Role purpose
- The Junior People Partner supports the People Partner team in delivering consistent, high‑quality people support across Practices.
- The role focuses on:
- delivery of core people processes
- preparation, coordination and follow‑up
- data, insight and governance
- supporting managers with day‑to‑day people activity
- This role builds capability towards a full People Partner position over time.
Key responsibilities
1. Supporting People Partner delivery
- Act as a first point of contact for routine people queries from managers and employees.
- Support People Partners with preparation, coordination and follow‑up across agreed Practices.
- Draft people documentation including letters, summaries, timelines and trackers.
- Ensure actions from People Partner meetings and cycles are logged and progressed.
- Escalate risk, complex issues or emerging trends to the People Partner promptly.
2. Talent and performance cycle support
- Support quarterly conversations, objective setting and performance cycles.
- Track completion, chase non‑completion and maintain shared trackers.
- Prepare data packs for calibration sessions and People Partner meetings.
- Support CPD cycles, including:
- managing timelines and communications
- maintaining CPD trackers
- supporting clinics and preparation sessions
- Support promotion and salary review processes by ensuring data accuracy and process discipline.
3. Employee relations and policy support
- Support People Partners with employee relations cases by:
- preparing documentation
- tracking actions and timelines
- maintaining confidential records
- Provide clear guidance on policies and procedures for routine queries.
- Support absence, sickness and compliance reporting.
- Work closely with People Operations and ER colleagues to ensure consistency.
4. Engagement and culture activity
- Support Trust and Empowerment survey activity, including:
- tracking completion
- preparing reports
- supporting session logistics and follow‑up
- Help coordinate People Plan actions at Practice level.
- Support communication activity within Practices, ensuring people updates are timely and clear.
- Attend Practice meetings where appropriate to build understanding of priorities and challenges.
5. Data, insight and reporting
- Maintain accurate people data across agreed systems and trackers.
- Prepare regular reports on:
- attrition
- sickness
- engagement
- performance cycle completion
- Identify themes or trends and flag these to the People Partner.
- Support preparation of People updates for leadership forums.
6. Ways of working
- Work closely with People Partners, People Operations, Reward, L&D and Comms.
- Follow agreed People Partner cadence and governance.
- Contribute to continuous improvement of templates, trackers and processes.
- Build understanding of the business, Practices and operating model over time.