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Welcome to Birch-HR consultancy, leading the way with innovative, best-practice human resource (HR) consultancy support and advice for education, businesses and charity sectors.
Since 2016
About Birch-HR
“At Birch-HR, we adhere to our courageous principles when managing complex leadership and people challenges head-on. With our team’s collective expert HR advisory experience, knowledge and focus on resolution, we have built an excellent reputation for providing HR consultancy support”.
Samantha Hulson, Managing Director, HR Consultant & Executive Coach
Employee Relations (ER)
With a rational pragmatic focus on HR resolution, we provide expert employee relations advice and guidance. Select either an annual agreement or a competitive day-rate HR consultancy basis.
Workplace Investigations
Workplace investigation? Disciplinary, grievance, whistleblowing, dispute or other complaint, let us help ensure a fair, compliant and timely process.
Mediation
As leaders and HR consultants, we understand that workplace conflicts are inevitable, but how we address them can make all the difference in organisational success.
Collaborative
Human Resources
Birch-HR are a highly experienced team of HR Consultancy specialists, with the knowledge and abilities to assist your school, multi-academy, business or charity to achieve consistent long-lasting changes and significantly improve your leadership and people outcomes. Both our HR Consultants and clients are located across the West Midlands and UK.
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Our Services
Education
With a focus on schools’ Human Resources resolution, we provide expert HR advice and guidance to the education sector. This includes for maintained, multi-academies, independent, free schools, local authorities, faith bodies and legal indemnity providers.
Businesses
With a spotlight on supporting business owners and leaders up to executive board level, we provide HR consultancy support and expertise as and when needed.
Charities
Our Birmingham based HR Consultancy team provides trustees, CEO’s and other leaders of charities and not for profit organisations across the UK with flexible HR advisory support from the experts in line with your charitable purposes.
Case Studies
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Global and National Company Parntership
Recruitment and Talent Management
Charity CEO Grievance Appeal
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News & Events
We provide regular HR news, briefing and training events for our clients. We provide thought leadership articles for HR, education and business national media.
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We look forward to arranging a convenient time to establish how we can best support your current leadership with the delivery of HR consultancy and HR strategy services.