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Office Hours: Tues-Thur 9am-4pm     Email: office@bridgehr.eu       Mobile: 0777 97 92 099

Professional Human Resource Services with a Personal Touch

Bridge HR offer human resource management advice and support to small and medium sized businesses and 'not for profit' organisations.

Our aim is to help you strengthen you business by supporting effective, lawful, people management approaches.

By supporting your HR management activities, we can help you get the best from your people, and when necessary advise on employment law and difficult people management issues.

Bridge HR is headquartered in Co. Fermanagh N. Ireland.

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Our aim is to help you strengthen you business by supporting effective, lawful, people management approaches in the following areas:


  1. Management Strategies - absenteeism; change management; performance & reward; employee engagement.
  2. Effective Systems - recruitment; discipline & grievance; job design; personnel policy & procedures.
  3. Developing People - training needs analysis; learning events; management development; mentoring.
  4. Trouble Shooting - employment law compliance; investigations; consultation; employee relations, redeployment & redundancy.
  5. Employment Skills - one to one support for prospective candidates in composing CVs, interview preparation and career planning.

Service Models

  1. Option 1 - Service Contract - based on a 'pay as you go' scheme. This tends to suit one off projects. Detailed invoice provided on a monthly or bi-monthly basis.
  2. Option 2 - Retained Service Contract - based upon an agreed level of service, normally a fixed minimum of 4 hours per month. This will be tailored to your needs.
  3. Option 3 - On Site HR Management Support - this involves outsourcing your HR service. The Consultant acts as your HR Manager. The consultant works to an agreed work plan & timetable developed in accordance with your business requirements.


Additionally the retained Client secures guarantees on consultation and response timescales, regular updates on emerging HR & Employment law issues; and for Not for Profits, occasional pro bono training information sessions for staff/managers.

Clients

Our Clients include:

  • The Resurgam Trust
  • Inner City Trust (Derry – Londonderry)
  • Clogher Diocese (COI)
  • Connor Diocese (COI)
  • Fermanagh Trust
  • RCB Dublin
  • St. Anne's Cathedral Belfast


Additionally as a registered HR mentor with UnLtd, BridgeHR provides probono support to a range of social entrepreneurs / enterprises.



Fees

Professional fees: £36 per hour or a daily consultancy fee of £300, where assignment based on site.

Ad hoc advice - initial fee min £27 plus additional time at the standard rate.

Expenses may be additional, depending on the assignment, and will be included in final quotations.

Profile

brprofile Bridget Rippey, BSc, MIHSM, Dip.HRM, Chartered MCIPD, is a Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (UK), and a member of the Institute of Health Management. Bridget has over 22 years middle & senior management experience in public service, including 10 years specifically in HR.

She established BridgeHR Consulting in 2008. Since then she has built up a sound client base working primarily with Community organisations and more recently new enterprises in the Business community.

Bridget has a particular interest in employee engagement and organisational development, and has significant experience in facilitation.

Bridget has also worked as a Board/Management Committee member with the BBC Broadcasting Council, the Fermanagh Volunteer Bureau, the Lough Erne Yacht Club, and the Fermanagh Choral Society. She is a past member of Ballinamallard United FC Youth Committee.

Testimonials

Testimonial from Inner City Trust (Derry – Londonderry)

'As a charitable organisation, working with Bridge HR gives us the confidence to know that all our HR requirements are being met in a professional way. That it is legal, accurate and up to date. It affords us the opportunity to work in an effective and economic way to address different issues in challenging times.'



Helen Quigley CEO

Fermanagh Trust

'Human Resources are the key to successful organisations, Bridge HR Consulting has been extremely helpful in providing guidance and support to the Fermanagh Trust, helping ensure our Human Resource policy and procedures are effective. It is of great help having expert HR support without the cost of employing a specialist in house. We strongly recommend this superb service.'



Lauri McCusker, Director of the Fermanagh Trust

AFT Drinks Ltd

'As an SME it is not affordable to have all expertise "in-house". BridgeHR enables us to have specialist advice in developing HR policies and procedures, keeping us up to date with employment law and supporting us in addressing difficult staff issues. Having BridgeHR working closely with our team has helped us to deliver an improved personnel strategy and achieve much needed efficiencies and cost improvements in a challenging economic climate.'

Jane Reihill, Director, AFT Drinks Ltd

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Office Hours: Tues-Thur 9am-4pm     Email: office@bridgehr.eu       Mobile: 0777 97 92 099