Fractional HR Support
Senior HR leadership without the overhead of a full-time hire
As businesses grow, informal people practices stop working.
When teams expand, responsibilities shift, and compliance obligations increase, HR can no longer sit in the background.
Strategic HR Australia provides senior-level fractional HR support to growing businesses that need structure, clarity, and confident decision-making. Our approach integrates compliance, culture, and practical leadership support, ensuring your people systems strengthen as your business scales.
When Fractional HR Support Is Needed
You may benefit from fractional HR support if:
You don’t have a dedicated HR function, but your team has grown beyond 20 employees.
HR responsibility sits with the owner, finance manager, or operations lead.
Your internal HR coordinator lacks senior strategic guidance.
Managers are handling performance and conduct inconsistently.
You’re unsure whether contracts, policies, or pay structures remain compliant.
Growth is creating pressure, but systems haven’t caught up.
You need board-level HR input without employing a full-time executive.
You want proactive HR infrastructure, not reactive problem-solving.
This service exists for businesses that want to move from ad-hoc people management to structured, defensible leadership practice.
Why Fractional HR Support Matters
Compliance
As workforce size and complexity increase, so does regulatory exposure. Awards, National Employment Standards, and record-keeping obligations require oversight and interpretation. Informal systems can allow risk to grow unchecked.
Culture
Unclear expectations, inconsistent performance management, and undocumented decisions erode trust. Strong culture requires structure, not just good intent.
Business
Leadership distraction, staff turnover, conflict escalation, and reputational damage often stem from avoidable HR gaps. Clarity reduces strain and prevents rework.
Fractional HR ensures your people systems evolve at the same pace as your business.
What Strategic HR Australia Delvers
What We Do:
Provide ongoing strategic HR advisory support
Develop and review contracts, policies, and governance frameworks
Deliver structured strategic HR planning aligned to business growth
Guide performance management and leadership capability
Interpret awards (including SCHADS) and compliance obligations
Support restructures, workforce planning, and organisational design
Act as independent advisor on complex matters
Provide board-level HR governance input (where required)
What We Don't Do:
Replace payroll or HR administration systems
Provide generic templates without context
Deliver legal advice (we coordinate with legal advisors where needed)
Act as a call-centre style hotline service
Fractional HR Support is not administrative outsourcing. It is senior, strategic partnership.
Our role is advisory, structured, and partnership-based.
How Fractional HR Support Works
Our model is flexible. From structured monthly retainers to project-based strategic support, engagement is scalable and tailored to your organisational maturity.
Initial Assessment & Risk Visibility
We clarify your current HR position — compliance status, leadership capability, and system gaps.
Strategic HR Planning Framework
We align people strategy with business objectives and growth trajectory.
Structured Implementation
We establish clear processes, documentation, and leadership protocols.
Ongoing Advisory Support
Monthly or scheduled advisory engagement ensures consistency and accountability.
Governance-Level Support (Optional)
For organisations requiring senior oversight, Strategic HR can serve as an external HR advisor to leadership or board structures.
Always grounded in long-term partnership.
Outcomes You Can Expect
Clear, documented HR frameworks aligned to growth
Consistent and defensible people decisions
Reduced leadership uncertainty
Improved performance and accountability systems
Proactive compliance oversight
Stronger alignment between culture and structure
Confidence that HR risk is visible and managed
This is not about adding bureaucracy. It is about building leadership infrastructure.
Proven HR Success
by the Numbers
Who Fractional HR Is For
Best suited for:
Growing SMEs (20–120 employees)
Businesses without in-house HR
Organisations with overstretched HR coordinators
Regulated sectors (NDIS, Aboriginal corporations, construction, professional services)
Leadership teams seeking structured governance
Not ideal if:
You only require a once-off template
You are seeking payroll or administrative processing only
Your organisation already has a fully resourced senior HR executive team
Why Strategic HR Australia
Deep Compliance Capability
Australian employment law, awards, and sector-specific obligations (including SCHADS and regulated industries) are complex. Our guidance is grounded in current legislation and practical interpretation — not templates or assumptions.
Strategic Perspective, Not Just Administration
Fractional HR is not outsourced admin. It requires commercial understanding, workforce planning capability, and leadership alignment. We work alongside directors and managers to align people strategy with business direction.
Independent When It Matters
Where internal dynamics make objectivity difficult, we bring impartiality. Whether advising at board level, supporting restructures, or guiding sensitive performance matters, independence strengthens defensibility.
Built for SMEs
We specialise in organisations with 20–120 employees. That means we understand the pressures of limited capacity, stretched managers, and scaling complexity. Our engagement model is designed for this environment — structured, responsive, and practical.
A True Partner Model
We don’t operate transactionally. Fractional HR support means continuity. It means knowing your people, your culture, and your risk profile over time. That context is what turns HR from reactive problem-solving into strategic advantage.
Fractional HR support only works when the advisor understands both risk and reality.
How Fractional HR Support Differs from Other Services
Fractional HR Support is ongoing strategic partnership.
If you are dealing with a specific complaint, investigation, or misconduct matter, you may require Workplace Investigations instead.
If your primary concern is compliance baseline review, our HR Compliance & Risk service may be more appropriate.
If you require structured performance intervention only, see Performance Management Support.
Fractional HR sits above these services — integrating them into a cohesive leadership framework.
Build Structure Before Strain
If your business is growing and your people systems haven’t kept pace, now is the time to establish clarity.
Fractional HR Support provides structured, senior guidance — so you can scale with confidence, not exposure.
Fractional HR Support FAQs
What does “fractional HR” mean?
Fractional HR refers to accessing senior HR leadership expertise on a part-time, structured basis without employing a full-time HR executive.
Is this the same as outsourced HR?
Not exactly. Outsourced HR often focuses on administrative support. Fractional HR provides strategic oversight, governance alignment, and senior advisory capability.
How many hours per month are required?
Engagement varies depending on organisational size and complexity. Support is structured and agreed in advance.
Can Strategic HR Australia sit on our board?
Yes, where appropriate. Strategic HR can provide external HR advisory support to boards or leadership teams in a non-executive capacity.
Does Fractional HR support include strategic HR planning?
Yes. Strategic workforce planning and HR infrastructure development form part of fractional HR engagements.