One partner, one process: integrating tailored recruitment with expert HR
HR Dept
The Royal Aeronautical Society is the world’s only professional membership association dedicated to aerospace, aviation and space communities. The organisation’s aim is to further the advancement of aeronautical art, science and engineering around the world.
The brief
As a membership organisation the RAeS looks for employees with a range of talents, often needing to combine operational expertise with customer facing skills and with the flexibility be present at its many events.
Against that background, the RAeS wanted a recruitment partner who could offer a bespoke service, but from which it could cherry pick different elements.
The HR Dept – which already provided outsourced HR services to the Society – was a clear choice. Not only would this ensure a seamless transition between recruitment and onboarding, but our model of enabling clients to set their own budget rather than charging a percentage of salary meant the RAeS would have full control over the process and the fees.
The solution
For the last three years, we have worked closely with the RAeS, recruiting for staff across most divisions, from among the most senior positions, including Head of Governance, to membership, marketing and events team roles. We’ve even helped to recruit for more niche roles, such as aerospace research executive.
We attribute the success to our ability to listen carefully to the brief, help create bespoke, attractive advertising for each role, and use our skills as recruiters to seek out and present credible candidates.
Once reference checked and appointed, we are then able to seamlessly hand over to our HR Dept colleagues for onboarding.
The outcome
Pearl Mensah, Director of Membership and Professional Standards at the Royal Aeronautical Society, said:
“We were finding traditional agency fees, in line with the work they were doing, were increasing. By contrast, the HR Dept model, and the modular way they set up the service and fee structure was very attractive.
“The recruitment market has been challenging for the last few years, and what we appreciate about the HR Dept is the constant open dialogue. They have made sure they fully understand the roles we are recruiting for, and together we have made adjustments throughout the process, so we have refined a bespoke process that works really well for us.
“At the final stages of recruitment, having them as our HR partner has been very helpful. As a team they are very personable, and not only is the offering tailored, their approach to each organisation is tailored too. When the market has been challenging they have listened, and it has been a real partnership.”
If you run a membership organisation, and would like support with recruitment, or would like more details about the benefits of having the same recruitment/HR partner, offering a seamless process, please get in touch with the Agile Recruitment team at the HR Dept.
