Irwin HR provides employers with expert advice and support on a range of Human Resource Management issues, Health & Safety, Training and Recruitment on an outsourced basis.

We act as the HR business partner for organisations without an internal HR function, taking the pressure off and allowing business owners to focus on core business. In circumstances where an internal HR function exists within the organisation, Irwin HR can provide additional HR capacity and expertise as required. 

We are passionate about supporting organisations and individuals to achieve greater results and provide direction and guidance to build positive change and support competitive advantage. As our clients you will have access to our team of experts who will work with you to create effective solutions in response to your unique needs, that support best practice and compliance.

Mission

Our mission is to enhance our clients’ capacity to manage and develop their business and workforce effectively. We do this by providing expertise and support in a range of areas through assisting organisations to build positive change that is sustainable, adds value and achieves greater results.

Vision

Our vision is to become the trusted partner of choice in all client relationships that require professional guidance and assistance on issues concerning recruitment, people management, training and development, health and safety. 

Our team

Irwin HR was established to assist managers and business owners to build positive change and improve effectiveness and achieve greater results by introducing appropriate interventions, processes and systems. Our consultants have significant senior management experience, knowledge and skills in their respective specialist areas, making us best placed to support and guide other managers to further develop such skills. Our team has worked in both the public and private sector in the area of management, Human Resources, Training and Health & Safety, gaining valuable insight and understanding the challenges and complexities at play. The extensive skill set of our team enables us to provide quality services, improve efficacy, support compliance and promote best practice in terms of people management, training and development and health & safety to achieve greater results.

Our team

Irwin HR was established to assist managers and business owners to build positive change and improve effectiveness and achieve greater results by introducing appropriate interventions, processes and systems. Our consultants have significant senior management experience, knowledge and skills in their respective specialist areas, making us best placed to support and guide other managers to further develop such skills. Our team has worked in both the public and private sector in the area of management, Human Resources, training and development and health & safety, gaining valuable insight and understanding the challenges and complexities at play. The extensive skill set of our team enables us to provide quality services, improve efficacy, support compliance and promote best practice to achieve greater results.

Vivienne Fay – Managing Director

Vivienne is the founder and Managing Director of Irwin HR. She holds an MBA from University College Dublin, a Post Graduate Diploma in Conflict Resolution  from Trinity and an MSc in Work and Organisational Behaviour from Dublin City University. Vivienne has almost twenty years’ experience as a senior manager in the public sector, where she has worked at service and corporate level. She is an experienced executive coach, mentor, mediator, facilitator, workplace investigator and trainer, with a background in nursing, operations and human resource. She has gained extensive experience working with multidisciplinary teams, managing a large workforce and multi-million budgets, which has provided her with first-hand experience of the demands and challenges faced by those working in complex, dynamic and constantly changing organisations. Vivienne uses this insight to support Irwin HR clients to build positive change through appropriate solutions that maximises potential and achieves results.

Charlie Sherlock – Change Consultant

Charlie is a Sales, Marketing, Programme and Change Management Executive with over 20 years’ experience of building teams, delivering change and developing / delivering new solutions to market. The last 15 years of Charlie’s career have been at CEO/MD level, focused on start-up enterprises, developing the models for the companies to scale globally.

Finola

Finola Howe – Consultant

Finola holds a B Eng. (Hons) in Mechanical Engineering and Diploma in Industrial Studies from the University of Ulster. She has an executive MBA from Columbia University Business School, New York and an MSc in Work and Organisational Behaviour from Dublin City University. Finola is an accredited Mediator specialising in workplace mediation and working with senior leadership teams and is an executive coach with qualifications in psychometric testing. Finola has over 20 years experience in various Engineering, Management and Senior Leadership roles and has managed global teams and organisations with multimillion dollar budgets, achieving improved organisational performance, employee and customer satisfaction.

Jim Howe – Health & Safety Consultant

Jim holds a BA in Psychology  and an MA in Adult Education and Training from the National University of Ireland Galway. He has over 15 years’ experience in the design, delivery and evaluation of training programmes. He is a qualiCed in QQI Risk Management and Assessment, and is a QQI qualiCed Health and Safety Instructor. Jim has over 35 years experience working in the Irish Defence Forces and the Irish Prison Service, and was a lecturer/trainer for 10 years in the Irish Prison Service College. He has extensive knowledge of threat and risk management and uses this with his experience to develop and deliver training modules.