For #InternationalWomen'sDay24, we spoke to our Director of homes about her career in housing and encouraging women and girls into the sector.
You can listen to the full Plus Dane Podcast with Lisa by clicking on the link at the bottom of this page.
Lisa Candland joined the organisation in 2023 in a new role as Director of Homes. It's a challenging role that incorporates a wide range of our service areas and is always changing to best adapt to the needs of our customers and our responsibilities as a Housing Association.
“I've been in housing for 14 years, before that I was in manufacturing and I didn't have any housing experience and I didn't have any repairs and maintenance experience, but I had transferable skills. I joined the housing sector, loved it and have now joined Plus Dane with a wider remit than I'm used to. But it’s really good, it gives me a bit of a stretch to help me develop and grow.
Repairs, maintenance, and asset management tend to be very male orientated. But I don't think Plus Dane is like that. Here in repairs and maintenance there are three female leaders. So I feel like we are well represented. In my previous workplaces sometimes I was the only female in the team. I do think things have changed over the years. Now there's a lot more opportunity for females coming in through various different routes.
We still probably don't have as many female operatives as we would like, but it is still a great opportunity for girls to get into trade apprenticeships and surveying and things like that.”
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