Fractional People & HR Consultant: USA - East Coast

As a Fractional People & HR Consultant, you will work independently with senior stakeholders and clients, providing strategic People advisory, organisational consulting, operational HR support, leadership and management development, talent solutions, and executive recruitment. You will support clients in and around New York City, Washington DC, and San Francisco, although applications from experienced consultants elsewhere in the US are also welcome.

What You Will Do

Your day-to-day responsibilities will include day-to-day and strategic HR support, employee relations and manager advisory, performance management, HR policies, processes, and compliance, organisational design and change, M&A and post-acquisition integration, workforce planning and restructuring, recruitment, onboarding, and offboarding, HR audits, and People-practice reviews.

Why It Might Be a Fit

We're looking for people who have at least five years' substantive HR/People experience, strong practical knowledge of employment requirements applicable to the jurisdictions they support, can confidently manage employee relations matters, communicate credibly with managers, executives, and founders, are commercially minded, pragmatic, and solutions-focused, can enter a client environment and add value quickly, understand the difference between independence and disappearing, know when to take ownership, collaborate, and escalate, and are comfortable with modern HR systems, AI tools, and collaborative technology.

Requirements

• At least 5 years' substantive HR/People experience
• Strong practical knowledge of employment requirements applicable to the jurisdictions they support
• Ability to confidently manage employee relations matters
• Commercially minded, pragmatic, and solutions-focused
• Ability to enter a client environment and add value quickly
• Comfortable with modern HR systems, AI tools, and collaborative technology

Benefits

• Opportunity to work with a growing consultancy supporting ambitious organisations across the US and internationally
• Potential for client assignments as requirements arise
• Chance to join a remote-first, inclusive, and equal opportunities consultancy