{"id":17202,"date":"2022-10-11T15:35:05","date_gmt":"2022-10-11T15:35:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelowegroupltd.com\/?p=17202"},"modified":"2024-01-11T10:34:03","modified_gmt":"2024-01-11T10:34:03","slug":"meet-the-team-zohara-palmer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelowegroupltd.com\/meet-the-team-zohara-palmer\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the Team: Zohara Palmer"},"content":{"rendered":"
Ensuring the right guardians are entrusted to look after LOWE properties is a responsibility Zohara Palmer, our Services Manager, undertakes with pride. We asked her what she enjoys about working at LOWE, how her former roles have led her here, and about her personal achievements (look out for her impressive \u2018proudest moment\u2019 story!)\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n A. I was born and bred in Blackburn, Lancashire. I wanted to move to the city and relocated to London 20 years ago along with my sisters.<\/span><\/p>\n A. I just wanted to help people. I\u2019ve always worked for charities \u2013 first with Sure Start, a local government charity which supports families in mediation. I was then a PA for a disability charity, which included travelling to a conference in Mumbai with a wheelchair user. That was a real eye opener \u2013 to see the lack of disability services, support systems and equipment out there. I learnt a lot about myself, too.<\/span><\/p>\n A. I was working at a crisis intervention and residential detox charity called City Roads in Islington, working alongside clinical and social care teams. Lowe managed the property for us, and I applied for a job with them. I started as an Office Manager, from there moved to the Property Team, and now I work in The Services Team.<\/span><\/p>\n A. I love that it\u2019s like a family, and we all look after each other. We take part in fun activities together, we go for days out, we\u2019re a real team. It\u2019s so nice that we have a community within our actual business, as well as creating communities within our buildings.<\/span><\/p>\n A. Guardianship offers a different way of living, often in unusual large spaces that have been given a high-quality make-over. They enjoy the convenience of living near to where they work, at an affordable price, and the flexibility of 28 days\u2019 notice. Our guardians feel proud to be entrusted with caretaking these buildings on a temporary basis and enjoy being part of a like minded community.<\/span><\/p>\n A. There is a high demand for guardianship, and the Lowe brand is really popular at the moment \u2013 people really want to be part of what we\u2019re doing. We have a very strict vetting process to ensure we recruit only the highest calibre guardians to care for our buildings, so we have to turn many applicants down. That\u2019s a tough part of the job but we must maintain extremely high standards. <\/span><\/p>\n A. Often following a property hand-back we get really positive emails from former guardians saying things like \u201cWe\u2019ve had such a great time\u201d, or \u201cWe\u2019ve made so many friends\u201d.\u00a0 That\u2019s really nice to hear. <\/span><\/p>\n A. I\u2019m currently studying a BA (hons) in Psychology and Social Science, and I\u2019m also a qualified beauty therapist.<\/span><\/p>\n A. I delivered my grandson! My daughter was in labour \u2013 I called the midwife but she didn\u2019t make it in time, so I had to deliver him. It was stressful, it was scary, but it was just a beautiful moment. The ambulance arrived soon after he was born and both mum and baby were fine. I never expected to be in that situation, but it was priceless.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Ensuring the right guardians are entrusted to look after LOWE properties is a responsibility Zohara Palmer, our Services Manager, undertakes with pride. We asked her what she enjoys about working at LOWE, how her former roles have led her here, and about her personal achievements (look out for her impressive \u2018proudest moment\u2019 story!)\u2026 Q. Where […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3309,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[27,1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nQ. Where did you grow up?<\/h3>\n
Q. What did you want to do when you were younger?<\/h3>\n
Q. How did you hear about LOWE?<\/h3>\n
Q. What do you like best about working for LOWE?<\/h3>\n
Q. Why do you feel your guardians like living in LOWE properties?<\/h3>\n
Q. What challenges do you face?<\/h3>\n
Q. What gives you job satisfaction?<\/h3>\n
Q. What might people not know about you?<\/h3>\n
Q. What\u2019s your proudest moment?<\/h3>\n