People Partner

  • Contract
  • London

The Old Vic


  • Job Title: People Partner
  • Salary: £40k-£50k
  • Hours:
    Full time
  • Role: Human Resources
  • Contract: Permanent
  • Closing date: Mon, 27 Jul 2026

  • Location:

    London

Job Summary

The People Partner is responsible for running projects alongside overseeing the day-to-day delivery of practical guidance, advice and support to all departments at a senior level. Applications for this role will close on 27/07/2026 at 9am

Job Description

Person Specification

Essential

Experience in HR generalist and a breadth of employee lifecycle activities and best practice/holding a Level 5 CIPD qualification

Excellent communication skills in person, in presentation/training environments, over the phone and video calls, by email, and in other written forms

Numerically literate and able to work practically and with consideration in payroll

Experienced in confidently applying employment law and HR/ACAS best practice in practical employee relations cases, with the ability to identify and mitigate risk as well as put the People experience first

Ability to draft a wide range of People activity documents including policies, procedures, forms, templates and guidance documents

Experience working in collaboration with or alongside requirements for H&S, EDI, wellbeing and learning providers

Ability to account manage and learn different platforms, databases and software (i.e. applicant tracking systems, HR/payroll databases, etc)

Ability to collect, present and analyse People data and draft internal reports and learnings from surveys, databases, research, benchmarking, etc

An interest in or experience in theatre and/or the arts world and the wide range of people who work to make it happen

Job Responsibilities

The People Partner is responsible for running projects alongside overseeing the day-to-day delivery of practical guidance, advice and support to all departments at a senior level. The People Partner will lead operational HR generalism on organisation wide People projects and advice aligned with the strategic People Plan. They are responsible for ensuring The Old Vic’s policies, processes and practices are up to date and compliant and will continuously seek to improve our inclusive working practices.

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