People and skills

Podcast: International Women’s Day

GDS team, 9 March 2020 - People and skills, Podcast

For March's episode of the GDS Podcast, Laura Stevens, Creative Content Producer at GDS, interviewed 9 people from across the organisation based on IWD’s theme "Each for Equal".

GDS and the gender pay gap

Suganya Sivaskantharajah, 6 March 2020 - People and skills

At GDS we have measured our gender pay gap and created an action plan to tackle it. Here’s how we analysed the gender pay gap, identified areas for improvement, and chose actions to close the gap.

GDS' Time to Change pledge

Ben Carpenter - Inclusive services lead, 27 February 2020 - People and skills

Read about the progress we’re making at GDS with our Time To Change pledges. We’re aiming to change the way we think and act about mental and physical wellbeing, both vital for people to be happy and productive at work and home.

Podcast: Mental wellbeing at GDS

GDS team, 27 November 2019 - People and skills, Podcast

In November's episode of the GDS podcast, Laura Stevens, Writer at GDS, speaks to Ben Carpenter, Inclusive Services Lead at GDS, about mental health first aiders, how to run a mental health network and how it works at GDS.

What it’s like to be part of the DDaT Fast Stream and how you can apply

Anna Goss - Governance and assurance lead and Kevin Xu - Assistant Private Secretary, Director General's team, 26 September 2019 - People and skills

Applications for the Digital, Data and Technology Fast Stream programme are now open. In this post, Anna and Kevin – Fast Streamers based at GDS – talk about their experiences of the scheme and share their tips for applying.

Developing a learning approach for the content design profession

Laura Billings - Community lead, GDS, 2 September 2019 - Content design, People and skills

The content community team is working to build effective, adaptable and scalable learning experiences for content designers across the public sector. Here's what we're doing to make learning work for everyone.

Emerging techies: Summer Diversity interns at GDS

GDS team, 22 August 2019 - People and skills

Over the summer, GDS welcomed 6 interns from the Summer Diversity Internship Programme. They’re all undergraduates or recent graduates, from diverse backgrounds, with a varied set of interests and career goals. Here’s what they’ve been up to as part of their internship.

How we started the 'Muslims at GDS' community

Dilwoar Hussain - Senior frontend developer and Arfah Farooq, 20 August 2019 - People and skills

Arfah Farooq, a community development manager, and Dilwoar Hussain, a senior frontend developer, explain their personal motivations behind starting the 'Muslims at GDS' community, and share their top tips for setting up a community.

Why you should set up a service community

Kuba Bartwicki - Designer, 13 August 2019 - People and skills, Ways of working

Service communities are networks of people from across the public sector who work together to design and deliver an end-to-end service. Here are the benefits that setting up a service community can bring, and how to get started.

How we organise monthly mental wellbeing Q&As for GDS staff

Ben Carpenter - Inclusive services lead, 29 July 2019 - People and skills, Ways of working

The GDS mental health network exists to provide our colleagues with the mental health support and information they need. We do this in a variety of ways. One of them are regular, anonymous, peer-led mental wellbeing Q&As. In this post, you will read about how we organise them and how to ensure they’re a success.

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