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
- Prospect 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 flexible, 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:

LinkedIn: Shane O’Neill | Civitas Talent

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