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Affinity Water

Utility giant navigates the treacherous waters of TUPE and plugs the skills gaps.

Affinity Water

This is our story

Key Achievements

Our technical skill and expertise helped Affinity achieve clarity on its organisational structure, manage complex processes without impinging on the businesses’ goals
and reduce the time to bring in suitable talent.

Successful management of the complex TUPE process.

Assessment and selection of key project personnel.

Implementation of enhanced recruitment processes.

During a time of great business change,
BPS offered a professional, punctual and
friendly recruitment service. As well as
sourcing a large number of candidates
BPS introduced several best practices
to recruitment including the structure of
interviews and a robust scoring mechanism
of candidates. This allowed for a fair and
in-depth assessment of candidates as
well as making Affinity Water seem more
professional to prospective employees.

Andrew McIlwraith, Programme Manager
Affinity Water.

The Problem.

Affinity faced a number of issues and threats. The requirement to rapidly mobilise teams for multiple projects meant they had to hire the right people quickly in order to successfully deliver.

The business also needed to refine their contractor operations and move towards a TUPE process without interrupting their day-to-day operations.

In response to upcoming deregulation, Affinity needed to have an engaging employer brand and attraction process.

The Solution

We undertook a detailed review of Affinity’s organisational design and established clear definitions for each role and ways to progress. We also conducted an independent salary benchmarking exercise to identify if pay matched up to expectations and whether the packages on offer were competitive enough.

We appointed an independent contractor to ensure the TUPE process could commence without having an impact on operations. To achieve this, our separation strategy defined roles within the TUPE process to ensure Affinity’s independent recruitment requirements were unaffected.

We created a suite of materials to enhance their employer brand, ranging from job board advertising to an industry-first digital job advert video centred on the benefits of working for Affinity.