public sector
The Spencer Group’s Public Sector Division provides specialist recruitment services to some of the top-performing Local Authorities, Institutions and Organisations across the UK.
Head of Practice for the Public Sector is James Crow, a Search Consultant with over a decade's experience managing campaigns for this sector. James typically works consultatively at Director and CEO level and has successfully led campaign delivery across the full range of public services in both key recruitment campaigns and large departmental restructures. James has appeared at a number of regional forums as guest industry expert and key-note speaker.
Areas of expertise include:
- Adult and Community Services
- Children and Young People Services
- Strategy and Performance
- Community Development
- Regeneration
- Environment, Transportation and Planning
- Housing and Neighbourhood Services
- Development & BSF
- Community Care and Support
- Education
- Policy and Strategy
- Finance
- Social Care
Through working in close partnership with its clients, the Spencer Group has developed a reputation for highly ethical, cost-effective and efficient service delivery. Their ability to deploy a range of solutions appropriate to client need, using market-leading methodologies and processes has positioned them as the search partner of choice for many of their clients.
What do we recruit? We appointment key senior individuals to local authority and non-for-profit clients and also trouble-shoot ongoing front-line recruitment challenges at more junior levels through targeted search campaigns. We have developed viable, time-sensitive head-hunting solutions in close partnership with our public sector clients to minimise cost and risk and maximise project success and return on investment.
Client testimonials:
'James is positive, responsive and proactive. He worked with us to maximise the pool of potential applicants, to effectively market the opportunity and successfully sourced and attracted suitable candidates to shortlist - something which two previous traditional recruitment adverts had failed to do. His persistence and perseverance were to his credit.'
Sarah Gee, Head of Strategy, Performance and Partnerships, Reading Borough Council
'At Sentinel, our staff and culture are central to our continued success as a community and regeneration-focussed Housing Association. James understands this and has been highly effective in attracting and recruiting key staff for the organisation in areas where we have traditionally struggled to recruit. He has been a valued search partner and is someone I would highly recommend.'
Cathryn Gee, Head of Human Resources, Sentinel Housing Association
'We have recently used the services of James Crow to recruit to a key team manager post, which we had advertised twice without success. James is efficient, able and energetic. He took an accurate briefing from us, did a huge amount of work to seek out the best candidates on our behalf, steered us thoughtfully and with great care through the process and we have recruited a very suitable candidate for the post. We will definitely be using his services for key recruitment in the future.'
Felicity Budgen , Head of Service, Safeguarding, Southampton City Council