back to listings SME Profile: ARK Consultancy Limited
84 Spencer St, Birmingham, B18 6DS
t: 0121 515 3831 e: sbadger@arkconsultancy.co.uk w: arkconsultancy.co.uk
ARK Consultancy is a leading multidisciplinary management and technical consultancy. We work throughout the UK and have particular expertise in housing associations, local authorities, Government bodies and the charitable sector.
Our team includes more than 80 dedicated experts who advise on all business functions but have particular pedigree in asset management, development, governance, organisational change and regeneration.
In addition, our strength includes helping our clients to develop social enterprises, calculating and developing social value, and corporate social responsibility assignments.
Strong networks in a range of sectors give us insight we can use to support recruitment and interim placements, where needed.
Our consultants are clever-thinkers and approach every assignment with integrity, working hard to enhance everything they encounter. Read more about us
SERVICES
Property
Homes and neighbourhoods that people want to live in and that provide an effective return on investment are critical to the success of our clients’ businesses. For this reason, we put our property services at the heart of our consultancy offer.
ARK Consultancy’s reputation for asset and property management is market-leading. We are renowned for developing innovative yet practical solutions, working with clients to add value to their offer across all property types and tenures.
Our dedicated team of property experts work with clients to take a long-term, strategic view of asset performance using our unique grading model, ARK’s strategic asset performance process (ASAP). We work with clients to enhance the value of their current asset base through regeneration and the development of new homes.
We have a wide range of tried and tested property support services, which we tailor to our clients’ individual requirements and cultures.
Our consultants are as skilled at supporting detailed operational maintenance service delivery solutions and forensic property performance, as they are at advising on strategic asset management, regeneration and new development.
People
Inspirational leadership, effective management, the ability to respond to change, and getting the very best from your people: these are key ingredients for succeeding in businesses.
ARK Consultancy works with a variety of organisations including councils, registered providers, private sector companies, charities and specialist youth businesses to deliver people services that include:
- Team-building and training
- Mentoring
- Leadership development
- Selection and recruitment
- Resilience and wellbeing.
We can provide you with the experience, expertise, enthusiasm and capacity you need in the short-term, as well as the services you need to build teams that perform well in the long-term.
Performance
Managing performance is not just about improving how you do things in the context of your unique organisation, but about focusing on outcomes and delivering those things that matter to your residents and other stakeholders.
In our experience, the best leaders showcase to their own teams the way performance matters in the things they do every day. They join up thinking, take time to learn, and review and revise their plans in a continuing cycle.
Performance management does not need to be a complex or extravagant process; it should be simple, straightforward and focused on outcomes that matter.
In our experience of working with leaders throughout our industry, the best and most successful ones always have one thing in common; each knows that performance is not just about compliance or regulatory expectations, but about doing the right thing for the business. Where organisations follow this ethos, exceptional performance (however you choose to measure it) will follow.
Our consultants work alongside your teams, providing bespoke performance support, including:
- Managing risks and performance
- Carrying out regulatory reviews and compliance audits
- Offering support to your board and executive
- Reviewing skills and organisational culture
- Helping with strategy development and visioning
- Developing and reviewing service standards
- Setting up structures for supporting resident involvement
- Carrying out value for money and efficiency service reviews
- Undertaking governance, leadership, organisational and service reviews.
Progression
ARK Consultancy’s progression services help our clients to develop their businesses, think differently about their existing or new markets, and gear up for the future.
We have extensive experience and expertise in helping clients shape business strategies, research opportunities, and cultivate new approaches to areas including: business development, service delivery, organisational structure, finding new operational strands, and evolving performance cultures.
ATTRACT, RETAIN & SUSTAIN
Attracting Top Talent
Recruitment and Executive Search
93% of employers are doing some form of hiring this year and 80% of organisations say that they are having difficulty filling openings due to an ongoing shortage of skills.* Whilst PwC estimates 20% of workers plan to resign in the next 12 months as they seek better pay and job satisfaction. Who people choose to work for, the way they work and the benefits they expect have all radically changed in the last few years. Employers are finding it harder than ever to attract people with the right skills and also find
We can take the hassle out of filling that next vacancy – find out more about our innovative recruitment tool, Housing Jobs, which is aimed particularly at the social housing sector. We offer a flexible recruitment package which includes:
- Developing the job role description and person specification
- Benchmarking the role with sector and non-sector remuneration package comparisons
- Search – using our innovative app Housing Jobs, social media platforms, our diverse network of contacts and traditional methods
- Selection – we will coordinate all applications and carry out initial screening interviews
- Assessment centre design and facilitation
- Psychometric assessment of candidates
- Provide applicant feedback
Retaining Your Existing Talent
With high demand for skilled people, job seekers are in a strong position and choosing their next employer with care.
How you remunerate staff is not the only factor that people consider – ensuring the values of an organisation align with theirs is crucial for many. The culture you create and the values you commit to are all significant in retaining a motivated and productive workforce.
Here’s how we can help you to retain your top talent:
- Organisational Culture and Purpose Reviews
- Behavioural Change Management
- Board Engagement
Sustaining Your Top Talent
Helping your talent to grow and develop is a win-win scenario. Your teams feel valued and supported, their morale and confidence grows while your business can achieve its objectives and benefit from improvements in performance and productivity. You are much more likely to retain people if you invest in them.
Did you know that unless new managers are trained and upskilled, they can cause lasting damage to an organisation? It’s reported that poor management costs employers around £84 billion a year. Whilst the CIPD states that stress continues to be one of the main causes of short and long-term absence – most often caused by workload.
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