In 1995 she was employed as a lawyer for the
Ministry of Justice and the Police, this lasted until 1998 when she became the head of the official (SMED), a governmental agency which was to provide free legal-aid to people who were discriminated against. After which she returned to work for the Justice department before switching to work as a political aide in the
Ministry of Foreign affairs. In the autumn of 2005 she joined the
Labour Party. She was the director of the (UID) between 17 March and 21 May 2006. She was appointed as Minister of Children and Equality Affairs in the
second cabinet Stoltenberg on 18 October 2007, replacing outgoing minister
Karita Bekkemellem and thus becoming the first ever
non-white member of the Norwegian Cabinet.
The "Ombudsman-affair" Only four months into her new position she was forced to resign due to the controversy surrounding the appointment of the new
Ombudsman for Children in Norway. The incumbent,
Reidar Hjermann was expecting to be appointed to a new four-year term as was customary for all ombudsmen at the time. However Ramin-Osmundsen decided to instead award the position to the lawyer
Ida Hjort Kraby. Speculations soon arose regarding if this was due to Hjermann being too bothersome for the government (he had publicly criticized the government at numerous occasions). As this story was dying down, a new one erupted when the media discovered that Hjort Kraby and Ramin-Osmundsen were very close friends and had known each other since law-school, and regularly attending each other's parties. Although she initially denied these reports, when confronted with further details she later acknowledged that they were indeed close friends and belonged to the same very small
clique of female lawyers living in Oslo's affluent west end. After prime minister
Jens Stoltenberg reminded her of the severity of the situation, she resigned as minister on 14 February. Hjort Kraby resigned from her position before even commencing and Hjermann continued as ombudsman. ==Personal life==