What Clients Say!

‘I was very happy with the result and the work that you did. I also thought that we worked well together and I have taken matters well beyond where I thought I would get. And I have now to work on rewards and benefits which I hope you will help me with in due course. Tony Shoults, Chief Executive, Metropolitan Housing Trust, 7 December 2001.

 ‘A nice form to fill in on the screen, and it only took a few minutes.  Well done’.
Stuart Marshall Head of IT Strategy, Architectures and Commercials, BAA plc 22 December 2000.

‘Thanks, your notes were very useful’.  Peter M Brown, Chairman, Top Pay Research Group, 7 October 2000.

"I confirm that the Malawi Government engaged the Bryher Partnership Consultants on the Job Grading and Salary Restructuring Project for the Malawi Civil Service from 21 January 1999 to 31 May 1999.

The Bryher Partnership Consultants satisfied the Terms of Reference of the project by producing a new job grade and salary structure for the Malawi Civil Service.  The Consultants also met the project milestones as scheduled, with specific reference to the submission of the Inception, Interim, Draft Final and Final Reports which the Malawi Government has since approved.

The Consultants are also commended for the good work they performed during a two-day workshop for the Principal Secretaries held on 21 and 22 May 1999, which was opened by Hon Mrs E E Chitalo MP, the then Minister of State responsible for the Department of Human Resource Management and Development.  During this workshop the Consultants presented the Draft Final Report which was debated upon by the Policy-makers.

I would not hesitate to recommend the Consultants for any consultancy work in relation to Job Evaluation".  P V Kachimera, Secretary for Human Resource Management and Development, 22nd November 1999.

Job Grading and Salary Restructuring Project for the Malawi Civil Service

'....the Bryher Partnership (UK) Consultants have submitted the Final Report on the Job Grading and Salary Restructuring Project which has been approved by the Malawi Government....'. Willie B Tembo, JE Project Manager, Department of Human Resource Management and Development, 23 August 1999.

The Hon Mrs E E Chitalo, Minister of State for Human Resources, opening a Workshop for all Principal Secretaries of the Malawi Civil Service held on 21 May 1999, described the work undertaken by the Consultants as 'well done'.

Job Grading and Salary Restructuring Project for the Malawi Civil Service

'I would like to respond in no uncertain terms that we want you to do this work'.
Hastings M Msiska for Secretary to the Minister of State, Department of Human Resource Management and Development, 2 December 1998

‘Rob Kenwrick was contracted as a Project Leader with the  Vojvodjanska Banka in the  FR of Yugoslavia between 10 May and 31 July 1998 - introducing Expert Job Evaluation technology. He led the team, evaluating approximately 250 jobs and developing a cost-effective graded salary structure - a foundation for the introduction of a performance culture and performance-related pay’.  Alan P Beauregard, Deloitte & Touche, Bratislava, Slovak Republic, 19 November 1998

 ‘......coped very well with this difficult situation and adopted a hands off but supportive style, which was the best way forward.  Job evaluation is not an easy task, often poorly received and generally not well understood.  Therefore, I believe that Mr Kenwrick performed very well under trying conditions, and was at all times professional, knowledgeable and flexible in his approach.  He was persistent in his communications/feedback and understanding of the level of support that we required of him’.  Delphine Woolley, Group Human Resources Manager, ML Integration Ltd., 4 November 1998

The EOC's consultation on a new Sex Equality Law....

‘ ..may I say how grateful we are for your contribution.  We received more than 200 thoughtful and often very detailed responses to our proposals.  Overall, there has been overwhelming support for a new Sex Equality law to protect equality between women and men as a basic human right’.  Kate Wood, Equal Opportunities Commission 15 July 1998.

‘I know that Alan has thoroughly enjoyed working with you and we all appreciate the efforts you have made on behalf of our Client.  We look forward to the opportunity of working with you in the future where your particular expertise can be used’. Peter Szabadhegy,  Deloitte & Touche  10 August 1998

 ‘Rob Kenwrick is an internationally respected human resources management professional. We propose that he takes responsibility for providing technical leadership and advice in the execution of this assignment.  He will lead our team and ensure that the technical solutions recommended and offered to the Government of Tanzania fully meet the assignment's objectives within the envisaged timeframe.

He recently was part of a Leadership Development Consulting Team that is undertaking a World Bank financed consultancy assignment to provide a job evaluation system and pay and grading structure for the Malawi Civil Service.  On this assignment he was specifically responsible for the design and introduction of a computer assisted job evaluation system’.  Jayne M Booker, Deloitte & Touche 12 September 1997.

‘Rob Kenwrick has undertaken work for both Tarmac Building Materials Ltd and Tarmac Quarry Products Ltd.  His work on these projects using a computer based job evaluation system has at all times been professional and I have no hesitation in recommending him for work of a similar kind’.  T W J Pritchard, Human Resources Manager, Tarmac Quarry Products Ltd.  23 December 1996.

‘....The job evaluation exercise took advantage of Bryher Consultants own software system, EVALUATOR+ and this product produced clear and concise data for both evaluation and salary modelling purposes’.  Martyn Hurd, Director of Human Resources, ITN.  20 December 1996.

‘...ITN commissioned Bryher Consultants & Associates and under guidance from Rob Kenwrick we established a 12 person evaluation team comprising equal numbers of representatives from unions, staff and management.  Following initial training the team then evaluated the job profiles.... according to an agreed factor plan.  The results were entered into EVALUATOR+ and in due course the panel reached consensus on a new ranking order which identified and rationalised all non-management posts within the Company.

'The EVALUATOR+ system is logical and works well, meeting all our objectives.  Rob Kenwrick's patient, friendly and neutral approach did much to achieve a sense of harmony and agreement within the evaluation team'.  Dave Randles, ITN Branch Steward, Broadcasting Entertainment Cinematograph & Theatre Union, 28 September 1996.

‘The Job Evaluation process is in its final stages and should be completed by the end of  September.  The Job Evaluation team, comprising managers, union and non-union staff representatives,  has done a tremendous job... I would like to take this opportunity to express my appreciation for your effort and assistance during the process... many thanks for your contribution to the Job Evaluation project’.   Stewart Purvis, Chief Executive ITN, 14 August 1996.

‘I am pleased to confirm that in 1990 P-E Inbucon (as it then was) satisfactorily completed a project to introduce Job Evaluation into the Council.  The project staff were primarily Rob Kenwrick and Gail Brown’.Ian B Mackintosh, Acting Head of Paid Service, New Forest District Council, 19 July 1996.

‘We have always found your work very helpful and satisfactory’.  John Moir Chief Executive Dover District Council 6 June 1996

‘...the research which you did for us and the suggestions which you made for the preparations for communicating with staff....was useful as was the feedback and analysis of results’.  Vivien Bapat Director of Human Resources East Berkshire Community Health NHS Trust 23 May 1996.

‘By using a structured approach to the analysis of staff perceptions of their performance Rob has provided us with very useful data.  This has validated the observations and opinions of managers.  It will provide a solid foundation upon which our training priorities for existing and future services can be based’.  Mary Crawford  Director of  Clinical Support Services Broadmoor Hospital  1 February 1996.

‘I can confirm that Rob has carried out consultancy work for Fresenius covering the job evaluation of 40 management/sales and marketing positions to our entire satisfaction.  At all times the work carried out was of an exceptional standard and conducted in a thoroughly professional manner’.  Katharine Skelland Personnel Manager Fresenius Limited 27 October 1995.

‘Rob has carried out consultancy work professionally and to our complete satisfaction’.  Robert Dunn Personnel Manager Don & Low Ltd 18 November 1994

‘We have used Mr Robert J Kenwrick on two major projects involving salary restructuring and in both cases found his understanding, ability and personality to be of the highest order’.  John Stallworthy Personnel and Training Manager Charles Wells Limited 4 August 1993.

‘I must admit to some pleasant surprise at the way it has gone.  The Members have been very supportive and impressed and have recorded their thanks to all involved in the exercise.  I feel that we now have a firm base on which to move forward to appraisal and performance related pay in due course’. Roger H Lees Head of Central Services South Norfolk District Council 19 October 1988.

‘Clearly this is a very satisfactory outcome to the exercise and I am extremely grateful to you and your colleagues for the care you have taken...and the way in which you have assisted in making it acceptable to Members by your very persuasive presentations’.  Rodney J Stone Chief Executive Tunbridge Wells Borough Council 31 December 1987

‘...we are going to get the job at Mid Suffolk...as Rob Kenwrick was scheduled to do the job with them as they had such a good recommendation from Swale about his work there’.  Bill Paxton Marketing Director Inbucon 19 November 1987.

‘...I would like you to know that of all the reports this Council has received from a variety of Management Consultants the one from you impressed us most of all.  It was readable, clear, concise and without the use of the jargon which one has, regrettably, come to associate with so many reports from Management Consultants’. Harry White CBE DFC AFC Chief Executive Swale Borough Council 19 August 1987.

‘I want to thank you very much on two counts - firstly, for all your effort you have put in and the professional way in which you have helped us in going through the assessments.....Your patience and understanding has been much appreciated....Secondly, your presentation at the two seminars...was also most helpful....’ Michael J Harris General Manager - Corporate Affairs Coopers Animal Health Ltd.  1 April 1987.

‘Thank you for all your efforts in developing our work in the Public Sector’. Richard Alston Managing Director Inbucon Human Resources.

'I was associated with Mr Kenwrick for some four years at Alcoa (GB) Ltd. During that time I had personal experience of his ability in Trade Union negotiations, job evaluation, training, committee participation and salary administration. In all these fields I found him to be exceptionally able, but in salary administration and job evaluation especially outstanding. I am extremely interested, for instance, in the financial methods for the rewarding of employees that he originated'. Tony Hammond, Personnel Manager, Vickers Limited, 15 September 1981.

'I believe I would be remiss if I did not drop you a short note telling you how much I appreciate your attitude, hard work and promptness in working with us through our several senior compensation schemes here at Swansea. The fact that you are understanding yet critical where necessary and above all, prompt, has enabled us to keep to a reasonable time schedule'. Joe T Hobbs Jnr Managing Director, Alcoa Manufacturing (GB) Ltd., 8 February 1979.

'I would like you to know how much I have appreciated your efforts at AMGB Swansea while standing in for the Personnel Manager. The Managing Director, Paul Griswold, has also told me that he has been impressed by the work which you did there in what has always been a demanding job'. H R Ackland, Group Personnel Director, Alcoa of Great Britain Ltd., 16 March 1978.

START  (Salary Target And Reward Technique) is a unique system, created in 1979, with the following features:  to treat employees as individuals or as members of individual teams, to combine job size, performance, and pay, to respond to change, be it internal or external, to ensure performance levels are reviewed regularly,  to obtain value for money by using it selectively, to have regard for your ability to pay, and to mutually benefit you the employer and your employees who perform.

‘We would generally support your assessment of the value of START over the past 20 years’. P Lloyd Davies, Employee Relations Manager, Alcoa Manufacturing (GB) Limited. 18 June 1996.