I have always loved art and design, but following this passion as a career didn’t seem possible until I joined the Ministry of Justice. Since 2021, I have been re-training as a designer, having previously worked as a Business Support …
My name is Ian Tidmarsh and I'm Lead Business Analyst for Justice Digital - HMPPS. Business Analysts work in multi-disciplinary teams, alongside other digital professionals. We solve problems. We identify, analyse and look to understand different aspects of an organisation: …
It’s a bit of a long one this week in celebration of a two-part anniversary at Justice Digital (so grab a cuppa!). We are marking (over!) 20 years of our technology teams, 10 years of our digital teams and thinking …
Before joining LAA Digital, I worked in the Higher Education sector teaching Computer Science at a Midlands University. It wasn’t something I’d planned or aspired to, but I fell in love with the role and the opportunity to shape the …
Recently, my leadership team and I made a commitment to spend more time understanding our users and their context. To that end I spent time this week with colleagues at the Legal Aid Agency (LAA) to better understand what their …
“For the MoJ to thrive as an organisation, it must reflect the society it serves at every level” - MoJ Social Mobility Strategic Plan 2019-2022 At the heart of the MoJ is the belief that diverse backgrounds can bring fresh …
I started working for MoJ in 1993 as an AA/Band F and am now a G6, I have had a variety of operational and corporate HQ roles. I stayed because I loved what I was doing and I can honestly …
I started out as a linguist. I remember when I was at school, whenever people would ask me what I wanted to do and my answer was “languages”, they always asked, “Oh, do you want to be a bilingual secretary?”. …
As a civil servant of nearly 20 years, I thought all of Government was the same. However, just over 4 years ago I discovered a place where things are done a little differently. I work for the Ministry of Justice …
I have to admit, the term ‘Business Analyst’ doesn’t sound particularly interesting. It’s not even very descriptive; my own parents don’t really understand what I do. Analyse the business, perhaps? Look at processes, write business cases, monitor value-add with KPIs …
