Pictured above: (l-r) Craig Taylor, Annette Bennett, Natalie
Snell, Kadenia Cole and Kevin Beattie
Aspire Housing employees are getting a boost with the launch of
a new Talent Academy.
The career development scheme will provide staff with even more
training opportunities to enhance their skills and realise their
full potential.
Five 'Rising Stars' have been selected from across the
organisation to complete individually customised training
programmes over the next 18 months.
The Academy combines formal education, project work, mentoring
and coaching from senior managers, presentations, training
workshops, external placements, secondments and job shadowing.
Customer Service Manager Craig Taylor, one of the five selected
employees, said: "I think this is a great opportunity and it shows
that Aspire is committed to being a success.
"Developing our own staff is a great sign of faith in the talent
that we already have within the organisation and I am very proud to
be a part of that."
Craig is joined on the programme by Senior Technical Surveyor
Kevin Beattie, Trades Team Manager Annette Bennett, Area of Major
Intervention Officer Kadenia Cole and Housing Officer Natalie
Snell.
Each member of the Academy has an individual career development
plan along with mentoring support from the senior management team
and quarterly reviews with Sinead Butters, Chief Executive of the
Aspire Group.
She said: "The Talent Academy is a fantastic way of identifying
future leaders at Aspire and providing them with bespoke training
that will unleash their potential to the benefit of both the
individual and the business.
"Aspire Housing is committed to nurturing talent. Having
well-trained, motivated staff ultimately means we can provide the
very best possible service to all our customers."
With nearly 500 members of staff The Aspire Group is a
significant local employer. In the past 12 months it has recruited
45 apprentices - almost ten per cent of its workforce.
It provides more than 20,000 customers with quality affordable
homes and services across North Staffordshire and South
Cheshire.