Biogs
Partnership Manager - Currently Vacant
Alison Stuart
Partnership Officer (full time)
Alison has worked at OHIP since January 2008. Before coming to OHIP she worked as the Resident Involvement Officer at East Dorset Housing Association and has also worked at the Tenant Participation Advisory Service and Stockport Council, in the Supporting People Team.
Alison has a degree in Geography from the University of Manchester and a Post Graduate Certificate in Housing and Community Renewal from the University of Western England. She recently completed the pilot of the Work Based Learning module which OHIP has developed in partnership with Salford University and which focuses on Community Cohesion.
Alison is involved in a wide range of activities at OHIP and takes a lead on the Worklessness and Financial Inclusion agendas.
Sadia Akram
Partnership Officer (Part Time)
Sadia has worked with OHIP since 2005 and is contracted through Pasha Associates. She works to deliver a number of cohesion projects in the borough including the House Party and an annual Cohesion Seminar; she has recently completed level 2 Philosophy for Communities Training and also completed accredited Conflict Awareness and Resolution training. She is a practitioner for the project Good Relations Oldham, working as a mediator and trainer for the project.
Sadia has a background in Housing, Community Cohesion and Equality and Diversity.
Sadia has a BA (Hons) in Social Policy and Administration from the University of Central Lancashire and a Post Graduate Degree in Housing Practice and Policy from the University of Salford, and is hoping to complete her Masters in this subject.