Our team

Acquisa works in the finance department as the finance assistant. She brings with her over 25 years experience of working in the financial sector.

Joining us in October 2024, Adriana is the Housing Manager at Meta Worms Court, Harmony Close and 99PPA.

Barbara has been a PA for over 20 years and joined jLiving in 2018. She started jLiving as PA to Jane Goodman, CEO, and Lettings Co-Ordinator. In May 2024 she was promoted to Lettings and Assessment Officer.

Benjamin was a Board member from 2013 to 2022 and is a trustee of the JBGHT charity.

Benjamin has 40 years’ experience in real estate management and has been actively involved in several community organisations.

Bhupendra returned to jLiving in July 2022 as Compliance Officer and Executive Assistant to the Director of Property (Wednesday to Friday).

Biljana joined the jLiving team in 2009, with 20 years of experience in Health and Social Care. She is responsible for looking after tenants’ wellbeing and welfare. She has been part of the jLiving Housing Operations Team for over five years. She was promoted to Senior Housing Manager in May 2023.

Since she joined jLiving she has helped tenants to successfully apply for a wide range of benefits and social funds in order to assist them with moving into their desired accommodation. She also assists tenants in clearing their rent arrears. She has a BSc Psychology (Hons) degree and is a great lover of cats.

Housing Manager Maitland Joseph House

Cynthia joined jLiving in May 2019 as a Housing Manager. Her role is to ensure the wellbeing of tenants, raise repairs and carry out health and safety checks of the building. The role is varied and rewarding; no two days are the same and she brings to the role around 30 years’ experience of working with the elderly, vulnerable and disabled in a variety of roles most recently in the sheltered housing sector.

Bringing with her around 15 years of experience in Corporate Communications, Dawn joined jLiving in 2016. Dawn works part-time looking after all our publications, website, digital screens and social media along with helping with events and PR. She is also involved in running the jLiving Marketing Subcommittee.  (Monday and Thursday)

Emily joined the jLiving Board in 2021. She has extensive experience in planning, having worked in the public and private sectors for the last 18 years and was also involved in other communal, affordable housing organisations prior to joining jLiving.

Eric graduated from the University of London in 1965 and has more than 55 years’ experience in dealing with the management, valuation, sale and letting of residential and commercial property.

He is an Honorary Life President of jLiving following 19 years as jLiving Chair, and before that he was a Board Member of Jewish Care. He is now a Trustee for JBG Housing Trust.

Housing Manager at Harmony Close, Meta Worms Court and The Hostel, also known as 99PPA

Gabriela joined jLiving in May 2015. She worked in various Schemes during this time and has been Housing Manager at Harmony Close since 2018. In July 2022 she was promoted to Senior Housing Manager.

She sees her job as to work closely with the tenants to monitor their wellbeing and provide secure independent housing for them. She also submits referrals to other services in order to arrange extra support for the tenants that need extra care but are still able to stay in an independent housing environment.

Gary joined jLiving as a plumber in April 2023.

Gilda joined jLiving in 2001, bringing more than 25 years of experience as a PA at Corporate level in the music industry and advertising, and is a qualified Counsellor. She works part-time looking after diary management, arranging meetings for Board and Subcommittees, taking minutes at meetings, general correspondence and admin. Gilda also deals with insurance claims for all jLiving Schemes and Head Office as well as providing admin support for the Senior Management Team.(Monday and Tuesday)

Hayley joined jLiving in February 2025 as a Housing Manager. She is based at Montefiore Court in Margate.

Hywel joined the Association in 2018, he is a qualified Accounts Technician and a graduate of Business Information Management and Computing. Hywel brings a diverse range of skills that he employs in supporting the finance team and other departments across a wide range of tasks. (Tuesday to Thursday).

Jamie joined jLiving in February 2022 bringing with him a wealth of experience.

He has over ten years’ experience in the electrical trade and previously worked on facilities contracts covering both the domestic and commercial sides of the trade. His duties at jLiving include carrying out EICR’s and reactive repairs.

Jane joined the organisation in 2001 as the Housing Manager on a 6-month contract and more than 20 years later is still here.

Jane joined the then Bnai Brith JBG Housing Association from a large housing provider where she was the Elderly Services Manager and had previously worked as a specialist outreach worker. She had also previously worked with young adults with profound learning disabilities and challenging behaviour.

Jane entered the world of social housing following an early career within the health and local authority sectors and holds a BSc Hons in Sociology and studied Occupational Therapy at postgraduate level.

Jane manages the Senior Management Team and reports to the Chair and the Board. She has responsibility for delivering the strategic aims of the organisation and ensuring that the Association remains compliant with its regulatory requirements.