Date:      February 2020
Client:    Corbenic Camphill Community
Project:  Recruitment of Multiple, Cross Divisional Roles

A client who Jenson Fisher have recruited for previously has an employee that sits on the Board of Trustees of Corbenic Camphill Community (Corbenic), a registered charity supporting adults in need of specialist care. It had come to light that Corbenic were going to be recruiting for a Finance Manager and a recommendation was made that the services of Jenson Fisher be considered. Upon meeting with the General Manager for the site and discussing not only our Accountancy & Finance division but also our Office Support offering it was identified that there were in actual fact a number of key positions to be hired where Jenson Fisher could assist.

Due to a period of sustained growth, alongside a significant investment towards enhancing capabilities, the additional roles required to be filled were a HR Manager (Permanent) and a Fundraising Officer (24 Month Fixed Term Contract). Corbenic were attracted to having one point of contact for this project and as such engaged Jenson Fisher on a retained basis for all three roles enabling us to work as an extension of their organisation, approach the market with complete confidence and spearhead a national advertising campaign designed at attracting individuals who had relevant experience but, critically, a specialist understanding of the third sector.

Recruitment of Finance Manager
Alongside identifying a shortlist of candidates with charitable experience, two key challenges when recruiting the Finance Manager position were a) the location of the organisation and b) remuneration available. Whilst Corbenic were paying a competitive rate for the Perthshire area, the commute to North Perthshire is not overwhelmingly popular and historically this has been a stumbling block when recruiting in this part of the world. In this instance Corbenic were able to offer flexible working to suit the individual which went some way to bridging any gaps.

A shortlist was built as a result of the advertising campaign, our existing CRM system, our tertiary network of passive candidates and our ability to seek referrals from respected sources. As a result we were able to run a straightforward interview process and reach a conclusion where any one of a number of candidates proposed could have been offered the role. This was the first Finance Manager that Corbenic had hired for their Trochry site and one that we at Jenson Fisher were delighted to support with.

Recruitment of HR Manager
Due to the growth in terms of people, it was key for Corbenic to introduce a HR Manager to manage all personnel related issues across the site. The Head of our Office Support division has significant experience recruiting HR professionals at all levels for clients across both the private and public sector and as a result was able to approach her network, lead a dynamic marketing campaign and present a shortlist of candidates who all had significant value to bring to the organisation at Corbenic.

The same challenges were faced as were encountered with the Finance Manager position however Corbenic displayed an excellent approach to flexibility surrounding working hours and locations and as a result we were able to work together to ensure that a fantastic candidate was hired into this key role.

Recruitment of Fund Raising Officer
Corbenic were at the early stages of a proposed £2m expansion to their site in Perthshire and it had been identified that a Fund Raising Officer was required to lead and manage the internal fund generation element of this project. To say that this was a niche role would be putting it lightly and the challenges encountered for the Finance and HR positions were dwarfed by the reduction in candidate pool in terms of the experience required alongside the fact that this position was fixed term in nature.

As we were working with Corbenic on a retained basis we were satisfied investing considerable amounts of our time working towards a satisfactory conclusion for all.

The strength of our multi-divisional structure and consultative approach ensured that we at Jenson Fisher were comfortably able to provide an unrivalled service to our client and the end result for Corbenic demonstrated our ability to not only understand what our client required but also our ability to select market-leading employees across a variety of disciplines.