Eunomia Research and Consulting has launched Eunomia People, a recruitment service that offers companies and public sector organisations interim access to senior managers and professionals with environmental experience, after predicting an increase in contract work in the environmental sector.
According to the Interim Management Association (IMA), the use of interim resources has grown by 93 per cent since 2006 as the financially strained times prompt organisations to seek greater flexibility and skill from their labour force.
Eunomia Research & Consulting Ltd, established in 2001, has established the service due to a prediction that the interim market will continue to expand as environmental sector businesses will require extra resources and specialist skills to continue to create and deliver new strategies following Britain’s vote to leave the EU.
The IMA’s most recent survey found that 16,000 people now work as interim managers in the UK in a sector that is worth more than £1.7 billion a year. This development has occurred alongside a decrease in public sector employment; local government employment fell by 24 per cent between 2009 and 2016 and the number of civil servants is the smallest it has been since the Second World War. Private sector companies have also had to adapt and draft in new skills due to an extended period of low growth and extensive competition.
Eunomia says that the changing job market has led to interim contracts becoming increasingly popular for employers and senior level consultants who are attracted to interim contracts due to higher pay, greater flexibility and new and diverse challenges.
Flexible option
Neal Utting, who has been made Director of Eunomia People, said: “The demand for this kind of work has increased because interim management is a flexible option. Working within a limited budget, it gives the client access to the best possible mix of skills – more than a single, permanently employed staff member could bring.
“They can access professionals with expertise in the right field, who can start immediately, look at situations objectively, avoid getting caught up in the politics of an organisation, deliver results from day one and upskill the existing workforce.”
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