Beyond Admin: Accessing Strategic, Executive-Level HR Expertise on a Part-Time Basis (SG)

Many Singapore SMEs want strategic HR (org design, leadership, talent strategy) but don’t yet have the budget or need for a full-time CHRO. Fractional HR gives access. 

What Strategic HR Looks Like Locally 

• Designing leadership pipelines and succession, mapping salary benchmarking (taking into account local pay scales, foreign worker levies, etc.). 

• Organizational structure design, especially when scaling up or across countries. 

• Change management: e.g., mergers, acquisitions of smaller firms, transitions to hybrid/remote work. 

• Compliance and risk strategy: covering employment contracts, workplace fairness, fair hiring, and discriminatory practices (which upcoming legislation like the Workplace Fairness Bill will address).

How to Engage Strategically 

• Retainer model (e.g. fractional HR Director 1-2 days per week). 

• Project-based (e.g. build performance management system, culture framework, policy overhaul).  

Benefits 

• Strategic decisions made earlier lead to stronger foundations. 

• Avoid recruiting missteps. 

• Using external senior experience helps stretch internal HR teams or business leaders.