Interim recruitment and project resourcing solutions

Flexible interim support when you need extra expertise

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Finding an experienced hire at short notice or finding specialist skills for short-term project needs can often prove a challenge.

Our interim recruitment and project support services provide you with the experts you need to achieve your business objectives.

We’re experienced in providing onsite and remote, part-time or full-time resourcing solutions and can accommodate both short and long-term resource requests at short notice. Supporting many types of projects and temporary resource needs, we place skilled and experienced individuals or teams inside your organisation for a specified period of time.

  • Why choose Howden?

  • Minimal risk

    Our experts are specialists in their field, leaving minimal room for any issues to occur. Our size and structure mean we can bring in additional resources to keep projects on track if required.

  • New insight

    Looking at your requirements from a third-party perspective gives us a chance to perform a neutral analysis and offer fresh insight. Take advantage of our years of experience.

  • Flexible approach

    We work with clients to provide individuals with the right experience and knowledge who will seamlessly integrate with their culture and working environment.

Who we help

We can support a range of clients, of varying sizes and across numerous sectors. Examples of the types of teams, functions and organisations we have provided expertise for include:

  • Actuarial modelling teams
  • Actuarial schemes
  • Boards and board-level risk committees
  • Charities, endowments and foundations
  • Corporates – Private, FTSE 350, AIM listed
  • DB and DC pension funds
  • Executive leadership
  • Independent schools
  • Large in-house pension administration schemes
  • Life and General insurers
  • Member services teams
  • Operations and compliance teams responsible for information security
  • Pensions and benefits platform providers
  • Resilience teams, including business continuity and crisis management
  • Risk management teams and functions
  • Sports clubs
  • UK occupational pension schemes

How we help

Across all our teams of expert professionals we are focused on providing flexible support which adapts to our clients’ many needs. We offer:

  • Agile approach to provide the correct resources with the right people
  • Assistance in clearing backlogs
  • Bridging gaps in specific knowledge
  • Expertise to manage resource gaps
  • Independent working
  • Individual project support
  • Interim resource requirements
  • Key positions filled on a temporary basis
  • Onsite or remote support
  • Oversight and guidance
  • Projects and BAU run simultaneously
  • Project Managers for outsourced project management
  • Setting up and building new functions
  • Short term and longer-term support
  • Support across many industries and disciplines
  • Technical and analytical expertise
  • Temporarily expanding capability or capacity of in-house teams
  • Up to director level professionals to cover vacancies 

Areas of expertise

We provide a wide range of analytical and consultancy skills with experience in interim roles such as Head of Technical Teams, Actuarial Modellers and Analysts, and Head of Risk and Compliance.

We provide the ability to temporarily expand an organisation’s team to meet the needs of a particular project, in a diverse range of areas, from pensions automatic enrolment processes to managing an organisation's risks, governance and resilience.

Supporting Life and General insurers with roles including Chief Actuaries, Chief Risk Officers, and Chief Capital Officers. Plus providing a range of skilled implementation and expert resource to temporarily support project and BAU deliveries.

Supporting our clients with strategic investment advice and risk management, asset allocation and transfers, Investment Manager selection and implementation, sustainable investment, and liability driven investment. 

We can provide experienced administrators who can work independently and confidently on business-as-usual cases and bespoke one-off projects to aid internal administration teams.

Interim resource provision of Pensions Managers, Scheme Secretaries, Project Managers, and a variety of consultancy roles.

Delivering consultancy services for our local authority clients with staff ranging from Actuarial Trainees to Senior Actuaries covering director level positions.

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Whether you need additional capacity, specialist expertise or interim leadership, we're here to help. Talk to our team about finding the right support for your organisation.

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