For urban organizations
Fractional HR for Bay Area startups and nonprofits
Fractional HR puts a senior HR lead in your company for part of each week: policies, hiring, pay, employee relations and compliance handled by someone who has done it before. It is built for urban organizations of 10 to 150 people that need senior judgment without a full-time senior salary.
Two ways to work together
| Option | Monthly | What it covers |
|---|---|---|
| Fractional HR | $5,000 to $10,000 | The HR function, run end to end, part time |
| HR advisory | $2,000 to $4,000 | A senior partner behind the person who runs HR day to day |
A full-time HR manager in the San Francisco-Oakland area averaged $208,900 in wages in 2023, before benefits.
What fractional HR covers
- Handbook and policies current with California law at your headcount.
- Pay ranges for every posting and a structure that holds up to comparison.
- Hiring: job descriptions, structured interviews, scorecards and offer letters.
- Performance conversations, documentation and terminations handled correctly.
- Required training, records and a compliance calendar.
- Board and leadership reporting on people metrics.
Who it is for
- Founders and executive directors doing HR on top of the full job.
- Companies crossing 15, 50 or 75 employees, where California’s rules stack up.
- Teams that just had a complaint, a wage claim or a messy exit.
When we’re done
- HR stops living in the founder’s inbox.
- Policies, pay ranges, hiring and hard conversations handled by someone who has done them before.
- Leadership sees the people numbers every month, with a compliance calendar that runs ahead of the deadlines.
What I need from you
- One leader I report to. The final say on every decision stays with you.
- Access to payroll, the handbook and personnel files.
- A standing check-in each week.
How it starts
A free 20-minute consult, then a written quote. Many clients start with a compliance check-up, which shows the size of the job before a monthly commitment. A posting audit fee paid in the prior 30 days is credited in full toward the first month.