Martina Scanlon joins Sovereign Housing Association as resident participation manager. Martina will be responsible for implementing and developing resident participation strategy.
Ian Leslie
Drum Housing Group has appointed Ian Leslie chief executive. Ian was previously group director of operations at Magna Housing Group and executive director of Windsor Housing. He said: "I expect to play a full role in taking Drum Housing Group forward and realising its full potential."
Kevin Spruce
Kevin Spruce joins the Keynote Group's street warden scheme in Stoke on Trent as street wardens manager. He has more than nine years of community liaison experience and used to be a manager and legal adviser for solicitor Walters & Plaskitt.
Gerard Somers
Gerard Somers joins Family Housing Association in the newly created post of head of business development. His previous job was as business adviser for Birmingham-based regeneration agency Co-enterprise. Gerard's new duties will include developing community and business links as well as organising in-house maintenance.
Paul Bennett
Housebuilder Laing Homes has promoted Paul Bennett to sales and marketing director. Previously at Barratt, Paul joined Laing a year ago. He has experience in property management and new homes.
Brian Renforth
Brian Renforth joins "Johnnie" Johnson Housing as north-east regional manager. He will head up staff at the Morpeth office in Northumberland. Brian was previously people development manager at the Anchor Trust.
Novas-Ouvertures
Lucy Peake, Shanel Cuthbert, Penny Marshall and Nadira Sharif all join the Novas-Ouvertures Group with the aim of making easier resident and service-user involvement through research and consultation. Lucy joins as head of policy and equalities, Shanel as equalities officer, Penny as policy officer and Nadira as research officer.
Family directors
Three group directors have been appointed at Family Housing Association. Henriette van Deth is promoted to group director, south-west, from her former post as director of housing. John Schofield becomes group director, south-east, after leaving his post as director of Landmark Housing Association and Paul Durkin joins as group director, north-east – he was formerly executive director at Swan Housing Association.
Ian Cruddas
Ian Cruddas takes over as project manager at Leicester Housing Association's village companies project. Ian will lead a five-strong team providing help and support to village companies in the old coalfield areas of north Nottinghamshire and north Derbyshire. Ian was managing director of Sheffield Enterprise for the last nine years.
Grant Clayton
Grant Clayton joins Cube Housing Association as a corporate administrator in a new support role. Grant, the youngest person at Cube, will support corporate services staff at the association's head office in Glasgow. He said: "I am looking forward to the challenges that lie ahead."
Mark Williams
Mark Williams joins Walsall Partnership Foyer as a coordinator. Mark will be responsible for raising the profile of the foyer which helps young people into accommodation.
Job of the Week
Elaine Le Montais Previous job
Running a number of projects for Caldmore Area Housing Association in Walsall New job
Programme regeneration manager for the Keynote Group. “My new role is very similar to my previous role, but for a bigger organisation and now working with a team of regeneration programme managers. We all have responsibility to set up and manage social, economic and physical regeneration partnership projects.” Favourite book
“I can’t really name a favourite, but I recently read and enjoyed the autobiographies of Frank Skinner and Billy Connolly.” Favourite TV programme
“Men Behaving Badly.” If you were housing minister, what would you do to improve the housing situation in the UK?
“I would promote the role that housing can play in solving difficult issues faced by the government and the role housing can play in neighbourhood management. “Housing associations are sometimes seen as just housing providers when they can offer much more. I’d like to see housing regarded as part of a holistic approach to solve problems of multiple deprivation.” Hobbies
“I enjoy riding horses, and cooking when I have the time. I’m also moving house at the end of the month and am looking forward to redesigning the new house.” What do you enjoy about working in regeneration?
“Working in regeneration allows you to be imaginative and to work outside the box. It’s not a desk-based job and it’s interesting.
Source
Housing Today
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