Fractional People & HR Consultant: USA - West Coast

This is a project-based opportunity for experienced People and HR professionals who enjoy variety, take ownership, and want to join a growing consultancy supporting ambitious organisations across the US and internationally. As a consultant, you will work independently with senior stakeholders and/or clients, supporting 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

Assignments may 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, have 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 five years' substantive HR/People experience
• Strong practical knowledge of employment requirements applicable to the jurisdictions they support
• Ability to confidently manage employee relations matters
• Ability to communicate credibly with managers, executives, and founders
• Commercially minded, pragmatic, and solutions-focused
• Ability to enter a client environment and add value quickly
• Understanding of the difference between independence and disappearing
• Ability to know when to take ownership, collaborate, and escalate
• 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
• Chance to work on a variety of projects and assignments
• Potential for flexible working arrangements
• Opportunity to develop skills and expertise in HR and People operations