Personnel Matters

At Druines, we know from our own experiences that times of change, with major projects being brought to fruition, can be one of the most stressful, yet exciting times for any organisation and especially its personnel department.

We therefore understand how useful an additional, expert, resource can be and have created these services specifically to help you cope in these times.

Combined with our ability to provide management development, we can offer a complete personnel support service to your organisation or department.

Examples of work recently undertaken

Assisting you with the HR aspects of a merger: harmonising policies; advising on organisation design, drafting job descriptions, matching and managing pools of staff

• Assisting in merger preparations and execution, matching jobs and selecting from pools of staff
• Harmonising or developing new policies
• Advising on organisation design
• Drafting job descriptions
• Providing on-site assistance as an interim personnel executive

Mergers

We have considerable experience in this area. Whether your outfit is considering merging, or has already made the decision to, we can provide the information and advice you need to make it go as smoothly as possible. Services we can provide are as follows:

• Designing sound and flexible structures
• Preparation of key policy and procedures documentation
• Selection of staff for new roles/vacancies
• Training new managers in interviewing skills or displaced staff in interviewee skills
• Outplacement and career counselling programmes
• Handling redundancy and redeployment issues
• Helping you gain commitment from staff after organisational change
  (see development services)

Organisation and Reorganisation

In order to maintain a flexible working structure it is important to consider the way senior staff work and ensure that they have the "space" to operate effectively. We can assist by helping you undertake full scale reorganisations down to developing a new job description for that special job. Services include:

• Designing appropriate work structures
• Documenting jobs and roles
• Designing person specifications
• Setting out assessment criteria
• Helping you consult with staff and unions

Policy creation

Sometimes it is better to have independent help when developing new policies and procedures. Not only can we take the work of creation off your shoulders but we can also use our experience and knowledge to guide you in its constructions so that you achieve the outcomes you want and managers know how to use the policy/procedure effectively. We have helped many organisations with policies and a selection (not exhaustive) include:

• Capability procedure
• Sickness and Absence
• Security of employment – or change policy
• Procedural and recognition agreements with unions or staff associations/bodies
• Recruitment and selection
• Flexible hours/maternity/paternity and other family friendly policies

And don’t forget – we can also provide your supervisory staff (and other staff) with workshops so they know how to use them properly.

For further information please feel free to contact us