People News Update 18/11/21

Farewells

John Hughes Project Lead ( Historic Development ) will be leaving the Museum at the end of this month. This is following a review of the Forging Ahead team, resulting in a decision to decentralise the Historic element of the project to sit within both Collections and Interpretation teams. John will be missed by his colleagues and we wish him the very best for the future.

Louise Berrow Sales & Ticketing Administrator left earlier this month having secured a new role as an Administration Assistant with the NHS. Louise leaves with our sincere thanks and best wishes.

Roger Colbourne from the Maintenance team has decided to retire after almost 32 years of service and will be leaving at the end of this month. Roger will be greatly missed and we wish him a long and healthy retirement.

Welcomes

Beki Challoner joined us last week as Visitor Welcome Manager, having previously worked for The Birmingham Hippodrome.

Hannah Jameson, who previously worked for National Lottery Heritage Fund, joined us earlier this month as Development (Fundraising) Coordinator.

Amanda Eeles and Teresa Bullows join us in Sales & Ticketing. Amanda has recently returned to the area to live closer to family while Teresa joins us from The Wolverhampton Grand.

Olly Hipkiss who joined us a Trainee Gardener under the Kickstart team has joined the Cleaning & Porterage Team this week as Site Cleaner.

We also welcome back Geoff Payne as a casual within the Historic Character team.

The following new casuals will join our Enterprise team this month; Joanne Arnold, Sarah Gordon and Sharna Emery.

Please join us in extending a warm welcome to our new colleagues.

Other news

Hannah Brown has been promoted to Audiences & Communications Manager. We would like to take this opportunity to congratulate Hannah and wish her every success in her exciting new role.

Joe Davies who joined us a Trainee Gardener under the Kickstart team will be continuing his employment with us as an Apprentice Gardener. We look forward to continuing to work with Joe and support him in completing his apprenticeship.

We have also welcomed a number of Collections Care volunteers, please say hello if you see them walking around site and in staff areas leading up to Christmas and in the new year.