DWP Digital has just launched a series of engaging YouTube Shorts filmed right in the heart of St Peter's Square, where their modern Manchester Digital Hub is located.
These bite-sized videos offer an authentic glimpse into what it's really like to work for one of the UK's largest government departments, featuring real conversations with team members who are pursuing meaningful data and analytics careers.
Real stories from real people
DWP Digital build and maintain user-friendly digital services for the Department for Work and Pensions, enabling millions of people to access the help, advice and financial support they need.
These YouTube shorts highlight an opportunity to work on systems and services that make a difference to people's lives. Kopiga, Senior Data Engineer, discovered DWP Digital during the pandemic when she realised how crucial civil servants were to be keeping the country running, and wanted to use her skills for something more meaningful.
As a data engineer, she describes her role as building bridges, taking data from different systems and making it usable across the organisation. She loves the sheer scale and variety in her role as DWP Digital handles an enormous amount of data. Her advice for if you’re interested in becoming a data engineer is that technical skills can be trained, the softer skills such as being thorough and detail-oriented are more important.
She highlights how she works with brilliant people and has the flexibility to move between teams, showing how DWP Digital offers genuine career development opportunities and a supportive culture.
Dr Sarah Gadd, Senior Data Scientist, made the transition from research into government, starting with a secondment to DWP Digital during her PhD and is now part of a team in Working Age Services.
Sarah’s insights show the potential to shape your role around your personal development needs, actively shaping her role by identifying what her teams need and having the freedom and independence to pursue interesting opportunities when they arise.
Her role involves working collaboratively with colleagues who may not have technical backgrounds, using communication skills as much as her data expertise.
Watch and apply now
For anyone in Manchester's digital community considering their next move, these videos offer insights into opportunities at DWP Digital. They demonstrate that government digital work can offer the combination of technical challenges, autonomy, career flexibility, and the reward that your work directly improves people's lives.
The department offers benefits including flexible working, pension contributions of up to 28.97% and opportunities for career development. Most importantly, it's work that matters, building and maintaining services that supports some of society's most vulnerable people.
Check out the collection of shorts at the DWP Digital YouTube channel.
