s helping to digitise our democracy? 👩🏻💻
We’re looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer. You'll work on products that help meet the customer needs of Parliament – from MPs to staff and the wider public.
Find out more: housesofparliament.tal.net/v…
ALT Text: Senior DevOps Engineer, £56,180 - £66,497 (Exc. £4000 market sector allowance) Apply by 11 FEB 2024. Tech makes Parliament happen. Image: a PDS colleague – a Black women with a laptop and headset taking a call in the office space.
Read a blog post about how we tackled the challenge of keeping the parliamentary community up to date – but not overloaded – with the latest changes and updates to the digital tools we use in Parliament.
pds.blog.parliament.uk/2023/…
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Read a new blog post about how colleagues from @UKParliament came together to deliver a new intranet for Parliament.
Read how the team used content design principles and user research to build ParliNet from the ground up:
pds.blog.parliament.uk/2023/…
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We’ve been working to improve our offer to people in technical roles, helping them build careers that bring long-term rewards and challenges.
Read more about the Parliamentary Digital Careers Toolkit and the benefits it's bringing to our teams.
pds.blog.parliament.uk/2023/…
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Join us for our next PD Session where @ad_greenway will host a conversation on Digital and Democracy on Tuesday 19th September at 6.30pm (BST).
Andrew will be joined by @DigitalDanCook from @ParliDigital amongst other guests speakers.
Register here: pdsessionsdigitalanddemocrac…