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People are your greatest resource…let’s keep them that way!

Welcome to the web site of Personnel Solutions in Hertfordshire. Managing people in the voluntary sector can be tough, but it’s also immensely rewarding if you get it right.

 

We can help you do just that by managing your HR:
  • Salary reviews
  • Recruitment and development
  • Personnel policies and procedures
  • Employment law
  • Health and safety
  • Dealing fairly with difficult situations

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In fact we can deal with just about everything that you’d expect from a fully resourced Human Resources department. Let us be your source of quality personnel advice. Whether you’ve got a single issue to address or are looking for longer-term support, Personnel Solutions will be there for you. Our long experience in the sector, and a client list representing every part of the charity world, means that we will help you find the right answers for your organisation.



Our Team and Our Partners
 Consultants

John Burnell
John, as Director, founded Personnel Solutions in 1994. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development, has an upper second honours degree and a postgraduate diploma in personnel management with distinction. Formerly the director of HR in two large housing associations, he has also held senior personnel posts in the public sector and is a well-known writer on charity employment matters. He is author of 'Managing People in Charities', parts of 'Charities Manual', as well as many articles in the voluntary sector press.

Elaine Green. 
As a Fellow of the Institute, Elaine runs her own consultancy, provides cover for our Director, and is a specialist in public and voluntary sector remuneration systems.

Sam Yeboah
Another Fellow of the Institute, Sam also occupied the top HR post in a London council, and has particular knowledge of the management of a wide range of equal opportunity and diversity issues. Sam is a wing member of the Employment Appeal Tribunal, the most senior position open to a lay specialist in the legal system.

Judith Lovelace
Also FCIPD qualified, Judith has had a distinguished public sector career, including as director of HR of a London borough. A specialist in career development, Judith provides mentoring services as well as undertaking general personnel assignments.
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"We were very satisfied with all aspects of your work."

Eva Jarvis, Chief Executive, Canopy
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"I have been impressed with your consultant – thank you for the speed of dealing with our issues. It will give me great pleasure to recommend your services to the many charities I work with."

Colin Stocker, Wildlife Hospital Trust
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"I commend you on the excellence of your report."

Sir John Daniel, Open University Vice-Chancellor and International Baccalaureate Organisation
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Whilst the Director, supported by other members of our consultancy team, will undertake most assignments we also work with other colleagues who have specialist skills and experience in particular fields.

Our strategic partners are:

Centre for Strategy and Communication
The leading voluntary sector training organisation, its directors Tess Woodcraft and Jan Burnell, together with most senior associates, have been charity chief executives. CSC offers a wide range of basic skills courses on its open programme, as well as bespoke training courses run in-house for clients, and its consultants often offer a specialist perspective on our assignments.

Barnes and Partners, with their employment team led by John Esplen, are specialist solicitors with a record second to none in successfully defending Employment Tribunal claims.

CF Appointments
Most of our recruitment is done in conjunction with CF Appointments (formerly Charity Appointments) who, with a magnificent confidential data base and candidate register exceeding 5,000 live contacts, specialise in supporting charities to appoint chief executives, directors of fundraising and finance, and other senior staff.

Decillon Financial Planning
Alan MacLean, director of Decillion, who are FIMBRA accredited, has a long and successful career in pensions advice, and is our recommended partner in advising clients on the establishment of stakeholder and other pension arrangements.

En Route Consultants
Led by John Loveridge, they are specialist health and safety advisers. John trained as an engineer and has specialised in safety management for over twenty years. He has a large number of charity clients, operating in every part of the voluntary sector.
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