The HR team that works inside your business, without the cost of building your own.
HR that integrates with the way your business actually works, not a service you bolt on and hope for the best.
Most businesses that come to us for People Partnering support fall into one of two camps. Some have no in-house HR at all and need someone to take the whole thing on. Others have a lean HR team that needs a specialist alongside them for work that is too complex, too sensitive or simply too much. We have built our People Partnering service to work properly for both.
How our People Partnering team work with our clients:
Day-to-day HR handled properly. Policies, annual leave queries, manager support and process improvement. We deal with it so your leadership team does not have to.
A sounding board when you need one. Difficult conversations, unfamiliar situations. We are the people you call.
The difficult stuff, done well. Disciplinaries, grievances, sensitive conversations. Some situations need someone who has done this hundreds of times. That is us.
Most of our People Partnering clients have been with us for years. That is not because they are tied in. It is because we become a genuine part of how their business works. You get the same people, who know your history, your team and your culture. That is what makes the difference.
Maria Brosnan
We help our clients build HR functions that run like clockwork.
Here’s what’s in store
A team, not a rota.
You get named practitioners who know your business. Not whoever is available when you call.
On site or remote, as needed.
We come to you when the situation calls for it and work remotely when it does not. You decide what works.
Strategy and operations, together.
We handle the day-to-day and help you think about where your people function needs to go next. Both things, not one or the other.
Not sure which model is right for your business?
That is exactly what the first conversation is for. We will listen to what is going on and give you an honest view of what would help.
Here are just a few of the great organisations we’re proud to call our clients
BNF
How a private wealth management company replaced ad hoc employment law advice with Fitzgerald as their fully embedded people team, one day a week on site.
Read the case study
Compass Box Whisky
How Compass Box built a stronger team, streamlined HR and grew with us alongside them.
Read the case study
GovNet
How we became the specialist HR partner for the UK’s leading public sector events business, supporting them through complex ER cases and a significant period of business change.
Read the GovNet case study
Whatever your HR set-up, we fit around it
Outsourced people team
No in-house HR? We become your people function. We get to know your business, your team and your culture and handle everything from daily queries to your people strategy.
Support for in-house HR teams
Already have HR in-house? We work alongside them. For the work that is too specialist, too sensitive or simply too much, we step in where it counts.
Our Experts
Vicki Ellis
People Services Director
(Business Partnering)
Chloe Carter
Head of People Partnering (South East)
Maria Brosnan
Head of People Partnering
(South West)
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