William Scott Consulting Limited
We, the undersigned, commit to honour the Armed Forces Covenant and support the Armed Forces Community. We recognise the value Serving Personnel, both Regular and Reservists, Veterans and military families contribute to our business and our country.
The Armed Forces Covenant
An enduring covenant between the people of the United Kingdom, Her Majesty’s Government and all those who serve or have served in the Armed Forces of the Crown and their families
The first duty of Government is the defence of the realm. Our Armed Forces fulfil that responsibility on behalf of the Government, sacrificing some civilian freedoms, facing danger and, sometimes, suffering serious injury or death as a result of their duty. Families also play a vital role in supporting the operational effectiveness of our Armed Forces. In return, the whole nation has a moral obligation to the members of the Naval Service, the Army and the Royal Air Force, together with their families. They deserve our respect and support, and fair treatment.
Those who serve in the Armed Forces, whether Regular or Reserve, those who have served in the past, and their families, should face no disadvantage compared to other citizens in the provision of public and commercial services. Special consideration is appropriate in some cases, especially for those who have given most such as the injured and the bereaved.
This obligation involves the whole of society: it includes voluntary and charitable bodies, private organisations, and the actions of individuals in supporting the Armed Forces. Recognising those who have performed military duty unites the country and demonstrates the value of their contribution. This has no greater expression than in upholding this Covenant.
Section 1: Principles of the Armed Forces Corporate Covenant
1.1 We William Scott Consulting Limited will endeavour in our business dealings to uphold the key principles of the Armed Forces Covenant, which are:
- no member of the Armed Forces Community should face disadvantage in the provision of public and commercial services compared to any other citizen;
- and in some circumstances that special treatment may be appropriate especially for the injured or bereaved.
Section 2: Demonstrating our commitment
2.1 William Scott Consulting Limited recognises the value serving personnel, reservists, veterans and military families bring to our business. We will seek to uphold the principles of the Armed Forces Covenant, by pledging to the following:
- Armed Forces Friendly
- UK Service Veterans And Leavers
- UK Service Spouses And Partners
- UK Reservists
- Armed Forces Day
- Reserve Forces Day
- Additional Leave For Reservist
We also pledge the following:
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As a specialist recruiter, William Scott Consulting have a long-standing pedigree in the engineering, manufacturing and supply chain arenas across sectors including Defence, Industrial, CleanTech and Construction. We recognise the immeasurable input, and sacrifices made by the Armed Forces community and make the following pledges for the covenant.
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Supporting, facilitating, and assisting – as recruitment experts we can help the armed forces community including their families navigate and get the best from the jobs market. This can be through CV writing and review sessions, guidance on the best tools to use and how, individual career guidance sessions, interview training and preparation sessions and general advice on the careers marketplace. As a business operating internationally ourselves, we are well placed to guide on local market conditions in the event of relocation and resettlement.
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Our commitment – William Scott Consulting commits to providing paid leave for Reservists including the provision of flexible working patterns around any reservist commitments where applicable on a weekly basis.
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To promote – as an ambassador for the armed forces, to positively engage and promote the high value in having the armed forces community within the businesses we support as customers and partners. Our role is a bridge, to both help the armed forces community member and the potential employer get the most from each other.
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We will attend and make ourselves available to the Armed Forces community for careers events and visibly demonstrate support for Armed Forces Week, Reserves Day, and Remembrance Events. William Scott Consulting will proudly display AFC and ERS logos on website, publications, marketing. Our commitment will be wherever possible to no more than a phone call away if help and advice is needed.
2.2 We will publicise these commitments through our literature and/or on our website, setting out how we will seek to honour them and inviting feedback from the Service community and our customers on how we are doing.