Fractional CPO & Senior HR Consultant – HR Flex (Sydney / Hybrid)

About Civitas Talent & HR Flex

Civitas Talent is a specialist HR, People & Culture, Talent Acquisition and HSE recruitment and advisory firm. Through our HR Flex offering, we partner with organisations to provide on-demand, senior HR capability across periods of growth, change, and complexity.

Our HR Flex clients range from SME and mid-market technology businesses through to established manufacturing and operational organisations, including ANZ and APAC-based businesses with offshore headquarters. Engagements are confidential, high-impact, and typically sponsor-led at executive level.

About the Role

Due to increasing demand, we are seeking experienced HR practitioners interested in fractional, interim or project-based consulting work.

Current and upcoming engagements include:

- Fractional Chief People Officer (CPO) support for an SME technology business
- Senior HR consulting focused on organisational health, culture reset, skills and capability frameworks, and leadership alignment within an established manufacturing environment

You will work directly with business owners, Managing Directors and executive teams, providing hands-on, pragmatic HR leadership and advice.

Key Responsibilities (engagement dependent)

- Provide fractional or interim senior HR leadership
- Lead organisational health, culture and capability diagnostics
- Design and implement skills and capability frameworks
- Support organisation design, workforce planning and succession
- Coach and partner with senior leaders




- Uplift leadership capability and ways of working
- Provide practical HR advisory across employee relations, governance and change
- Facilitate leadership or strategy sessions where required

About You

You will be a senior, commercially minded HR professional who enjoys working closely with leaders and navigating complexity.

You will ideally bring:

- Senior HR leadership experience (CPO, Head of HR, Senior HR Consultant or equivalent)
- Strong capability in:
- Organisational design and operating models
- Skills and capability frameworks
- Culture, engagement and leadership alignment
- Experience across one or more of the following environments:
- Technology / SaaS / digital
- Manufacturing or operational businesses
- SME or founder-led organisations
- Confidence operating in fractional or consulting engagements
- Availability for part-time, interim or project-based work

Engagement Details

- Fractional, interim or project-based engagements
- Sydney based with hybrid working
- Competitive day rates depending on scope and seniority
- Opportunity to work on high-impact, executive-led initiatives
- Backed by Civitas Talent’s brand, network and client relationships

How to Apply

If you are a senior HR practitioner or fractional leader open to adaptable, high-impact work, we would welcome a confidential discussion.

Please apply via SEEK or reach out directly for a conversation.

Contact:

Shane O’Neill

Founder & Director – Civitas Talent

Email: [email protected]

LinkedIn: Shane O’Neill | Civitas Talent

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