WHAT WE DO
HR consultancy
Get peace of mind that you’re making the right decisions when tackling complex HR challenges by working with our skilled team. Some of the UK education sector’s most experienced and highly skilled HR consultants are on hand to provide the support you need.
What we do
Ways we can help
Why EPM?
HR consultancy
Get peace of mind that you’re making the right decisions when tackling complex HR challenges by working with our skilled team. Some of the UK education sector’s most experienced and highly skilled HR consultants are on hand to provide the support you need.
What we do
Ways we can help
Why EPM?
We can help you achieve
your strategic goals
EPM provides outstanding HR consultancy support, right when you need it. Our experts are available for one-off assignments or large and/or ongoing HR projects.
Our HR consultancy service for schools and trusts provides the highest level of guidance for your HR challenges, delivered via a helpful pay-as-you go model. We can support you with dispute resolution, restructuring and redundancies, capacity-building, succession planning, safer recruitment, pay and conditions harmonisation, and much more.
Whether you’re facing HR challenges following academy conversion, merging, development or growth, we can bring our unique insight and experience to help you find a pragmatic solution:
- HR consultancy includes complex absence, capability, grievance or disciplinary issues. We can advise on conducting investigations, and can attend formal hearings and appeals
- We offer HR training for school/trust governors, senior leadership teams and middle management, which can be bespoke to your own context
- We offer support with restructures, job evaluations, TUPE transfers, and changing terms and conditions
- We can audit your existing policies – or create bespoke, easy-to-use HR policies just for you.
How can we help you
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HR consultancy for
schools & trusts
We will work alongside your own professionals, taking care to appreciate your school or trust’s ethos, values, opportunities and challenges. Our solutions are always well-balanced, offering a pragmatic yet compliant approach.
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Additional support for one-off assignments or strategic HR projects, ranging from training needs and operational day-to-day support to large strategic projects.
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Our team of consultants have decades of experience in the education sector and are committed to delivering the highest standards.
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Tailored support to meet your specific needs and achieve your desired outcomes.
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Completely impartial HR consultants, avoiding the risk of bias.
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Reduced risk of internal conflict and the potential personal strain which can arise in such cases.
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Your next steps
If you’re a school or trust looking for HR consultancy, please get in touch and we’ll be pleased to arrange a no-obligation chat in the first instance.
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Step 1
We will listen carefully, so we can properly understand your HR challenges and what you want to achieve.
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Step 2
We will provide you with a detailed project proposal, including clear deliverables and expected timescales.
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Step 3
To ensure transparency, we will agree fees and provide a quotation in advance, with no hidden costs. To find out more, please use the contact form at the end of this page or call 01480 431 993 or email consultancy@epmsrv.328234838193491-cloud.co.uk
WHY EPM?
We're your trusted
HR partner
You can rely on EPM because we know schools and trusts inside out – it’s all we do. We’ve seen just about every challenge there is, and we know what’s needed to help you stay efficient and compliant.
Deep expertise
Most of our consultants have extensive backgrounds in education, but we’ve also selected others who bring invaluable skills from outside.
Always compliant
Our consultants are up to date with all the latest legislative and regulatory requirements, offering you peace of mind.
Consistency and continuity
You’ll work with a tight team of people who will build a close working relationship with you and your school, trust or MAT.
Approved supplier
We are on numerous procurement frameworks for HR, payroll and finance services to schools and trusts.
Deep expertise
Most of our consultants have extensive backgrounds in education, but we’ve also selected others who bring invaluable skills from outside.
Always compliant
Our consultants are up to date with all the latest legislative and regulatory requirements, offering you peace of mind.
Consistency and continuity
You’ll work with a tight team of people who will build a close working relationship with you and your school, trust or MAT.
Approved supplier
We are on numerous procurement frameworks for HR, payroll and finance services to schools and trusts.
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