I live in Kirkby, Merseyside, and married to Stephanie, who I care for as she has spina bifida. I have had many and varied jobs including personal tax advisor and tax debt collector. I then moved into HMRC Human Resources as a data analyst before being moving on promotion to the CPS in July 2017.

I am a Human Resources manager within the Strategy & Engagement team, based in Liverpool. I analyse various types of data in relation to CPS employees and feed in to strategies that the wider HR directorate develop and implement. I am also involved in an IT working group, and with other groups too, involving staff engagement and workplace adjustments.

Since I started in the CPS I have used my Individual Learning Account. I’ve never had the advantage of this before and think it is a brilliant idea! I have completed a number of courses - mainly in data visualisation. This is currently helping me to develop a number of Excel dashboards. I have also applied for sponsorship for Level 5 CIPD accreditation which I hope to be able to start soon. I completed the course to become a Mental Health Ally - I highly recommend doing this as it is such an insightful experience! In my spare time I am currently learning VBA and SQL which should see my Excel skills progress to the next level.

Why do I like my job? Well, I like to see people being treated fairly and with respect. We spend nearly a third of our day working, shouldn’t we try and make that as enjoyable as possible? It is my job to create a story from some large datasets and generate a picture of what is or isn’t working well in the business to enable strategies to be developed to assist in how we all do our jobs.

I enjoy seeing people doing well, enjoying their environment, being happy and feeling like they have made a worthwhile contribution to not only their colleagues but also the wider Civil Service and society - we all do a great job in providing a public service, we should be proud of that!

Why the CPS? I believe everyone has the right to a fair trial; that the criminal justice system appropriately sentences people for crimes committed and we have a part to play in that system.

On my very first day within the CPS I noticed being genuinely welcomed, not as a front or because it is someone’s job to oversee it, but because people actually enjoy being open and approaching the new bloke to say hello and hope you enjoy the work. People go above and beyond to make sure you have everything in place to do your job. It’s like an extended family - from the person who does the mail right up to the head of HR and beyond, you can see and feel mutual respect for one another.