About Us

Meet the team

Angela (Founding Director, FIRP CertREC)

Angela founded Humber Job Hub CIC in 2018 after she felt there was not enough support for people trying to get back into work, seeking new employment, or for those made redundant or facing financial hardship due to job insecurity within the community.

She wanted to be able to use the knowledge and experience she had gained over her long career in recruitment and as an employer, to give something back to the community and try and improve it for everyone, boosting residents' quality of life. Thanks to securing funding from various sources, Angela and her team are now doing just that.

Angela is also a trained Mental Health First Aider and so can provide first aid to people who may be experiencing mental health issues such as depression, anxiety and psychosis.

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Joanna (Project Administrator)

Joanna is responsible for ensuring the smooth running of our projects, including being the first point of contact for our members whether over the phone or text, via email or through our social media pages and website. She also manages all of our communications, including the website and social media channels.

Joanna has been working with Angela since 2016 following being made redundant after 15 years’ service in the same company. She has first-hand experience of how difficult it can be having to start again after having the relative comfort of a stable income wrenched away, particularly as a single parent herself.

With a wealth of IT and training experience gained over her varied and successful working life, Joanna is also our ‘go-to’ person for supporting those members with little or no computer/tech experience.

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Katrina (Volunteer)

Katrina joined us a volunteer after becoming one of our service users. She now helps us to run our Employment & Wellbeing Coaching Groups.

Debra (Director, Certified Performance and Corporate Coach and NLP Practitioner)

Debra provides invaluable support to our members in teaching key skills to build confidence in interviews so they feel more in control of the whole process and more aware of how they come across to prospective employers. Debra’s passion is to help people break through barriers to achieve the job they desire, tackling limiting beliefs and supporting them in stepping out of their comfort zone.

Debra is also a trained Mental Health First Aider and so can provide first aid to people who may be experiencing mental health issues such as depression, anxiety and psychosis.

Our members really enjoy the sessions with Debra and always come away feeling more confident, motivated and raring to go!

Julie (Counsellor, SAC Dip)

Julie is passionate about using her experience and professional counselling qualifications to help our members overcome issues, such as depression, through talking therapy.

She understands how every day pressures take a toll on all of us. Her ethos is centred around building rapport and genuine connection with members, while setting small achievable goals to reduce these day-to-day struggles.

Life experience has taught Julie that we cannot always identify exactly what it is that is causing us issues but that there is that niggle of doubt in the back of our minds. Being truly listened to in a comfortable and accepting way plays a major role role in the recovery process.

Deborah (ESOL Tutor)

We are also very lucky to have access to a very experienced teacher/tutor with a Bachelor of Arts in English Language and Literature/Letters and ESOL qualifications who can support our members who speak English as a foreign language, or those who need help with basic English skills.

Who are Humber Job Hub?

Humber Job Hub CIC (a Community Interest Company based in Willerby) delivers easy access to free employment and wellbeing coaching to the people of Hull & East Riding of Yorkshire. Equipping individuals with new skills, unlocking and enabling potential and providing the means to reduce income poverty.

Angela, Joanna, Debra, Julie and Deborah make up the team of experienced recruiters, coaches, trainers, counsellors and employers. We’ve worked with employers across all industries and with companies of all sizes, so we’ve netted ourselves plenty of knowhow when it comes to understanding what employers want from their new recruits as well as how to support people from all walks of life in gaining the skills, tools and confidence they need to bag the career they want.

With over 20 years' experience as a recruiter as well as an employer Angela, Project Director, set up these projects to give something back to the community and provide the support needed to assist people into work, new employment or training, thereby improving their quality of life.

Supported by funding including the National Lottery Community Fund and European Social Fund, we now share and deliver a wealth of knowledge and free support to aid the unemployed, those facing redundancy or suffering financial hardship within our community into new employment. This is something we, as a team, feel very passionately about and tailor our service to the individual to ensure our residents receive the support they need.

Our vision is to create a more connected community by helping residents improve life circumstances, become happier, healthier and more socially engaged.