Introduction

We understand how important it is to make the right decision when progressing in your career. We offer an environment where the focus is on personal development, quality and growth.

Spinnaker Consulting has been servicing global clients in the maritime industries since 1997. We are based in purpose-built air conditioned offices in Leigh-on-Sea. We pride ourselves on our professionalism and results. See our global success stories and testimonials on this site.

Our Core Values

• Develop and maintain an open and informal climate which gives all staff a sense of:
  • trust in management and each other
  • ownership
  • participation and involvement
  • confidence in the business
• Provide the best possible conditions for work and service for all staff.
• Uphold our Diversity Policy by promoting equal opportunity for all staff throughout the Company.
• Aim for continuous improvement in all our services.
• View customers as long term partners and encourage them to view us as an essential and continuing part of their recruitment strategy.
• Encourage staff to:
  • strive for excellence in everything they do
  • be open-minded and honest and to act with integrity
  • treat colleagues with respect
  • share information with each other

The Employee Experience

• a competitive remuneration package, with clearly communicated principles
• additional individual benefits, both financial (e.g. pension) and lifestyle-related (e.g. flexible working)
• a programme of incentives to encourage (friendly!) competitiveness and to reward achievement
• a clearly communicated career path (that satisfies ambition but is realistic for our size)
• an excellent communications infrastructure (at all levels - individual, team and company)
• a programme of official social events and a framework to encourage regular social interaction

When hiring new staff, we are able to train from scratch, but we are also keen to accommodate experienced consultants, getting them up and performing in a short space of time. We have hired consultants with previous experience in a number of different sectors from companies large and small, including Hudson Global Resources, Reed in Partnership, Reed Employment, Abraxas, Kelly Services, Recruit plc, RGB, Lorien plc, Robert Walters International and Jonathan Wren City.

Attraction, Retention & Turnover of Staff

Hiring and retaining the right personnel is something we face on a daily basis when dealing with clients. We know that people are career minded and the sheer choice of different employment options makes the search for good people more competitive than ever before. Although we are helping clients address these issues on a daily basis, it is a major challenge for us as well.

Our managers strive to engage each person to perform at their best and create a place they want to stay. We conduct weekly one-to-one dialogues and periodic appraisals. In turn, employees are given the freedom to take responsibility and accountability and are expected to communicate and feedback freely, openly and honestly to their managers.

We aim to foster a fun yet productive working environment. We provide training and a defined career path, and we try to set challenging yet realistic and achievable goals in order to keep everyone focused. Yet often, it is the fun things that keep people in a role long term. Taking an interest in people on a professional and personal level, arranging social events, and internal competitions are all ways to contribute to promoting the work life balance that people appreciate.

Our Induction Programme

New recruits benefit from a full Induction Programme which provides them with the knowledge and skills training required to successfully carry out their role and enable them to become productive, self-confident and successful from the earliest opportunity. The programme includes a variety of external and internal training provision.

Our Personal Development Programme

We endeavour to give all staff equal opportunity to develop within their current role or into new positions.

• annual Appraisals to identify individual training needs
• a system of quarterly individual Business Planning with monthly reviews

As well as helping everyone to carry out their specific roles effectively, our PDP is intended to support individual growth and career development. It is our policy to grow by promoting from within wherever possible.

We provide a Management Development Programme to support our policy of internal promotion and to ensure that everyone is being managed effectively.

It is widely recognised that organisations investing in people training are valued far more highly by their employees than those that compete on salary alone. All consultants undergo fully-funded training for the Recruitment and Employment Confederation’s Foundation Award in Recruitment Practice and the Company pays for membership to the REC for individuals who successfully gain the qualification.

We provide a structured annual programme of in-house and external recruitment training at both group and individual level and all members of our recruitment teams receive specific shipping training tailored to their needs. We have partnered with recruitment and customer service training specialists Lander Associates since 2003 and they have been an integral part of our success.

Incentive Schemes

We like to celebrate our successes, incentivise everyone to perform to their best, and recognise and reward individuals and teams for good performance. We run a number of Incentive Schemes including Employee of the Year, a Quarterly Competition and bonuses for introducing new recruits to Spinnaker.

Benefits

In addition to competitive pay and an uncapped commission structure for consultants, Spinnaker provides a wide range of financial and non-financial benefits which are offered to all employees irrespective of their position:

• Pension
• Training
• Sick Pay
• Paid Leave
• Sabbaticals
• Long Service Awards
• Professional Subscriptions
• Eye Tests
• Social Events

Perquisites

Associate Directors, Senior Managers, Divisional Managers and Principal Consultants also receive the following:

• Share Scheme
• Healthcare
• Mobile Phones

Family Friendly Rights

Spinnaker is prepared to consider all requests for flexibility that do not impact adversely on our ability to provide an excellent service to our clients and candidates. We acknowledge that recruitment is a high pressure profession with greater than average staff turnover and we believe it is important to provide options to trusted and proven employees.

Flexible Working Hours

This is available to all consultants with no line management responsibilities who are past probation and are hitting all their agreed targets.