Contracts: StepStone secures Shelter deal

Homeless charity Shelter is to implement StepStone Solutions Talent Acquisition to manage recruitment across more than 80 locations throughout England and Scotland.

Homeless charity Shelter is to implement StepStone Solutions Talent Acquisition to manage recruitment across more than 80 locations throughout England and Scotland.

David Evans, head of HR, Shelter, says: “It’s vital that our recruitment process delivers the best value for money and enables us to attract the right talent to meet our charitable aims.

“We now have a system that will enable us to get the best candidates, the most return on investment and ensure that we can focus our resources on our core purpose of alleviating the impact of bad housing and homelessness.”

Matthew Parker, chief executive of StepStone Solutions, adds: “For organisations like [Shelter], cutting recruitment costs and increasing efficiency in core processes makes a direct difference to their ability to help people.”

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