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What does it really mean to work for the Government? They’re the people who develop policies for Ministers, draft reports, run schools, staff the hospital, and process applications at every stage of our lives. But what do you really know about what happens behind the scenes? What happens in the lead up to a pandemic, or during a global vaccine rollout? And when a member of the royal family dies? We dive into the world of those who keep Government going, those who work around the clock to make sure our lives carry on (mainly) undisrupted.

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Check latest episodes from GovLife podcast

Can you envisage a time where nobody will need to be contact traced or tested for COVID-19?

2021/08/06

In this episode of GOVLIFE, Director of Covid Testing and Tracing, Rachel Williams, talks about her position right at the centre of the pandemic response as it started to unfold globally and what she’s learned from this unique experience. She also looks back at the work she did across the community taskforce, which saw partnerships grow across Government, the voluntary sector, parishes, and organisations. Episode recorded June 2021.

From Take That to setting up the island’s urgent treatment centre

2021/06/30

In this week’s episode of GovLife, we talk to Dr Adrian Noon, Jersey’s Medical Director for Primary Care, to understand his role in the pandemic response. From setting up Jersey’s urgent treatment centre in only 10 days, to being a founding member of STAC, to the challenges and differences of the first and second wave of the virus. And we couldn’t interview Dr Noon without asking him about his time as Take That’s tour doctor and working on-set with the Gladiators in the 1990s! Episode recorded June 2021

Public Health, the heart of the pandemic response

2021/06/22

In this episode of ‘Voices of the Pandemic’ Public Health podcast, we talk to Martin Knight, Head of Public Health Policy, to find out how the dedicated work of the policy team drove the Island’s pandemic response. Martin discusses how the Public Health team expanded and adapted overnight, how the policies written and implemented saved lives, what it was like to be at the centre of the response from the very start, and how the work has impacted on him personally and professionally. Episode recorded May 2021

Conversations with leaders of one of the fastest global vaccine rollouts

2021/06/18

Both nurses by background, Becky and Aisling have lead the way in the creation of Jersey’s incredibly successful Vaccination Programme. In this episode of GOVLIFE, we talk to Head of the COVID-19 Vaccination Programme, Becky Sherrington, and Vaccination Workforce Lead, Aisling Adams. We hear about their backgrounds, what it was like to give the first ever doses of the vaccine in Jersey, and thoughts around women in leadership and unconscious bias. Episode recorded April 2021

Advising Governments on counteracting disinformation to responding to a pandemic, an insight into the journey of a Government Comms Director

2021/06/17

In this episode of GOVLIFE, Director of Communications, Dirk Danino-Forsyth, talks about joining as Director just as the pandemic started to unfold globally. He also talks about how he was conscripted into the Israeli army, having a baby during the pandemic and how life won’t quite be the same since March 2020. Episode recorded April 2021

Taking contact tracing to a new level with Caroline Maffia

2021/06/16

GOVLIFE presents the premiere episode of the new Government of Jersey podcast series, to highlight the people and the work across the organisation. We talk to Caroline Maffia, Monitoring and Enforcement Lead, who was part of the genesis of Jersey’s contact tracing team. Caroline discusses everything from how the pandemic has affected her professionally and personally, Jersey’s contact tracing team, and her celebrity-filled tales of working as an Environmental Health Inspector at Glastonbury Festival. Episode recorded March 2021