Colleague Spotlight
Jo Chambers, Head of Outsourced HR Solutions
Hi, I’m Jo. I’ve worked in HR for over 20 years, 16 of which were spent at HR Services Partnership (now part of WorkNest) as a Senior HR Consultant, supporting small organisations who don’t have internal HR expertise with all elements of HR.
An important part of this is ensuring that staff are treated fairly and consistently, with an emphasis on improving working relationships and ensuring staff and managers are provided with adequate support and resources to perform well in their roles.
As a Chartered Fellow of the CIPD, I’ve now taken on the challenge of Head of Outsourced HR Solutions within WorkNest to provide a fully outsourced HR provision to clients, including recruitment and onboarding, transaction HR support, payroll and offboarding.
I’m married with two children, who tend to keep me very occupied! In my spare time, I enjoy science fiction books, films and TV. I’m also a fan of jigsaw puzzles and Lego and am a whizz at building flat-pack furniture!
Who you’ll be working with
Greg Guilford
Director of HR Consulting
Client stories
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Gus Hosein
Executive Director, Privacy International
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WorkNest supports our 280 staff members with Employment Law and Health & Safety and has provided quality management training too.”
Lisa Best
Head of Service Delivery, Catalyst Choice
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We get a great deal of comfort and satisfaction knowing that we have support as and when we need it, in a decisive and responsive way.”
Richard Berry
Group HR Director, Culina Group
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We moved our legal support to WorkNest (formerly Law at Work) having previously used a time and line law firm. It was important, though, that an all-inclusive fee structure did not come at the expense of quality. Thankfully we’ve been delighted with the service we’ve received from WorkNest.”
Chief Executive
Waverley Care
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What we recognised in WorkNest is the background that they have. They are able to supply knowledge and experience in a number of disciplines, which enables us to develop our business in a way that’s safe, to do it on time and with a quality to it.”
Debbie Rainbow
Director of Human Resources and Health & Safety,
Bluestone National Park Resort
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Celia McKeon
Chief Executive, The Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust (JRCT)
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As the company started to get larger, we knew we had to protect our employees and our contractors both onsite and in the offices. WorkNest is exactly what we needed to move the company forward.”
Joanne Beaver
Operations Director, Beaverfit
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Pineapple have worked with the team at WorkNest (formerly Law at Work) since 2003, and we have built a trusted partnership together. We particularly like WorkNest’s concise and practical advice concerning employment law/HR issues and also appreciate their totally supportive approach in all areas of health and safety.”
General Manager
Pineapple Dance Studios
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I’ve taken WorkNest into every organisation that I’ve worked with. I’ve introduced them to many teams and many colleagues and referred them with absolute pleasure because I genuinely trust in the service that we get.”
People Director, The Works