Partial screenshot of a website displaying 3 open design positions: • Content design role in Berlin • UX researcher in Cologne • Service designer in Zurich • UI/UX specialist in Wiesbaden

#GovDesign job klaxon 🔔

There are 2 new roles listed on my mini job board for the German-speaking public sector.

German public broadcaster WDR is looking for a UX researcher in Cologne.

The City of Zürich has an open #serviceDesign position.

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verwaltungsgestaltung.de#positionen

Two mugs on a dark brown wood kitchen top. On the left is a white mug with grey capitalised text that reads 'HEAD OF MORALE'. On the right is a blue mug, with black text in a pale yellow circle that reads 'BEST DAD IN YORKSHIRE'.

This week - Human writing, meetups and mugs: #weeknotes #govdesign antonypoveda.design/weeknotes/21...

🌼 Enjoyed the onset of spring

⛷️ Did some skiing/snowboarding (some of us)

🐝 Lamented the shortcomings of Man City (some of us)

🥇 Came (joint) first in the fortnightly GDS email quiz, without cheating

6/6 #govdesign

🔏 Progressed recruitment of a permanent SEO level content designer

😱 Started to get our heads around GDS's move from Asana, Trello, etc. to Jira, and from Google to Microsoft

5/6 #govdesign

🤖 Explored using LLMs to flag potential content issues

✅ Drafted proposed updates to the Service Manual's governance model

🧹 Dusted off a blueprint for the gathering and sharing of good practice (in, you know, something like the Service Manual)

4/6 #govdesign

🗺️ Developed Service Manual plans for 26/27

🛠️ Made many small updates, fixes, corrections, stylistic improvements

🤓 Established a subject matter expert 'sense-check group' (not a proxy for community-led user-centred design, and not a 'sign off' board)

3/6 #govdesign

💍 Drafted a Service Manual proposition, bit like the GOV.UK one, to be clear about the Service Manual's scope, and what it is and isn't for. We're aiming to publish this in the Service Manual, alongside our backlog

2/6 #govdesign

As a public servant I write notes to show what me and my team are doing with the #GDS Service Standard & Service Manual. In the last week or three we have, among other things...

📚 Drafted Service Manual guidance updates in line with April's major Digital Assurance changes

1/6 #govdesign

Vertigo - 9 to 13 March

As a public servant, I'm trialling writing weekly notes to let people see what I do. #weeknotes #govdesign
This week: Vertigo
antonypoveda.design/weeknotes/14...

Interesting job here for a UK-based user researcher who wants to work on something that matters led by the wonderful @cathydutton.co.uk
#GovDesign

Requirement - 23 to 27 February

As a public servant, I'm trying out writing weekly notes to let people see what I do. #weeknotes #govdesign
This week: antonypoveda.design/weeknotes/28...

🔭 Next up: sharpen the plan for 26/27. Look at what more we can get and do with performance data. Keep building the case for doing things differently.

#govdesign 6/6

🛏️ Discussed how to embed user-centred design into the Service Transformation programme’s strategy, structure and operations, with its Lead Product Manager and Lead Content Designer.

#govdesign 5/6

🔎 Reviewed research and performance data insights from Q3 to identify potential future priorities, with feedback from team on how to improve next time.

#govdesign 4/6

🤓 Putting together a subject matter expert 'sense-check group' for potential Service Manual changes.

🎯 Drafted OKRs for the next couple of quarters, which we’ll discuss at Service Transformation programme’s away day in Manchester on Monday.

#govdesign 3/6

🩰 Planning for turning our long‑term vision into practical steps we can actually start delivering now and over the next year or so.

#govdesign 2/6

As a public servant I write regular notes to show what my team and I are doing with GDS's Service Standard & Service Manual. In the last week or two we have...

🛠️ Completed many fixes, updates, corrections, stylistic improvements across the Service Manual.

#govdesign 1/6

I’ve been leading Design Sprint work in Manchester with DBT and GDS over the past few days. It’s been great seeing this type of x-gov collaboration happening again. In person ideation moving into prototyping and user research over the next few weeks …hope to share more of this work soon #govdesign

Realistic - 16 to 20 February

As a public servant, I'm trialling writing weekly notes to let people see what I do. This week: Realistic antonypoveda.design/weeknotes/22...
#govdesign #weeknote

Partial screenshot of a website displaying 4 open design positions: • Content design role in Berlin • User research ops working student in Berlin • Service designer and project lead in digital government in Potsdam • Accessibility specialist in Northern Germany

Another #govDesign job klaxon 🔔

At @digitalservice.bund.de, we are looking for a mid-level #contentDesign er and a working-student #userResearch er to join us.

It’s been a while since we opened these roles, so I am really excited about listing these:

verwaltungsgestaltung.de#positionen

Partial screenshot of a website displaying 2 open design positions: • Service designer and project lead in digital government in Potsdam • Accessibility specialist in Northern Germany

#Accessibility #GovDesign job klaxon 🔔

State-owned digital outcome provider Dataport is looking for #A11y testers with a background in human-computer interaction or #UX design. Candidates can apply for various cities across northern and eastern Germany.

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verwaltungsgestaltung.de#positionen

A red book with plain typography reading “Eight Decades of British Design: Design Council 1944 to Today” — with the second part blind embossed, while the first is black on red

Your work is in here, @markhurrell.bsky.social, and you get mentioned in the text, @loudowne.bsky.social, together with @benterrett.bsky.social.

Lovely #GovDesign documentation.

For those interested in the posters, you can find them on the blog: designnotes.blog.gov.uk/2019/09/18/n...

The big extra benefit of this role:

You get to work with @simonecarrier.bsky.social and the great #GovDesign people she has assembled around her.

Partial screenshot of a website displaying 2 open design positions: • Service designer and project lead in digital government in Potsdam • UX specialist at the tax and revenue office Kassel

#DesignJob klaxon 📯

There is a brand-new #ServiceDesign job opening at @digital-agentur.de in Potsdam. It includes #UserResearch & #GovDesign stakeholder work. The position is a parental leave cover until April 2027

There’s also a UX specialist role in Kassel

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verwaltungsgestaltung.de#positionen

A mockup of a poster for our proposed competition. The 4 hosts and judges of the original 'bakeoff' TV show are behind a table covered in a blue and white checked table cloth. On the tables are various incredible cakes and fancy looking buns. The faces of the hosts have been covered by the logos for GOV.UK, DWP, Scottish Government, Home Office and Ministry of Justice. We've clumsily edited the original bakeoff logo to read 'Great Design System Bakeoff' by pasting over the word 'British'.

As a public servant, I'm trialling writing weekly notes to let people see what I do (while learning how to build a website): antonypoveda.design/weeknotes/14... #govdesign #weeknote

🤖 Added requirements to the Service Standard for service teams to

- have someone on/available to the team who fully understands how AI works & the impact of using it
- assess impact of AI on user experience, inclusion & the reliability of info & decisions

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4/4 #govdesign

📋 Surveyed GDS content designers on joining up services with GOV.UK and analysed responses

3/4 #govdesign

🧰 Welcomed 3x contractor Content Designers who have cracked through stylistic improvements, fixes, corrections across 40+ pages, and are now picking up heftier stuff

🚿 Developed content workflow

2/4 #govdesign

As a public servant I write #weeknotes / #monthnotes to show what my team and I are doing with #GDS ’s Service Standard & Service Manual. Recently we've...

🔭 Set the vision for 'Service Manual 2030'

1/4 #govdesign

In today's episode of #FixTheForms, I'm delighted to welcome new guidance from the German government on good #FormDesign #GovDesign

Thanks @paulpistorius.bsky.social for all your hard work on this

... a couple of extra points coming up
(1/n, n=5)