1. HR services tailored to your needs
Why use HR Services?
Employment of people can be a great opportunity to contribute to the local economy and as a
business owner it will enable you to grow and develop your business. However, it can be a
daunting prospect for the first time or you may have staff but find yourself spending valuable time
dealing with people issues, when you really need to be spending time with clients or making
progress on projects to build your business. Having an HR partner who can guide and support you
with the people management will give you the time to focus on your business goals, and also to
build a team that is motivated and engaged in your business, giving you a higher return on the
investment you have made in building your team.
HR Support & Advice
This ranges from recruiting and retaining the right person, improving employee performance,
handling employee issues and managing end of employment. It is important for us to get to know
you and your business so we can tailor our services to best fit your needs, and the direction you
want to grow your business, during that process you’ll be able to define how much or how little
support you’ll need.
Areas covered include:
 Employee contracts  Recruitment and selection support
 Employee handbook  New employee induction planning
 Employee issues  Employee appraisals
 Employee relations  Performance management
 Employee benefits  Reward and retention
 Disciplinary and grievance  Terms and conditions of employment
 Maternity and parental rights
 Flexible working requests
 Job evaluation
 Market salary review
 Health, safety and wellbeing  Absence management
 Resignations and retirements  Diversity and equality
 Dismissals and redundancies
 Exit interviews and analysis
 Training and development
 Employee surveys and analytics
Our approach: we are here to give you as much or as little support as you need, for example while
recruiting you only need help interviewing and contracts then that is what we will provide. We only
provide policies, procedures, employee handbooks and documentation that you need and we can
only do this by getting to know you and your business.
Mentoring & Development
Do you struggle having those difficult conversations with employees? Do you need some help to
guide you in employing the right people? If so then we have a service tailored to your needs, a
mentor can help you improve your people management skills, gain confidence in dealing with people
issues and build a team that loves working with you. So whether you are new to managing people or
need a sounding board, a mentor can help guide you.

2. HR Projects to help you change and grow
We live in changeable times and means we all need to be flexible, so at times you may need extra
support to help you change, develop or manage your growth, this could be a restructure of your
business or you may be looking to acquire another business, these specific pieces of work will be set
up as projects. Projects will be estimated on a fixed fee basis so that you retain control of your
budget.
Some examples include:
 Absence management system  Employee engagement
 Organisational restructure  Performance management system
 Acquisition of business (TUPE Transfer)  Redundancy programme
 Managing change programmes  Manager briefings and training sessions
HR Process to improve speed and efficiency
If you already have an established HR but do not have the time to review your practices and
processes, we can carry out a review of your HR and identify areas of improvement to help you
become more productive, effective and reduce risk through outdated or inefficient processes.
We will work in partnership with you, those responsible for your HR, and/or your HR department
through the following steps:
 Facilitated sessions to identify current ways of working
 Review of documentation and systems used
 Identify areas of improvement for implementation
 Gain agreement on the scope improvements that need to be implemented
 Plan the implementation of the improvements
 Implement improvements
 Review and report on the impact of the improvements
We will also provide you with detailed process maps and revised documentation.
The above example was for a medium sized business, for more specific details please contact us
with your specific requirements.
Pricing
We have a transparent approach with our pricing which is why we use a simple fee structure of £75
per hour, we like economy of scale, so if you need a larger volume the price will be cheaper. We will
always provide you a detailed estimate/quote outlining all the areas of work that will be carried out in
line with the briefing you gave us.
About us
Hawkswood HR's mission is to provide professional HR consultancy services and HR support for
small businesses in the Sussex area. We are passionate about partnering with organisations to help
them succeed through their people strategy. We get to know your organisation building trust and
ensuring that we use the right approach to fit with your business objectives.