Only ever leaders

Charity & Not For Profit

We work in partnership with many Charities and Not-For-Profit organisations across Scotland helping them to find the best leadership talent available and to remain agile, effective and commercially robust. For each we provide Leadership, Executive Search and Board services and are resolutely focused on ensuring that we expertly match roles and responsibilities with people and purpose.

Education

We work across the entire education, qualification, and skills sectors, identifying inspirational talent for the most sought after professional and academic leadership roles in Universities, Colleges and Schools as well as the sectors that support the advancement of learning, skills, and economic development. We bring a measured, knowledgeable and empathetic approach to finding our clients remarkable talent.

Local Government

Aspen People are committed to identifying and recruiting inspirational leaders who enhance the effectiveness of critical services delivered to the public and within this remit, Local Authorities are no different. We have delivered senior executives including CEOs for big cities as well as to remote and fragile communities. We have also provided bespoke services to the leaders of all service functions where our independence, market intelligence and professional experience adds tangible value to the partnership.

Health & Care

Our National Healthcare system provides a vital public service and Aspen People have always supported the search for critical talent within the corporate management structure of both acute sector and other critical support agencies. We deliver many clinical specialist and leadership appointments across the NHS and other organisations who support the delivery of health and care.

Housing Associations

As Scotland’s ‘go-to’ executive search consultancy in Housing, we understand the people needed to lead the sector, the services that Registered Social Landlords provide and the regulatory and compliance issues that often present challenges. Aspen’s partnership approach offers guidance that is bespoke to each individual client and our track record of successful delivery is second to none.

Government Agencies

Aspen People are trusted by many Non Departmental Public Bodies of Government who deliver public services, strategic policies, commercial, executive and regulatory functions on behalf of ministers. Although the corporate skills are entirely transferrable at leadership levels across many sectors, Aspen appreciates the uniquely differing complexity nuances that exist, as well as the depth of organisational understanding required in each leadership team.

Executive Search

We offer a completely bespoke solution to our clients search requirements and design individual attraction strategies to enable a shortlist of high quality, pre-screened candidates. Creativity runs deep within our DNA, meaning that we always look well beyond the obvious talent for executive roles, thus ensuring our clients are able to make the optimum choice.

The quality of personalised service we provide differentiates us from our competitors and we enjoy high levels of repeat business from clients who welcome our partnership focus and our ability to build robust, long lasting relationships.

Board Appointments

Aspen People work with many organisations to support the appointment of motivational and dynamic board members across a number of specialist sectors. These sectors form a vital part of the fabric of our society and we pride ourselves on finding the leadership talent that helps drive positive transformational change.

Appointments at Board level always require highly targeted search methodologies to identify appropriately qualified and experienced senior leaders. Our track record in finding these inspirational individuals speaks for itself and is testament to our commitment towards our best-in-class search and selection techniques.

Functional Expertise

Aspen people’s track record is extensive across a wide range of corporate management functions including Finance, Human Resources, Marketing and Project & Programme Management. If you have a specific senior role that you are looking to fill, please contact us and we will discuss your particular requirement.

Interim Positions

Aspen People work with a select number of seasoned professionals who specialise in key leadership functions and are available to operate on a contracted basis. This is particularly helpful when organisations are managing change or simply require additional support.

We are able to provide leadership resources who can offer support for short term, long term, fixed term or rolling style contracts. Business critical interim roles can typically cover; CEO, Finance, Human Resources, Marketing & Communications, Project Management as well as Transformation & Turnaround.

Consultancy Services

• Structural Review

  With years of experience across our specialist sectors, Aspen is extremely well placed to understand what works best within organisational structures and what does not. Our consultancy team can assist clients to decide the best structure for their organisation with a view to attracting the best leadership talent where necessary.

• Executive Assessment

  As a part of a robust recruitment process, our consultancy team is fully trained and licenced to deliver a suite of assessments that empower talent strategies. Our psychometric and algorithmic assessments are valid, job-related tools that clearly map to specific business needs and outcomes. Used as part of the recruitment process, these evaluations provide further insight to finding the most suitable candidates for selection.

• Executive Coaching & On-Boarding

  The bigger risk involved in any new appointment comes within the first six months when appointed candidates can sometimes struggle to adjust to the new cultural environment – whether that be working with a new board or within an unfamiliar business strategy. Specialist on-boarding support during this time can smooth out this transition and Aspen work in collaboration with Rubicon Partnership who are fully trained practitioners in this area.

• Talent Pool

  Identifying future talent is fundamentally important to any organisation and Aspen works closely with our clients to assist with their internal succession planning processes. These identify where internal talent presently exists and where it might be necessary to search for a talent externally.

• Salary Survey

  With long-standing specialist knowledge of each of our industry sectors, we have the undoubted benefit of working with several organisations within the same sector and across related sectors. This means that we are well placed to provide clients with up to date , highly accurate salary benchmarking to ensure that benefits packages are competitive and capable of attracting the very best individuals.