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I'm a civil servant and I... work for Canada Revenue Agency

Posted by: Nick Frate and Russell Barnes, Posted on: 17 December 2015 - Categories: Our Civil Service
Canada Revenue Agency headquarters

In a guest post Nick Frate from the Canadian Revenue Agency talks about the things he's learned and life as a public servant in Canada.

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I'm a civil servant and I... save lives

Posted by: Mo Desai and Russell Barnes, Posted on: 13 August 2015 - Categories: Our Civil Service
Mo Desai of DFID, with helicopter and overseas officials behind.

...vital to my job today. Before joining the Civil Service, I worked in accountancy. While obviously very important to any business or service, this didn’t quite give me the rush...

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I’m a civil servant... and I’m a Mystery Shopper!

Posted by: Andie Beavan and Russell Barnes, Posted on: 23 March 2015 - Categories: Commercial skills
Andie Beavan working on the CCS project board

...I’m still looking after suppliers, but it is more to do with what happens if the procurement process goes wrong – we’re the commercial troubleshooters for government. Rules that exclude...

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I’m a civil servant… and I help young people into work

Posted by: David Gigg, Posted on: 20 March 2015 - Categories: Diversity and inclusion, Our Civil Service
Movement to Work logo and participating employers

Cabinet Office's David Gigg is on a year's secondment to Movement to Work, a programme supported by some of the country's largest employers - including the Civil Service - that is helping young people into jobs by providing high-quality work experience.

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I'm a civil servant... and I work on space programmes

Posted by: Dr Alice Bunn, Posted on: 16 March 2015 - Categories: Our Civil Service
Photo of Dr Alice Bunn surrounded by planets from a model solar system

Dr Alice Bunn, Director of Policy at the UK Space Agency, explains how space programmes have an impact on our daily lives in ways we don't even realise.

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Ducks, disease and birdtables: How APHA civil servants deal with bird flu

Posted by: David Harris and Russell Barnes, Posted on: 18 February 2015 - Categories: Our Civil Service
David Harris holding a team meeting at the APHA

Hello again. It’s not long since my first blog, but I think enough has happened to justify an update. One of my roles is ensuring the policy team in Defra...

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I’m a civil servant... and I help shape the law

Posted by: Sally Defriend and Russell Barnes, Posted on: 13 February 2015 - Categories: Our Civil Service
Sally outside of Parliament

Sally in the Ministry of Justice I’ve always had an interest in the law. It has provided me with an intellectually challenging and rewarding career, and I‘ve worked hard to...

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I'm a civil servant and I... help others to help others

Posted by: Richard Hill and Russell Barnes, Posted on: 13 January 2015 - Categories: Our Civil Service

...a long story! Six months ago, I was seconded to Civil Service Local in South West & Wales as the Community Engagement Manager. This role was a dream come true...

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I'm a civil servant and... solve ‘messy’ problems

Posted by: Simon Swales and Russell Barnes, Posted on: 18 December 2014 - Categories: Civil Service Learning, Our Civil Service, Programme and project delivery
Simon and the ASSP team

...interviewed the first graduates for the ASSP, a pattern started to emerge. First of all, they had learned how to learn. Secondly, they challenged themselves to step into the ‘messy’...

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I'm a civil servant and I... work with exotic diseases

Posted by: David Harris and Russell Barnes, Posted on: 10 December 2014 - Categories: Our Civil Service
Avian Influenza sign with Defra 'No Entry' tape across it

...staff. I ask them to think about how the work is making the world a better place, how it's improving their skills and how they're improving the skills of others....

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