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This is the 441st edition of Internet of Public Service Jobs - a weekly list of vacancies related to product management, agile and design in…you guessed it…‘public service’ curated by @jukesie

[01] Chief Digital Officer
Science Museum Group
Hybrid / London, Manchester,

I newslettered earlier. # – micropost 23087 i’ve been enjoying Lloyd’s recent ponderings about blogging. I’m also really enjoying the way this blog works these days, posting little nuggets that can get pulled into a aggregated post on a daily basis (or when I remember to hit the switch). Each of these ‘microposts’ exists as ... Keep reading

A week of good fortune with Content Design London training, the release of a new record from Reckless Yes and looking on the bright side of having to have a new roof on my house

A roadmap for successful AI adoption in Higher Education, from dxw: Higher education institutions are actively experimenting with AI to improve operational efficiency, yet approaches vary significantly across the sector. Institutions face complex issues including output accuracy, data privacy, and academic integrity – with some organisations establishing centralized AI task forces while others maintain department-led ... Keep reading

This is the 440th edition of Internet of Public Service Jobs - a weekly list of vacancies related to product management, agile and design in…you guessed it…‘public service’ curated by @jukesie

[01] Lead Content Designer
Ministry of Justice
Multiple UK locations

Ouch: Europe’s largest city council delays fix to disastrous Oracle system once more: Elected representatives of Birmingham City Council’s audit committee vented their frustration this week after hearing that the rollout of the IMS – designed to replace the council’s banking reconciliation system (BRS), which went so badly wrong after the April 2022 go-live of ... Keep reading

The latest update to the LocalGov CMS Directory sees continued growth in the use of Drupal in local government. Drupal is now used by 100 councils, which repesents almost a quarter of all councils in the UK and Ireland. Of this number 59 councils are using LocalGov Drupal, an open-source Drupal distribution. The 6 most […]

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This is the 439th edition of Internet of Public Service Jobs - a weekly list of vacancies related to product management, agile and design in…you guessed it…‘public service’ curated by @jukesie

[01] Head of Design
Essex County Council
Chelmsford / Hybrid
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Building understanding of software markets in local government from the Local Digital team: We’ve also identified through roundtable discussions and feedback from partners that managing effective procurements and successfully exiting technology contracts is a challenge, particularly where internal capacity or capability is limited. With local government reorganisation, new unitary authorities will need to consolidate systems, ... Keep reading

This is the content of the ‘article’ element of the email newsletter I sent last week. Publishing here for posterity. 2025 has been a pretty tumultuous year in local government digital, largely due to the impact of the Localism bill in late 2024 and the imminent (and indeed immanent) prospect of local government reorganisation. Following ... Keep reading

This is the 438th edition of Internet of Public Service Jobs - a weekly list of vacancies related to product management, agile and design in…you guessed it…‘public service’ curated by @jukesie

[01] Director of Digital and Data
Natural England
England
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A podcast with great colleagues about service and user-centred design, the power of saying no, and a reminder from the past about what the future could hold

Giles Turnbull: The strategy is enquiry What I’m suggesting is a new approach for the times when there’s a perceived need for a document called a “strategy”. It shouldn’t be a document full of “we will”; it should be a website full of “what we’re learning”. Use it to demonstrate your institutional capability to test ... Keep reading

This is the 437th edition of Internet of Public Service Jobs - a weekly list of vacancies related to product management, agile and design in…you guessed it…‘public service’ curated by @jukesie

[01] Director of Digital
East Midlands Combined County Authority
Derby

A mixed bag of recommendations this week - from music to managing finances, independent videogames to accessibility guidelines.

Have sent out my first newsletter on Email Octopus. It’s a nice system to use. # – micropost 23038 From daunting to demystified: The evolution of Service Assessments in DBT. # – micropost 23039

MacOS icon history. # – micropost 23027 The hidden fundamentals of digital transformation in healthcare: how to roll out nationally in a local system – by Jane Maber on the dxw blog: There’s no question that the technical challenge is real. Designing digital services that work for a national screening programme in a local environment ... Keep reading

Join me for a light-hearted hour of sharing challenges, ideas, and experience about innovating in local public services. Localise Live! takes place on the last Thursday of every month at 12pm until 1pm and is open to public sector people only. The sessions take place on Zoom, so make sure you have it downloaded and up ... Keep reading

This is the 436th edition of Internet of Public Service Jobs - a weekly list of vacancies related to product management, agile and design in…you guessed it…‘public service’ curated by @jukesie

[01] Head of Service Design and Delivery
Arts Council England

Brent’s Innovation Journey: Building a ‘Base’ for Local Government Innovation by Ryan Hamilton on the LOTI blog: At Brent, we’ve been trying to rethink how we tackle problems in a way that makes ‘innovation’ not just a buzzword, but a practical, everyday reality in local government. That journey led us to something exciting: We will ... Keep reading