HUMAN RESOURCES CONSULTING

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1 HUMAN RESOURCES CONSULTING

2 At a Glance Headstogether is a specialist human resources consulting firm, founded in 2007, with offices in Belfast and London. We help our clients to effectively plan, organise and manage their staff, for maximum results. Our smallest client has one employee, and our largest has 84,000. Thank you for your interest in Headstogether. We ve built our firm around one simple idea. Bringing together a team with the best possible human resources expertise, to give advice that s decisive, pragmatic and effective. No vagueness and no jargon. Our continued success in adding value to our clients depends on the quality of our people. All of our consultants are CIPD qualified, each with between 10 and 20 years experience. We are equally experienced in the private, charitable and public sectors. Our clients speak face to face with consultants they know and trust. We provide a personal alternative to the big accounting and consulting firms, and to call centre based employment law services. I hope you enjoy this brief introduction to Headstogether, and I very much look forward to meeting you. Joanne Kane Chartered FCIPD Human Resources Director

3 Our Expertise RECRUITMENT & SELECTION Job descriptions / person specifications Designing and placing advertisements Selection and assessment References and checks Staff induction STRATEGY & CHANGE Organisational review Change management Restructuring and redundancy Mergers and acquisitions TUPE transfers EMPLOYEE RELATIONS Disciplinary and grievance Bullying and harassment Mediation Employment tribunals Employee engagement Capability management Absence management Our clients benefit from our expertise, which in turn comes from the collective experience of our consultants. Our people currently have on average 14 years experience, both as consultants and in senior human resources roles with companies like Marks & Spencer, Coca-Cola, Diageo, Homebase and Royal Bank of Scotland. As well as solid general human resources expertise, our consultants bring different specialisms, which allows us to offer clients an impressive range of capabilities. A selection of these is set out opposite. Please contact us and we ll be happy to discuss with you, in plain English, how we can help. EMPLOYMENT LAW & POLICIES HR Audit Contracts and handbooks Policies and procedures HR Records Data protection LEARNING & DEVELOPMENT Training needs analysis Design and delivery of training Coaching and mentoring Management and business skills Leadership development Training evaluation PERFORMANCE & REWARD Job evaluation Salary benchmarking Staff appraisal systems Performance management Remuneration packages Pensions

4 Private Sector Whatever the size of your business, whatever the sector, we ll tailor our advice and support to your needs, with a focus on getting cost effective results. Small and medium sized businesses Corporates How about the peace of mind of checking your compliance with employment law? Or dealing with an awkward employee situation, before the costs and disruption get out of control? We re a cost effective alternative to having your own HR manager. Our consultants are all experienced in a corporate setting, so they ll quickly slot into your team, saving you time and money. We have a range of technical specialisms that you can call on to back up your HR generalists on a project basis. Or just call on our resources when you re at capacity internally. Our Teammate retained HR service gives you the ongoing reassurance of professional HR support as and when you need it, for a fixed monthly fee. Or we ll be very happy to work with you on one-off jobs; as much or as little advice as you need. Headstogether helped us to complete a restructuring programme at a senior level, to very challenging deadlines. They quickly got to grips with our environment and were able to hit the ground running, delivering the project with minimal input from us. That really took the pressure off my team. LISA MOORE SENIOR DIRECTOR HUMAN RESOURCES, INTERNATIONAL AOL

5 Not for Profit In challenging times you can lean on our experience. Many of our not for profit clients tell us they feel squeezed at both ends right now. Expected to govern themselves like the public sector, without the resources of the public sector, and under increasing funding pressures. We can help you by using our experience across similar organisations, to enable you to be as robust and efficient as you can be. We can measure your organisation s fitness using techniques like strategic review, evaluating job roles and benchmarking salaries. Or we can support your own HR function on an ongoing basis with specialist advice, as required; a trusted sounding board. Headstogether were exactly the right choice to carry out our organisational review, and the programme of changes that followed. The team got to know us, and between them had the complete range of specialist skills and experience we needed, which saved us a lot of time, disruption and cost. DR. DAVID HILL BOARD MEMBER AND FORMER CHAIR CRESCENT ARTS CENTRE

6 Public Sector As a well-established independent consultancy, we provide a realistic, credible and cost effective alternative to the big national firms. We re specialists in grievance and disciplinary matters, including at the most senior levels. We investigate efficiently and discreetly and provide clear, decisive reports. We are experienced in providing expert witness testimony at employment tribunal. As budgetary pressures bite, we re increasingly focused on restructuring and change management. Our capabilities cover strategic, organisational and cultural aspects. The Board is the oversight body for the PSNI, an organisation with over 9,500 staff and a budget of 835 million. Access to limited internal resources sometimes requires the Board to seek specialist, external expertise. In their work with us on people related issues, the consultants from Headstogether have always impressed us with their ability to strike exactly the right balance between professionalism, and understanding and respect for individuals. ANNE CONNOLLY CHAIR, NORTHERN IRELAND POLICING BOARD

7 Teammate Teammate is our outsourced human resources support service, giving you advice as and when you need it, for a fixed monthly cost. WHAT YOU GET A qualified, experienced professional who will get to know you and be your adviser. A free initial HR audit so that you know where you re starting from. Personal hands on advice when you need it, by telephone, or face to face. Quarterly face to face health checks to discuss how things are going in your business. Advance warning of changes in employment law relevant to you. So you can plan for them and not be caught out. A reduced rate for one-off HR projects, if you need them. WHAT YOU DON T GET A call centre number. A software program to put on your computer, so you can look up the answers yourself. Tied in to a long-term contract. You ll be assigned your own consultant who ll get to know you and your organisation. We start with a free HR audit, so you know where you re starting from. After that you can contact your consultant by telephone, or face to face, when you need support. Or just to sound out an idea. HR is inherently difficult and is a quagmire of byzantine structures, human emotions and complicated legislation, particularly in a dual-jurisdiction context. Headstogether s skill is to make sense out of this complexity and deliver simple, smart and flexible solutions that are appropriate to the size of the business. Could not recommend highly enough. WARREN DEUTROM CHIEF EXECUTIVE, CRICKET IRELAND TEAMMATE CLIENT SINCE 2010

8 Why Headstogether? You ll get specialist expertise As individuals and as a company, we re human resources specialists. Not an accounting firm, an insurance company or a trade federation. We re purely focused on providing human resources advice to you. It ll be delivered by a person you know and trust You ll always be dealing with an individual or a team of individuals, face to face. Particularly important when you re facing sensitive people issues, which you might not be used to dealing with. Please get in touch with us, we d love to hear from you. Call free BELFAST 2-4 Gray s Lane Holywood BT18 9AU +44 (0) LONDON 24 Greville Street London EC1N 8SS +44 (0) hello@headstogether.com And you ll know the costs up front We ll never charge you for an initial discussion about the help you need, and we ll be completely clear with you about fees before we start any work. No surprises.

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