Fractional HR Consultant

Fractional Senior HR Professional / HR Consultant
Remote | Occasional London travel | Up to £100 per hour | 6-month initial engagement

SF Partners are working with an exciting business going through a significant period of change and transformation. As part of this journey, they are looking to engage an experienced fractional Senior HR professional who can provide strategic advice while confidently managing complex and high-risk employee matters.
This is a hands-on senior role requiring someone who can quickly understand a business, build credibility with senior stakeholders and provide pragmatic, commercially focused HR advice.

The role
You will take the lead on a range of complex people matters, including:
- Managing TUPE transfers both in and out of the organisation
- Leading high-risk and complex Employee Relations casework
- Working closely with external/internal legal teams on employment tribunals and potential litigation
- Conducting Without Prejudice and protected conversations
- Advising senior leaders on risk, options and appropriate courses of action
- Providing strategic HR guidance during a period of organisational change
- Ensuring decisions and processes remain commercially pragmatic and legally robust

About you
We're looking for an experienced senior HR professional who is comfortable operating autonomously in complex and sometimes sensitive situations.

You will bring:
- Strong, current knowledge of UK employment law
- Significant experience managing complex ER and employment law matters
- Hands-on experience of TUPE in and out
- Experience supporting or managing employment tribunal cases
- Confidence conducting Without Prejudice/protected conversations
- The credibility to advise and challenge senior stakeholders
- A pragmatic, commercial and solutions-focused approach
- Ideally, knowledge of Irish employment law would also be advantageous

The engagement
Predominantly remote, with occasional travel to the London office
Up to £100 per hour, depending on experience
Guaranteed 40-50 hours per month
Initial 6-month engagement, with the arrangement reviewed thereafter
This would suit an established Fractional HR Director, Senior HR Consultant, Employee Relations specialist or senior HR professional looking for a meaningful fractional assignment where their expertise can make an immediate impact.
Interested? Please get in touch with SF Partners for a confidential conversation
Only candidates based in UK and eligible to work in UK are allowed