Helping organisations attract, assess and appoint great people — while building fairer, stronger and more effective recruitment practices.
Recruitment is one of the biggest opportunities to shape the future of your workforce. We provide practical, tailored consultancy support across the full recruitment lifecycle - from workforce planning and job design through to attraction, assessment, appointment and team development. Whether you are recruiting to hard-to-fill roles, reviewing your selection process, developing your resourcing team or planning a large-scale campaign, we can help you make confident, inclusive and evidence-based hiring decisions.
Talk to us about your recruitment challenges.
Attract stronger applicants Shape roles, adverts and campaigns to reach the right jobseekers. | Assess fairly and confidently Use structured, inclusive and evidence-based selection methods. | Build recruitment capability Develop hiring managers, recruiters and resourcing teams. |
Why work with us?
Public sector expertise We understand the governance, values and workforce challenges that shape public service recruitment. | Practical support We provide clear tools, advice and resources that can be applied straight away. | Flexible delivery We can support one-off projects, full recruitment campaigns or longer-term improvement work. |
Inclusive by design
We help you create fair,
accessible and evidence-
based recruitment
practices. | Long-term value We build capability, not dependency, helping teams improve beyond a single campaign. | Specialist support We can draw on experienced consultants and associates to meet the needs of your project. |
How can we support you?
Our expertise is centred on the workforce challenges facing organisations today. By combining our specialist services, we create bespoke solutions designed around your workforce, priorities and ambitions.
Fair, Inclusive & Legally Compliant
We support organisations to embed fairness, consistency and compliance throughout their recruitment practices, aligning fully with the Equality Act 2010 and the Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED).
Our consultancy services help ensure due regard is given to eliminating discrimination, advancing equality of opportunity and fostering good relations at every stage of the recruitment lifecycle. This includes practical guidance on applying equality legislation effectively, recognising and reducing bias, implementing reasonable adjustments, and using positive action lawfully to broaden candidate reach.
Through these approaches, we enable transparent, equitable and defensible hiring decisions, while supporting organisations to build more diverse and inclusive workforces.
Workforce Planning & Talent Delivery
We help organisations turn workforce planning insights into practical recruitment and talent actions. By analysing future skills needs, succession risks and interim dependencies, we enable councils to proactively secure the talent required to deliver services sustainably. This includes building strategies for scarce skills, senior appointments and interim stabilisation.
What does this include?
- Translating workforce planning objectives into recruitment delivery plans
- Critical skills gap analysis and succession planning
- Hard-to-fill and scarce-skill recruitment strategies
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Using data and insight to challenge and advise services
Job Design & Talent Attraction
Clear, well-designed roles and compelling job adverts are the foundation of effective recruitment. This theme equips organisations with the tools and insight needed to attract the right talent in a competitive market.
We can support organisations to:
- Develop accurate, focused job descriptions and role profiles that reflect real workforce needs
- Craft inclusive and engaging job adverts that attract diverse and capable candidates
- Redesign or review roles to improve organisational alignment, structure and clarity
- Define and articulate your Employee Value Proposition (EVP) to strengthen employer brand and candidate attraction
- Develop positive action and diverse talent attraction strategies
Recruitment Capability & Business Partnering
We develop the confidence and capability of hiring managers and resourcing professionals. This strengthens governance, improves hiring quality and enables resourcing teams to operate as strategic partners who influence workforce decisions, not just administer processes. We can develop a consistent, compliant and candidate-centred approach that reflects your organisational values.
Line Manager and Recruiter Development
- Writing role profiles and high-quality adverts
- Objective shortlisting, assessment and structured interview techniques
- Reducing bias and improving decision making
Resourcing Business Partner Development
- Shifting resourcing teams from transactional to strategic
- Influencing senior leaders and driving workforce planning conversations
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Acting as a 'critical friend' to shape recruitment strategy
Evidence Based Assessment & Selection
We design and support selection processes that deliver fair, accurate and evidence-based hiring decisions. Our assessment solutions improve the reliability, consistency and defensibility of your recruitment decisions.
Assessment Centre Design & Delivery
We design and deliver bespoke assessment centres that provide a robust, fair and evidence-based evaluation of candidate capability, potential and organisational fit. Whether recruiting for a single senior appointment or a large scale campaign, we create assessment solutions tailored to your organisation, role requirements and values.
What does this include?
- Assessment centre design and facilitation
- Development of exercises, including presentations, role play, stakeholder simulations, written assessments, group exercises and in tray activities
- Assessment frameworks, scoring methodologies and assessor guidance
- Assessor training and collaboration Independent assessors and moderation support
- Candidate and assessor briefing materials Internal promotion, leadership and talent assessment centres
- Candidate feedback and assessment reports
Other Assessment & Selection Support
- Development of structured, competency and values-based interview questions
- Expert advice and training on structured interviewing techniques
- Provision and interpretation of psychometric assessments to gain deeper insight into candidate strengths and behaviours
- Develop promotions & internal talent frameworks Independent panel members and Associate Consultant Assessors
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Campaign management for hard to fill and bulk recruitment roles
Let’s strengthen your recruitment approach together.
Whether you need support with a specific campaign, a hard-to-fill role, an assessment process or the development of your recruitment team, we can help you build a fairer, stronger and more effective approach to resourcing.
Get in touch with the Resourcing team to find out more, discuss your challenges and opportunities and find out how we fit with your team.
Shape your workforce
We can support you in aligning your talent strategy with your organisation’s future goals.
Chloe Herrmann
Principal Consultant - Resourcing