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Mobysoft Shares Stage with Lord Porter to Support Careers Opportunities for Young People

Mobysoft has lent its support alongside Lord Gary Porter CBE, to a careers summit aimed at encouraging, inspiring and guiding young people in their future career choices.

The event, organised by The College of West Anglia and held at its University Centre, Kings Lynn campus today (Monday 5 December) saw Mobysoft strategic director, Julie Lorraine, give insight into her role at Mobysoft and her personal career journey along with Lord Porter and a range of other prominent speakers, all centred on the theme of ‘The Art of The Possible’.

Aimed at students aged 16-19 as well as degree level students at the college’s associated university centre, the multi-employer event for the Faculty of Computing, Science, Business, and Humanities comprised of two parts. An initial careers fair was held featuring local and national employers hosting stalls providing students with careers information and answering questions as well as the aforementioned careers summit.

College of West Anglia Work Placement and Careers Coordinator for Computing, Gaming and Science, Kate Leigh pictured with Mobysoft Strategic Director, Julie Lorraine

Speaking on the success of the summit, Mobysoft strategic director, Julie Lorraine, said: “It’s great to be a part of events such as this as it gives both me personally and Mobysoft the opportunity to really highlight the wealth of rewarding careers paths to be had within the social housing sector.

“Lord Porter is a renowned supporter of social housing and has been a vocal campaigner during his tenure on the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities leadership board.

“Hearing his own personal journey and passion for social causes, highlighted the importance of role models for young people who understandably may be feeling fearful about their future job prospects in the current climate.

“We hope that via our speaking slot today, we’ve helped inspire a new generation of talent to pursue careers within social housing, particularly the technological element; in the near future predictive analytics and automated contact resolution are going to become an essential facet for social housing providers to continue to deliver efficient, equitable, and ethical services for all tenants.”