The REC is undergoing a staffing restructure to improve member services, according to chief executive Kevin Green.

Six new roles are being added to the trade body’s existing workforce of about 80 people to work in the areas of account management, qualifications and individual membership.

However, four redundancies, including the two-person HR department, have resulted. The HR consulting business Croner will fulfill the REC’s HR needs such as offer letters, employment contracts and advice to line managers. “An organisation of this size does not need full-time HR people,” Green told Recruiter. “We can get the services provided more effectively using a different mechanism. It is getting a greater level of expertise at less cost, which is what our members would want us to do.”

“We are providing our back office functions in the most cost effective way.”

The other two jobs cut were administrative and marketing positions.

Green said the employees who lost their jobs were being supported with outplacement services and financial packages.