Thank you
for your interest
in Headstogether.
We’ve built our fi rm 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 clients speak face to face with consultants they know and trust. We provide a personal alternative to the big accounting and consulting fi rms, 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
At a Glance
Our smallest
client has one
employee, and our
largest has 84,000.
Our continued success in
adding value to our clients
depends on the quality of our
people. All of our consultants are
CIPD qualifi ed, each with between
10 and 20 years’ experience.
We help our
clients to effectively
plan, organise and
manage their staff,
for maximum results.
We are equally
experienced in the
private, charitable
and public sectors.
Headstogether is
a specialist human
resources consulting
fi rm, founded in 2007,
with offi ces in Belfast
Our Expertise
RECRUITMENT & SELECTION • Job descriptions /
person specifi cations
• Designing and placing advertisements
• Selection and assessment
• References and checks
• Staff induction
EMPLOYMENT LAW & POLICIES • HR Audit
• Contracts and handbooks
• Policies and procedures
• HR Records
• Data protection
STRATEGY & CHANGE • Organisational review
• Change management
• Restructuring and redundancy
• Mergers and acquisitions
• TUPE transfers
LEARNING & DEVELOPMENT • Training needs analysis
• Design and delivery of training
• Coaching and mentoring
• Management and business skills
• Leadership development
• Training evaluation
EMPLOYEE RELATIONS • Disciplinary and grievance
• Bullying and harassment
• Mediation
• Employment tribunals
• Employee engagement
• Capability management
• Absence management
PERFORMANCE & REWARD • Job evaluation
• Salary benchmarking
• Staff appraisal systems
• Performance management
• Remuneration packages
• Pensions
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.
Our clients benefi t from our
expertise, which in turn comes
from the collective experience
of our consultants.
Small and medium sized businesses 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 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.
Corporates
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.
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.
Private Sector
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 MOORESENIOR DIRECTOR HUMAN RESOURCES, INTERNATIONAL AOL
Not for Profit
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.
In challenging times you
can lean on our experience.
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
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
Public Sector
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.
As a well-established
independent consultancy,
we provide a realistic, credible
and cost effective alternative
to the big national firms.
Teammate
®
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, e-mail or face to face, when you need support. Or just to sound out an idea.
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, e-mail 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.
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
You’ll get specialist expertise
As individuals and as a company, we’re human resources specialists. Not an accounting fi rm, 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.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.
