Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO)

 

Part of the Acentis C-Suite as a Service Model

 

Fractional and interim Chief Human Resources Officer (CPO) and Chief People Officer (CPO) leadership supporting boards and senior leadership teams to strengthen organisational capability, culture and people performance.

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Chief Human Resources Officer as part of our C-Suite as a Service

Acentis provides experienced CHRO and CPO support to organisations that require additional people leadership, workforce strategy and organisational design capability at critical moments. Our CHROs are deployed to work alongside existing leadership teams or step into a people leadership gap, strengthening capability, culture and leadership effectiveness during periods of growth, change or transformation.

This role operates in coordination with other senior leadership functions including:

As part of a broader C-Suite as a Service engagement.

When organisations use Chief Human Resources Officer leadership

  • Fractional or interim CHRO and CPO supporting growth or organisational change
  • Covering a CHRO and CPO vacancy or people leadership transition
  • Building leadership capability and succession depth
  • Organisational design, restructuring or workforce planning
  • Cultural change or post-merger integration
  • Aligning people strategy with business and growth objectives
  • Supporting boards with people, culture and capability oversight
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How we engage

Chief Human Resources leadership is delivered on a fractional or interim basis, embedded within the organisation and aligned closely with the board, Chief Executive Officer and senior leadership team.

Engagements are designed to either reinforce an existing people leadership team or provide full CHRO leadership for a defined period, adding senior people capability, judgement and leadership where it is most needed. Acentis CHROs operate at board level where appropriate, ensuring people strategy, culture and capability support organisational goals.

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Chief Human Resources Officer
 as part of C-Suite
 as a Service

CHRO leadership is delivered through Acentis’ C-Suite as a Service model, giving organisations access to senior people and organisational leadership with flexible commitment, matched to the scale, complexity and change context of the organisation.

This role operates under the direction of the executive leadership team and within the organisation’s governance framework, reporting to the Chief Executive Officer or another senior executive where appropriate, and in close coordination with:

To ensure people strategy, organisational capability and culture are aligned with business objectives and leadership priorities.

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