People Partner

The People Partner plays a key role in supporting the delivery of people solutions that enable organisational performance, culture, and inclusion. Working closely with the Head of People Partnering and Centres of Expertise, the role provides practical, high-quality advice to managers on people matters, supports effective employee relations, contributes insight that informs people decisions across departments, and contributes to the strategic people initiatives across departments. 

Who we are

The Premier League is home to some of the most competitive and compelling football in the world. The League and its Clubs use the power and popularity of the competition to inspire fans, communities and partners in the UK and across the world. The Premier League brings people together from all backgrounds. It is a competition for everyone, everywhere and is available to watch in over 900 million homes in 189 countries.

We have a wide variety of responsibilities. These include organising the competition and its Handbook as well as managing the centralised broadcast and commercial rights. The work we do in conjunction with the Clubs also goes far beyond the 90 minutes. We support and provide a framework for youth development, we protect the organisation’s intellectual property, support the wider game and community programmes, undertake international development work and liaise with governing bodies and other leagues.

The Premier League is an equal opportunities employer and strives to create an inclusive culture where talent can flourish. We believe in the potential of everyone and open our doors to those who share those values. All appointments will be made based on merit; however, we particularly encourage applications from women, people from minority ethnic communities, LGBTQ+ people and disabled people.  

Our hybrid-working model also allows you some variety on your place of work, offering you the chance to work from home on some days each week. Where possible, you will attend the office or site visits in line with our company policy. All staff liaise closely with their line manager to manage their time appropriately and according to their work and team requirements. 

The role

People Advisory

• Provide first-line advice and guidance to managers on people policies, processes, and best practice.
• Support the management of employee relations cases, including absence, performance, conduct, and grievance matters, escalating complex issues as appropriate.
• Ensure people matters are handled fairly, consistently, and in line with policy and employment legislation.

Coaching & Developing Managers

• Support managers to build confidence and capability in people management through guidance, tools, and coaching conversations.
• Encourage early intervention and effective handling of people matters.
• Promote consistent people management practices across departments.

Data, Insight & People Strategy

• Use people data and insight (e.g. engagement, absence, turnover, performance trends) to identify themes and inform people actions across departments.
• Support the development of people plans by providing analysis and insight to Head of People Partnering and Director of People
• Produce clear, practical insight to support decision-making and continuous improvement.

Change & Organisational Activity

• Support people activity during periods of organisational change, including restructures, role changes, and team transitions.
• Assist with workforce planning, organisation design activity, and change communications.
• Provide practical support to ensure effective implementation of people initiatives.
• Support any cultural change initiatives and help drive and embed new behaviours and processes.

Cross Functional Partnership

• Work closely with Centres of Expertise to support the delivery of initiatives across talent, performance, reward, development, diversity and inclusion, and culture.
• Support the delivery of diversity, equity, and inclusion objectives, helping to embed inclusive practices across departments.
• Contribute to culture and engagement initiatives that strengthen organisational values and ways of working.
• Partner with Talent colleagues to support recruitment activity, including workforce planning, role definition, and hiring processes.

Requirements for the role

• Early career experience in HR or a People Partnering environment.
• Sound understanding of core HR policies, employee relations processes, and employment legislation.
• Ability to coach, support, and appropriately challenge managers to build effective people management capability.
• Understanding of core talent processes, including recruitment, performance management, talent reviews, and succession planning.
• Ability to analyse data and translate insight into clear, practical actions.
• Strong relationship-building and communication skills.
• Organised, detail-oriented, and comfortable working in an environment with ongoing change.
• Ability to balance policy, risk, and pragmatism in day-to-day decision-making

Our commitment to safeguarding includes implementing robust safer recruitment procedures to assess the suitability of individuals applying for roles that involve work with children and adults who are or may be at risk of harm. For further information, please see our

Safeguarding Policy

and

Safer Recruitment Guidance.

To apply please visit our

To apply please visit our

careers page

and apply with your CV and a cover letter. The closing date for applications is 29 March 2026.

We will remove barriers that prospective candidates might face at any stage of our recruitment process. If you have a disability and would like the advert in an alternative format, or would like to talk about how we can adjust the interview process to best support you, please contact

We will remove barriers that prospective candidates might face at any stage of our recruitment process. If you have a disability and would like the advert in an alternative format, or would like to talk about how we can adjust the interview process to best support you, please contact

recruitment@premierleague.com

About The Premier League

The Premier League is home to some of the most competitive and compelling football in the world. The League and its Clubs use the power and popularity of the competition to inspire fans, communities and partners in the UK and across the world. The Premier League brings people together from all backgrounds. It is a competition for everyone, everywhere and is available to watch in over 900 million homes in 189 countries.

We have a wide variety of responsibilities. These include organising the competition and its Handbook as well as managing the centralised broadcast and commercial rights. The work we do in conjunction with the Clubs also goes far beyond the 90 minutes. We support and provide a framework for youth development, we protect the organisation’s intellectual property, support the wider game and community programmes, undertake international development work and liaise with governing bodies and other leagues. 

The Premier League is an equal opportunities employer and strives to create an inclusive culture where talent can flourish. We believe in the potential of everyone and open our doors to those who share those values. All appointments will be made based on merit; however, we particularly encourage applications from women, people from minority ethnic communities, LGBTQ+ people and disabled people.  

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